PWF World Heavyweight Championship

Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) World Heavyweight Championship
Details
Date established	February 27, 1973
Date retired	1989
Promotion	All Japan Pro Wrestling
Statistics First champion(s) Giant Baba Most reigns Stan Hansen/Giant Baba (4 reigns) Longest reign Giant Baba (5 years, 5 months, 5 days) Shortest reign Jumbo Tsuruta (<1 day)

The Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) World Heavyweight Championship is one of the three titles that make up the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. It was created in 1973 by All Japan owner Giant Baba, after he won a series of ten matches against Bruno Sammartino (twice - one win, one draw), Terry Funk, Abdullah the Butcher, The Destroyer, Wilbur Snyder (twice - one win, one draw), Don Leo Jonathan, Pat O'Connor and Bobo Brazil.

The title, which had originally been classed as a world title, was downgraded to regional status after All Japan joined the National Wrestling Alliance but retained its status as the top All Japan singles title until 1981. In 1989 Jumbo Tsuruta and Stan Hansen would unify this, the NWA United National Championship and the NWA International Heavyweight title to create the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. The original belt remained in use as part of the Triple Crown until 2013, when the three belts were replaced by a single belt. As the original top belt in All Japan, its design formed the front plate of the new belt; the other two belts' designs took the sides.

Title history

Key

Symbol	Meaning
No.	The overall championship reign
Reign	The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event	The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A	The specific information is not known
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note #]	Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.

#	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	Giant Baba	1	February 27, 1973		Tokyo, Japan	House show	Won a series of 10 matches, the last against Bobo Brazil.
2	Tor Kamata	1	June 1, 1978		Akita, Japan	House show
3	Billy Robinson	1	June 12, 1978		Ichinomiya, Japan	House show
4	Abdullah the Butcher	1	October 18, 1978		Utsunomiya, Japan	House show
5	Giant Baba	2	February 10, 1979		Chicago, Illinois, United States	House show
6	Harley Race	1	October 26, 1982		Obihiro, Japan	House show
7	Giant Baba	3	February 11, 1983		St. Louis, Missouri, United States	House show
8	Stan Hansen	1	September 8, 1983		Chiba, Japan	House show
9	Giant Baba	4	July 31, 1984		Tokyo, Japan	House show
10	Stan Hansen	2	July 30, 1985		Fukuoka, Japan	House show
11	Riki Choshu	1	April 5, 1986		Yokohama, Japan	House show
-	Vacated	-	March 1987	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vacated when Choshu let for New Japan Pro Wrestling.
12	Stan Hansen	3	April 24, 1987		Yokohama, Japan	House show	Defeated Hiroshi Wajima in a decision match.
13	Genichiro Tenryu	1	March 9, 1988		Yokohama, Japan	House show	Tenryu also held the NWA United National Championship at this point in time
14	Stan Hansen	4	July 27, 1988		Nagano, Japan	House show	Won the PWF World Heavyweight and NWA United National Championship.
15	Jumbo Tsuruta	1	April 18, 1989		Tokyo, Japan	House show	Tsuruta was the NWA International Heavyweight Champion.
-	Unified	1989	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	The PWF World Heavyweight Championship, NWA International Heavyweight Championship and NWA United National Championship unified to become the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.

List of combined reigns

Rank	Wrestler	# of Reigns	Combined Days
1	Giant Baba	4	3,817
2	Stan Hansen	4	1,134
3	Riki Choshu	1	329
4	Genichiro Tenryu	1	140
5	Billy Robinson	1	128
6	Abdullah the Butcher	1	115
7	Harley Race	1	108
8	Tor Kamata	1	11
9	Jumbo Tsuruta	1	<1

See also

• PWF World Tag Team Championship
• PWF United States Heavyweight Championship

External links

• PWF Heavyweight Title History