AAAW Single Championship
| AAAW Single Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling Gaea Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | November 2, 1996[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Takumi Iroha | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | August 8, 2024[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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The AAAW (All Asia Athlete Women's) Single Championship or AAAW Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship formerly contested in the Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion Gaea Japan until 2005 after the promotion was closed down. Originally a heavyweight championship, the weight class was dropped in 1998, making it an openweight title. On March 12, 2021 it was announced that the AAAW Singles Championship would be revived, along with the AAAW Tag Team Championship, at the GAEAISM show on April 29. It was revived in January 2022 and began being sanctioned by Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling ever since.[4]
Title history
[edit]On November 2, 1996, Chigusa Nagayo became the inaugural AAAW Heavyweight Champion after defeating Devil Masami.[2] In May 1998, during Devil Masami's reign, the title was re-named as the AAAW Single Championship.[2] The title remained active until the closing of Gaea Japan on April 10, 2005.[2] On January 10, 2022, the title reactivated under Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling, where Takumi Iroha won it by defeating Chihiro Hashimoto.[5] On November 4, Iroha vacated title after sustaining an injury.[6]
On December 4, Nagashima won the vacant championship by defeating Mio Momono, making her the first person to hold the title both on Gaea and Marvelous.[2][7]
Reigns
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As of November 25, 2024, there have been 17 reigns shared between eleven different champions and one vacancy. Chigusa Nagayo was the inaugural champion. Aja Kong holds the record for most reigns at three. Kong's first reign is the longest at 607 days, while her third being the shortest at seven days. Chikayo Nagashima is the oldest champion at 46 years old, while Meiko Satomura is the youngest champion at 22 years old.
Takumi Iroha is the current champion in her second reign. She won the title by defeating Mayumi Ozaki at Marvelous 8th Anniversary on August 8, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.
Names
[edit]| Name[2] | Years[2] |
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| AAAW Heavyweight Championship | November 2, 1996 – May 1998 |
| AAAW Single Championship | May 1998 – present |
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| Gaea Japan | ||||||||||
| 1 | Chigusa Nagayo | November 2, 1996 | We Are Gaea Japan! | Singapore | 1 | 322 | Nagayo defeated Devil Masami to become the inaugural champion. | [2][8] | ||
| 2 | Devil Masami | September 20, 1997 | Double Destiny | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 337 | During Masami's reign, the title was re-named as the AAAW Single Championship. | [2] | ||
| 3 | Chigusa Nagayo | August 23, 1998 | Hard Luck – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 268 | [2] | |||
| 4 | Aja Kong | May 18, 1999 | Wipe Out – Day 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 607 | [2] | |||
| 5 | Mayumi Ozaki | January 14, 2001 | Wild Times – Day 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 287 | [2] | |||
| 6 | Aja Kong | October 28, 2001 | God Only Knows – Day 2 | Nagoya, Japan | 2 | 48 | [2] | |||
| 7 | Meiko Satomura | December 15, 2001 | Deep Endless – Day 4 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 169 | [2] | |||
| 8 | Chikayo Nagashima | June 2, 2002 | Ring On The Beat – Day 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 140 | [9] | |||
| 9 | Manami Toyota | October 20, 2002 | Yokohama Mega Ride | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 406 | [2] | |||
| 10 | Dynamite Kansai | November 30, 2003 | Iron Heart – Day 4 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 42 | [2] | |||
| 11 | Ayako Hamada | January 11, 2004 | Wild Times – Day 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 110 | [2] | |||
| 12 | Meiko Satomura | April 30, 2004 | Yoyogi Limit Break | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 338 | [2] | |||
| 13 | Aja Kong | April 3, 2005 | Yokohama Final Impact | Yokohama, Japan | 3 | 7 | [2] | |||
| — | Deactivated | April 10, 2005 | Eternal Last Gong | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | The title retired at the final Gaea show. | [2] | ||
| Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
| 14 | Takumi Iroha | January 10, 2022 | Marvelous | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 298 | Defeated Chihiro Hashimoto at Marvelous to win the reactivated title. | [5] | ||
| — | Vacated | November 4, 2022 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Iroha sustained an injury. | [6] | ||
| 15 | Chikayo Nagashima | December 4, 2022 | Marvelous | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 150 | Defeated Mio Momono in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant title. | [7] | ||
| 16 | Mio Momono | May 3, 2023 | Marvelous 7th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 96 | [10] | |||
| 17 | Mayumi Ozaki | August 7, 2023 | Marvelous | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 367 | [11] | |||
| 18 | Takumi Iroha | August 8, 2024 | Marvelous 8th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 109+ | [1] | |||
Combined reigns
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As of November 25, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champions |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of Reigns |
Combined Days |
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| 1 | Aja Kong | 3 | 662 |
| 2 | Mayumi Ozaki | 2 | 654 |
| 3 | Chigusa Nagayo | 2 | 590 |
| 4 | Meiko Satomura | 2 | 507 |
| 5 | Manami Toyota | 1 | 406 |
| 6 | Takumi Iroha † | 2 | 407+ |
| 7 | Devil Masami | 1 | 337 |
| 8 | Chikayo Nagashima | 2 | 290 |
| 9 | Ayako Hamada | 1 | 110 |
| 10 | Mio Momono | 1 | 96 |
| 11 | Dynamite Kansai | 1 | 42 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b 「禁断の扉は閉める！」長与千種の後継者・彩羽匠が尾崎魔弓との大流血戦を制してAAAWシングル王座奪還！. battle-news.com (in Japanese). August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "AAAW Singles Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com.
- ^ "Chikayo Nagashima Profile". Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ "GAEAISM ―Decade of quarter century―".
- ^ a b Iversen, Stuart (January 11, 2022). "Marvelous (10/1/22) Review". Ramblings About Wrestling. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
- ^ a b Peps (November 4, 2022). "Exclusive Interview: Takumi Iroha Talks Marvelous, Nyla Rose Plus More". WrestlePurists. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ a b 20年ぶりにAAAWシングル王座戴冠の永島千佳世「諦めなければいくつになっても夢は叶う」. npn.co.jp (in Japanese). December 13, 2022. Archived from the original on April 30, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ Gaea Japan. "Gaea Japan/Results". Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Devil Masami Profile". Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (May 3, 2023). "Marvelous Results: 7th Anniversary Show – Tokyo, Japan (5/3)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ Black, Ethan (August 7, 2023). "Marvelous in Tokyo Results – August 7, 2023 (Korakuen Hall)". PWMania.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.