JWP Openweight Championship

JWP Openweight Championship
KANA as the JWP Openweight Champion in 2013
Details
PromotionJWP Joshi Puroresu
Date establishedDecember 2, 1992[1]
Date retiredApril 2, 2017[2][3]
Statistics
First champion(s)Dynamite Kansai[1]
Most reignsArisa Nakajima and Azumi Hyuga
(4 reigns)
Longest reignKayoko Haruyama
(1st reign, 719 days)
Shortest reignKyoko Kimura
(25 days)
Oldest championMayumi Ozaki
(46 years, 292 days)[a]
Youngest championDynamite Kansai
(22 years, 363 days)[a]

The JWP Openweight Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. The championship, which was situated at the top of JWP's championship hierarchy, was introduced on December 2, 1992, when Dynamite Kansai defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. At the time of JWP Joshi Puroresu's folding in April 2017, the JWP Openweight Championship was the oldest active title in all of joshi puroresu.[1][4]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. There were thirty reigns shared among nineteen different wrestlers. The title was retired on April 2, 2017, when JWP Joshi Puroresu went out of business. That same day, Hanako Nakamori won the final match contested for the title, making her third successful defense against Tsubasa Kuragaki.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Kansai1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b ＪＷＰが２５周年大会で日本最古の歴史に幕　Ｃ鈴木、Ｄ関西、福岡晶らＯＧ集結. Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  3. ^ a b 「ＪＷＰ」２５年の歴史に幕　尾崎魔弓らＯＧも別れ. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). April 2, 2017. Archived from the original on April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  4. ^ Meltzer, Dave (July 13, 2011). "Wed.update: Rock's return, Punk on Ice Cream bars, WWE back on NBC, Marquardt update, Ratings, doc". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2012. Haily [sic] Hatred, the first American to win the JWP title (which is actually the longest running women's title in Japan)...


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