WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship

WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion	World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation (WWWF / WWF) New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)
Date established	December 18, 1978
Date retired	December 31, 1989
Other name(s)
WWWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship (1978–1979) WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship (1979–1989)
Statistics First champion(s) Antonio Inoki Final champion(s) Antonio Inoki Most reigns Antonio Inoki (2 reigns) Longest reign Antonio Inoki (1st reign, 3,780 days) Shortest reign Shota Chochishvili (31 days) Oldest champion Shota Chochishvili (38 years, 289 days) Youngest champion Antonio Inoki (35 years, 302 days) Heaviest champion Shota Chochishvili (243lb (110kg)) Lightest champion Antonio Inoki (224lb (102kg))

The WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and later in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It was created on December 18, 1978, and awarded to NJPW mainstay Antonio Inoki by Vincent J. McMahon, upon Inoki's arrival in America.^[1] The title was known for being contested in matches billed as shoot wrestling fights. The WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship was contested solely in NJPW after the promotion became unaffiliated with the WWF in 1985.