IWA World Heavyweight Championship (International Wrestling Enterprise)

The International Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship of the Japanese professional wrestling promotion known as International Wrestling Enterprise (Kokusai Puroresu). It was the first Japanese heavyweight title to be billed as a World title, and in the 1970s and early 1980s it was one of the most important titles in Japan. The title died with the promotion in 1981 but was later revived by Goro Tsurumi for his independent Kokusai Promotion.

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Place:	Days held:	Notes:
Billy Robinson	1	December 12, 1968	Okayama, Okayama	158	Defeats Toyonobori in the final of 11-man round-robin tournament.
Thunder Sugiyama	1	May 19, 1969	Sendai, Miyagi	654
Dr. Bill Miller	1	March 4, 1971	Kokura, Fukuoka	107
Strong Kobayashi	1	June 19, 1971	Duluth, MN	874
Wahoo McDaniel	1	November 9, 1973	Nachi Katsuura, Wakayama	21
Strong Kobayashi	2	November 30, 1973	Tokyo	75
Vacant					The title was vacated on February 13, 1974, when Kobayashi jumped to New Japan Pro Wrestling to challenge Antonio Inoki.
Billy Robinson	2	June 3, 1974	Tokyo	74	Defeats the Great Kusatsu in a tournament final.
Superstar Billy Graham	1	August 16, 1974	Denver, CO	52
Mighty Inoue	1	October 7, 1974	Koshigaya, Saitama	185
Mad Dog Vachon	1	April 10, 1975	Tokyo	9
Rusher Kimura	1	April 19, 1975	Sapporo, Hokkaido	360
Vacant					Kimura vacates the title after being unsatisfied with a match (indecisive conclusion) against The Undertaker (Hans Schroeder) on April 13, 1976, in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Rusher Kimura	2	April 22, 1976	Sendai, Miyagi	50	Defeats The Undertaker in rematch.
Umanosuke Ueda	1	June 11, 1976	Koga, Ibaraki	47	The title was held up after a match against Rusher Kimura on July 28, 1976, in Choshi, Chiba.
Rusher Kimura	3	July 31, 1976	Koshigaya, Saitama	1,085	Defeats Super Assassin (Roger Smith), who replaces injured Ueda for rematch.
Alexis Smirnoff	1	July 21, 1979	Murakami, Niigata	4
Rusher Kimura	4	July 25, 1979	Mishima, Shizuoka	111
Verne Gagne	1	November 13, 1979	Sanjō, Niigata	3
Rusher Kimura	5	November 16, 1979	Wakayama	684
Title abandoned					Title retired when the promotion closes on September 30, 1981.

External links

• IWA World Heavyweight Title History