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WEW Heavyweight Championship, the Glossary

The was a professional wrestling championship, originally created in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) as the, later being renamed as the WEW World Heavyweight Championship.^[1]

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Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling championships
Openweight wrestling championships

Apache Pro-Wrestling Army

was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion operating from 2004 to 2009 and from 2010 to 2016.

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Atsushi Onita

is a Japanese actor, politician, and semi-retired professional wrestler.

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BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship

The is a title contested for in the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling. WEW Heavyweight Championship and BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship are heavyweight wrestling championships.

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BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship

The is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the Japanese Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) promotion. WEW Heavyweight Championship and BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship are world heavyweight wrestling championships.

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Extreme Championship Wrestling

Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was an American professional wrestling promotion that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and operated by its parent company HHG Corporation.

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FMW 10th Anniversary Show

FMW 10th Anniversary Show: Entertainment Wrestling Special Live was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW).

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FMW 11th Anniversary Show

FMW 11th Anniversary Show: Backdraft was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW).

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FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship

The FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship was world heavyweight championship in the wrestling promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). It was one of the two premier championships in FMW, alongside the FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship. WEW Heavyweight Championship and FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship are Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling championships, heavyweight wrestling championships and world heavyweight wrestling championships.

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Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling-Explosion (FMW-E) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, by Atsushi Onita as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (フロンティア・マーシャルアーツ・レスリング,Furontia Māsharuātsu Resuringu) (FMW).

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Hardcore wrestling

Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling where disqualifications, count-outs, and all other different rules do not apply.

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Hayabusa (wrestler)

was a Japanese professional wrestler, stage actor, musician and professional wrestling promoter, better known under the ring name.

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Hi69

is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by his ring name Hi69 (pronounced as Hiroki).

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Hiromichi Fuyuki

(May 11, 1960 – March 19, 2003) was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter better known by his ring name best known for his time in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Wrestle Association R (WAR) and other Japanese and international promotions during the 1980s and 1990s as the leader of 6-man tag team Fuyuki-Gun with Gedo and Jado.

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House show

A house show is a professional wrestling event produced by a major promotion that is not televised, though they can be recorded.

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Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship

The is a professional wrestling championship that is being defended in various independent promotions in Japan. The title was originally created in 1993 by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. There have been a total of 47 reigns spread over three lineages and shared among 33 different wrestlers. The current champion is Hikaru Sato who is in his first reign. WEW Heavyweight Championship and independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship are Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling championships.

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Isao Takagi

who goes by the ring name, is a Japanese professional wrestler from Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, who works for Dradition.

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James Raideen

Dylan James (born 25 May 1991) is a New Zealand professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.

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Kazushi Miyamoto

is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Keita Yano

is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist currently working for Professional Wrestling Wallabee.

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Kim Duk

, also known by his Korean name and ring name Kim Duk (キム・ドク), is a retired Zainichi Korean professional wrestler.

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Kintaro Kanemura

, better known by his ring name, is a Zainichi Korean retired professional wrestler.

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KO-D Openweight Championship

The is a professional wrestling championship and the highest singles achievement in the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand division of the Japanese promotion CyberFight. It is one of CyberFight's major titles, alongside the GHC Heavyweight Championship in Pro Wrestling Noah. The title was established in 2000, and Masao Orihara was the inaugural champion. WEW Heavyweight Championship and KO-D Openweight Championship are Openweight wrestling championships.

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Koji Kanemoto

is a Japanese professional wrestler of Zainichi Korean descent.

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Kozo Urita

is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler.

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Legend Championship

The is the top singles title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Strong Style Pro-Wrestling. WEW Heavyweight Championship and Legend Championship are Openweight wrestling championships.

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Mammoth Sasaki

is a Japanese professional wrestler and retired sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist, currently working for Pro Wrestling Freedoms under the ring name, where he is a former King of Freedom Tag Team Champion, becoming the longest reigning champion during his second reign with the title.

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Manabu Murakami (wrestler)

is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Masato Shibata

is a Japanese professional wrestler primarily working for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where he competes as part of the Damnation T.A unit under the ring name.

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Masato Tanaka

is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States where he was a one-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion.

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New Japan Pro-Wrestling

(NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, and based in Nakano, Tokyo.

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No contest (combat sports)

No contest (abbreviated "NC") is a technical term used in some combat sports to describe a fight that ends for reasons outside the fighters' hands, without a winner or loser.

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Osaka

is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya).

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under the premise (known colloquially as kayfabe), that the performers are competitive wrestlers.

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Professional wrestling championship

A championship or title in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.

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Professional wrestling match types

Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling.

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Referee (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a referee is an authority figure present in or near the ring during matches.

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Sapporo

(lit) is a city in Japan.

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Shoichi Arai

Shoichi Arai (荒井昌一 Arai Shōichi) (December 19, 1965 – May 16, 2002) was a Japanese professional wrestling promoter.

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Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

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Takeshi Minamino

, (born December 24, 1985) better known by the ring name, is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Tetsuhiro Kuroda

is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently competing as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit.

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Togi Makabe

, better known by his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, two-time NEVER Openweight Champion and one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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Tomohiko Hashimoto

is a Japanese professional wrestler and former judoka and mixed martial artist, best known for his time with Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), where he competed as a mainstay from 2000 to 2006.

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Tomohiro Ishii

is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

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Toru Yano

, is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the KOPW 2020 and the KOPW 2021.

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United National Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)

The United National Heavyweight Championship (often shortened to UN Championship) was a professional wrestling title in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1. WEW Heavyweight Championship and United National Heavyweight Championship (Zero1) are heavyweight wrestling championships.

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World Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)

The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1. WEW Heavyweight Championship and world Heavyweight Championship (Zero1) are world heavyweight wrestling championships.

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Wrestle-1 Championship

The was the top professional wrestling title owned by the Wrestle-1 (W-1) promotion. WEW Heavyweight Championship and wrestle-1 Championship are Openweight wrestling championships.

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Yokohama

is the second-largest city in Japan by population and by area, and the country's most populous municipality.

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Yuji Sakuragi

is a Japanese mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and professional wrestler, currently associated with Real Japan Pro Wrestling (RJPW)'s team Seikendo.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEW_Heavyweight_Championship

Also known as FMW World Heavyweight Championship, FMW/WEW Heavyweight Championship, FMW/WEW World Heavyweight Championship, WEW Single Championship, WEW World Championship, WEW World Heavyweight Championship.

, Yuji Sakuragi.

WEW Heavyweight Championship, the Glossary

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See also

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling championships

Openweight wrestling championships

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