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{{short description|Professional wrestling championship}}
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
| championshipname = All Asia Heavyweight Championship
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| currentholder = [[Dylan James]]
| won = March 9, 2025
| promotion ={{ubl|[[Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance|JWA]]|[[All Japan Pro Wrestling|AJPW]]|'''[[Pro Wrestling Land's End|Land's End]]'''}}
| brand =
| created = November 22, 1955
| firstchamp =[[Rikidōzan]]
| longestreign = [[Kintarō Ōki]] [[#Reigns|(fourth reign, 5,023 days)]]
| shortestreign = Bill Dromo [[#Reigns|(first reign, 18 days)]]
| oldest =
| youngest =
| heaviest =
| lightest =
| pastnames = * Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) All Asia Heavyweight Championship 
* Asia Heavyweight Championship
| titleretired =
| pastlookimages =
}}

The {{Nihongo|'''All Asia Heavyweight Championship'''|オールアジアヘビー級王座|Ōru Ajia Hebī-kyū Ōza|lead=yes}} is a [[Championship (professional wrestling)|title]] owned and promoted by the [[Pro Wrestling Land's End]] [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]]. The title was originally created in 1955 in [[Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance|Japan Wrestling Association]] (JWA), with the inaugural champion crowned on November 22, 1955.<ref name="Titles">{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006|edition=4th | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}</ref> Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won as a result of a match with a predetermined outcome. The current champion is So Daimonji, who is in his first reign.

==History==
This title was contested for originally in JWA where it was known as the '''Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) All Asia Heavyweight Championship''' or '''All Asia Heavyweight Championship''' for short. When JWA shut down in 1973, the title went inactive until being reactivated in [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]] (AJPW) in 1976 after [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW) announced the creation of its [[Asia Heavyweight Championship|own version of the title]].<ref name=wt/> The NJPW title was retired in 1981, while the AJPW title was retired in 1995, following the retirement of final champion [[Kintarō Ōki]].<ref name=wt/>

On December 15, 2017, the [[Pro Wrestling Land's End]] promotion announced that it had gotten the blessing of [[Pacific Wrestling Federation]] chairman [[Dory Funk Jr.]] and [[Mitsuo Momota]], the son of inaugural champion [[Rikidōzan]], to revive the Asia Heavyweight Championship with a tournament to crown the new champion set to take place in South Korea on January 21, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landsend2016.com/%E7%B7%8A%E6%80%A5%E5%91%8A%E7%9F%A5%EF%BC%81%EF%BC%81/|title=緊急告知！！|date=2017-12-15|accessdate=2017-12-16|work=Land's End|language=Japanese}}</ref> This also led to a new name<ref name=le>{{cite web|url=http://www.landsend2016.com/2018%e5%b9%b41%e6%9c%8821%e6%97%a5%e6%97%a5-%e3%83%af%e3%83%bc%e3%83%ab%e3%83%89%e3%82%a2%e3%82%b8%e3%82%a2%e3%83%98%e3%83%93%e3%83%bc%e7%b4%9a%e7%8e%8b%e5%ba%a7%e6%b1%ba%e5%ae%9a-%e3%83%af%e3%83%b3/|title=2018年1月21日(日) ワールドアジアヘビー級王座決定 ワンデイトーナメント in SEOUL|date=2018-01-22|accessdate=2019-07-13|work=Land's End|language=Japanese}}</ref> and a new design of the championship. The tournament was won by [[Ryoji Sai]] who defeated [[Bodyguard (wrestler)|Bodyguard]] in the finals of an eight-man tournament.<ref name=le />

===Inaugural championship tournament (1955)===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings
|-
! [[Rikidōzan]] !! 4.0
|-
! [[Emile Czaja|King Kong Czaya]] !! 2.5
|-
! [[Dara Singh]] !! 2.5
|-
! [[Tiger Joginder Singh]] !! 1.0
|-
! Syed Saif Shah !! 0.0
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|- align="center"
! !! [[Dara Singh|Dara]] !! [[Emile Czaya|Czaya]] !! Shah !! [[Tiger Joginder Singh|Tiger]]!! [[Rikidōzan]]
|- align="center"
! [[Dara Singh|Dara S.]]
| {{n/a}} || Draw || Dara S || Dara S || Rikidōzan
|- align="center"
! [[Emile Czaya|Czaya]]
| Draw || {{n/a}} || Czaya || Czaya || Bye{{refn|[[Emile Czaya|King Kong Czaya]] and [[Rikidōzan]] received a bye into the finals.|group = note|name = b}}
|- align="center"
! Shah
| Dara S || Czaya || {{n/a}} || Tiger J|| Rikidōzan
|- align="center"
! [[Tiger Joginder Singh|Tiger J.]]
| Dara S || Czaya || Tiger J || {{n/a}} || Rikidōzan
|- align="center"
! [[Rikidōzan]]
| Rikidōzan || Bye{{refn|[[Emile Czaya|King Kong Czaya]] and [[Rikidōzan]] received a bye into the finals.|group = note|name = b}} || Rikidōzan || Rikidōzan || {{n/a}}
|}

{{2TeamBracket
| align = center
| RD1 = Final
| team-width=225
|RD1-seed1 = 1
|RD1-team1 = '''[[Rikidōzan]]'''
|RD1-seed2 = 2
|RD1-team2 = [[Emile Czaya|King Kong Czaya]]
|RD1-score1 = KO
|RD1-score2 = 90:50<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=51609|title=JWA Asia Championships - Tag 10|accessdate=2019-07-13|work=Cagematch|language=English}}</ref>
}}

====Notes====
{{reflist|group=note}}

===Championship revival tournament (2018)===
{{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds
| RD1=First round<br />(January 21)
| RD2=Semifinals<br />(January 21)
| RD3=Final<br />(January 21)
| RD1-team1  = '''[[Bodyguard (wrestler)|Bodyguard]]'''
| RD1-team2  = Dr. MONZ Jr.
| RD1-score1 = Pin
| RD1-score2 = 6:45<ref name=le />
| RD1-team3  = Yun Boy-ik
| RD1-team4  = '''Dolgorsuren Beringon'''
| RD1-score3 = Pin
| RD1-score4 = 04:24<ref name=le />
| RD1-team5  = Uncle 
| RD1-team6  = '''[[Masashi Takeda]]'''
| RD1-score5 = Pin
| RD1-score6 = 7:53<ref name=le />
| RD1-team7  = '''[[Ryoji Sai]]'''
| RD1-team8  = Che Yon
| RD1-score7 = Pin
| RD1-score8 = 9:53<ref name=le />
| RD2-team1  = '''Bodyguard'''
| RD2-team2  = Dolgorsuren Beringon
| RD2-score1 = Sub
| RD2-score2 = 0:59<ref name=le />
| RD2-team3  = Masashi Takeda
| RD2-team4  = '''Ryoji Sai'''
| RD2-score3 = KO
| RD2-score4 = 13:20<ref name=le />
| RD3-team1  = Bodyguard
| RD3-team2  =  '''Ryoji Sai'''
| RD3-score1 = Pin
| RD3-score2 = 19:23<ref name=le />
}}

==Reigns==
{{Professional wrestling title history top|active=yes}}
{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 0.5
|type        = promotion
|name        = [[Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance]] (JPWA)
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 1
|champion = {{sortname||Rikidōzan}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1955|11|22}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|1955|11|22|1963|12|15}}
|location = [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Defeated [[Emile Czaja|King Kong Czaya]] in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
|ref      = <ref name=wt>{{cite web|title=All Asia Heavyweight Title|work=Wrestling Titles|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/asia-h.html|accessdate=2008-02-15| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080218223344/http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/asia-h.html| archivedate= 18 February 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 1.1
|type        = vacated
|date        = {{dts|1963|12|15}}
|notes       = Title vacated when Rikidōzan died.
|ref         = <ref name=wt/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 2
|champion = {{sortname|Kintarō|Ōki}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1968|11|9}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|1968|11|9|1971|1|15}}
|location = [[Seoul|Seoul, South Korea]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Defeated [[Buddy Austin]] to win the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref name=wt/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 3
|champion = {{sortname|Bill|Dromo|nolink=1}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1971|1|15}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|1971|1|15|1971|2|2}}
|location = [[Tokuyama, Yamaguchi|Tokuyama, Japan]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|ref      = <ref name=wt/><ref name=Jan15F4W>{{cite web | url=https://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/daily-pro-wrestling-history-0115-big-john-studd-wins-1989-royal-rumble-301781 | title=Pro wrestling history (01/15): Big John Studd wins 1989 Royal Rumble | date=January 15, 2019 | accessdate=January 18, 2019 | work=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online]] | first=Brian | last=Hoops}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 4
|champion = {{sortname|Kintarō|Ōki}}
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|1971|2|2}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|1971|2|2|1976|9|24}}
|location = [[Hiroshima|Hiroshima, Japan]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = The title became inactive on April 14, 1973, when the JWA closed, and was reactivated on March 26, 1976, after [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] announced the creation of its [[Asia Heavyweight Championship|own version of the title]].
|ref      = <ref name=wt/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 4.1
|type        = vacated
|date        = {{dts|1976|9|24}}
|notes       = Title held up after match against [[Waldo Von Erich]] in [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Omiya]], Japan.
|ref         = <ref name=wt/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 4.5
|type        = promotion
|name        = [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]] (AJPW)
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 5
|champion = {{sortname|Kintarō|Ōki}}
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|1976|10|21}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|1976|10|21|1977|10|29}}
|location = [[Fukushima, Fukushima|Fukushima, Japan]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Defeated Waldo Von Erich in a rematch to win the held up title.
|ref      = <ref name=wt/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 6
|champion = {{sortname|Giant|Baba}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|1977|10|29}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|1977|10|29|1981|4|2}}
|location = [[Kuroiso, Tochigi|Kuroiso, Japan]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Already held the [[PWF Heavyweight Championship]], so both titles may have been defended simultaneously, or not at all.
|ref      = <ref name=wt/><ref>{{cite web|title=PWF Heavyweight Title|work=Wrestling Titles|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/pwf-h.html|accessdate=2008-02-15| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080226100037/http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/pwf-h.html| archivedate= 26 February 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 6.1
|type        = vacated
|date        = {{dts|1981|4|13}}
|notes       = Championship vacated for undocumented reasons.<br />The NJPW version of the title is retired on May 21, 1981.
|ref         = <ref name=wt/>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 6.5
|type        = promotion
|name        = [[South Korea]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 7
|champion = {{sortname|Kintarō|Ōki}}
|reign    = 4
|date     = {{dts|1981|5|5}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|1981|5|5|1995|2|4}}
|location = [[South Korea]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = While not being defended for nearly a decade the championship was not officially retired until Ohki officially retired.
|ref      = <ref name=wt/><ref name=cm>{{cite web|title=All Asia Heavyweight Championship|work=Cagematch.net|accessdate=2019-07-13| url= https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=910| url-status= live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917154202/http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=910 |archive-date=2014-09-17 }}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 7.1
|type        = deactivated
|date        = {{dts|1995|2|4}}
|notes       = Title abandoned.
|ref         = <ref name=cm />
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 7.5
|type        = promotion
|name        = [[Pro Wrestling Land's End]]
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 8
|champion = {{sortname|Ryoji|Sai}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2018|1|21}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2018|1|21|2018|7|29}}
|location = [[Seoul, South Korea]]
|event    = World Asia Heavyweight Championship One Day Tournament in Seoul
|notes    = Defeated [[Bodyguard (wrestler)|Bodyguard]] in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref name=wt /><ref name=cm />
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 9
|champion = {{sortname||Bodyguard|dab=wrestler}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2018|7|29}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2018|7|29|2019|1|27}}
|location = [[Osaka, Japan]]
|event    = Summer Action Series 2018
|notes    = This was an [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]] event.
|ref      = <ref name=wt /><ref name=cm />
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 10
|champion = {{sortname|Kim|Nam-seok|Kim, Nam-seok|nolink=1}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2019|1|27}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2019|1|27|2020|5|8}}
|location = [[Seoul, South Korea]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|ref      = <ref name=wt /><ref name=cm />
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 10.1
|type        = vacated
|date        = {{dts|2023|5|8}}
|notes       = Title vacated because Kim was not able to enter Japan to defend the title due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan|COVID-19 pandemic]].
|ref         = <ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1655470645755654144|user=landsend_voyage|title=Notice regarding the All Asia Heavyweight Title match|author=[[Pro Wrestling Land's End]]|date=May 8, 2023|access-date=August 21, 2023|language=ja|script-title=ja:オールアジアヘビー級王座決定戦開催についてのご報告}}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 11
|champion = {{sortname|So|Daimonji}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2023|6|6}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2023|6|6|2025|3|9}}
|location = [[Yokohama, Kanagawa|Yokohama, Japan]]
|event    = Yokohama Fukushimania
|notes    = Defeated [[James Raideen|Dylan James]] to win the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref name=wt /><ref name=cm /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Saalbach |first=Axel |title=Land's End Yokohama FukushiMania |url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=580082 |access-date=August 21, 2023 |website=wrestlingdata.com}}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 12
|champion = {{sortname||Dylan James}}
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2025|3|9}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2025|3|9}}+
|location = [[Akō, Hyōgo|Akō, Japan]]
|event    = Land's End
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=420995|title=Land's End|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|date=March 9, 2025|access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref>
}}
{{BundleEnd}}

==Combined reigns==
As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|†
|Indicates the current champion
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Rank
!Wrestler
!No. of<br>reigns
!Combined<br />days
|-
!{{sort|01|1}}
|{{sortname|Kintarō|Ōki}}
|{{sort|04|4}}
|{{sort|8254|8,254}}
|-
!{{sort|02|2}}
|{{sortname||Rikidōzan}}
|{{sort|01|1}}
|{{sort|2945|2,945}}
|-
!{{sort|03|3}}
|{{sortname|Giant|Baba}}
|{{sort|01|1}}
|{{sort|1251|1,251}}
|-
!{{sort|04|4}}
|{{sortname|So|Daimonji}}
|{{sort|01|1}}
|{{sort|642|642}}
|-
!{{sort|05|5}}
|{{sortname|Kim|Nam-seok|Kim, Nam-seok|nolink=1}}
|{{sort|01|1}}
|{{sort|467|467}}
|-
!{{sort|06|6}}
|{{sortname|Ryoji|Sai}}
|{{sort|01|1}}
|{{sort|189|189}}
|-
!{{sort|07|7}}
|{{sortname||Bodyguard|dab=wrestler}}
|{{sort|01|1}}
|{{sort|182|182}}
|-
!{{sort|08|8}}
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|{{sortname|Dylan |James|}} †
|{{sort|01|1}}
|{{age in days nts|2025|3|9}}+
|-
!{{sort|09|9}}
|{{sortname|Bill|Dromo|nolink=1}}
|{{sort|01|1}}
|{{sort|18|18}}
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[All Japan Pro Wrestling]]
*[[Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance|Japan Wrestling Association]]
*[[All Asia Tag Team Championship]]
*[[IWGP Intercontinental Championship]]
*[[IWGP United States Championship]]
*[[Gaora TV Championship|PWF Gaora Television Heavyweight Championship]]
*[[GHC National Championship]]
*[[United National Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/asia-h.html Wrestling-Titles.com]
*[http://www.landsend2016.com/ Land's End official website]

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