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{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
|championshipname=FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
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|promotion=[[Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]]
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|created=January 7, 1990<ref name=WWABrass/>
|mostreigns=Atsushi Onita<br />(7 reigns)<ref name=WWABrass/><ref name=WWAMartial/><ref name=FMWBrass/>
|firstchamp=Beast the Barbarian<ref name=WWABrass/>
|finalchamp=[[Hayabusa (wrestler)|Hayabusa]]
|longestreign=[[Mike Awesome|The Gladiator]] (490 days)<ref name=FMWBrass/>
|shortestreign=Hayabusa (<1 days)<ref name=WWABrass/>
|oldest=
|youngest=
|heaviest=
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|pastnames=WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship<ref name=WWABrass/><br />WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship<ref name=WWAMartial/>
|titleretired=[[Goodbye Hayabusa II: Last Match|August 25, 1999]]<ref name=FMWBrass/>
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The '''FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship''' was [[world heavyweight championship (professional wrestling)|world heavyweight championship]] in the [[Professional wrestling promotion|wrestling promotion]] [[Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]] (FMW). It was one of the two premier championships in FMW, alongside the [[FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship]].
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==Title history==
=== Names ===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Years 
|-
|WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
|January 7, 1990&ndash;February 27, 1991
|-
|WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship
|February 27, 1991&ndash;August 28, 1993
|-
|FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
|August 28, 1993&ndash;December 12, 1996
|-
|FMW Double Championship
|December 12, 1996&ndash;May 18, 1999
|-
|FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
|May 18, 1999&ndash;August 25, 1999
|}

===Reigns===
{{Professional wrestling title history top}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 1
|champion = Beast the Barbarian
|reign    = 1
|date     = January 7, 1990
|days     = 10
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = ''Battle Resistance - 1st Open Tournament''
|notes    = Recognized as first champion.
|ref      = <ref name=WWABrass>{{cite book |author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will |title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications |chapter = Japan: WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Title |year= 2000 |isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 2
|champion = [[Atsushi Onita]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = January 17, 1990
|days     = {{age in days|1990|1|17|1991|2|27}}
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = The title was renamed WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship on February 27, 1991.
|ref      = <ref name=WWABrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 3
|champion = [[Grigory Verichev]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = February 27, 1991
|days     = {{age in days|1991|2|27|1991|5|29}}
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=WWAMartial>{{cite book |author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will |title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications |chapter = Japan: WWA Martial Arts Heavyweight Title |year= 2000 |isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 4
|champion = [[Atsushi Onita]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = May 29, 1991
|days     = {{age in days|1991|5|29|1992|1|15}}
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=WWAMartial/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 5
|champion = [[Rick Bognar|Big Titan]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = January 15, 1992
|days     = {{age in days|1992|1|15|1992|1|30}}
|location = [[Kobe]], Hyogo
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=WWAMartial/><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 | access-date=January 18, 2019 | work=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online]] | first=Brian | last=Hoops}}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 6
|champion = [[Tarzan Goto]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = January 30, 1992
|days     = {{age in days|1992|1|30|1992|3|25}}
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=WWAMartial/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 7
|champion = [[Leon Spinks]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = March 25, 1992
|days     = {{age in days|1992|3|25|1992|5|24}}
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=WWAMartial/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 8
|champion = [[Atsushi Onita]]
|reign    = 3
|date     = May 24, 1992
|days     = {{age in days|1992|5|24|1992|6|25}}
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=WWAMartial/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 9
|champion = [[Ed Farhat|The Sheik]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = June 25, 1992
|days     = {{sort|{{age in days|June 25, 1992|August 1, 1992}}|<ref group=Note>The exact date when The Sheik rewarded the title to Tiger Jeet Singh is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between {{age in days|June 25, 1992|August 1, 1992}} and {{age in days|June 25, 1992|August 31, 1992}} days.</ref>}}
|location = [[Sapporo]], [[Hokkaido]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=WWAMartial/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 10
|champion = [[Tiger Jeet Singh]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = August 1992
|days     = {{sort|{{age in days|August 1, 1992|September 19, 1992}}|<ref group=Note>The exact date when The Sheik rewarded the title to Tiger Jeet Singh is uncertain, which means that Singh's championship reign lasted between {{age in days|August 31, 1992|September 19, 1992}} and {{age in days|August 1, 1992|September 19, 1992}} days.</ref>}}
|location = [[Sapporo]], [[Hokkaido]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = [[Ed Farhat|The Sheik]] rewarded the title to Tiger Jeet Singh for helping him in beating [[Atsushi Onita]] for the title.
|ref      = <ref name=WWAMartial/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 11
|champion = [[Atsushi Onita]]
|reign    = 4
|date     =September 19, 1992 
|days     = {{age in days|September 19, 1992|August 22, 1993}}
|location = [[Yokohama]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]]
|event    = [[FMW 3rd Anniversary Show|3rd Anniversary Show]]
|notes    = Title replaced by the FMW World Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship.
|ref      = <ref name=WWAMartial/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 12
|champion = [[Atsushi Onita]]
|reign    = 5
|date     = August 22, 1993
|days     = {{age in days|August 22, 1993|January 6, 1994}}
|location = [[Osaka]]
|event    = [[Summer Spectacular (1993)|Summer Spectacular]]
|notes    = Onita defeated [[Mr. Pogo]] to become the first FMW World Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion.
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass>{{cite book |author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will |title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications |chapter = Japan: FMW Brass Knuckles Title |year= 2000 |isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 13
|champion = [[Mr. Pogo]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = January 6, 1994
|days     = {{age in days|January 6, 1994|September 7, 1994}}
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 14
|champion = [[Atsushi Onita]]
|reign    = 6
|date     = September 7, 1994
|days     = {{age in days|September 7, 1994|January 21, 1995}}
|location = [[Sapporo]], [[Hokkaido]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 15
|champion = [[Mr. Pogo]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = January 21, 1995
|days     = {{age in days|January 21, 1995|May 4, 1995}}
|location = [[Sendai]], Miyagi
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 16
|champion = [[Atsushi Onita]]
|reign    = 7
|date     = May 4, 1995
|days     = {{age in days|May 4, 1995|May 5, 1995}}
|location = [[Sendai]], Miyagi
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|sortnumber   = 3.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = May 5, 1995
|location = [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa]]
|event    = [[FMW 6th Anniversary Show|6th Anniversary Show]]
|notes    = [[Atsushi Onita]] vacated the title due to his retirement.
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 17
|champion = [[Hayabusa (wrestler)|Hayabusa]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = June 27, 1995
|days     = <1
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Hayabusa defeated [[Hisakatsu Oya]] for the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|sortnumber   = 3.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = June 27, 1995
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = [[Hayabusa (wrestler)|Hayabusa]] vacated the title due to injury.
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 18
|champion = [[Mike Awesome|The Gladiator]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = September 26, 1995
|days     = {{age in days|September 26, 1995|January 5, 1996}}
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = ''Grand Slam'' tour
|notes    = Gladiator defeated [[Hayabusa (wrestler)|Hayabusa]] in the finals of a [[FMW tournaments#Grand Slam Tournament|Grand Slam Tournament]].
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|sortnumber   = 3.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = January 5, 1996
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = [[Mike Awesome|The Gladiator]] vacated the title due to injury.
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 19
|champion = [[Corporal Kirchner|Super Leather]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = February 23, 1996
|days     = {{age in days|February 23, 1996|May 27, 1996}}
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Leather defeated [[Hisakatsu Oya]] for the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 20
|champion = [[Mike Awesome|The Gladiator]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = May 27, 1996
|days     = {{age in days|May 27, 1996|September 28, 1997}}
|location = [[Fukuoka]], Fukuoka
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = Gladiator unified the title with the [[FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating [[Kouhiro Kanemura|W*ING Kanemura]] on December 11, 1996 and the title was renamed to Double Championship. This was the longest reign of the Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship.
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 21
|champion = [[Masato Tanaka]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = September 28, 1997
|days     = {{age in days|September 28, 1997|January 6, 1998}}
|location = [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa]]
|event    = [[Fall Spectacular (1997)|Fall Spectacular]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 22
|champion = [[Mr. Gannosuke]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = January 6, 1998
|days     = {{age in days|January 6, 1998|April 30, 1998}}
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = ''New Year Generation'' tour
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 23
|champion = [[Hayabusa (wrestler)|Hayabusa]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = April 30, 1998
|days     = {{age in days|April 30, 1998|November 20, 1998}}
|location = [[Yokohama]], Kanagawa
|event    = [[FMW 9th Anniversary Show|9th Anniversary Show]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 24
|champion = [[Hiromichi Fuyuki|Kodo Fuyuki]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = November 20, 1998
|days     = {{age in days|November 20, 1998|May 18, 1999}}
|location = [[Yokohama]], Kanagawa
|event    = ''Scramble Survivor'' tour
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 25
|champion = [[Kouhiro Kanemura|Yukihiro Kanemura]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = May 18, 1999
|days     = {{age in days|May 18, 1999|August 23, 1999}}
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[House show]]
|notes    = [[Hiromichi Fuyuki|Kodo Fuyuki]] relinquished the title due to injury and awarded it to Kanemura. As a result, the title was split from the Independent Heavyweight Championship, reverted to being Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship.
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 26
|champion = [[Hayabusa (wrestler)|Hayabusa]]
|reign    = 3
|date     = August 23, 1999
|days     = {{age in days|August 23, 1999|August 25, 1999}}
|location = [[Tokyo]]
|event    = [[Goodbye Hayabusa II: Hayabusa Graduation Ceremony]]
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{PWtitlereign
|sortnumber   = 3.5
|type     = deactivated
|date     = August 25, 1999
|location = [[Sapporo]], [[Hokkaido]]
|event    = [[Goodbye Hayabusa II: Last Match]]
|notes    = The title was retired and replaced with [[WEW Heavyweight Championship]].
|ref      = <ref name=FMWBrass/>
}}
{{BundleEnd}}

==Combined reigns==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Rank
!Wrestler
!No. of<br>reigns
!Combined days
|-
!1
|[[Atsushi Onita]] || 7 || 1,280
|-
!2
|[[Mike Awesome|The Gladiator]] || 2 || 590
|-
!3
|[[Mr. Pogo]] || 2 || 347
|-
!4
|[[Hayabusa (wrestler)|Hayabusa]] || 3 || 206
|-
!5
|[[Hiromichi Fuyuki|Kodo Fuyuki]] || 1 || 179
|-
!6
|[[Mr. Gannosuke]] || 1 || 114
|-
!7
|[[Masato Tanaka]] || 1 || 100
|-
!8
|[[Kouhiro Kanemura|Yukihiro Kanemura]] || 1 || 97
|-
!9
|[[Corporal Kirchner|Super Leather]] || 1 || 94
|-
!10
|[[Grigory Verichev]] || 1 || 90
|-
!11
|[[Leon Spinks]] || 1 || 60
|-
!12
|[[Tarzan Goto]] || 1 || 55
|-
!13
|[[Tiger Jeet Singh]] || 1 || 49
|-
!14
|[[Ed Farhat|The Sheik]] || 1 || 37
|-
!15
|[[Rick Bognar|Big Titan]] || 1 || 15
|-
!16
|Beast the Barbarian || 1 || 10
|}

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist|group=Note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/bkfmw.html Title History at solie.org]

{{FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship}}
{{FMW Championships}}

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