| Champion |
Won From |
Date |
| Suwama |
Kensuke Sasaki |
4/29/08 |
| Kensuke Sasaki |
Minoru Suzuki |
8/26/07 |
| Minoru Suzuki |
Taiyo Kea |
9/3/06 |
| Taiyo Kea |
Satoshi Kojima |
7/3/06 |
| Satoshi Kojima |
Toshiaki Kawada |
2/16/05 |
| Toshiaki Kawada [5] |
n/a |
9/6/03 |
| Toshiaki Kawada defeated
Shinjiro Otani in a tournament final to win the title. |
| Shin'ya Hashimoto |
Keiji Mutoh |
2/23/03 |
| Hashimoto vacates the title on
8/13/03 due to various injuries. |
| Keiji Mutoh [2] |
Gen'ichiro Tenryu |
10/27/02 |
| Gen'ichiro Tenryu [3] |
n/a |
4/13/02 |
| Gen'ichiro Tenryu defeated
Keiji Mutoh to win the title. |
| Toshiaki Kawada [4] |
Keiji Mutoh |
2/24/02 |
| Toshiaki Kawada vacates on
March 28, 2002. |
| Keiji Mutoh |
Gen'ichiro Tenryu |
6/8/01 |
| Gen'ichiro Tenryu [2] |
n/a |
10/28/00 |
| Gen'ichiro Tenryu defeated
Toshiaki Kawada in the finals of a tournament to win the title. |
| Kenta Kobashi [3] |
Vader |
2/27/00 |
| Title vacated in June 2000 when
Kobashi left the promotion. |
| Vader [2] |
Mitsuharu Misawa |
10/30/99 |
| Mitsuharu Misawa [5] |
Vader |
5/2/99 |
| Vader |
n/a |
3/6/99 |
| Vader defeated Akira Taue for
the Triple Crown. |
| Toshiaki Kawada [3] |
Mitsuharu Misawa |
1/22/99 |
| The Triple Crown was vacated on
January 23, 1999 after breaking his arm after winning the Triple Crown from
Mitsuharu Misawa. |
| Mitsuharu Misawa [4] |
Kenta Kobashi |
10/31/98 |
| Kenta Kobashi [2] |
Toshiaki Kawada |
6/12/98 |
| Toshiaki Kawada [2] |
Mitsuharu Misawa |
5/1/98 |
| Mitsuharu Misawa [3] |
Kenta Kobashi |
1/20/97 |
| Kenta Kobashi |
Akira Taue |
7/24/96 |
| Akira Taue |
Mitsuharu Misawa |
5/24/96 |
| Mitsuharu Misawa [2] |
Stan Hansen |
5/26/95 |
| Stan Hansen [4] |
Toshiaki Kawada |
3/4/95 |
| Toshiaki Kawada |
Steve Williams |
10/22/94 |
| Steve Williams |
Mitsuharu Misawa |
7/28/94 |
| Mitsuharu Misawa |
Stan Hansen |
8/22/92 |
| Stan Hansen [3] |
Jumbo Tsuruta |
1/28/92 |
| Jumbo Tsuruta [3] |
Stan Hansen |
1/19/91 |
| Stan Hansen [2] |
n/a |
7/27/90 |
| Stan Hansen defeated Mitsuharu
Misawa to win the Triple Crown. |
| Terry Gordy [2] |
Stan Hansen |
7/17/90 |
| Terry Gordy was stripped of the
title in July of 1990 after being hospitalized. |
| Stan Hansen |
Terry Gordy |
6/8/90 |
| Terry Gordy |
Jumbo Tsuruta |
6/5/90 |
| Jumbo Tsuruta [2] |
Gen'ichiro Tenryu |
10/11/89 |
| Gen'ichiro Tenryu |
Jumbo Tsuruta |
6/6/89 |
| Jumbo Tsuruta |
Stan Hansen |
4/18/89 |
| Jumbo Tsuruta, current
NWA International champion, defeated Stan Hansen, PWF World and NWA United
National champion, to unify all three titles to become the "Triple Crown"
champion. |
