World Heavyweight Championship (Zero1) Explained

Championshipname:World Heavyweight Championship
Currentholder:Go Shiozaki
Won:July 13, 2024
Promotion:Pro Wrestling Zero1 (2007–present)
Pro Wrestling Noah (2021–present)
Created:October 26, 2007
Mostreigns:Kohei Sato
Masato Tanaka
tied (6 reigns)
Firstchamp:Masato Tanaka
Longestreign:Kohei Sato (408 days)
Shortestreign:Shinjiro Otani and Kamikaze (30 days)
Oldest:Akitoshi Saito
Youngest:Hayato Tamura
Pastnames:
  • AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2007; 2011)
  • Zero1-Max World Heavyweight Championship (2007 - 2008)
  • Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship (2008 - 2011; 2011 - present)

The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1. It is Zero1's top singles title. It was first introduced on December 15, 2007 when Zero1 ended their relationship with the AWA Superstars of Wrestling. The AWA Superstars of Wrestling Champion at the time, Masato Tanaka, was then recognized as the first Zero1 World Heavyweight Champion.[1] To this day, Zero1 continues to use the AWA title belt, which reads "AWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion", to represent their world heavyweight championship.[2]

There have been a total of 21 recognized champions who have had a combined 34 official reigns. The current champion is Go Shiozaki who is in his first reign.

Combined reigns

As of, .

Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
16 14 1,505
26 12 1,111
32 10 472
4Chris Vice 2 4 426
51 3 293
61 4 238
72 3 213
81 2 193
91 3 169
1 4 169
111 4 153
121 2 147
131 3 137
141 2 127
151 2 126
161 3 104
171 1 75
181 0 60
191 0 30
1 2 30
21Go Shiozaki1 0 +

Belt design

The standard Championship belt has three plates on a black leather strap.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ZERO1-MAX World Heavyweight Championship title history. 2008-01-10. TitleHistories.com.
  2. Web site: 船木の「世界ヘビー級王座をW-1王座と統一する」発言を受け、大谷「ベルトを奪い返すためにW-1に乗り込みます!」. 2014-08-14. 2014-08-14. Battle News. ja.