JWA Roster in 1962: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full JWA Roster in the year 1962. This includes the list of all JWA Wrestlers, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance.
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1962JWA: All (15)
Teams
Rikidozan and Toyonobori
Champions
NWA International Heavyweight Championship |  | Rikidōzan Won: August 27, 1958 House show | Los Angeles, California, United States Thesz claims the match was not for the title and continues defending the title in the U.S. and Europe until regaining the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in January 1963. | 1587+ days |
JWA All Asia Heavyweight Championship | | Rikidōzan Won: November 22, 1955 Tokyo, Japan | House show Defeated King Kong Czaya in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | 2596+ days |
JWA All Asia Tag Team Championship |  | Rikidōzan & Toyonobori Won: July 1, 1962 Toyonaka, Japan | Live event | 183+ days |
 | Buddy Austin & Mike Sharpe Won: June 4, 1962 Osaka, Japan | Live event This was a Two out of three falls match. | 27 days | |
| Rikidōzan & Toyonobori Won: February 15, 1962 Tokyo, Japan | Live event | 109 days | |
 | Luther Lindsay & Ricky Waldo Won: February 3, 1962 Tokyo, Japan | Live event | 12 days | |
| Rikidōzan & Toyonobori Won: June 7, 1960 Nagoya, Japan | JWA International Competitors Of The Spring - Night 13 This was a Two out of three falls match. | 606 days |
NWA International Tag Team Championship |   | The Fabulous KangaroosAl Costello & Roy Heffernan Won: January 1, 1962 Recognized as first champions; may have held the title as early as 1959. | 364+ days |
Extras
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