JWA Roster in 1963: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full JWA Roster in the year 1963. 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 Japanese Wrestling Association.
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1963JWA: All (15)
Teams
Rikidozan and Toyonobori
Champions
NWA International Heavyweight Championship |  | Vacant
Vacated following Rikidōzan's death from stab wounds suffered one week earlier in Tokyo, Japan. | 16+
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 | Rikidōzan
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. | 1936
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JWA All Asia Heavyweight Championship | | Vacant
Title vacated when Rikidōzan died. | 16+
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| Rikidōzan
Defeated King Kong Czaya in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | 2945
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JWA All Asia Tag Team Championship | | Vacant
Vacated due to Rikidōzan dying of stab wounds. | 16+
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 | Rikidōzan & ToyonoboriRikidōzan & Toyonobori
Defeated Fred Atkins and Killer Kowalski. | 223
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| Vacant
Vacated due to Toyonobori getting injured. | 125
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| Rikidōzan & ToyonoboriRikidōzan & Toyonobori
| 184
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NWA International Tag Team Championship | The Flying Scotts George Scott & Sandy Scott
| 364+
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The Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Roy Heffernan
Recognized as first champions; may have held the title as early as 1959. | 365
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