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 Won: December 15, 1963 Vacated following Rikidōzan's death from stab wounds suffered one week earlier in Tokyo, Japan. | 16+ days |
 | 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. | 1936 days |
JWA All Asia Heavyweight Championship | | Vacant Won: December 15, 1963 Title vacated when Rikidōzan died. | 16+ days |
| Rikidōzan Won: November 22, 1955 Tokyo, Japan | House show Defeated King Kong Czaya in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | 2945 days |
JWA All Asia Tag Team Championship | | Vacant Won: December 15, 1963 Vacated due to Rikidōzan dying of stab wounds. | 16+ days |
 | Rikidōzan & ToyonoboriRikidōzan & Toyonobori Won: May 6, 1963 Sapporo, Japan | JWA The 5th Annual World Big League Defeated Fred Atkins and Killer Kowalski. | 223 days | |
| Vacant Won: January 1, 1963 Vacated due to Toyonobori getting injured. | 125 days | |
| Rikidōzan & ToyonoboriRikidōzan & Toyonobori Won: July 1, 1962 Toyonaka, Japan | Live event | 184 days |
NWA International Tag Team Championship | | The Flying Scotts George Scott & Sandy Scott Won: January 1, 1963 Live event | 364+ days |
 | The Fabulous KangaroosAl Costello & Roy Heffernan Won: January 1, 1962 Recognized as first champions; may have held the title as early as 1959. | 365 days |
Extras
Promoters
Director of Operation
Referee
Producer
Coaches
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