JWA Roster in 1966: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full JWA Roster in the year 1966. 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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1966JWA: All (17)
Champions
NWA International Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Giant Baba Won: November 24, 1965 House show | Osaka, Japan Defeated Dick the Bruiser for the vacant title. | 402+ days |
JWA All Asia Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Vacant Won: December 15, 1963 Title vacated when Rikidōzan died. | 1112+ days |
JWA All Asia Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | Kintaro Oki & Michiaki Yoshimura Won: December 3, 1966 Tokyo, Japan | JWA Winter Series Defeated Eddie Morrow and Tarzan Zorro. | 28+ days |
![]() ![]() | Vacant Won: November 5, 1966 Baba and Yoshimura won the NWA International Tag Team Championship. | 28 days | |
![]() ![]() | Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura Won: July 1, 1966 Hiroshima, Japan | Live event | 127 days | |
![]() | Eddie Graham & Killer Karl Kox Won: June 27, 1966 Nagoya, Japan | Live event | 4 days | |
![]() ![]() | Hiro Matsuda & Michiaki Yoshimura Won: May 28, 1966 Sapporo, Japan | Live event | 30 days | |
![]() ![]() | Joe Carollo & Killer Karl Kox Won: May 26, 1966 Sendai, Japan | Live event Defeated Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura. | 2 days | |
![]() ![]() | Vacant Won: January 5, 1966 Vacated due to Toyonobori taking a leave of absence. | 141 days | |
![]() ![]() | Giant Baba & Toyonobori Won: July 15, 1965 Shizuoka, Japan | Live event | 174 days |
NWA International Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura Won: November 5, 1966 Tokyo, Japan | Live event Established the title in Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance. | 56+ days |
![]() ![]() | Fritz Von Goehring & Mike Padosis Won: September 1, 1966 Texas, United States | Live event | 65 days | |
![]() ![]() | Karl and Kurt Von Stroheim Karl Von Stroheim & Kurt Von Stroheim Won: February 1, 1966 Texas, United States | Live event | 212 days | |
![]() ![]() | Bull Curry & Fred Curry Won: July 20, 1964 Fort Worth, Texas | Live event | 561 days |
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