JWA Roster in 1971: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full JWA Roster in the year 1971. 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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1971JWA: All (28)
Abdullah the Butcher
Akio Sato
Angelo Mosca
Antonio Inoki
Bruno Sammartino
Doctor X
Dominic DeNucci
Dory Funk Jr.
Giant Baba
Great Kojika
Haruka Eigen
Hirokatsu Shinkai
Jimmy Golden
Kantaro Hoshino
Kazuo Sakurada
Kintaro Oki
Kotetsu Yamamoto
Man Mountain Mike
Masanori Toguchi
Masashi Ozawa
Michiaki Yoshimura
Mitsuo Momota
Motoshi Okuma
Osamu Kido
Seiji Sakaguchi
Tatsumi Fujinami
Terry Funk
Umanosuke Ueda
Teams
B-I Cannon
The Funks
Tokyo Towers
Champions
NWA International Heavyweight Championship | | Giant Baba Won: December 19, 1970 House show | Los Angeles, California, United States | 377+ days |
NWA United National Championship |  | Vacant Won: December 13, 1971 Vacated on December 13, 1971 when Inoki is fired from the JWA, the promotion to which he had brought the title from the United States. | 18+ days |
| Antonio Inoki Won: March 26, 1971 Los Angeles, CA | House show | 262 days | |
| John Tolos Won: March 1, 1971 Tolos returned the championship when the NWA decided the referee used a fast count during his title defense against Mendoza. | 25 days | |
| Ray Mendoza Won: December 4, 1970 Los Angeles, CA | House show | 87 days |
JWA All Asia Heavyweight Championship | | Kintaro Oki Won: February 2, 1971 Hiroshima, Japan | House show The title became inactive on April 14, 1973, when the JWA closed, and was reactivated on March 26, 1976, after New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced the creation of its own version of the title. | 332+ days |
| Bill Dromo Won: January 15, 1971 Tokuyama, Japan | House show | 18 days | |
| Kintaro Oki Won: November 9, 1968 Seoul, South Korea | House show Defeated Buddy Austin to win the vacant title. | 797 days |
JWA All Asia Tag Team Championship | | Seiji Sakaguchi & Michiaki Yoshimura Won: December 12, 1971 Tokyo, Japan | JWA World Champion Series Defeated Dory Funk, Jr. and Dick Murdoch. | 19+ days |
| Vacant Won: December 1, 1971 Inoki left the JWA. | 11 days | |
| Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura Won: October 30, 1969 Gifu, Japan | Live event Defeated Mr. Atomic and Buddy Austin in a rematch. | 762 days |
NWA International Tag Team Championship | | The FunksDory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk Won: December 7, 1971 Los Angeles, California | Live event | 24+ days |
| Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki Won: August 13, 1969 Osaka, Japan | Live event | 846 days |
Extras
The profile of each JWA wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics.
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