JWA Roster in 1972: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full JWA Roster in the year 1972. 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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1972JWA: All (20)
Teams
Tokyo Towers
Champions
NWA International Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Kintaro Oki
| 27+
|
![]() | Bobo Brazil
Defeated Kintarō Ōki for the vacant title. | 3
| |
![]() | Vacant
Vacated when Baba left the Japan Wrestling Association to start All Japan Pro Wrestling. | 90
| |
![]() | Giant Baba
| 623
|
JWA All Asia Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Kintaro Oki
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. | 698+
|
JWA All Asia Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | Seiji Sakaguchi & Michiaki YoshimuraSeiji Sakaguchi & Michiaki Yoshimura
Defeated Dory Funk, Jr. and Dick Murdoch. | 385+
|
NWA International Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | Kintarō Ōki & Seiji SakaguchiKintaro Oki & Seiji Sakaguchi
Defeated Bobo Brazil and Gene Kiniski to win the vacant title. | 29+
|
![]() ![]() | Vacant
Baba left the JWA to found All Japan Pro Wrestling. | 86
| |
![]() ![]() | Giant Baba & Seiji SakaguchiGiant Baba & Seiji Sakaguchi
| 111
| |
![]() ![]() | The FunksDory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk
| 164
|
NWA United National Championship![]() | ![]() | Seiji Sakaguchi
| 115+
|
![]() | The Sheik
| 1
| |
![]() | Seiji Sakaguchi
| 208
| |
King Krow
Defeated Sailor Thomas in a fictitious tournament final. | 41
| ||
![]() | Vacant
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. | 19
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Extras
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