PWF United States Heavyweight Championship | |
Promotion: | All Japan Pro Wrestling Pacific Wrestling Federation |
The Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) United States Heavyweight Championship is a former title defended in All Japan Pro Wrestling.
The title was established in 1970 when The Destroyer, who held the Hawaii version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship, had the belt which would become the PWF United States Championship made to replace the original North American title belt, which had fallen into disrepair. The Destroyer then embarked on a world tour, on which he was billed as United States Champion. The title ended up becoming an official Pacific Wrestling Federation title later on, and was retired in 1979 when Destroyer decided to return to the United States.[1]
width=0 data-sort-type="number" | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. | |
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1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | See: Creation of the title. | |||||
2 | 1 | Samoa | House show | ||||||
3 | 2 | n/a | House show | Destroyer began defending the title in Japan in 1972 and the championship became an official PWF title in 1974. | |||||
4 | Abdullah the Butcher | 1 | Osaka, Japan | House show | |||||
5 | 3 | Kiryu, Japan | House show | ||||||
Vacated | - | N/A | N/A | N/A | Title was held up after a match between The Destroyer and Abdullah the Butcher. | ||||
6 | 4 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | Defeated Abdullah in a rematch to win the held up title. | |||||
7 | Mil Máscaras | 1 | Kagoshima, Japan | House show | [2] | ||||
8 | 5 | Morioka, Japan | House show | ||||||
Abandoned | - | N/A | N/A | N/A | The Destroyer returned to the United States after June 14, 1979 and the title was retired. |