JWP Openweight Championship

The JWP Openweight Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. The championship, which was situated at the top of JWP's championship hierarchy, was introduced on December 2, 1992, when Dynamite Kansai defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. At the time of JWP Joshi Puroresu's folding in April 2017, the JWP Openweight Championship was the oldest active title in all of joshi puroresu.

JWP Openweight Championship
KANA as the JWP Openweight Champion in 2013
Details
PromotionJWP Joshi Puroresu
Date establishedDecember 2, 1992
Date retiredApril 2, 2017
Statistics
First champion(s)Dynamite Kansai
Most reignsArisa Nakajima and Azumi Hyuga
(4 reigns)
Longest reignKayoko Haruyama
(1st reign, 719 days)
Shortest reignKyoko Kimura
(25 days)
Oldest championMayumi Ozaki
(46 years, 292 days)
Youngest championDynamite Kansai
(22 years, 363 days)

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. There were thirty reigns shared among nineteen different wrestlers. The title was retired on April 2, 2017, when JWP Joshi Puroresu went out of business. That same day, Hanako Nakamori won the final match contested for the title, making her third successful defense against Tsubasa Kuragaki.

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