NWA Women's Pacific/NEO Single Championship

The NWA Women's Pacific/NEO Single Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship contested primarily in NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling.

NWA Women's Pacific Championship/NEO Single Championship
Details
PromotionNational Wrestling Alliance
NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling
Date establishedAugust 24, 2000
Date retiredMay 25, 2011
Statistics
First champion(s)Yoshiko Tamura
Final champion(s)Ayumi Kurihara
Most reignsYoshiko Tamura
(7 times)
Longest reignYoshiko Tamura
(645 days)
Shortest reignEmi Sakura
(2 days)

Being a professional wrestling championship, it was not won via direct competition; it was instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle. There were a total of 23 reigns by 13 wrestlers. The first champion was Yoshiko Tamura, who defeated Nicole Bass to win the title. The title was retired on May 25, 2011, after NEO had closed its doors.

Title history

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Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
 1  Yoshiko Tamura  August 24, 2000  NWA live event Wildwood, NJ  1  171 3 Tamura defeated Nicole Bass to become the inaugural champion. [1]
 2  Mima Shimoda  February 11, 2001  Bright Daylight Tokyo, Japan  1  42 1 [1]
 3  Kyoko Inoue  March 25, 2001  Holiday Visitor Tokyo, Japan  1  82 1 [1]
 4  Misae Genki  June 15, 2001  Friday Night War Tokyo, Japan  1  78 1 [1]
 5  Lioness Asuka  September 1, 2001  Summer Vacation doesn't End Tokyo, Japan  1  97 1 [1]
 6  Yoshiko Tamura  December 7, 2001  Century Tokyo, Japan  2  127 3 This was a six-way elimination match, also involving Kyoko Inoue, Mima Shimoda, Misae Genki and Ran Yu-Yu. [1]
 7  Etsuko Mita  April 13, 2002  Entertainment Tokyo, Japan  1  56 0 [1]
 8  Yoshiko Tamura  June 8, 2002  Final Answer Tokyo, Japan  3  128 2 [1]
Vacated  October 14, 2002 Legend has Already Started ~ Korakuen Count Down 2 ~ Tokyo, Japan The Heel stable nEo stole all the title belts. [1]
 9  Yoshiko Tamura  November 10, 2002  Cosmos Tokyo, Japan  4  84 0 Tamura defeated Kyoko Inoue and Mima Shimoda in a three-way match in the tournament finals to win the vacant championship. [1]
 10  Kyoko Inoue  February 2, 2003  Carry on My Way Tokyo, Japan  2  32 0 This was a Two out of three falls match. [1]
 11  Azumi Hyuga  March 6, 2003  Carry on My Way Tokyo, Japan  1  60 3 [1]
 12  Yoshiko Tamura  May 5, 2003  NEO Mania ~ Chaparita Asari Retirement Show ~ Tokyo, Japan  5  314 3 [1]
 13  Momoe Nakanishi  March 14, 2004  Dream Rush Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan  1  153 2 [1]
 14  Misae Genki  August 14, 2004  Summer Stampede Tokyo, Japan  2  190 3 [1]
 15  Tsubasa Kuragaki  February 20, 2005  We Are NEO! - Day 5 Tokyo, Japan  1  133 2 [1]
 16  Misae Genki  July 3, 2005  Summer Stampede Tokyo, Japan  3  161 3 [1]
 17  Yoshiko Tamura  December 11, 2005  Stand Out Tokyo, Japan  6  645 15 [1]
 18  Haruka Matsuo  September 17, 2007  Beat Up Tokyo, Japan  1  231 2 [1]
 19  Kyoko Inoue  May 5, 2008  May History Tokyo, Japan  3  152 0 [1]
 20  Nanae Takahashi  October 4, 2008  Kyoko Inoue's 20th Anniversary Show "NEO Dream 2008 ~ it's Good to See a Dream that Never Ends, But Try to Draw a New One" Tokyo, Japan  1  211 2 [1]
 21  Emi Sakura  May 3, 2009  Passion Red 2Passion Tokyo, Japan  1  2 0 Sakura won the championship when Nanae Takahashi was legitimately knocked out during the match. [1]
 22  Yoshiko Tamura  May 5, 2009  May History Tokyo, Japan  7  605 12 [1]
 23  Ayumi Kurihara  December 31, 2010  Stage Door Tokyo, Japan  1  145 0 [1]
Deactivated  May 25, 2011 Tokyo, Japan NEO closes on December 31, 2010. Ayumi Kurihara keeps the title, but vacates it on this day and the title is retired. [1]

Combined reigns

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Record seven-time champion, inaugural and the longest reigning champion Yoshiko Tamura
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Yoshiko Tamura 7 38 2,074
2 Misae Genki 3 7 429
3 Kyoko Inoue 3 1 265
4 Haruka Matsuo 1 2 231
5 Nanae Takahashi 1 2 211
6 Momoe Nakanishi 1 2 153
7 Ayumi Kurihara 1 0 145
8 Tsubasa Kuragaki 1 2 133
9 Lioness Asuka 1 1 97
10 Azumi Hyuga 1 3 60
11 Etsuko Mita 1 0 56
12 Mima Shimoda 1 1 42
13 Emi Sakura 1 0 2

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Neo History: Page 1". NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 18, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2012.