# UWA Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship

The UWA Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship (Japanese: UWAアジアパシフィックヘビー級王座, Hepburn: UWA Ajia Pashifikku Hebī-kyū Ōza) is a single championship title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Real Japan Pro Wrestling (RJPW). The title was established in 2018 as part of a collaboration between RJPW and the revived Mexican Universal Wrestling Association. As it is a professional wrestling championship, the championship is not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company.
As of April 19, 2022, there have been a total of five reigns. The current champion is Shogun Okamoto who is in his second reign.

## History

On February 28, 2018, a press conference was held in Tokyo, Japan announcing a Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) revival. As part of the revival, the UWA Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship was created and Rey Ángel was appointed as the first champion with a title defense scheduled on September 20 against Kouki Iwasaki from Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling.

## Reigns

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| (NLT) | Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Rey Ángel | July 31, 2018 (NLT) | N/A | N/A | 1 | | 0 | Was awarded the title. | |
| 2 | Kouki Iwasaki | September 20, 2018 | Starting Point Regression Pro-Wrestling #4: World Mask Man Tournament Semi-Final | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 364 | 0 | | |
| 3 | Shogun Okamoto | September 19, 2019 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 182 | 0 | | |
| 4 | Hayato Mashita [ja] | March 19, 2020 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 5 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 399 | 2 | This was a three-way match also involving Kouki Iwasaki. | |
| 5 | Shogun Okamoto | April 22, 2021 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 10 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 1,264+ | 2 | | |

## Combined reigns

| † | Indicates the current champion |
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | No. of defenses | Combined days |
| 1 | Shogun Okamoto † | 2 | 2 | 1,446+ |
| 2 | Hayato Mashita [ja] | 1 | 2 | 399 |
| 3 | Kouki Iwasaki | 1 | 0 | 364 |
| 4 | Rey Ángel | 1 | 0 | 51¤ |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"
* ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart"
* ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson"
* ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."
* ↑ The exact date the championship was awarded has not been confirmed, putting the title reign at between 51 and 204 days.