- This is a professional wrestling tournament. For the Formula One auto racing competition, see Japanese Grand Prix.
The Japan Grand Prix was an annual professional wrestling tournament held by the promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) to determine the number one contender for the promotion's highest achievement, the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship. The tournament was held in the summer every year from 1985 to 2004. In 2005, AJW was closed for good, and the WWWA Championship was abandoned.
List of winners
Results
1985
The 1985 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 25, 1985.
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Lioness Asuka |
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Dump Matsumoto |
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Chigusa Nagayo |
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1986
The 1985 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 22, 1986.
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| Yukari Omori
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1987
The 1987 Japan Grand Prix was a 13-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 28, 1987.
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Chigusa Nagayo |
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Yumiko Hotta |
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Dump Matsumoto |
12:26 |
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Dump Matsumoto |
5:46 |
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1988
The 1988 Japan Grand Prix was an 11-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 26, 1988.
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| Bull Nakano | 7.5 |
| Yumiko Hotta | 7.5 |
| Mitsuko Nishiwaki | 7.5 |
| ? | 6.0 |
| Dynamite Queen | 6.0 |
| Hisako Uno | 5.5 |
| Mika Suzuki | 5.0 |
| Dynamite King | 4.0 |
| ? | 3.0 |
| ? | 3.0 |
| Dynamite Bar | 0.0 |
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Yumiko Hotta |
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Bull Nakano |
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Bull Nakano |
10:30 |
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Mitsuko Nishiwaki |
10:37 |
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1989
The 1989 Japan Grand Prix was a 19-woman single-elimination tournament held from June 25 to August 24, 1989.
1990
The 1990 Japan Grand Prix was a seven-woman single-elimination tournament concluding on June 17, 1990.
1991
The 1991 Japan Grand Prix was a 16-woman single-elimination tournament held from July 7 to August 18, 1991.
1992
The 1992 Japan Grand Prix was a round-robin tournament consisting of two 10-woman blocks, held from June 27 to August 30, 1992.
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Toshiyo Yamada |
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Aja Kong |
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Aja Kong |
13:01 |
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Manami Toyota |
17:07 |
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1993
The 1993 Japan Grand Prix was a round-robin tournament consisting of two eight-woman blocks, with the top two finishers from each block advancing to a single-elimination tournament. It was held from May 3 to August 21, 1993.
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| Manami Toyota
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| Akira Hokuto
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| Yumiko Hotta
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| Yumiko Hotta
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| Harley Saito
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1994
The 1994 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman round-robin tournament held from June 3 to August 28, 1994.
1995
The 1995 Japan Grand Prix was a 16-woman round-robin tournament, consisting of two eight-woman blocks, concluding on September 3, 1995.
1996
The 1996 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament held from July 14 to August 30, 1996.
1997
The 1997 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament concluding on August 10, 1997.
† These scores are not the actual scores. These wrestlers had one match with the results unknown.
1998
The 1998 Japan Grand Prix was a round-robin tournament consisting of two six-woman blocks, with the top three finishers from the Main League and the top finisher from the Junior League advancing to a single-elimination tournament. It was held from June 14 to August 9, 1998.
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| Miho Wakizawa
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| ZAP I
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| Manami Toyota
| 23:47
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| Yumiko Hotta
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1999
The 1999 Japan Grand Prix was a nine-woman round-robin tournament, with the second, third and fourth finishers advancing to a second round-robin. The winner of the second round-robin advanced to face the first-place finisher from the initial round-robin. The tournament was held from June 6 to August 15, 1999.
| | Ito | Nakanishi | Toyota |
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Ito (1:32) | X | (1) Nakanishi (10:46)
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Toyota (4:17) | (1) Nakanishi (10:46)
(2) Toyota (2:08) | X |
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2000
The 2000 Japan Grand Prix was a nine-woman single-elimination tournament held from June 11 to August 20, 2000. Also a six-woman Junior Division round-robin tournament was held.
Main league
21st Century League
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2001
The 2001 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament held from June 1 to August 17, 2001.
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2002
The 2002 Japan Grand Prix was a nine-woman round-robin tournament held from May 25 to July 9, 2002. The top four finishers advanced to a single-elimination tournament.
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| Kumiko Maekawa
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| Momoe Nakanishi
| 6:20
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| Yumiko Hotta
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2003
The 2003 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman single-elimination tournament held from July 20 to August 3, 2003.
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Sasori |
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Kumiko Maekawa |
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Kumiko Maekawa |
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Sasori |
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Emi Sakura |
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Nanae Takahashi |
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Kayo Noumi |
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Nanae Takahashi |
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Nanae Takahashi |
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Amazing Kong |
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Hikaru |
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ZAP T (Tomoko Watanabe) |
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ZAP T |
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Amazing Kong |
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Amazing Kong |
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Makai Witch #2 |
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Amazing Kong |
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Takako Inoue |
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2004
The 2004 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman single-elimination tournament held on August 1, 2004.
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Hikaru |
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Saki Maemura |
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Sasori |
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Hikaru |
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Sasori |
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Misae Genki |
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Misae Genki |
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Nanae Takahashi |
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Hikaru |
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Kumiko Maekawa |
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Takako Inoue |
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Mayumi Ozaki |
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Takako Inoue |
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Amazing Kong |
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Kumiko Maekawa |
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Kumiko Maekawa |
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See also
References