Professional wrestling tournament
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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 Single 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.
Second-place tie-breaker
Final
1
Lioness Asuka
2
Dump Matsumoto
Dump Matsumoto
3
Chigusa Nagayo
1986
The 1986 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 22, 1986.
Finals
1
Chigusa Nagayo
Pin
2
Yukari Omori
27:21
1987
The 1987 Japan Grand Prix was a 13-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 28, 1987.[ 1]
Second-place tie-breaker
Final
1
Chigusa Nagayo
2
Yumiko Hotta
Dump Matsumoto
12:26
3
Dump Matsumoto
5:46
1988
The 1988 Japan Grand Prix was an 11-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 26, 1988.[ 1]
Wrestler:
Points:
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
Second-place tie-breaker
Final
1
Yumiko Hotta
2
Bull Nakano
Bull Nakano
10:30
3
Mitsuko Nishiwaki
10:37
1989
The 1989 Japan Grand Prix was a 19-woman single-elimination tournament held from June 25 to August 24, 1989.[ 1]
1990
The 1990 Japan Grand Prix was a seven-woman single-elimination tournament concluding on June 17, 1990.[ 1]
1991
The 1991 Japan Grand Prix was a 16-woman single-elimination tournament held from July 7 to August 18, 1991.[ 1]
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.[ 1] [ 2]
Semifinal
Final
1
Manami Toyota
2
Aja Kong
Aja Kong
13:01
3
Toshiyo Yamada
17:07
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.
Semifinals
Final
A1
Akira Hokuto
B2
Manami Toyota
A1
Akira Hokuto
B1
Yumiko Hotta
19:52
B1
Yumiko Hotta
A2
Harley Saito
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.
Semifinals
Final
J1
Miho Wakizawa
Pin
M2
ZAP I
13:26
M2
ZAP I
Pin
M1
Manami Toyota
23:47
M1
Manami Toyota
Pin
M3
Yumiko Hotta
20:31
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
Ito
—
Ito (1:32)
Toyota (4:17)
Nakanishi
Ito (1:32)
—
(1) Nakanishi (10:46)(2) Toyota (2:08)
Toyota
Toyota (4:17)
(1) Nakanishi (10:46)(2) Toyota (2:08)
—
Final
1
Yumiko Hotta
Pin
2
Manami Toyota
18:45
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
Final
1
Momoe Nakanishi
2
Nanae Takahashi
7:44
2001
The 2001 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament held from June 1 to August 17, 2001.
Final
1
Kumiko Maekawa
Pin
2
Momoe Nakanishi
12:28
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.[ 3]
Semifinals
Final
1
Nanae Takahashi
Pin
4
Kumiko Maekawa
6:57
1
Nanae Takahashi
Sub
2
Momoe Nakanishi
6:20
2
Momoe Nakanishi
Pin
3
Yumiko Hotta
5:53
2003
The 2003 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman single-elimination tournament held from July 20 to August 3, 2003.
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Sasori
Kumiko Maekawa
Kumiko Maekawa
Emi Sakura
Sasori
Nanae Takahashi
Kayo Noumi
Nanae Takahashi
Nanae Takahashi
Amazing Kong
Amazing Kong
Amazing Kong
Takako Inoue
Makai Witch #2
Amazing Kong
ZAP T
Hikaru
Zap T
2004
The 2004 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman single-elimination tournament held on August 1, 2004.
See also
References
Championships
Broadcast Miscellaneous Tournaments Partnerships