UWA Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	Rey Ángel
Most reigns	Shogun Okamoto (2 reigns)
Longest reign	Hayato Mashita [ja] (399 days)
Shortest reign	Rey Ángel (51 days)

UWA Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship
UWA Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship
	The UWA Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship belt
Details
Promotion	Real Japan Pro Wrestling
Date established	2018
Current champion(s)	Shogun Okamoto
Date won	April 22, 2021
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	Rey Ángel
Most reigns	Shogun Okamoto (2 reigns)
Longest reign	Hayato Mashita [ja] (399 days)
Shortest reign	Rey Ángel (51 days)

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.^[1] 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.^[a] 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,^[b] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,^[c] or leaving the company.^[d]

As of April 19, 2022^[update], 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.^[6] 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.^[7]^[8]

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			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	^[e]	0	Was awarded the title.	^[7]
2	Kouki Iwasaki	September 20, 2018	Starting Point Regression Pro-Wrestling #4: World Mask Man Tournament Semi-Final	Tokyo, Japan	1	364	0		^[9]^[10]
3	Shogun Okamoto	September 19, 2019	Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 3	Tokyo, Japan	1	182	0		^[11]^[12]
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.	^[13]^[14]
5	Shogun Okamoto	April 22, 2021	Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 10	Tokyo, Japan	2	1,318+	2		^[15]^[16]

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	1,500+
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"^[2]
^ 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"^[3]
^ 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"^[4]
^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."^[5]
^ The exact date the championship was awarded has not been confirmed, putting the title reign at between 51 and 204 days.