Japan Grand Prix

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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

2TeamBracket
RD1-team1=Chigusa Nagayo
RD1-team2=Yukari Omori
RD1-score1=Pin
RD1-score2=27:21

1987

The 1987 Japan Grand Prix was a 13-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 28 1987.
3TeamBracket | RD1 = Semifinal | RD2 = Final
RD1-team1 = Aja Kong
RD1-team2 = Manami Toyota
RD1-score2= 17:07
RD2-team1 = Toshiyo Yamada
RD2-team2 = Aja Kong
RD2-score2= 13:01

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.
2TeamBracket
RD1-seed1=A1
RD1-team1=Manami Toyota
RD1-seed2=B1
RD1-team2=Yumiko Hotta
RD1-score1=Pin
RD1-score2=23:39

1996

The 1996 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament held from July 14 to August 30 1996.

4TeamBracket | RD2=Final

RD1-seed1=J1
RD1-team1=Miho Wakizawa
RD1-seed2=M2
RD1-team2=Zap I
RD1-score1=Pin
RD1-score2=13:26

RD1-seed3=M1
RD1-team3=Manami Toyota
RD1-seed4=M3
RD1-team4=Yumiko Hotta
RD1-score3=Pin
RD1-score4=20:31

RD2-seed1=M2
RD2-team1=Zap I
RD2-seed2=M1
RD2-team2=Manami Toyota
RD2-score1=Pin
RD2-score2=23:47

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.
2TeamBracket |RD1=Final
RD1-team1=Yumiko Hotta
RD1-team2=Manami Toyota
RD1-score1=Pin
RD1-score2=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 League10TeamBracket | RD2=Quarterfinals | RD4=Final
RD1-seed1=| RD1-seed2=| RD1-seed3=| RD1-seed4=| RD2-seed1=| RD2-seed3=| RD2-seed4=| RD2-seed5=| RD2-seed6=| RD2-seed7=

RD1-team1=X
RD1-team2=X

RD1-team3=Mima Shimoda
RD1-team4=Manami Toyota

RD2-team1=Reggie Bennett
RD2-team2=Kaoru Ito

RD2-team3=Kumiko Maekawa
RD2-team4=Tomoko Watanabe

RD2-team5=Etsuko Mita
RD2-team6=Nanae Takahashi

RD2-team7=Manami Toyota
RD2-team8=Yumiko Hotta

RD3-team1=Kaoru Ito
RD3-team2=Tomoko Watanabe

RD3-team3=Etsuko Mita
RD3-team4=Yumiko Hotta

RD4-team1=Kaoru Ito
RD4-team2=Etsuko Mita

Junior Division
4TeamBracket | RD2=Final

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Nanae Takahashi
RD1-seed2=4
RD1-team2=Kumiko Maekawa
RD1-score1=Pin
RD1-score2=6:57

RD1-seed3=2
RD1-team3=Momoe Nakanishi
RD1-seed4=3
RD1-team4=Yumiko Hotta
RD1-score3=Pin
RD1-score4=5:53

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Nanae Takahashi
RD2-seed2=2
RD2-team2=Momoe Nakanishi
RD2-score1=Sub
RD2-score2=6:20

2003

The 2003 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman single-elimination tournament held from July 20 to August 3 2003.

10TeamBracket | RD2=Quarterfinals| RD4=Final| RD1-seed1=| RD1-seed2=| RD1-seed3=| RD1-seed4=| RD2-seed1=| RD2-seed3=| RD2-seed4=| RD2-seed5=| RD2-seed6=| RD2-seed7=

RD1-team1=Kumiko Maekawa
RD1-team2=Emi Sakura

RD1-team3=Amazing Kong
RD1-team4=Makai Witch #2

RD2-team1=Sasori
RD2-team2=Kumiko Maekawa

RD2-team3=Kayo Noumi
RD2-team4=Nanae Takahashi

RD2-team5=Hikaru
RD2-team6=nobr|Zap T small|(Tomoko Watanabe)

RD2-team7=Amazing Kong
RD2-team8=Takako Inoue

RD3-team1=Sasori
RD3-team2=Nanae Takahashi

RD3-team3=Zap T
RD3-team4=Amazing Kong

RD4-team1=Nanae Takahashi
RD4-team2=Amazing Kong

2004

The 2004 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman single-elimination tournament held on August 1 2004.

10TeamBracket | RD2=Quarterfinals| RD4=Final| RD1-seed1=| RD1-seed2=| RD1-seed3=| RD1-seed4=| RD2-seed1=| RD2-seed3=| RD2-seed4=| RD2-seed5=| RD2-seed6=| RD2-seed7=

RD1-team1=Saki Maemura
RD1-team2=Sasori

RD1-team3=Amazing Kong
RD1-team4=Kumiko Maekawa

RD2-team1=Hikaru
RD2-team2=Sasori

RD2-team3=Misae Genki
RD2-team4=Nanae Takahashi

RD2-team5=Takako Inoue
RD2-team6=Mayumi Ozaki

RD2-team7=Kumiko Maekawa
RD2-team8=Tomoko Watanabe

RD3-team1=Hikaru
RD3-team2=Misae Genki

RD3-team3=Takako Inoue
RD3-team4=Kumiko Maekawa

RD4-team1=Hikaru
RD4-team2=Kumiko Maekawa

References

*cite web |url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/women/ajw/prix80.html |title=AJW Japan Grand Prix 1980s |publisher="Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments" |accessdate=2008-07-19
*cite web |url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/women/ajw/prix90.html |title=AJW Japan Grand Prix 1990s |publisher="Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments" |accessdate=2008-07-19
*cite web |url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/women/ajw/prix00.html |title=AJW Japan Grand Prix 2000s |publisher="Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments" |accessdate=2008-07-19

ee also

*All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling