AWG Single Championship

The AWG Single Championship (Japanese: AWGシングル王座, Hepburn: AWG Shinguru Ōza), first established as the AgZ Championship, is a women's professional wrestling championship, situated at the top championship hierarchy of the japanese professional wrestling promotion Actwres girl'Z. In November 2021, Actwres girl'Z announced the dissolution of their Color's and Beginning brands, in favor of a more entertainment-based product. On February 13, 2022, the company ran their first ACTwrestling show under their new format. Therefore, between December 2021 and March 2023, the title was deactivated.[3] Overall there have been 5 reigns shared between 5 different champions, and one vacancy.

AWG Single Championship
Previous design of the title (2018–2021)
Details
PromotionActwres girl'Z
Date establishedNovember 15, 2018[2]
Current champion(s)Natsuki
Date wonAugust 14, 2024[1]
Other name(s)
AgZ Championship (2018)
Statistics
First champion(s)Saori Anou[2]
Most reignsAll titleholders
(1 reign)
Longest reignMiyuki Takase
(515 days)
Shortest reignNatsumi Sumikawa
(22 days)
Oldest championAct
(37 years, 276 days)
Youngest championReika Saiki
(27 years, 87 days)

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. The current champion is Act who is in her first reign.

Title history

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On November 15, 2018, Saori Anou became the inaugural AgZ Champion after defeating Saki in the finals of a sixteen-woman single-elimination tournament.[2] During Anou's reign the title was re-named to the AWG Single Championship.[4] On September 19, 2019, Reika Saiki, who won the title back in August 14,[4] vacated the title after breaking her jaw, in order to recover from the injury.[5] On November 6, Miyuki Takase defeated Himeka Arita to win the vacant championship.[6] On December 30, 2021, the title was deactivated over Actwres girl'Z closure due to further rebranding.[3]

On March 12, 2023, Miku Aono defeated Kouki in the tournament finals to win the reactivated title.[7]

Inaugural tournament (2018)

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Round 1
September 25, 2018
Quarterfinals
October 9, 2018
Semifinals
October 28 and November 6, 2018
Final
November 15, 2018
            
Himeka Arita Pin
Hikari Shimizu 8:40[8]
Himeka Arita Pin
Saki 13:46[9]
Miku Aono 10:36[8]
Saki Pin
Saki Pin
Miyuki Takase 13:49[10]
Mari Pin
Ina Hazuki 6:25[8]
Mari 14:19[9]
Miyuki Takase Pin
Miyuki Takase Pin
Sakuran Bonita 6:43[8]
Saki 20:00[12]
Saori Anou Pin
Kakeru Sekiguchi Pin
Nao Kakuta 14:30[8]
Kakeru Sekiguchi Pin
Tae Honma 12:02[9]
Tae Honma Pin
Sayuri Amemiya 4:31[8]
Kakeru Sekiguchi 15:39[11]
Saori Anou Pin
Natsumi Maki Pin
Momo Tani 4:43[8]
Natsumi Maki 8:41[9]
Saori Anou Pin
Saori Anou Pin
Mii 5:06

Reigns

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The inaugural AWG Single Championship Saori Anou

As of November 25, 2024, There have been eight reigns shared between eight champions and two vacancies. Saori Anou was the inaugural champion. Miyuki Takase's reign is the longest at 515 days, while Reika Saiki's reign is the shortest at 35 days. Mari is the oldest champion at 38 years old, while Saiki is the youngest at 27 years old.

Act is the current champion in her first reign. She won the vacant title by defeating Natsuki on August 14, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.

Names

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Name Years
AgZ Championship November 15, 2018
AWG Single Championship 2018 – present
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Saori Anou November 15, 2018 AgZ Actwres girl'Z in Korakuen Tokyo, Japan 1 272 4[4] Defeated Saki in the finals of a sixteen-woman single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. During Anou's reign, the title was re-named to AWG Single Championship. [2]
2 Reika Saiki August 14, 2019 Beginning Pro Tokyo, Japan 1 35 0 [4]
Vacated September 18, 2019 Reika Saiki vacated the championship after a broken jaw, as she needed to recover from the injury. [5]
3 Miyuki Takase November 6, 2019 AgZ Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 515 5 Defeated Himeka Arita to win the vacant championship. [6]
4 Saki April 4, 2021 AWG Act in Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 270 3 [13]
Deactivated December 30, 2021 The championship was deactivated over Actwres girl'Z closure due to further rebranding. [3]
5 Miku Aono March 12, 2023 AWG ACTwrestling in Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 292 6 Defeated Kouki in the finals of a tournament to win the reactivated championship. [7][14]
6 Mari December 29, 2023 AWG ACTwrestling in Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 86 1 [15][16]
7 Natsumi Sumikawa March 24, 2024 AWG ACTwrestling in Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 22 1 [17]
Vacated April 15, 2024 Natsumi Sumikawa vacated the championship after she left the promotion.
8 ACT August 14, 2024 AWG ACTwrestling in Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 103+ 0 Defeated Natsuki to win the vacant championship. [1][18]
9 Natsuki October 14, 2024 AWG ACTwrestling in Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 42+ 0 Defeated ACT to become the 9th AWG Singles Champion. [19]

Combined reigns

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As of November 25, 2024.

Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Miyuki Takase 1 5 515
2 Miku Aono 1 6 292
3 Saori Anou 1 4 272
4 Saki 1 3 270
5 Mari 1 1 86
6 Act 1 0 72
7 Reika Saiki 1 0 35
8 Natsumi Sumikawa 1 1 22
9 Natsuki 1 0 42+

References

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  1. ^ a b 【【試合詳細】8・14 アクトレスリング後楽園ホール公演 【AWGシングル】惡斗vs夏葵 未依&入江彩乃vs谷もも&日菜といろ MARU&永井絵梨沙vsかなみっく&蒼乃ありす 岩井杏加&石川はるか&荒幡寧々&キラ☆アン&グレート朝子vs才原茉莉乃&福永莉子&天職ゆい&水嶋さくら&なる. battle-news.com (in Japanese). August 15, 2024. Archived from the original on August 16, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
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  4. ^ a b c d "アクトレスガールズ ~Actwres Girl'Z Beginning 新木場大会~ 才木玲佳が新王者". miruhon.net (in Japanese). August 18, 2019. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023.
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  6. ^ a b "【アクトレスガールズ】11.6 ~Actwres Girl'Z 後楽園大会~全試合結果 高瀬みゆきがトーナメント優勝し第3代AWG王者に!". proresu-today.com (in Japanese). November 7, 2019. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023.
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  13. ^ Daly, Wayne (April 4, 2021). "AWG Results: Act In Korakuen Hall – Tokyo, Japan (4/4)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  14. ^ 2023.03.12(日) / ACTwrestling 後楽園ホール公演. Actwres girl'Z (in Japanese). March 12, 2023. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  15. ^ Brown, Jeff (December 29, 2023). "Mari Wins the AWG Single Championship". Monthly Puroresu. Archived from the original on January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
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