WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship

Not to be confused with Greatest 18 Club Championship.
WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionWorld Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation (WWWF / WWF)
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)
Date establishedDecember 18, 1978
Date retiredDecember 31, 1989
Other names
  • WWWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship (1978–1979)
  • WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship (1979–1989)
Statistics
First championAntonio Inoki
Final championAntonio Inoki
Most reignsAntonio Inoki
(2 reigns)
Longest reignAntonio Inoki
(1st reign, 3,780 days)
Shortest reignShota Chochishvili
(31 days)
Oldest championShota Chochishvili
(38 years, 289 days)
Youngest championAntonio Inoki
(35 years, 302 days)
Heaviest championShota Chochishvili
(243lb (110kg))
Lightest championAntonio Inoki
(224lb (102kg))

The WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and later in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It was created on December 18, 1978, and awarded to NJPW mainstay Antonio Inoki by Vincent J. McMahon, upon Inoki's arrival in America. The championship served largely as a vanity championship for Inoki similar to Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Championship and Hook's FTW Championship. The WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship was contested solely in NJPW after the promotion became unaffiliated with the WWF in 1985.

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