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Wrestlers from all over the world participated in the various editions of the tournament, as it was meant since its beginning to be a world tournament. It had been one of the most important pro-wrestling tournament of its time, because it was one of the very few (and for some years after its creation
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annually held by Japanese Wrestling Association from 1970 till 1972. The 1973 edition was not held as JWA folded that year. Wrestlers from all over the world participated in the various editions of the tournament, as it was meant to be a world tournament. It was created in 1970 as the tag team
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This is not an exhaustive list, as the JWA was the only Japanese promotion until 1966 and many wrestlers, both Japanese who competed for a brief time and then retired, or foreigners who came for a single tour, were booked.
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After Rikidōzan’s death in 1963, the company continued to operate as the nation’s premier (and only male) wrestling circuit until challenged in the late 1960s by
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for the AJPW are the indirect descendant of the original World Tag League. In fact, in 2012, NJPW renamed the G1 Tag League the World Tag League.
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practitioner) who had debuted as a Western-style professional wrestler in 1951, decided in 1953 to establish a territory that would represent the
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annually held by Japanese Wrestling Association from 1959 till 1972. The 1973 edition was not held as JWA folded that year.
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the only) pro-wrestling tournaments of its time to be considered representative of the entire pro-wrestling world.
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In 1970, JWA created a tag team counterpart of the World League, known as
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In those early days, Japanese professional wrestlers came from out of the
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for the AJPW are the indirect descendant of the original World League.
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ranks; former sumotori usually used their shikona (Rikidōzan,
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The following is a list of the winners of each edition:
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The following is a list of the winners of each edition:
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Bobo Brazil
NWA International Heavyweight Championship
his murder at the hands of a gangster in 1963
International Wrestling Enterprise
IWA title
Giant Baba
Antonio Inoki
All Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling

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