Ohtani wins AWA title

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Steve Corino with dragon suplex to win AWA world heavyweight title on 2006/01/22 at Kourakuen Hall in Tokyo. Former AWA world champ Nick Bockwinkel was in attendance as a special witness for the championship match.

[DANGEROUS DAN]

Good to hear that someone who has earned it is wearing that strap. My question is doesn't this promotion follow suit to the new NWA and claim the lineage of the past?

[kokushishin]

They no longer use the NWA titles, i think their agreement expired or something to that effect.

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

They still call some of the championships "NWA" titles, but they are no longer a part of NWA. They are an AWA member now.