International Junior Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)

International Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1
Date established June 29, 2002
Current champion(s) Isami Kodaka
Date won March 4, 2018
Other name(s)
  • NWA/UPW/Zero-One International Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • Zero-One/UPW/World-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • AWA/Zero1-MAX/UPW/World-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • Zero1-Max International Junior Heavyweight Championship

The International Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1 (formerly Pro Wrestling Zero-One and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max) and formerly sanctioned by the Wrestling Superstars Live promotion, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (<100 kg (220 lb)) wrestlers. It was originally created on June 29, 2002 as the NWA/UPW/Zero-One International Junior Heavyweight Championship, symbolizing Zero-One's relationship with the NWA and UPW; Leonardo Spanky defeated Smelly to become the first champion.[1] When Zero-One left the NWA on October 31, 2004, the title was renamed to incorporate Steve Corino's Pro Wrestling World-1; the name was further added to when the newly renamed Zero1-Max joined the AWA on February 28, 2005. On August 26, 2006, when Minoru Fujita won the annual Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament, it was again renamed the AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. When Zero1-Max left the AWA on December 15, 2007, it was renamed again to the Zero1-Max International Junior Heavyweight Championship. Finally, when the company changed its name to Pro Wrestling Zero1 in 2008, the championship followed. There have been a total of 20 recognized champions, who have had a combined 29 official reigns.

The championship has been known as:[1][2]

  • NWA/UPW/Zero-One International Junior Heavyweight Championship
    (June 29, 2002 – October 31, 2004)
  • Zero-One/UPW/World-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
    (October 31, 2004 – February 28, 2005)
  • AWA/Zero1-Max/UPW/World-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
    (February 28, 2005 – August 26, 2006)
  • AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
    (August 26, 2006 – December 15, 2007)
  • Zero1-Max International Junior Heavyweight Championship
    (December 15, 2007 – 2008)
  • Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship (Present)

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Leonardo Spanky June 29, 2002 Creation Tour Sapporo, Japan 1 793 Defeated Smelly.
2 Low Ki September 16, 2002 Genesis II Tokyo, Japan 1 3498
3 Wataru Sakata August 31, 2003 Summer Festival Tour Gifu, Japan 1 2251 This was also for Sakata's World1 Junior Heavyweight Championship.
— Vacated April 12, 2004 — — — —— Vacated so that Sakata could focus on the World1 title.
4 Tatsuhito Takaiwa May 16, 2004 Cashonor Tokyo, Japan 1 2165 Defeated Tony Stradlin.
5 Super Crazy December 18, 2004 AWA Heavyweight Title Contender Tournament Tour Chiba, Japan 1 1170
6 Ikuto Hidaka April 14, 2005 Outburst Revolution Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 3184
7 Takuya Sugawara February 26, 2006 Happening Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1511
8 Tatsuhito Takaiwa July 27, 2006 Fire Festival Tour Osaka, Japan 2 <10 This match was also for Takaiwa's WWA World Welterweight Championship.
— Vacated July 27, 2006 — — — —— Vacated so that the title could be decided in the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament.
9 Minoru Fujita August 26, 2006 Tenkaichi Jr. Tour Kyoto, Japan 1 1462 Defeated Takuya Sugawara in the final of the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament.
10 Ikuto Hidaka January 19, 2007 Over the Max Tour Tokyo, Japan 2 300
11 Tatsuhito Takaiwa February 18, 2007 Make the Emotion Tour Tokyo, Japan 3 770
— Vacated May 6, 2007 — — — —— Vacated due to Takaiwa suffering a knee injury.
12 Dick Togo June 20, 2007 Dynamo Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1281 Won a 9-man battle royal.
13 Ikuto Hidaka October 26, 2007 Innovation Tour Tokyo, Japan 3 891
14 Masaaki Mochizuki January 23, 2008 Zero1-Max 3rd Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 1 1553
15 Ikuto Hidaka June 26, 2008 Dauntless Tour Tokyo, Japan 4 2625
16 Sonjay Dutt March 15, 2009 Wrestler's 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 2590
— Vacated November 29, 2009 — — — —— Vacated so that the title could be decided in the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament.
17 Ikuto Hidaka November 29, 2009 Wrestler's 7 ~ Grant Me My Wish! Tokyo, Japan 5 5406 Defeated Prince Devitt in the final of the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament.
18 Takuya Sugawara May 23, 2011 N/A Tokyo, Japan 2 71210
19 Jonathan Gresham May 4, 2013 Big Bang Tokyo, Japan 1 1351
— Vacated September 16, 2013 — — — —— Vacated so that the title could be decided in the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament.
20 Hub September 16, 2013 11th Tenkaichi Jr.: Finals Tokyo, Japan 1 1743 Defeated Mineo Fujita in the final of the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament. Also won the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
21 Jason Lee March 9, 2014 Zero1_Thirteen Tokyo, Japan 1 1943 This match was also for Hub's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
22 Mineo Fujita September 19, 2014 Tenkaichi Special Tokyo, Japan 1 451 This match was also for Lee's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
23 Takuya Sugawara November 3, 2014 Hi no Kokudai Hanabi Kumamoto, Japan 3 551 This match was also for Fujita's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
24 Jason Lee December 28, 2014 Winter Fever 4 Hong Kong 2 631 This match was also for Sugawara's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
25 Minoru Tanaka March 1, 2015 Zero1_Fourteen Tokyo, Japan 1 2223 This match was also for Lee's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
26 Shinjiro Otani October 11, 2015 Change the World Tokyo, Japan 1 4812 This match was also for Tanaka's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
27 Kotaro Suzuki February 3, 2017 Shinsei Zero1 Dream Series: Hakai no Jin Tokyo, Japan 1 2653 This match was also for Otani's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
27 Sean Guinness October 26, 2017 Dream Series Aki no Jin Korakuen Taikai Tokyo, Japan 1 1291 This match was also for Suzuki's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
28 Isami Kodaka March 4, 2018 Dream Series Sozo no Jin Tokyo, Japan 1 226+2 This match was also for Guinness' NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Combined reigns

As of October 16, 2018.

Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1. Ikuto Hidaka 5 1239
2. Takuya Sugawara 3 918
3. Shinjiro Otani 1 481
4. Low Ki 1 349
5. Tatsuhito Takaiwa 3 293
6. Sonjay Dutt 1 259
7. Jason Lee 2 257
8. Kotaro Suzuki 1 265
9. Wataru Sakata 2 225
10. Minoru Tanaka 1 224
11. Hub 1 174
12. Masaaki Mochizuki 1 155
13. Minoru Fujita 1 146
14. Jonathan Gresham 1 135
15. Sean Guinness1129
16. Dick Togo1127
17. Super Crazy1117
18. Leonardo Spanky179
19. Minoru Fujita145
20. Isami Kodaka †1226+

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship official title history". ZEROONEUSA.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
  2. ↑ "ZERO1-MAX International Junior Heavyweight Championship title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
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