WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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World Wrestling Federation New Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||
Date established | 1965 / 1978 | ||||||||
Date retired | 1972 / 1985 | ||||||||
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The WWWF/WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship is a former championship recognized by the World (Wide) Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro-Wrestling for wrestlers of smaller size. The title existed from 1967 through 1985.
In April 1994, the championship belt was used as a trophy for the first ever Super J-Cup, which was won by Wild Pegasus.
Title history
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Paul DeGalles | September 1965 | House show | [Note 1] | 1 | [Note 2] | ||
2 | Johnny De Fazio | October 15, 1965 | House show | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1 | [Note 3] | ||
3 | Jackie Nicholas | [Note 4] | House show | New England | 1 | [Note 3] | ||
4 | Johnny De Fazio | [Note 4] | House show | [Note 1] | 2 | [Note 3] | ||
5 | Jackie Nicholas | [Note 4] | House show | [Note 1] | 2 | [Note 3] | ||
6 | Johnny De Fazio | [Note 4] | House show | [Note 1] | 3 | [Note 3] | ||
7 | Jackie Nicholas | [Note 4] | House show | [Note 1] | 3 | [Note 3] | ||
8 | Johnny De Fazio | [Note 4] | House show | [Note 1] | 4 | [Note 3] | ||
— | Vacated | 1972 | — | — | — | — | De Fazio vacated the title in 1972 upon retirement. | |
9 | Carlos Jose Estrada | January 20, 1978 | House show | Uniondale, New York | 1 | 3 | Defeated Tony Garea to reestablish the title in the WWWF. | |
10 | Tatsumi Fujinami | January 23, 1978 | House show | New York, New York | 1 | 617 | Moved to New Japan Pro Wrestling with the title. | |
11 | Ryuma Go | October 2, 1979 | House show | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 2 | ||
12 | Tatsumi Fujinami | October 4, 1979 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 789 | ||
— | Vacated | December 1, 1981 | — | — | — | — | Fujinami entered the heavyweight division. | |
13 | Tiger Mask | January 1, 1982 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 119 | Defeated Dynamite Kid for the vacant title. | |
— | Vacated | April 30, 1982 | — | — | — | — | Tiger Mask was injured. | |
14 | Black Tiger | May 6, 1982 | House show | Fukuoka, Japan | 1 | 20 | Defeated Gran Hamada in a decision match. | [1] |
15 | Tiger Mask | May 26, 1982 | House show | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 312 | [2] | |
— | Vacated | April 3, 1983 | — | — | — | — | Tiger Mask was injured by the Dynamite Kid in a tag team match two nights before. On the same April 3, Dynamite Kid and Kuniaki Kobayashi fought for the title and no winner was declared. | |
16 | Tiger Mask | June 13, 1983 | House show | Mexico City, Mexico | 3 | 60 | Defeated Fishman in decision match. | |
— | Vacated | August 12, 1983 | — | — | — | — | Tiger Mask retired. | |
17 | Dynamite Kid | February 7, 1984 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 273 | Won a tournament final match over The Cobra. | [3] |
— | Vacated | November 6, 1984 | — | — | — | — | When the Dynamite Kid left Japan to join the WWF full time, and became a tag team wrestler. | |
18 | The Cobra | December 28, 1984 | House show | New York City, New York | 1 | 143 | Defeated Black Tiger to win the title. | |
19 | Hiro Saito | May 20, 1985 | House show | Hiroshima, Japan | 1 | 69 | ||
20 | The Cobra | July 28, 1985 | House show | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 95 | [4] | |
— | Deactivated | October 31, 1985 | — | — | — | — | Vacated and abandoned when New Japan and the WWF split. |
See also
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 The location of the match was not captured in any known documentation.
- ↑ The exact date DeGalles won the championship is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 15 and 44 days.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 The date of the match was not captured in any known documentation.
References
- ↑ F4W Staff (May 6, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 6): Verne Gagne Vs. Danny Hodge, 1st Annual Von Erich Parade of Champions show". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ↑ F4W Staff (May 26, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 26): Dick the Bruiser & Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race in a nine fall death match, Tiger Mask wins WWF Jr. Heavyweight gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (February 7, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 7): Bobby Roode & Austin Aries wins tag gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (July 28, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 28): Lou Thesz wrestles the husband of the world's greatest all-time female athlete". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
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