WWF International Heavyweight Championship

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WWF International Heavyweight Championship
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New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)'s version of the WWF International Heavyweight Championship belt
Details
Promotion Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC)
World Wrestling Federation (WWF)
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)
Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF)
Date established1959
1982
Date retired1963
1985
Other names
  • NWA International Heavyweight Championship (Northeast version) (1959–1963)
  • WWWF International Heavyweight Championship (1963)
Statistics
First champion Antonino Rocca
Final champion Tatsumi Fujinami
Most reigns Tatsumi Fujinami
(3 reigns)
Oldest champion Tony Parisi
(41 years, 145 days)
Youngest champion Akira Maeda
(25 years, 62 days)
Heaviest champion Riki Choshu
(265lb (120kg))
Lightest champion Antonino Rocca
(224lb (102kg))

The WWF International Heavyweight Championship is a former championship recognized by the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the World Wrestling Federation, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and the Universal Wrestling Federation. [1]

Contents

History

The title existed from 1959 through 1963 and again from 1982 through 1985.

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
1 Antonino Rocca July 2, 1959 House show New York, NY 11,554Defeated Buddy Rogers to become the inaugural champion.
World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF)
— Vacated October 3, 1963———— Antonino Rocca vacated the championship and it later became inactive.
2 Tony Parisi June 15, 1982 House show Buffalo, NY 164It is uncertain who Parisi defeated to win the championship.
3 Gino Brito August 18, 1982 House show Buffalo, NY 112 
4 Tatsumi Fujinami August 30, 1982 WWF on MSG Network New York, NY 1216 
5 Riki Choshu April 3, 1983Big Fight Series II 1983 Tokyo, Japan 1123  [2]
6 Tatsumi Fujinami August 4, 1983Summer Fight Series 1983 Tokyo, Japan 2715Fujinami won the match by count-out but refused to accept the championship. A rematch between Fujinami and Choshu to determine a new champion was scheduled in Calgary, Alberta on August 12, 1983 but Choshu could not get into Canada for the match, and Fujinami was recognized as undisputed champion starting from the August 4, 1983 date. [3]
† Akira Maeda March 25, 1984 All American Wrestling New York, NY 1120Maeda defeated Pierre Lefebvre at Madison Square Garden to be recognized by the WWF but the victory was ignored by NJPW. Maeda departed from the WWF during this reign and defended the title as the "UWF Heavyweight Championship" in the Universal Wrestling Federation before vacating the title on July 23, 1984.
† Tatsumi Fujinami July 5, 1984——3379Fujinami regained recognition from the WWF on July 5, 1984, though NJPW recognized his second reign as uninterrupted. [4]
— Vacated July 19, 1985 House show Sapporo, Japan —— Tatsumi Fujinami gave up the title after wrestling Super Strong Machine to a double disqualification.
—DeactivatedOctober 31, 1985————The championship was abandoned when the WWF ended its working relationship with NJPW.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wrestling Information Archive
  2. ↑ F4W Staff (April 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling title change history : Gotch Vs. Hackenschmidt, Inoki Vs. Hansen, Guerrero Vs. Jericho". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Hoops, Brian (August 4, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (August 4): Lex Luger beats Huk Hogan for WCW title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ "NJPW Summer Fight Series 1984 - Tag 7". CageMatch. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
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