WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship

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WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
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WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship belt (top)
WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship belt (bottom)
Details
Promotion World Wrestling Federation
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date established1965
Date retiredOctober 31, 1985
Other name
WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
Statistics
Most reigns Johnny De Fazio (4 reigns)
Longest reign Tatsumi Fujinami (789 days)
Shortest reign Ryuma Go (2 days)

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.

Contents

In April 1994, the WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship belt was used as a trophy for the first ever Super J-Cup, which was won by Wild Pegasus.

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1Paul DeGallesSeptember 1965 House show [Note 1] 1 [Note 2]   
2 Johnny De Fazio October 15, 1965 House show Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1 [Note 3]   
3Jackie Nicholas [Note 4] House show New England 1 [Note 3]   
4 Johnny De Fazio [Note 4] House show [Note 1] 2 [Note 3]   
5Jackie Nicholas [Note 4] House show [Note 1] 2 [Note 3]   
6 Johnny De Fazio [Note 4] House show [Note 1] 3 [Note 3]   
7Jackie 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 13Defeated Tony Garea to reestablish the title in the WWWF. 
10 Tatsumi Fujinami January 23, 1978WWWF New York, New York 1617Moved to New Japan Pro-Wrestling with the title. 
11Ryuma GoOctober 2, 1979Bloody Fight Series Osaka, Japan 12 
12 Tatsumi Fujinami October 4, 1979Bloody Fight Series Tokyo, Japan 2789 
— Vacated December 1, 1981————Fujinami entered the heavyweight division. 
13 Tiger Mask January 10, 1982New Year Super Fight Tokyo, Japan 1119Defeated Dynamite Kid for the vacant title. 
— Vacated April 30, 1982————Tiger Mask was injured. 
14 Black Tiger May 6, 1982Big Fight Series 1982 Fukuoka, Japan 120Defeated Gran Hamada in a decision match. [1]
15 Tiger Mask May 26, 1982Big Fight Series 1982 Osaka, Japan 2312  [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, 1983Tercera Confrontacion Mexico – Japan Mexico City, Mexico 360Defeated Fishman in decision match. 
— Vacated August 12, 1983————Tiger Mask retired. 
17 Dynamite Kid February 7, 1984New Year Golden Series 1984 Tokyo, Japan 1273Won 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 WWF on MSG Network New York City, New York 1143Defeated Black Tiger to win the title. 
19 Hiro Saito May 20, 1985IWGP & WWF Championship Series Hiroshima, Japan 169 
20 The Cobra July 28, 1985Burning Spirit in Summer Osaka, Japan 295 [4]
—DeactivatedOctober 31, 1985————Vacated and abandoned when NJPW and the WWF split.
Eventually replaced by NJPW in February 1986 with the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.		 

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The location of the match was not captured in any known documentation.
  2. ↑ The exact date DeGalles won the championship is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 15 and 44 days.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The date of the match was not captured in any known documentation.

References

  1. ↑ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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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