WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship

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

#	Wrestler	Reigns	Date	Days held	Location	Notes
1	Paul DeGalles	1	September, 1965
2	Johnny De Fazio	1	1967
3	Bradley Lowe	1
4	Jonny De Fazio	2
5	Jackie Nicholas	2			New England
6	Johnny De Fazio	3
7	Jackie Nicholas	3
8	Johnny De Fazio	4
-	Vacated	-	1972	-	-	De Fazio vacated the title in 1972 upon retirement.
9	Carlos Jose Estrada	1	January 20, 1978		Uniondale, New York	Defeated Tony Garea to reestablish the title in the WWWF.
10	Tatsumi Fujinami	1	January 23, 1978		New York City, New York	Moves to New Japan Pro Wrestling with the title.
11	Ryuma Go	1	October 2, 1979		Osaka, Japan
12	Tatsumi Fujinami	2	October 4, 1979		Tokyo, Japan
-	Vacated	-	December 1981	-	-	Fujinami entered the heavyweight division.
13	Tiger Mask	1	January 1, 1982		Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Dynamite Kid for the vacant title, then vacated the title in April 1982 due to injury.
14	Black Tiger (original, Mark Rocco)	1	May 6, 1982		Fukuoka, Japan	Defeated Gran Hamada in decision match.
15	Tiger Mask	2	May 26, 1982		Osaka, Japan
-	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	3	June 13, 1983		Mexico City, Mexico	Defeated Fishman in decision match.
-	Vacated	-	August 12, 1983	-	-	Tiger Mask retired.
17	Dynamite Kid	1	February 7, 1984		Tokyo, Japan	Won a tournament final over The Cobra on February 7, 1984 in Tokyo. Dave Boy Smith was watching from ringside. Vacated the title in November 1984 when British Bulldogs jump to All Japan Pro Wrestling.
18	The Cobra	1	December 28, 1984		New York City, New York	Defeated Black Tiger in decision match.
19	Hiro Saito	1	May 20, 1985		Hiroshima, Japan
20	The Cobra	2	July 28, 1985		Osaka, Japan
-	Vacated	-	October 31, 1985	-	-	Vacated and abandoned when New Japan and the WWF split.
Shiro Koshinaka defeats The Cobra on June 28, 1986 in Tokyo to become the first IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.

See also

• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
• WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
• WWE Cruiserweight Championship

References

• Wrestling Information Archive

External links

• WWF Junior Heavyweight Title