WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship

The WWWF 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.

Title history

#	Wrestler	Reigns	Date	Days held	Location	Notes
1	Johnny De Fazio	1	1967
2	Bradley Lowe	1
3	Jonny De Fazio	2
4	Jackie Nicholas	2			New England
5	Jonny De Fazio	3
6	Jackie Nicholas	3
7	Johnny De Fazio	4
-	Vacated	-	1972	-	-	De Fazio vacated the title in 1972 upon retirement.
8	Carlos Jose Estrada	1	January 20, 1978	3	Uniondale, New York	Defeated Tony Garea for the title.
9	Tatsumi Fujinami	1	January 23, 1978	617	New York City, New York
10	Ryuma Go	1	October 2, 1979	2	Osaka, Japan
11	Tatsumi Fujinami	2	October 4, 1979	789	Tokyo, Japan
-	Vacated	-	December 1981	-	-	Vacated when Fujinami entered the heavyweight division.
12	Tiger Mask	1	January 1, 1982	125	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Dynamite Kid for the vacant title, then vacated the title in April 1982 due to injury.
13	Black Tiger (original, Mark Rocco)	1	May 6, 1982	20	Fukuoka, Japan	Defeated Gran Hamada for the vacant title.
14	Tiger Mask	2	May 26, 1982	312	Osaka, Japan
-	Vacated	-	April 3, 1983	-	-	Vacated after Tiger Mask was injured by the Dynamite Kid in a tag team match on April 1. On the same night, Dynamite Kid and Kuniaki Kobayashi fought for the title and no winner was declared.
15	Tiger Mask	3	June 13, 1983	239	Mexico City, Mexico	Defeated Fishman for the title, then he vacated the title on August 12, 1983 when he retired.
16	Dynamite Kid	1	February 7, 1984	268	Tokyo, Japan	Won a triangular match by defeating both Davey Boy Smith on February 3, 1984 in Sapporo, Japan and The Cobra on February 7, 1984 in Tokyo. He vacated the title in November 1984 when he and Smith jumped to All-Japan Pro Wrestling.
17	The Cobra	1	December 28, 1984	143	New York City, New York	Defeated Black Tiger for the vacant title.
18	Hiro Saito	1	May 20, 1985	69	Hiroshima, Japan
19	The Cobra	2	July 28, 1985	95	Osaka, Japan
-	Vacated	-	October 31, 1985	-	-	Vacated 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

References

• Wrestling Information Archive

External links

• WWF Junior Heavyweight Title