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[[image:121ee536.jpg|125px|right|championship belt]]
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== Current Champion ==
== Current Champion (Defunct Championship) ==


== History of Championship ==
== History of Championship ==
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{{TitleHistoryLine|2|[[Tatsumi Fujinami]]|[[Steve Keirn]]|[[1980]].[[02.01]]|Sapporo, [[Japan]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|2|[[Tatsumi Fujinami]]|[[Steve Keirn]]|[[1980]].[[02.01]]|Sapporo, [[Japan]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|3|[[Mike Graham]]|[[Tatsumi Fujinami]]|[[1980]].[[02.15]]|Hollywood, [[Florida]], [[United States]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|3|[[Mike Graham]]|[[Tatsumi Fujinami]]|[[1980]].[[02.15]]|Hollywood, [[Florida]], [[United States]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|4|[[Tatsumi Fujinami]]|[[Mike Graham]]|[[1980]].[[04.04]]|Kawasaki, [[Japan]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|4|[[Tatsumi Fujinami]][2]|[[Mike Graham]]|[[1980]].[[04.04]]|Kawasaki, [[Japan]]}}
{{TitleHistorySpan|vacated in June of 1980 due to injury}}
{{TitleHistorySpan|vacated in June of 1980 due to injury}}
{{TitleHistorySpan|decision match for vacant title}}
{{TitleHistorySpan|decision match for vacant title}}
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{{TitleHistoryLine|6|[[Chavo Guerrero]]|[[Kengo Kimura]]|[[1980]].[[10.03]]|[[Tokyo]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|6|[[Chavo Guerrero]]|[[Kengo Kimura]]|[[1980]].[[10.03]]|[[Tokyo]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|7|[[Gino Hernandez]]|[[Chavo Guerrero]]|[[1981]].[[02.27]]|Houston, [[Texas]], [[United States]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|7|[[Gino Hernandez]]|[[Chavo Guerrero]]|[[1981]].[[02.27]]|Houston, [[Texas]], [[United States]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|8|[[Chavo Guerrero]]|[[Gino Hernandez]]|[[1981]].09.??|?}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|8|[[Chavo Guerrero]][2]|[[Gino Hernandez]]|[[1981]].09.??|?}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|9|[[Atsushi Onita]]|[[Chavo Guerrero]]|[[1982]].[[03.07]]|Charlotte, North Carolina, [[United States]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|9|[[Atsushi Onita]]|[[Chavo Guerrero]]|[[1982]].[[03.07]]|Charlotte, North Carolina, [[United States]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|10|[[Sangre Chicana]]|[[Atsushi Onita]]|[[1982]].[[04.11]]|[[Guadalajara]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|10|[[Sangre Chicana]]|[[Atsushi Onita]]|[[1982]].[[04.11]]|[[Guadalajara]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|11|[[Atsushi Onita]]|[[Sangre Chicana]]|[[1982]].[[04.30]]|[[Mexico City]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|11|[[Atsushi Onita]][2]|[[Sangre Chicana]]|[[1982]].[[04.30]]|[[Mexico City]]}}
{{TitleHistorySpan|title held up after a match with [[Chavo Guerrero]] on [[1982]].[[07.30]]}}
{{TitleHistorySpan|title held up after a match with [[Chavo Guerrero]] on [[1982]].[[07.30]]}}
{{TitleHistorySpan|title renamed NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title at the annual NWA meeting in August of 1982}}
{{TitleHistorySpan|title renamed NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title at the annual NWA meeting in August of 1982}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|12|[[Atsushi Onita]]|[[Chavo Guerrero]]|[[1982]].[[11.04]]|[[Tokyo]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|12|[[Atsushi Onita]][3]|[[Chavo Guerrero]]|[[1982]].[[11.04]]|[[Tokyo]]}}
{{TitleHistorySpan|title vacated on [[1983]].[[04.15]] after Onita breaks his leg wrestling [[Hector Guerrero]]}}
{{TitleHistorySpan|title vacated on [[1983]].[[04.15]] after Onita breaks his leg wrestling [[Hector Guerrero]]}}
{{TitleHistorySpan|tournament final to crown new champion}}
{{TitleHistorySpan|tournament final to crown new champion}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|13|[[Chavo Guerrero]]|[[Ultra Seven]]|[[1983]].[[05.26]]|Tenryu, [[Japan]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|13|[[Chavo Guerrero]][3]|[[Ultra Seven]]|[[1983]].[[05.26]]|Tenryu, [[Japan]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|14|[[Mighty Inoue]]|[[Chavo Guerrero]]|[[1984]].[[02.06]]|Osaka, [[Japan]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|14|[[Mighty Inoue]]|[[Chavo Guerrero]]|[[1984]].[[02.06]]|Osaka, [[Japan]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|15|[[Dynamite Kid]]|[[Mighty Inoue]]|[[1985]].[[06.08]]|Takamatsu, [[Japan]]}}
{{TitleHistoryLine|15|[[Dynamite Kid]]|[[Mighty Inoue]]|[[1985]].[[06.08]]|Takamatsu, [[Japan]]}}
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== Gallery of Champions ==
== Gallery of Champions ==
{{Gallery|name=Chavo-nwainterjr-champ.jpg|caption=[[Chavo Guerrero]], 6th, 8th & 13th Champion}}
{{Gallery|name=Chicana_nwainter.jpg|caption=[[Sangre Chicana]], 10th Champion}}
{{Gallery|name=Chicana_nwainter.jpg|caption=[[Sangre Chicana]], 10th Champion}}


Revision as of 19:15, 26 August 2008

championship belt

Current Champion (Defunct Championship)

History of Championship

This title was founded in 1979 as the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (International) in cooperation with New Japan Pro Wrestling and the Los Angeles NWA promotion. It was renamed the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title in August of 1982. Also in 1982, the belt came under the ownership of All Japan Pro Wrestling. It was abandoned in 1986 by the last champion, Tiger Mask II (Mitsuharu Misawa).

The title was defended in Japan, the United States, and Mexico.

On October 12, 2006, Ultimo Dragon recieved the belt from Atsushi Onita, and annnounced he would promote a tournament for the championship. In the finals of that tournament on 3/4/07 Hirooki Goto defeated Shocker to win the title and become the 18th Champion. Goto vacated the title on 9/8/07 after defeating Hajime Ohara in a match in Japan, stating he was no longer a junior heavyweight and thus could no longer hold the title.

Champions Listing

# Champion(s) Defeated Date Location
match to determine initial champion
1 Steve Keirn Chavo Guerrero 1979.12.10 Los Angeles
2 Tatsumi Fujinami Steve Keirn 1980.02.01 Sapporo, Japan
3 Mike Graham Tatsumi Fujinami 1980.02.15 Hollywood, Florida, United States
4 Tatsumi Fujinami[2] Mike Graham 1980.04.04 Kawasaki, Japan
vacated in June of 1980 due to injury
decision match for vacant title
5 Kengo Kimura Bret Hart 1980.07.02 Kitakyushu, Japan
6 Chavo Guerrero Kengo Kimura 1980.10.03 Tokyo
7 Gino Hernandez Chavo Guerrero 1981.02.27 Houston, Texas, United States
8 Chavo Guerrero[2] Gino Hernandez 1981.09.?? ?
9 Atsushi Onita Chavo Guerrero 1982.03.07 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
10 Sangre Chicana Atsushi Onita 1982.04.11 Guadalajara
11 Atsushi Onita[2] Sangre Chicana 1982.04.30 Mexico City
title held up after a match with Chavo Guerrero on 1982.07.30
title renamed NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title at the annual NWA meeting in August of 1982
12 Atsushi Onita[3] Chavo Guerrero 1982.11.04 Tokyo
title vacated on 1983.04.15 after Onita breaks his leg wrestling Hector Guerrero
tournament final to crown new champion
13 Chavo Guerrero[3] Ultra Seven 1983.05.26 Tenryu, Japan
14 Mighty Inoue Chavo Guerrero 1984.02.06 Osaka, Japan
15 Dynamite Kid Mighty Inoue 1985.06.08 Takamatsu, Japan
16 Kuniaki Kobayashi Dynamite Kid 1985.06.13 Koga, Japan
17 Tiger Mask II Kuniaki Kobayashi 1985.08.31 Tokyo
title abandoned in 1986
8 man tournament to crown a new champion
18 Hirooki Goto Shocker 2007.03.04 Arena Coliseo DF
title vacated on 2007.09.08 when Goto declares he is no longer a junior heavyweight
 
 
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found

Sources:

Gallery of Champions

Chavo Guerrero, 6th, 8th & 13th Champion
Sangre Chicana, 10th Champion

Sources

V National Wrestling Alliance Championships (with lucha libre history) E
World Welter (Akantus), NWA-Mexico: Mexico Light (Skayde), Mexico Welter (Vaquero Fantasma)
Dragon Gym: International Junior Heavy (Último Dragón)
Defunct: Middle, Light Heavy, Americas Tag
Reference: Jr. Heavy, Heavy
CMLL established titles: Historic Welter (Volador Jr.), Historic Middle (Carístico), Historic LH (Stuka Jr.)
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