IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Prince Devitt as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion (2010)
Prince Devitt as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion (2010)
Data
Title holder Hiromu Takahashi
since 4th January 2020
owner NJPW
Introduced February 6, 1986

The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (in German IWGP (International Wrestling Grand Prix) Junior Heavyweight Championship ) is a wrestling title for individual wrestlers at New Japan Pro Wrestling . The title has the status of a world championship, as it was also defended in the USA and is officially subject to a weight limit of 100 kg (equivalent to 220 American pounds). As is common in wrestling, the award is based on a previously determined storyline .

history

The title was introduced to honor wrestlers in the lower weight class or younger wrestlers. It was introduced on February 6, 1986. To determine a title holder, a tournament was held at the NJPW New Year Dash 1986 show in Tokyo , which was won by Shiro Koshinaka. He defeated The Cobra in the final to become the first IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.

On December 27, 1995, the title received the status of a world championship, as he was defended by Koji Kanemoto in World Championship Wrestling in the United States. He defeated Alex Wright in the match . In addition, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship was part of the so-called Super J Crown, a collection of several titles, especially for lighter or technically better wrestlers, which were brought together on August 5, 1996 during the reign of The Great Sasuke, as this one tournament with eight contestants, each holding a title, won. These also included the British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship, the NWA World Welterweight Championship, the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship, the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship, the WWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship . After the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment ) regained control of their Light Heavyweight Championship in November 1997, the Super J broke up and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship has been fought alone since then.

Title holder

The current title holder is Hiromu Takahashi in his third reign. He defeated previous title holder Will Ospreay on January 4, 2020 on the first day of Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo .

Title Statistics

record Record holder unit
Most title wins Jushin Thunder Liger 11 times
Longest reign Jushin Thunder Liger 628 days
Shortest reign Juventud Guerrera 7 days
Oldest title holder Norio Honaga 39 years 47 days
Youngest title holder Black Tiger IV 22 years 345 days
Heaviest title holder Naoki Sano 110 kilograms
Easiest title holder Kota Ibushi 75 kilograms

List of title holders

# champion No. Days Date of title win place event comment
1 Shiro Koshinaka 1 102 February 6, 1986 Tokyo , Japan New Year Dash 1986 The title was introduced as the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. Shiro Koshinaka won a tournament to become the first title holder. He defeated The Cobra in the final.
2 Nobuhiko Takada 1 119 May 19, 1986 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
3 Shiro Koshinaka 2 321 September 15, 1986 Fukuoka , Japan Houseshow
Title vacant * * 2nd August 1987 * * Due to an injury to Shiro Koshinaka, the title has been declared vacant.
4th Kuniaki Kobayashi 1 129 August 20, 1987 Fukuoka , Japan Houseshow Kuniaki Kobayashi won a tournament for the title, defeating Nobuhiko Takada in the final.
5 Hiroshi rabbit 1 152 December 27, 1987 Tokyo , Japan Inoki Touken Live III
6th Owen Hart 1 28 May 27, 1988 Sendai , Japan Houseshow
7th Shiro Koshinaka 3 265 June 24, 1988 Osaka , Japan Houseshow
8th Hiroshi rabbit 2 70 March 16, 1989 Yokohama , Japan Houseshow
9 Jushin Liger 1 77 May 25, 1989 Osaka , Japan Houseshow
10 Naoki Sano 1 174 August 10, 1989 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
11 Jushin Thunder Liger 2 200 January 31, 1990 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
12 Pegasus Kid 1 74 19th August 1990 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
13 Jushin Thunder Liger 3 165 November 1, 1990 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
Title vacant * * April 15, 1991 * * Jushin Thunder Liger gave up the title voluntarily so that it could be fought again at the Top of the Super Juniors Tournament in 1991.
14th Norio Honaga 1 43 April 30, 1991 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow Norio Honaga won the Top of the Super Juniors Tournament in 1991 to become the new title holder. He defeated Jushin Thunder Liger in the final.
15th Jushin Thunder Liger 4th 58 June 12, 1991 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
16 Akira Nogami 1 88 August 9, 1991 Tokyo , Japan G1 Climax 1991 - Day 2
17th Norio Honaga 2 95 5th November 1991 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
18th Jushin Thunder Liger 5 139 February 8, 1992 Sapporo , Japan Houseshow Jushin Thunder Liger also won the WCW World Light Heavyweight Championship from Norio Honaga in this match.
19th El samurai 1 149 June 26, 1992 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
20th Ultimo Dragon 1 43 November 22, 1992 Tokyo , Japan Battle Zone Space I
21st Jushin Thunder Liger 6th 628 4th January 1993 Tokyo , Japan Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome
* Title vacant * * September 24, 1994 * * The title has been declared vacant due to a leg injury from Jushin Thunder Liger.
22nd Norio Honaga 3 145 September 27, 1994 Osaka , Japan G1 Climax Special - Day 6 Norio Honaga won a tournament for the vacant title. He defeated Wild Pegasus in the final.
23 Koji Kanemoto 1 73 February 19, 1995 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow During his reign, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship was combined with the UWA World Welterweight Championship. He defeated the UWA World Welterweight Champion Shinjiro Otani.
24 Sabu 1 42 May 3, 1995 Fukuoka , Japan Wrestling Dontaku 1995
25th Koji Kanemoto 2 204 June 14, 1995 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow During his reign, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship received world championship status when Koji Kanemoto defended the title at the 1995 WCW- PPV Starrcade against Alex Wright in Nashville , Tennessee , USA .
26th Jushin Thunder Liger 7th 116 4th January 1996 Tokyo , Japan Wrestling World 1996
27 The Great Saskue 1 165 April 29, 1996 Tokyo , Japan Battle Formation 1996 During his reign, The Great Sasuke won a tournament in which he also won other junior heavyweight titles. These were the British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship, the NWA World Welterweight Championship, the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship, the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship, the WWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. These titles then became the Super J Crown. They were also defended together.
28 Ultimo Dragon 2 85 October 11, 1996 Osaka , Japan WAS Osaka Crash Night
29 Jushin Thunder Liger 8th 183 4th January 1997 Tokyo , Japan Wrestling World 1997
30th El samurai 2 35 July 6, 1997 Sapporo , Japan Summer Struggle 1997 - Day 12
31 Shinjiro Otani 1 181 August 10, 1997 Nagoya , Japan The four Heaven in Nagoya Dome As a result of the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment ) reclaiming the WWF Light Heavyweight Title , the Super J broke up and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship was again fought alone.
32 Jushin Thunder Liger 9 403 February 7, 1998 Sapporo , Japan Fighting Spirit 1998 - Day 10
33 Koji Kanemoto 3 164 March 17, 1999 Hiroshima , Japan Hyper Battle 1999 - Day 12
34 Kendo Kashin 1 44 August 28, 1999 Tokyo , Japan Jingu Climax
35 Jushin Thunder Liger 10 49 October 11, 1999 Tokyo , Japan Final Dome 1999
36 Juventud Guerrera 1 7th November 29, 1999 Denver , Colorado , USA WCW Monday Nitro
37 Jushin Thunder Liger 11 227 December 6, 1999 Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA WCW Monday Nitro Psychosis replaced Juventud Guerrera , who was out with an arm injury.
38 Tatsuhito Takaiwa 1 101 July 20, 2000 Sapporo , Japan Summer Struggle 2000 - Day 20
39 Minoru Tanaka 1 264 October 29, 2000 Kobe , Japan Get a Right !! - day 13
40 Masayuki Naruse 1 80 July 20, 2001 Sapporo , Japan Dome Quake
41 Kendo Kashin 2 116 October 8, 2001 Tokyo , Japan Indicate of Next
Title vacant * * February 1, 2002 * * Kendo Kashin moved to All Japan , which is why the title was declared vacant.
42 Minoru Tanaka 2 153 February 16, 2002 Tokyo , Japan Fighting Spirit 2002 - Day 10 Minoru Tanaka defeated Masahito Kakihara for the vacant title.
43 Koji Kanemoto 4th 278 July 19, 2002 Sapporo , Japan Summer Fight Series 2002 - Day 20
44 Tiger Mask IV 1 153 April 23, 2003 Hiroshima , Japan Crush
Title vacant * * September 23, 2003 * * Tiger Mask IV voluntarily gave up the title due to personal dissatisfaction with the title match.
45 Jado 1 62 October 13, 2003 Tokyo , Japan Ultimate Crush II Jado won an 11 Men Battle Royal for the vacant title.
46 Heat 3 386 December 14, 2003 Nagoya , Japan Battle Final 2003
47 Tiger Mask IV 2 278 January 4, 2005 Tokyo , Japan Touken Festival - Wrestling World 2005
48 Black Tiger IV 1 134 October 8, 2005 Tokyo , Japan Toukon Souzou New Chapter
49 Tiger Mask 3 73 February 19, 2006 Tokyo , Japan Circuit 2006 Acceleration - Day 15
50 Koji Kanemoto 5 235 January 4, 2006 Fukuoka , Japan New Japan Cup 2006 Special - Day 2
51 Minoru 4th 194 December 24, 2006 Tokyo , Japan Battle X-Mas! Catch the Victory
52 Ryusuke Taguchi 1 155 July 6, 2007 Tokyo , Japan 35th Anniversary Tour - Circuit 2007 New Japan Soul - CTU Farewell Tour - Day 1
53 Wataru Inoue 1 190 December 8, 2007 Osaka , Japan 35th Anniversary Tour - Circuit 2007 New Japan alive - Day 7
Title vacant * * June 16, 2008 * * Wataru Inoue announced that he will switch to the heavyweight division, which is why the title became vacant.
54 Tiger Mask 4th 75 July 8, 2008 Tokyo , Japan New Japan Trill - Day 4 Tiger Mask won a tournament for the vacant title. He defeated Prince Devitt in the final.
55 Low-ki 1 105 September 21, 2008 Kobe , Japan Circuit 2008 New Japan Generation - Day 11
56 Tiger Mask 5 224 January 4, 2009 Tokyo , Japan Wrestle Kingdom III
57 Místico 1 85 August 15, 2009 Tokyo , Japan G1 Climax 2009 - New Lords, new Laws - Day 7
58 Tiger Mask 6th 57 November 8, 2009 Tokyo , Japan Destruction 2009
59 Naomichi Marufuji 1 166 January 4, 2010 Tokyo , Japan Wrestle Kingdom IV
60 Prince Devitt 1 364 June 19, 2010 Osaka , Japan Dominion 6.19
61 Kota Ibushi 1 86 June 18, 2011 Osaka , Japan Dominion 6.18
Title vacant * * September 12, 2011 * * Due to a shoulder injury, Kota Ibushi could not defend the title, which was therefore vacant.
62 Prince Devitt 2 223 September 19, 2011 Kobe , Japan G1 Climax Special 2011 - Day 11 Prince Devitt defeated KUSHIDA for the vacant title to become the new title holder.
63 Low-ki 2 87 May 3, 2012 Fukuoka , Japan NJPW 40th Anniversary - Wrestling Dontaku 2012
64 Kota Ibushi 2 71 July 29, 2012 Tokyo , Japan NJPW 40th Anniversary Last Rebellion
65 Low-ki 3 34 October 8, 2012 Tokyo , Japan NJPW 40th Anniversary - King of Pro-Wrestling
66 Prince Devitt 3 419 November 11, 2012 Osaka , Japan NJPW 40th Anniversary - Power Struggle
67 Kota Ibushi 3 181 4th January 2014 Tokyo , Japan Wrestle Kingdom 8
68 KUSHIDA 1 79 4th July 2014 Tokyo , Japan Kizuna Road - Day 3
69 Ryusuke Taguchi 2 104 September 21, 2014 Kobe , Japan Destruction in Kobe
70 Kenny Omega 1 182 4th January 2015 Tokyo , Japan Wrestle Kingdom 9
71 KUSHIDA 2 80 5th July 2015 Osaka , Japan Dominion 7.5
72 Kenny Omega 2 103 23rd September 2015 Okayama , Japan Destruction in Okayama
73 KUSHIDA 3 257 4th January 2016 Tokyo , Japan Wrestle Kingdom 10
74 BUSHI 1 49 17th September 2016 Tokyo , Japan Destruction in Tokyo
75 KUSHIDA 4th 60 5th November 2016 Osaka , Japan Power Struggle
76 Hiromu Takahashi 1 158 4th January 2017 Tokyo , Japan Wrestle Kingdom 11
77 KUSHIDA 5 120 June 11, 2017 Osaka , Japan Dominion 11/6
78 Will Ospreay 1 27 October 9, 2017 Tokyo , Japan King of Pro-Wrestling 2017
79 Marty Scurll 1 60 5th November 2017 Osaka , Japan Power Struggle 2017
80 Will Ospreay 2 156 4th January 2018 Tokyo , Japan Wrestle Kingdom 12 This was a 4 way match in which Hiromu Takahashi and KUSHIDA were also involved
81 Hiromu Takahashi 2 72 June 9, 2018 Osaka , Japan Dominion 6.9
Title vacant * * 20th August 2018 * * Due to a neck injury, Hiromu Takahashi was unable to defend the title, which was therefore vacant.
82 KUSHIDA 6th 88 October 8, 2018 Tokyo , Japan King of Pro-Wrestling 2018 KUSHIDA won a tournament to get the vacant title. He defeated Marty Scurll in the final.
83 Taiji Ishimori 1 92 4th January 2019 Tokyo , Japan Wrestle Kingdom 13
84 Dragon Lee 1 64 April 6, 2019 New York City , New York , USA ROH / NJPW G1 Supercard
85 Will Ospreay 3 209 June 9, 2019 Osaka , Japan Dominion 6.9
86 Hiromu Takahashi 3 239+ 4th January 2020 Tokyo , Japan Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Day 1

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