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World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(July 31, 1986 - Present)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
Hiro Saito Jul 31, 1986 -- -- 115 days
Saito defeated Brad Armstrong in the finals of a 3-man tournament to crown the first champion.
Kuniaki Kobayashi Nov 23, 1986 -- -- 41 days
Masanobu Fuchi Jan 3, 1987 -- -- 748 days
Joe Malenko Jan 20, 1989 -- -- 5 days
Mighty Inoue Jan 25, 1989 -- -- 42 days
Masanobu Fuchi [2] Mar 8, 1989 -- -- 39 days
Shinichi Nakano Apr 16, 1989 -- -- 4 days
Mitsuo Momota Apr 20, 1989 -- -- 72 days
Joe Malenko [2] Jul 1, 1989 -- -- 111 days
Masanobu Fuchi [3] Oct 20, 1989 -- -- 1309 days
Dan Kroffat May 21, 1993 -- -- 94 days
Masanobu Fuchi [4] Aug 23, 1993 -- -- 323 days
Dan Kroffat [2] Jul 12, 1994 -- -- 425 days
Yoshinari Ogawa Sep 10, 1995 -- -- 294 days
Masanobu Fuchi [5] Jun 30, 1996 -- -- 24 days
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Jul 24, 1996 -- -- 175 days
Yoshinari Ogawa [2] Jan 15, 1997 -- -- 219 days
Maunakea Mossman Aug 22, 1997 -- -- 294 days
** Vacated ** Jun 12, 1998 -- --
Mossman vacates the title in order to wrestle in the heavyweight divsion.
Yoshinari Ogawa [3] Jul 19, 1998 -- -- 683 days
Ogawa defeated Satoru Asaka in the finals of a 5-man tournament for the vacant title.
** Vacated ** Jun 1, 2000 -- --
Ogawa vacates the title after leaving the promotion.
Kendo KaShin Apr 13, 2002 -- -- 670 days
** Vacated ** Feb 12, 2004 -- --
Kashin vacates the title due to no-showing an event the previous day.
Kaz Hayashi Feb 22, 2004 -- -- 323 days
Taka Michinoku Jan 10, 2005 -- -- 285 days
Shuji Kondo Oct 22, 2005 -- -- 483 days
Katsuhiko Nakajima Feb 17, 2007 -- -- 378 days
Silver King Mar 1, 2008 -- -- 6109 days