AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship
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The AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship is the top singles title in All Japan Pro Wrestling's Junior Heavyweight division. With a legacy set by many great matches, the title's value is immensely high. It has existed since July 31, 1986. The title was created as a replacement to the former NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship, which had been AJPW's top singles junior heavyweight title since 1982.
Although Pro Wrestling Illustrated and some other pundits and fans often refer to it as the PWF (Pacific Wrestling Federation) Junior Heavyweight Championship, the belt is neither billed as such in Japan nor possesses a PWF-belt design like the belts part of the Triple Crown or the Double Cup do. The belt uses the old NWA International belt design, merely replacing the word "International" with "World."
[edit] Title history
| Wrestler | Reigns | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiro Saito | 1 | July 31, 1986 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Brad Armstrong in a tournament final. |
| Kuniaki Kobayashi | 1 | November 23, 1986 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Masanobu Fuchi | 1 | January 3, 1987 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Joe Malenko | 1 | January 20, 1989 | Fukuoka, Japan | |
| Mighty Inoue | 1 | January 25, 1989 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Masanobu Fuchi | 2 | March 8, 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Shinichi Nakano | 1 | April 16, 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Mitsuo Momota | 1 | April 20, 1989 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Joe Malenko | 2 | July 1, 1989 | Omiya, Japan | |
| Masanobu Fuchi | 3 | October 20, 1989 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Dan Kroffat | 1 | May 21, 1993 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| Masanobu Fuchi | 4 | August 23, 1993 | Shizuoka, Japan | |
| Dan Kroffat | 2 | July 12, 1994 | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| Yoshinari Ogawa | 1 | September 10, 1995 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Masanobu Fuchi | 5 | June 30, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Tsuyoshi Kikuchi | 1 | July 24, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Yoshinari Ogawa | 2 | January 15, 1997 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Maunakea Mossman | 1 | August 22, 1997 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Vacated on June 12, 1998 when Mossman graduates to the heavyweight division. | ||||
| Yoshinari Ogawa | 3 | July 19, 1998 | Niigata, Japan | Defeated Satoru Asako in a tournament final. |
| Vacated on June 16, 2000 when Ogawa leaves the company for Pro Wrestling NOAH. | ||||
| Kendo Kashin | 1 | April 13, 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Masanobu Fuchi in a decision match. |
| Vacated on February 11, 2004 due to inactivity. | ||||
| Kaz Hayashi | 1 | February 22, 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated BLUE-K in a decision match. |
| TAKA Michinoku | 1 | January 10, 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Shuji Kondo | 1 | October 22, 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | |
[edit] See also
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship
- List of AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship reigns by length
