ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship

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ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current
champion(s)		 Masaaki Mochizuki
Date won January 23, 2008
Promotion Pro Wrestling ZERO1
Date created June 29, 2002
Other name(s)
  • NWA/UPW/ZERO-ONE International Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • ZERO-ONE/UPW/WORLD-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • AWA/ZERO1-MAX/UPW/WORLD-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

The ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX (formerly Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE) and sanctioned by the AWA Superstars of Wrestling Promotion (legally and historically unrelated to the American Wrestling Association), contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (<100 kg (220 lb)) wrestlers. It was originally created on June 29, 2002 as the NWA/UPW/ZERO-ONE International Junior Heavyweight Championship, symbolizing ZERO-ONE's relationship with the NWA and UPW; Leonardo Spanky defeated Smelly to become the first champion.[1] When ZERO-ONE left the NWA on October 31, 2004, the title was renamed to incorporate Steve Corino's Pro Wrestling WORLD-1; the name was further added to when the newly-renamed ZERO1-MAX joined the AWA on February 28, 2005. Finally, on August 26, 2006, when Minoru Fujita won the annual Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament, it was again renamed the AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. When ZERO1-MAX left the AWA on December 15, 2007, it was renamed again, to its current name. There have been a total of 10 recognized champions who have had a combined 14 official reigns.

The championship has been known as:[1][2]

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[edit] Title history

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Leonardo Spanky 1 June 29, 2002 Sapporo, Japan Defeated Smelly on the Creation tour.[3]
Low Ki 1 September 16, 2002 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Genesis II tour.[4]
Wataru Sakata 1 August 31, 2003 Gifu, Japan This match, at 01 Summer Gift, was also for Sakata's World 1Jr. Heavyweight title.[5]
Vacated April 12, 2004 Vacated so Sakata could participate in the Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament.[1]
Tatsuhito Takaiwa 1 May 16, 2004 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Tony Stradlin at Cashonor.[6]
Super Crazy 1 December 18, 2004 Chiba, Japan Won the title on the AWA Heavyweight Champion Tournament tour.[7]
Ikuto Hidaka 1 April 14, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Outburst Revolution.[8]
Takuya Sugawara 1 February 26, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Happening tour.[9]
Tatsuhito Takaiwa 2 July 27, 2006 Osaka, Japan This match, on the Fire Festival tour, was also for Takaiwa's WWA World Welterweight Championship.[10]
Vacated July 27, 2006 Osaka, Japan Vacated so the title could be decided in the Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament.[1][2]
Minoru Fujita 1 August 26, 2006 Kyoto, Japan Defeated Takuya Sugawara in the finals of the Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament.[1]
Ikuto Hidaka 2 January 19, 2007 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Over the Max tour.[11]
Tatsuhito Takaiwa 3 February 18, 2007 Tokyo, Japan This match, at Make the Emotion ~Strong Ism~, was also for Takaiwa's GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.[12]
Vacated May 6, 2007 Vacated due to a knee injury.[13]
Dick Togo 1 June 20, 2007 Tokyo, Japan Won a 9-man battle royal on the DYNAMO tour.[14]
Ikuto Hidaka 3 October 26, 2007 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Innovation tour.
Masaaki Mochizuki 1 January 23, 2008 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at the 3rd Anniversary Show.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship official title history. ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  2. ^ a b ZERO1-MAX International Junior Heavyweight Championship title history. Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  3. ^ ZERO-ONE Creation tour results. Strong Style Spirit. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  4. ^ ZERO-ONE Genesis II tour results. Strong Style Spirit. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  5. ^ ZERO-ONE Summer Festival tour results. Strong Style Spirit. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  6. ^ ZERO-ONE Ambitious official tour results. ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  7. ^ ZERO1-MAX AWA Heavyweight Champion Tournament official tour results. ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  8. ^ ZERO1-MAX Strong Wind & Thunder official tour results. ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  9. ^ ZERO1-MAX Happening official tour results. ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  10. ^ ZERO1-MAX Fire Festival official tour results. ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  11. ^ ZERO1-MAX Over the Max official tour results. ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  12. ^ ZERO1-MAX Make the Emotion official tour results. ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  13. ^ AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship title history. Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  14. ^ ZERO1-MAX DYNAMO official tour results. ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.

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