| Champion |
Won From |
Date |
| Naoki Sano |
n/a |
12/12/91 |
| Naoki Sano defeated Rick Martel
on a Super World Sports card. The title was then abandoned when SWS closed
its promotion in June of 1992. This may not have direct lineage to the WWF
title. |
| The Cobra [2] |
Hiro Saito |
7/28/85 |
| The title was vacated on
October 31, 1985 when New Japan and the WWF split. Shiro Koshinaka defeated
the Cobra on February 6, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan to become the first IWGP
Junior Heavyweight champion. |
| Hiro Saito |
The Cobra |
5/20/85 |
| The Cobra |
n/a |
12/28/84 |
| The Cobra defeated Black Tiger. |
| Dynamite Kid |
n/a |
2/7/84 |
|
Dynamite Kid wins a triangular match by defeating Davey
Boy Smith for the title on February 3, 1984 in Sapporo, Japan and the Cobra
on February 7, 1984. He vacated the title in November of 1984 when he and
Davey Boy Smith jumped to All-Japan wrestling. The WWF took over Georgia
Championship Wrestling in July of 1984, NWA champion Les Thorton was
wrestling as the WWF champion. |
| Tiger Mask [3] |
n/a |
6/13/83 |
| Tiger Mask defeated Fishman for
the title. Then he vacated the title on August 12, 1983 when Tiger Mask
retired. |
| Tiger Mask [2] |
Black Tiger |
5/26/82 |
| The title was vacated on
April 3, 1983 after Tiger Mask was injured by the Dynamite Kid in a tag team
match on April 1, 1983. On April 3, 1983, Dynamite Kid and Kuniaki Kobyashi
fought for the title and no winner was declared. |
| Black Tiger |
n/a |
5/6/82 |
|
Black Tiger (Mark Rocco) defeated Gran Hamada for the
title. |
| Tiger Mask |
n/a |
1/1/82 |
| Tiger Mask (Saturo Sayama)
defeated Dynamite Kid for the title. Then vacated the title in April of 1982
due to an injury. |
| Tatsumi Fujinami [2] |
Ryuma Go |
10/4/79 |
| Tatsumi Fujinami defeated NWA
World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Les Thorton, on July 31, 1981 in Osaka,
Japan, the NWA title was not on the line in the match. The title is then
vacated in December of 1981 when Fujinami entered the heavyweight division.
|
| Ryuma Go |
Tatsumi Fujinami |
10/2/79 |
| Tatsumi Fujinami |
Carlos Jose Estrada |
1/23/78 |
| Carlos Jose Estrada |
n/a |
1/20/78 |
| Carlos Jose Estrada defeated
Tony Garea for the title. |
| Johnny Defazzio [4] |
?? |
?? |
| Johnny Defazzio vacated the
title in 1972 upon retirement. |
| Johnny Defazzio [3] |
Jack Nicholas |
?? |
|
All of Jackie Nicholas' title wins took place somewhere
in New England. |
| Jack Nicholas [2] |
Johnny Defazzio |
?? |
| Johnny Defazzio [2] |
Jack Nicholas |
?? |
| Jack Nicholas |
Johnny Defazzio |
?? |
| Johnny Defazzio |
n/a |
?? |
