IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Prince Devitt with the title belt

The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship ( to German IWGP ( International Wrestling Grand Prix) Junior Heavyweight Title ) is a wrestling title for individual wrestlers in New Japan Pro Wrestling. The title has the status of a world championship, as he was defended in the United States and is subject officially a weight limit of 100 kg ( 220 lbs match ). As in Wrestling common practice the allocated according to a predetermined storyline.

History

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

On December 27, 1995 received the title of the status of a World Cup, as he was defended by Koji Kanemoto at Wrestling World Championship in the USA. He defeated in the match, Alex Wright. In addition, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship of the so-called Super J Crown, a collection of several titles, especially for lighter and better technical wrestlers who were merged on 5 August 1996 during the reign of The Great Sasuke, as this tournament was with eight participants, each holding a title won. These included addition of the British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship, the NWA World Welterweight Championship, the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, 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) but regained control of their Light Heavyweight Championship in November 1997, broke the Super J and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship has since fought alone.

Current title holder

The current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Kota Ibushi is in his third reign. He defeated Prince Devitt in NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 on January 4, 2014 in Tokyo.

Records

List of champions

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