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| World Junior Heavyweight Title [Pittsburgh WWWF affiliate] | ( | 1965 | ~ | 1972 | ) |
| World Wide Wrestling Federation Junior Heavyweight Title | ( | 1978-01 | ~ | 1979-03 | ) |
| World Wrestling Federation Junior Heavyweight Title | ( | 1979-03 | ~ | 1985-10 | ) |
| Paul DeGalles | 1965-09 | |
| Billed as champion prior to arrival in the Pittsburgh area. | ||
| Johnny DeFazio | 1965-10-15 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Some reports have title being inactive after Bruno Sammartino takes Pittsburgh territory over in 66; still champion in Pittsburgh as of 66-08-20; still billed as champion as of 69-08-07 (The Courier-Express, Dubois, PA, 69-08-07); Pittsburgh territory is sold to NWF in 72; retrospectively billed as former WWWF champion in Japan when Fujinami Tatsumi wins the title in 78-01. | ||
| Carlos Jose Estrada | 1978-01-20 | Uniondale, NY * |
| Defeats Tony Garea (as reported in Japan). | ||
| Fujinami Tatsumi | 1978-01-23 | New York, NY |
| Gō Ryūma | 1979-10-02 | Ōsaka, JPN |
| Fujinami Tatsumi [2] | 1979-10-04 | Tōkyō, JPN |
| Defeats NWA World champion Les Thornton on 81-07-31 in Ōsaka (NWA title not on line); vacates in 81-12 upon moving up to the heavyweight division. | ||
| Tiger Mask (Sayama Satoru) | 1982-01-01 | Tōkyō, JPN |
| Defeats Dynamite Kid; vacant in 82-04 due to injury. | ||
| Black Tiger (Mark Rocco) | 1982-05-06 | Fukuoka, JPN |
| Defeats Gran Hamada. | ||
| Tiger Mask [2] | 1982-05-26 | Ōsaka, JPN |
| Has also won NWA World Title on previous day; vacant on 83-04-03 after Tiger Mask is injured by Dynamite Kid in a tag team match in 83-04-01; Dynamite Kid and Kobayashi Kuniaki meet for the vacant title on 83-04-04 in Niigata, JPN but had no winner decided. | ||
| Tiger Mask [3] | 1983-06-12 | Mexico City, MEX |
| Defeats Fishman; vacant on 83-08-12 when Tiger Mask retires. | ||
| Dynamite Kid | 1984-02-07 | Tōkyō, JPN |
| Wins a triangular match defeating Davey Boy Smith on 84-02-03 in Sappporo and The Cobra on 84-02-07; vacates in 84-11 when Kid jumps to All Japan; WWF takes over Georgia Championship Wrestling in 84-07, and Les Thornton, who has been then billed as NWA World champion in Georgia, wrestles as WWF champion in some WWF shows before title is forgotten. | ||
| The Cobra (George Takano) | 1984-12-28 | New York, NY |
| Defeats Black Tiger. | ||
| Hiro Saitō | 1985-05-20 | Hiroshima, JPN |
| The Cobra [2] | 1985-07-28 | Ōsaka, JPN |
| Vacates on 85-10-31 when New Japan and WWF end their working agreement; Koshinaka Shirō defeats The Cobra on 86-02-06 in Tōkyō to become the first IWGP champion. | ||
* Replaced with IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.
* WWF recognizes World Cruiserweight Title after the acquisition of WCW brand in 2001-03.
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