J-CROWN Octuple Title Unification Tournament

The J-CROWN Octuple Title Unification Tournament

J-CROWN is a tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling between 1996/08/02 and 08/05 to unify eight titles in four lighter weight divisions. The participants included :

The Great Sasuke (Michinoku Puroresu)
I.W.G.P. Junior Heavyweight Champion

Masayoshi Motegi (Wrestle Dream Factory)
N.W.A. World Junior Heavyweight Champion

Ultimo Dragon (Wrestle Association "R")
International Junior Heavyweight Champion

Jushin Thunder Liger (New Japan)
British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champion

El Samurai (New Japan)
W.W.F. World Light Heavyweight Champion

Shinjiro Ohtani (New Japan)
U.W.A. World Junior Light Heavyweight Champion
(title is/was billed as U.W.A. World Light Heavyweight title in New Japan)

Gran Hamada (Michinoku)
W.W.A. World Junior Light Heavyweight Champion

Negro Casas (Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre)
N.W.A. World Welterweight Champion

Tournament Result

Sasuke	====+
	08/02 \|	==	Sasuke	===+
Motegi	----+	\|
	08/04 \|				==	Sasuke	===+
Samurai	====+	\|			\|
	08/03 \|	==	Samurai	---+	\|
Hamada	----+	\|
		08/05 \|						==== The Great Sasuke
Dragon	====+	\|
	08/02 \|	==	Dragon	===+	\|
Liger	----+	\|			\|
	08/04 \|				==	Dragon	---+
Casas	----+	\|
	08/03 \|	==	Ohtani	---+
Ohtani	====+

Unified Title History

The Great Sasuke 96/08/05 Tokyo, JPN

Defeats Ultimo Dragon in tournament final to become Octuple crown champion.

Ultimo Dragon 96/10/11 Osaka, JPN

Jushin Thunder Liger 97/01/04 Tokyo, JPN

Loses International Title to Yuuji Yasuraoka on 97/06/06 in Tokyo, JPN but still keeps other titles.

El Samurai 97/07/06 Sapporo, JPN

Shinjiro Ohtani 97/08/10 Nagoya, JPN

Vacates WWF World Light Heavyweight Title on 97/11/05 after being forced by WWF; vacates all other titles on the same day except IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title.

* See I.W.G.P. Junior Heavyweight Title.

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