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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, JAPAN
Defeats Ultimo Dragon in tournament final to become Octuple crown champion.
Ultimo Dragon 96/10/11 Osaka, JAPAN
Jushin Thunder Liger 97/01/04 Tokyo, JAPAN
Loses International Title to Yuuji Yasuraoka on 97/06/06 in Tokyo, JAPAN but still keeps other titles.
El Samurai 97/07/06 Sapporo, JAPAN
Shinjiro Ohtani 97/08/10 Nagoya, JAPAN
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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