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W.W.F. Junior Heavyweight Title
World Wide Wrestling Federation World Junior Heavyweight Title ( 60s - 72 )
Junior Heavyweight Title ( 78/01 - 79/03 )
World Wrestling Federation Junior Heavyweight Title ( 79/03 - 85/10 )

[ Japanese ]

Paul DeGalles 65/09<  
Johnny DeFazio 65/10/15 Pittsburgh, PA
According to an article on Weekly Puroresu, DeFazio and Jackie Nicholas exchanged the title four times, but Nicholas' reigns have not been confirmed; vacant in 72; title may have been inactive after 66.
Carlos Jose Estrada 78/01/20 Uniondale, NY *
Defeats Tony Garea.
Tatsumi Fujinami 78/01/23 New York, NY
Ryuma Go 79/10/02 Osaka, JPN
Tatsumi Fujinami [2] 79/10/04 Tokyo, JPN
Defeats NWA World champion Les Thornton on 81/07/31 in Osaka (NWA title not on line); vacates when Fujinami moves to heavyweight division in 81/12.
Tiger Mask (original, Satoru Sayama) 82/01/01 Tokyo, JPN
Defeats Dynamite Kid; vacant in 82/04 due to injury.
Black Tiger (original, Mark Rocco) 82/05/06 Fukuoka, JPN
Defeats Gran Hamada.
Tiger Mask [2] 82/05/26 Osaka, JPN
Vacant on 83/04/03 after Tiger Mask is injured by Dynamite Kid in a tag match in 83/04/01; Dynamite Kid and Kuniaki Kobayashi meet for the vacant title on 83/04/04 in Niigata, JPN but had no winner decided.
Tiger Mask [3] 83/06/12 Mexico City, MEX
Defeats Fishman; vacant on 83/08/12 when Tiger Mask retires.
Dynamite Kid 84/02/07 Tokyo, 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 the British Bulldogs(Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith) jump to All Japan; WWF takes over Georgia Championship Wrestling in 84/07, and Les Thornton, who has been then billed as NWA World Junior heavyweight champion in Georgia, wrestles as WWF champion in some WWF shows before title is forgotten.
The Cobra 84/12/28 New York, NY
Defeats Black Tiger.
Hiro Saito 85/05/20 Hiroshima, JPN
The Cobra [2] 85/07/28 Osaka, JPN
Vacates on 85/10/31 when New Japan and WWF split; Shiro Koshinaka defeats The Cobra on 86/02/06 in Tokyo to be the first IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion.

W.W.F. recognizes World Cruiserweight Title after the acquisition of W.C.W. brand in 01/03.


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