NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Takuya Sugawara, longest reigning and two-time holder of the title
Details
Promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1
Date established September 20, 2011[1]
Current champion(s) Shinjiro Otani
Date won October 11, 2015[2]
Other name(s)
NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship[3]

The New Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Japanese Pro Wrestling Zero1 promotion. The title is meant for wrestlers under the weight limit of 100 kg (220 lb), referred to as "junior heavyweights" in Japan.[5]

On July 11, 2011, then-NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Craig Classic announced that he was relinquishing his title in protest over the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) stripping The Sheik of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.[6] However, on September 20, NWA affiliate Pro Wrestling Zero1 announced that they still recognized Classic as the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion.[1] When Classic returned to the promotion on October 2, he was still in possession of the NWA title belt (which used the belt worn by the original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama, in the 1980s), which he went on to successfully defend against Munenori Sawa.[7][8] Despite this being the first appearance of the new version of the title, Zero1 went as far as adopting the original title's history, referring to Classic as the 108th champion and his defense against Sawa as his 22nd successful defense.[1][9] Meanwhile, NWA crowned their own NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Kevin Douglas, on October 7, meaning that there now were two champions supposedly holding the same title.[10] That same month, Zero1 quit the NWA and renamed all of their National Wrestling Alliance championships "New Wrestling Alliance" championships.[11]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been eleven reigns shared among nine wrestlers. Shinjiro Otani is the current champion in his first reign.[2]

Title history

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed
Event The event in which the title was won
Successful defenses The number of successful defenses the champion had during his reign
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Successful defenses Notes Ref(s)
1 Craig Classic 1 September 20, 2011 103 N/A N/A 3[9] Zero1 recognized Classic as the reigning "NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion", despite him having vacated the title two months earlier. [1]
2 Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 1 January 1, 2012 61 Tokyo Puroresu Nippon 0[12] [9]
3 Takuya Sugawara 1 March 2, 2012 428 Tokyo Zero1 Eleven 5 This match was also contested for Sugawara's International Junior Heavyweight Championship. [12]
4 Jonathan Gresham 1 May 4, 2013 132 Tokyo Big Bang 1[13] This match was also contested for the International Junior Heavyweight Championship. [14]
— Vacated — September 13, 2013 — Tokyo — — Gresham voluntarily vacated the title ahead of the 2013 Tenkaichi Jr. finals. [15]
5 Hub 1 September 16, 2013 174 Tokyo 11th Tenkaichi Jr.: Finals 3[16] Hub defeated Mineo Fujita in the finals of the 2013 Tenkaichi Jr., which was also contested for the International Junior Heavyweight Championship. [17]
6 Jason Lee 1 March 9, 2014 194 Tokyo Zero1 Thirteen 2 This match was also contested for the International Junior Heavyweight Championship. [18]
7 Mineo Fujita 1 September 19, 2014 45 Tokyo Tenkaichi Special 1 This match was also contested for the International Junior Heavyweight Championship. [19]
8 Takuya Sugawara 2 November 3, 2014 55 Kumamoto Hi no Kokudai Hanabi 1 This match was also contested for the International Junior Heavyweight Championship. [20]
9 Jason Lee 2 December 28, 2014 63 Hong Kong Winter Fever 4 1[21] This match was also contested for the International Junior Heavyweight Championship. [22]
10 Minoru Tanaka 1 March 1, 2015 224 Tokyo Zero1_Fourteen 3 This match was also contested for the International Junior Heavyweight Championship. [21]
11 Shinjiro Otani 1 October 11, 2015 421+ Tokyo Change the World 1[23] This match was also contested for the International Junior Heavyweight Championship. [2]

Combined reigns

As of December 5, 2016

† Indicates the current champion
<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Takuya Sugawara 2 6 483
2 Shinjiro Otani† 1 1 421+
3 Jason Lee 2 3 257
4 Minoru Tanaka 1 3 224
5 Hub 1 3 174
6 Jonathan Gresham 1 1 132
7 Craig Classic 1 3 103
8 Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 1 0 61
9 Mineo Fujita 1 1 45

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "10/2(日)奉納プロレスにNWA世界Jr王者：クレイグ・クラッシック参戦：澤宗紀リベンジなるか". Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). September 20, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 10/11Zero １『 Change the World 』後楽園大会　試合結果. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ 2013年4月. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ 選手紹介. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ Lee, Alan. "Pride of the UWFi or Searching for Kazushi". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  6. ↑ Alvarez, Bryan (July 12, 2011). "Tues update: More from Raw, Drew injury update, Cena talks Chicago, Punk merch, Raw trending, Smackdown tonight, TNA releases, tons more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  7. ↑ "NWA世界Jr王座防衛：クレイグ・クラシックが継続参戦". Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). October 3, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  8. ↑ 橋本大地が破壊王の元付き人・天山に完敗. Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. October 2, 2011. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 "「ﾌﾟﾛﾚｽNippon」元旦後楽園大会　試合結果". Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). January 1, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  10. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (October 10, 2011). "Mon. update: WWE week, Sonnen fight, Another UFC fighter with stips, WWE network, WWE video game". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  11. ↑ "New Wrestling Alliance World Junior Heavyweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  12. 1 2 "3月2日後楽園大会試合結果&お詫び #zero1". Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). March 3, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Zero1・6月シリーズ　後楽園大会「Evolution」". Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). June 11, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  14. ↑ 2013年5月. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  15. ↑ "天下一Jrにベルトを懸ける、とジョナサンが宣言". Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). September 13, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  16. ↑ "1.1 後楽園ホール大会試合結果". Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  17. ↑ "9.16 後楽園ホール大会結果速報！". Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). September 16, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  18. ↑ "3.9 後楽園ホール大会試合結果". Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  19. ↑ 9/19後楽園大会　試合結果. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  20. ↑ 【大花火実行委員会】『火乃国大花火』、大仁田がメイン締め!!　“世界一金玉のデカい男”ハルク・コーガン、デビュー戦を勝利で飾る!!　11・3『火乃国大花火』試合結果!!. The Big Fight (in Japanese). November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  21. 1 2 Zero1 3.1後楽園大会　旗揚げ14周年記念　田中＆杉浦vs.耕平＆関本、鈴木vs.船木、大谷vs.Leona. Battle News (in Japanese). March 1, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  22. ↑ 12/28　Zero1香港 香港大会速報：菅原拓也香港で撃沈　ジェイソン・リーが地元香港でジュニア２冠奪取. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). December 28, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  23. ↑ ５月６日後楽園大会　試合結果. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). May 6, 2016. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.

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