WWF International Heavyweight Championship

The WWF International Heavyweight Championship is a former championship recognized by Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the World Wrestling Federation, New Japan Pro Wrestling and the Japanese UWF.

The title existed from 1959 through 1963 and again from 1982 through 1985.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Antonino Rocca	1	July 1959	New York City, New York	Defeated Buddy Rogers to become the first champion.
Vacant		1963		The title later became inactive.
Tony Parisi	1	1982	Buffalo, New York
Gino Brito	1	August 1982	Buffalo, New York
Tatsumi Fujinami	1	August 30, 1982	New York City, New York
Riki Choshu	1	April 3, 1983	Tokyo, Japan
Tatsumi Fujinami	2	August 4, 1983	Tokyo, Japan	Fujinami won the match by countout but refused to accept the belt. Choshu couldn't get into Canada for the rematch in Calgary, Alberta on August 12, 1983, and was recognized as champion. Gave up the title after a double disqualification against Super Strong Machine on July 19, 1985 in Sapporo, Japan. The title was then abandoned on October 31, 1985 when New Japan and the WWF split.
Akira Maeda	1	March 25, 1984	New York City, New York	Maeda defeated Pierre Lefebvre at Madison Square Garden to be recognized by WWF. He returned to UWF during April 1984 and defended it until July 23, 1984, when UWF President Hisashi Shinma jumped to All Japan Pro Wrestling, and thus UWF and the WWF split.

Former championships in WWE

World	World Martial Arts Heavyweight (reigns) (1978–1989) WCW/World (reigns) (2001) ECW World/ECW (reigns) (2006–2010) World Heavyweight (reigns) (2002–2013)

Secondary	United States Heavyweight (reigns) (1963–1975) North American Heavyweight (reigns) (1979–1981) International Heavyweight (reigns) (1959–1985) Canadian (reigns) (1985–1986) European (reigns) (1997–2002)

Tag Team	United States Tag Team (reigns) (1963–1967) International Tag Team (reigns) (1969–1971, 1985) Women's Tag Team (reigns) (1983–1989) Intercontinental Tag Team (reigns) (1991) WCW Tag Team (reigns) (2001) World Tag Team (reigns) (1971–2010)

Divisional	Junior Heavyweight (reigns) (1965–1972, 1978 –1985) Light Heavyweight (reigns) (1997–2001) Cruiserweight (reigns) (2001–2007) Women's (reigns) (1956–2010) Divas (reigns) (2008–2016)

Other	Million Dollar (reigns) (1989–1992, 1995–1996, 2010) Hardcore (reigns) (1998–2002)

Active

Heavyweight	IWGP Heavyweight (reigns) IWGP Intercontinental (reigns) IWGP Tag Team (reigns)

Junior heavyweight	IWGP Junior Heavyweight (reigns) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team (reigns)

NEVER	NEVER Openweight (reigns) NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team (reigns)

Inactive

Active	Best of the Super Juniors G1 Climax New Japan Cup Super J-Cup Super Jr. Tag Tournament World Tag League

Inactive	Young Lion Cup (1985–2005)

Miscellaneous

Partnerships

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