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National Wrestling Alliance
World Junior Heavyweight Title ["International" version] ( New Japan: 1979-12 ~ 1981 )
International Junior Heavyweight Title ( All Japan: 1982 ~ 1986 )
( CMLL: 2007-03 ~ 2007-07 )
( Tōryūmon: 2008-11 ~ 2014? )

Steve Keirn 1979-12-10 Los Angeles, CA, USA *
Defeats Chavo Guerrero.
Fujinami Tatsumi 1980-02-01 Sapporo
Mike Graham 1980-02-15 Hollywood, FL, USA
Fujinami Tatsumi [2] 1980-04-04 Kawasaki
Vacates on 80-07-02 when Fujinami injured.
Kimura Kengo 1980-07-23 Kita-Kyūshū
Defeats Bret Hart.
Chavo Guerrero 1980-10-03 Tōkyō
Gino Hernandez 1981-02-27 Houston, TX, USA
Chavo Guerrero [2] 1981-03-20 Houston, TX, USA
Defeats Hernandez to regain the title "Friday night" (Houston Chronicle, 81-03-22); no wrestling card on 81-05-22 which has been long believed as the date of the title change.
Ōnita Atsushi 1982-03-07 Charlotte, NC, USA
Sangre Chicana 1982-04-11 Guadalajara, MEX
Ōnita Atsushi [2] 1982-04-30 Mexico City, MEX
Title held up after a match with Chavo Guerrero on 82-07-30; renamed NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title at the annual NWA meeting in 82-08.
Ōnita Atsushi [3] 1982-11-04 Tōkyō
Defeats Chavo Guerrero; vacates on 83-04-15 after breaking his leg wrestling Hector Guerrero.
Chavo Guerrero [3] 1983-05-26 Tenryū, Shizuoka
Defeats Ultra Seven in tournament final.
Mighty Inoue 1984-02-26 Ōsaka
Dynamite Kid 1985-06-08 Takamatsu
Kobayashi Kuniaki 1985-06-13 Koga
Tiger Mask (Misawa Mitsuharu) 1985-08-31 Tōkyō
Retires the title in 86-03 upon moving up to the heavyweight division.

* Replaced with the World Junior Heavyweight Title.


Gotō Hiro-oki 2007-03-04 Mexico City, MEX
Defeats Shocker in tournament final; vacant on 07-09-08 when Goto declares he is no longer a junior heavyweight.
Super Delfin 2008-11-09 Ōsaka
Defeats Ultimo Dragon.
Ultimo Dragon 2008-11-22 Tōkyō
Ōhara Hajime 2008-12-14 Mexico City, MEX
Fujita Mineo 2009-10-01 Tōkyō
Ultimo Dragon [2] 2010-07-19 Tōkyō
Under a stipulation that the winners of a 6-man tag team match (combination by drawing lots) face each other in a 3-way bout, Dragon teams with Fujita & Ōhara Hajime to defeat Black Tiger & Dark Dragon & Susato and then defeats Fujita and Ōhara; still champion as of 14-03-16.

* Belt image provided by Shinj Okad.