International Junior Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)

The International Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1 (formerly Pro Wrestling Zero-One and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max) and formerly sanctioned by the Wrestling Superstars Live promotion, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (<100 kg (220 lb)) wrestlers. It was originally created on June 29, 2002 as the NWA/UPW/Zero-One International Junior Heavyweight Championship, symbolizing Zero-One's relationship with the NWA and UPW; Leonardo Spanky defeated Smelly to become the first champion.[1] When Zero-One left the NWA on October 31, 2004, the title was renamed to incorporate Steve Corino's Pro Wrestling World-1; the name was further added to when the newly renamed Zero1-Max joined the AWA on February 28, 2005. On August 26, 2006, when Minoru Fujita won the annual Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament, it was again renamed the AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. When Zero1-Max left the AWA on December 15, 2007, it was renamed again to the Zero1-Max International Junior Heavyweight Championship. Finally, when the company changed its name to Pro Wrestling Zero1 in 2008, the championship followed. There have been a total of 22 recognized champions, who have had a combined 31 official reigns.

International Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionNew Wrestling Alliance
Pro Wrestling Zero1
Date establishedJune 29, 2002
Current champion(s)Shoki Kitamura
Date wonSeptember 4, 2020
Other name(s)
  • NWA/UPW/Zero-One International Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • Zero-One/UPW/World-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • AWA/Zero1-MAX/UPW/World-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • NWA International Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)
  • Zero1-Max International Junior Heavyweight Championship

The championship has been known as:[1][2]

  • NWA/UPW/Zero-One International Junior Heavyweight Championship
    (June 29, 2002 October 31, 2004)
  • Zero-One/UPW/World-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
    (October 31, 2004 February 28, 2005)
  • AWA/Zero1-Max/UPW/World-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
    (February 28, 2005 August 26, 2006)
  • AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
    (August 26, 2006 December 15, 2007)
  • Zero1-Max International Junior Heavyweight Championship
    (December 15, 2007 2008)
  • NWA International Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)
    (2011-2012)
  • Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship (Present)

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
(NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / (UPW) Ultimate Pro Wrestling / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
1 Leonardo Spanky June 29, 2002 Creation Tour Sapporo, Japan 1 793 Defeated Smelly.
2 Low Ki September 16, 2002 Genesis II Tokyo, Japan 1 3498
3 Wataru Sakata August 31, 2003 Summer Festival Tour Gifu, Japan 1 2251 This was also for Sakata's World1 Junior Heavyweight Championship.
Vacated April 12, 2004 Vacated so that Sakata could focus on the World1 title.
4 Tatsuhito Takaiwa May 16, 2004 Cashonor Tokyo, Japan 1 2165 Defeated Tony Stradlin.
(AWA) AWA Superstars of Wrestling / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) / (UPW) Ultimate Pro Wrestling / Pro Wrestling World-1 (World-1)
5 Super Crazy December 18, 2004 AWA Heavyweight Title Contender Tournament Tour Chiba, Japan 1 1170
6 Ikuto Hidaka April 14, 2005 Outburst Revolution Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 3184
7 Takuya Sugawara February 26, 2006 Happening Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1511
8 Tatsuhito Takaiwa July 27, 2006 Fire Festival Tour Osaka, Japan 2 <10 This match was also for Takaiwa's WWA World Welterweight Championship.
Vacated July 27, 2006 Vacated so that the title could be decided in the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament.
(AWA) AWA Superstars of Wrestling / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
9 Minoru Fujita August 26, 2006 Tenkaichi Jr. Tour Kyoto, Japan 1 1462 Defeated Takuya Sugawara in the final of the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament.
10 Ikuto Hidaka January 19, 2007 Over the Max Tour Tokyo, Japan 2 300
11 Tatsuhito Takaiwa February 18, 2007 Make the Emotion Tour Tokyo, Japan 3 770
Vacated May 6, 2007 Vacated due to Takaiwa suffering a knee injury.
12 Dick Togo June 20, 2007 Dynamo Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1281 Won a 9-man battle royal.
13 Ikuto Hidaka October 26, 2007 Innovation Tour Tokyo, Japan 3 891
Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
14 Masaaki Mochizuki January 23, 2008 Zero1-Max 3rd Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 1 1553
15 Ikuto Hidaka June 26, 2008 Dauntless Tour Tokyo, Japan 4 2625
16 Sonjay Dutt March 15, 2009 Wrestler's 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 2590
Vacated November 29, 2009 Vacated so that the title could be decided in the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament.
17 Ikuto Hidaka November 29, 2009 Wrestler's 7 ~ Grant Me My Wish! Tokyo, Japan 5 5406 Defeated Prince Devitt in the final of the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament.
(NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
18 Takuya Sugawara May 23, 2011 N/A Tokyo, Japan 2 71210
Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
19 Jonathan Gresham May 4, 2013 Big Bang Tokyo, Japan 1 1351
Vacated September 16, 2013 Vacated so that the title could be decided in the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament.
20 Hub September 16, 2013 11th Tenkaichi Jr.: Finals Tokyo, Japan 1 1743 Defeated Mineo Fujita in the final of the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament. Also won the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
21 Jason Lee March 9, 2014 Zero1_Thirteen Tokyo, Japan 1 1943 This match was also for Hub's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
22 Mineo Fujita September 19, 2014 Tenkaichi Special Tokyo, Japan 1 451 This match was also for Lee's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
23 Takuya Sugawara November 3, 2014 Hi no Kokudai Hanabi Kumamoto, Japan 3 551 This match was also for Fujita's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
24 Jason Lee December 28, 2014 Winter Fever 4 Hong Kong 2 631 This match was also for Sugawara's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
25 Minoru Tanaka March 1, 2015 Zero1_Fourteen Tokyo, Japan 1 2223 This match was also for Lee's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
26 Shinjiro Otani October 11, 2015 Change the World Tokyo, Japan 1 4812 This match was also for Tanaka's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
27 Kotaro Suzuki February 3, 2017 Shinsei Zero1 Dream Series: Hakai no Jin Tokyo, Japan 1 2653 This match was also for Otani's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
27 Sean Guinness October 26, 2017 Dream Series Aki no Jin Korakuen Taikai Tokyo, Japan 1 1291 This match was also for Suzuki's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
28 Isami Kodaka March 4, 2018 Dream Series Sozo no Jin Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 1]2 This match was also for Guinness' NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
Vacated November 2018 Vacated due to injury.
29 Sugi November 24, 2018 Dream Series ~ Nenotsuki No Jin ~ Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2018 Tokyo, Japan 1 4032 Sugi defeated Hayata in the finals of the Tenkaichi Jr. tournament for the vacant championship This match was also for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
30 Hub January 1, 2020 Happy New Year Tokyo, Japan 2 2471 This match was also for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
31 Shoki Kitamura September 4, 2020 Youth Playback! It All Started Here! Shinjiro Otani To Asakura! Tokyo, Japan 2 580 This match was also for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
32 El Lindaman November 1, 2020 2020 Fire Festival Tokyo, Japan 1 89+0 This match was also for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Combined reigns

As of January 29, 2021.

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined days
1 Ikuto Hidaka 5 1,239
2 Takuya Sugawara 3 918
3 Shinjiro Otani 1 481
4 Hub 2 421
5 Sugi1403
6 Low Ki 1 349
7 Tatsuhito Takaiwa 3 293
8 Sonjay Dutt 1 259
9 Jason Lee 2 257
10 Kotaro Suzuki 1 265
11 Isami Kodaka1242
12 Wataru Sakata 2 225
13 Minoru Tanaka 1 224
14 Masaaki Mochizuki 1 155
15 Minoru Fujita 1 146
16 Jonathan Gresham 1 135
17 Sean Guinness1129
18 Dick Togo1127
19 Super Crazy1117
20 Leonardo Spanky179
21 Shoki Kitamura158
22 Minoru Fujita145
23 El Lindaman 1 89+

See also

Footnotes

  1. The exact date on which Kodaka were stripped of the championship is not known, which means that his reign lasted between 242 and 265 days.

References

  1. "AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship official title history". ZEROONEUSA.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
  2. "ZERO1-MAX International Junior Heavyweight Championship title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
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