World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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Soma Takao with the title belt in September 2016
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Promotion | All Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
Date established | July 31, 1986 | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Keisuke Ishii | ||||||||||
Date won | November 27, 2016 | ||||||||||
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First champion(s) | Hiro Saito |
Most reigns | Masanobu Fuchi (5) |
Longest reign | Masanobu Fuchi (1,309 days) |
Shortest reign | Shinichi Nakano (4 days) |
The World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (<100 kg (220 lb)) wrestlers. It was created on July 31, 1986 when Hiro Saito defeated Brad Armstrong in a tournament final. There have been a total of 30 recognized champions who have had a combined 42 official reigns.
As of January 16, 2017.