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Revision as of 09:30, 5 August 2016
The J-Crown (also known as J-Crown Octuple Unified Championship) was formed originally by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a way of unifying eight junior heavyweight and cruiserweight titles from several different organizations. The J-Crown tournament was held in August 1996.
History
The J-Crown was the unification of eight different championship belts from five different organizations, including ones from both Japan and Mexico. The tournament to crown the first champions was held over four nights, from August 2 to August 5, 1996, the same New Japan Pro Wrestling's annual G1 Climax event took place, promoting two major tournaments on one tour. Jushin Thunder Liger is credited with coming up with the idea for the J-Crown. The inaugural champion was The Great Sasuke.
The J-Crown was defended for just over a year. While Ultimo Drágon was champion, the titles appeared on World Championship Wrestling programming, as Dragon also held the WCW Cruiserweight Championship and the NWA World Middleweight Championship at the time. When Liger was champion, he lost the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship to Yuji Yasuraoka on June 6, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. Liger, however, continued to defend the J-Crown with seven titles instead of eight.
Five months later, as the World Wrestling Federation was getting ready to introduce a new Light Heavyweight title, they became aware that the original Light Heavyweight Championship belt was no longer in their possession. (The physical belt had long since been in use in Mexico for the Universal Wrestling Association and in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling.) WWF demanded that Shinjiro Otani, the current J-Crown Champion at the time, return the belt to them immediately. He did so on November 5, 1997. On the same day, he also vacated all of the remaining titles, except for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, effectively ending the J-Crown.
Championships
Championship | Promotion | Held by |
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British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship | Michinoku Pro Wrestling | Jushin Thunder Liger |
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | New Japan Pro Wrestling | The Great Sasuke |
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | National Wrestling Alliance | Masayoshi Motegi |
NWA World Welterweight Championship | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | Negro Casas |
UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship | Universal Wrestling Association | Shinjiro Otani |
WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship | Wrestle Association R | Último Drágon |
WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship | World Wrestling Association | Gran Hamada |
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship | World Wrestling Federation | El Samurai |
Tournament
First Round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Masayoshi Motegi | Pin | ||||||||||||
Great Sasuke | 11:50 | ||||||||||||
The Great Sasuke | Pin | ||||||||||||
El Samurai | 16:25 | ||||||||||||
Gran Hamada | Pin | ||||||||||||
El Samurai | 12:38 | ||||||||||||
The Great Sasuke | Pin | ||||||||||||
Último Drágon | 13:56 | ||||||||||||
Jushin Thunder Liger | Pin | ||||||||||||
Último Drágon | 2:38 | ||||||||||||
Último Drágon | Pin | ||||||||||||
Shinjiro Otani | 16:04 | ||||||||||||
Negro Casas | Pin | ||||||||||||
Shinjiro Otani | 11:34 |
Title history
# | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes |
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1 | The Great Sasuke | 1 | August 5, 1996 | 67 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | Defeated Último Drágon in a tournament final to become the first champion. |
2 | Último Drágon | 1 | October 11, 1996 | 85 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Crush Night
(Wrestling Association R event) |
During his reign, Último Drágon captured the NWA World Middleweight Championship and the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, making him the most decorated wrestler in recorded history as he was the active reigning and defending champion of ten titles, a record which still stands. |
3 | Jushin Thunder Liger | 1 | January 4, 1997 | 183 | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestling World 1997 | Lost the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship to Yuji Yasuraoka on June 6, 1997, in Tokyo, Japan; from that point on, the J-Crown is represented by seven championship belts. |
4 | El Samurai | 1 | July 6, 1997 | 35 | Sapporo, Japan | House show | |
5 | Shinjiro Otani | 1 | August 10, 1997 | 87 | Nagoya, Japan | House show | |
— | Abandoned | — | November 5, 1997 | — | N/A | N/A | The World Wrestling Federation demanded that Shinjiro Otani return the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship to them immediately. On the same day Otani also returned the remaining belts except for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. |