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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)
| NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:20230212leo.jpg) Leo Isaka holding the NWA World Junior title in his right hand | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Zero1 New Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | September 20, 2011[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Takumi Baba | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | January 1, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Japanese Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) promotion. The title is meant for wrestlers under the weight limit of 100 kg (220 lb), referred to as "junior heavyweights" in Japan.[3]
On July 11, 2011, then-NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Craig Classic announced that he was relinquishing his title in protest over the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) stripping The Sheik of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.[4] However, on September 20, NWA affiliate Pro Wrestling Zero1 announced that they still recognized Classic as the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion.[1] When Classic returned to the promotion on October 2, he was still in possession of the NWA title belt (which was the belt worn by the original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama, in the 1980s), which he went on to successfully defend against Munenori Sawa.[5][6] Despite this being the first appearance of the new version of the title, Zero1 went as far as adopting the original title's history, referring to Classic as the 108th champion and his defense against Sawa as his 22nd successful defense.[1][7] Meanwhile, NWA crowned their own NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Kevin Douglas, on October 7, meaning that there now were two champions supposedly holding the same title.[8] That same month, Zero1 quit the NWA and renamed all of their National Wrestling Alliance championships "New Wrestling Alliance" championships.[9]
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been a total of twenty-four reigns shared among tewnty different wrestlers. The current champion is Takumi Baba who is in his second reign.
- ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
Classic1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 選手紹介. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- ^ Lee, Alan. "Pride of the UWFi or Searching for Kazushi". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ^ Alvarez, Bryan (July 12, 2011). "Tues update: More from Raw, Drew injury update, Cena talks Chicago, Punk merch, Raw trending, Smackdown tonight, TNA releases, tons more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ^ "NWA世界Jr王座防衛：クレイグ・クラシックが継続参戦". Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). October 3, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ^ 橋本大地が破壊王の元付き人・天山に完敗. Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. October 2, 2011. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Kikuchi1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Meltzer, Dave (October 10, 2011). "Mon. update: WWE week, Sonnen fight, Another UFC fighter with stips, WWE network, WWE video game". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ^ "New Wrestling Alliance World Junior Heavyweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
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