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W.W.F. Junior Heavyweight Title
World Wide Wrestling Federation World Junior Heavyweight Title ( 60s - 72 )
Junior Heavyweight Title ( 78/01 - 79/03 )
World Wrestling Federation Junior Heavyweight Title ( 79/03 - 85/10 )

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Paul DeGalles 65/09<  
Johnny DeFazio 65/10/15 Pittsburgh, PA
Jackie Nicholas *
Johnny DeFazio [2] *
Jackie Nicholas [2] *
Johnny DeFazio [3] *
Jackie Nicholas [3] *
Johnny DeFazio [4] *
According to an article on Weekly Puroresu, DeFazio and Nicholas exchanged the title four times, but Nicholas' reigns have not been confirmed; vacant in 72; title may have been inactive after 66.
Carlos Jose Estrada 78/01/20 Uniondale, NY *
Defeats Tony Garea.
Tatsumi Fujinami 78/01/23 New York, NY
Ryuma Go 79/10/02 Osaka, JAPAN
Tatsumi Fujinami [2] 79/10/04 Tokyo, JAPAN
Defeats NWA World champion Les Thornton on 81/07/31 in Osaka (NWA title not on line); vacates when Fujinami moves to heavyweight division in 81/12.
Tiger Mask (original, Satoru Sayama) 82/01/01 Tokyo, JAPAN
Defeats Dynamite Kid; vacant in 82/04 due to injury.
Black Tiger (original, Mark Rocco) 82/05/06 Fukuoka, JAPAN
Defeats Gran Hamada.
Tiger Mask [2] 82/05/26 Osaka, JAPAN
Vacant on 83/04/03 after Tiger Mask is injured by Dynamite Kid in a tag match in 83/04/01; Dynamite Kid and Kuniaki Kobayashi meet for the vacant title on 83/04/04 in Niigata, JAPAN but had no winner decided.
Tiger Mask [3] 83/06/12 Mexico City, MEXICO
Defeats Fishman; vacant on 83/08/12 when Tiger Mask retires.
Dynamite Kid 84/02/07 Tokyo, JAPAN
Wins a triangular match defeating Davey Boy Smith on 84/02/03 in Sappporo and The Cobra on 84/02/07; vacates in 84/11 when the British Bulldogs(Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith) jump to All Japan; WWF takes over Georgia Championship Wrestling in 84/07, and Les Thornton, who has been then billed as NWA World Junior heavyweight champion in Georgia, wrestles as WWF champion in some WWF shows before title is forgotten.
The Cobra 84/12/28 New York, NY
Defeats Black Tiger.
Hiro Saito 85/05/20 Hiroshima, JAPAN
The Cobra [2] 85/07/28 Osaka, JAPAN
Vacates on 85/10/31 when New Japan and WWF split; Shiro Koshinaka defeats The Cobra on 86/02/06 in Tokyo to be the first IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion.

W.W.F. recognizes World Cruiserweight Title after the acquisition of W.C.W. brand in 01/03.


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