World Junior Heavyweight Championship (AJPW)


The World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight wrestlers. It was created on July 31, 1986, when Hiro Saito defeated Brad Armstrong in a tournament final.
The original World Junior Heavyweight Championship belt had a similar design to the title it replaced, the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship, which had been around since 1982 and only replacing the word "International" with "World". This belt was replaced with a new belt on August 27, 2017.
There have been a total of 33 recognized champions who have had a combined 53 official reigns.
The title is currently held by Koji Iwamoto who defeated Susumu Yokosuka to win the championship.

Title history

Combined reigns

As of ,.