Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
Billed as champion on arrival for having won the tournament in St. Louis, MO to become the first champion; in Japan, Ray Mendoza is reoprted by JPWA as the first champion although Mendoza defends his World Light Heavyweight Title in Los Angeles territory between 70-09 and 70-11.
Vacant on 73-04-14 when JPWA closes; Takachiho is scheduled to wrestle Jumbo Tsuruta on 76-08-14 to determine the Japanese representative for the match against the American representative Jack Brisco for the revived title but declines the opportunity in order to hand it over to Tsuruta.
Defeats Ricky Steamboat; vacant in 86-02 when Tenryū gives up the belt
after being pinned by Yatsu Yoshiaki in a match for the International
tag team title.
