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The J-Crown, also known as the English language]]: Junior 8-Crown Champion, was a unified, multi-promotional professional wrestling championship initially created by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It was formed via the unification of eight (later seven) junior heavyweight and other lower-weight class titles from several different organizations. The J-Crown Tournament that crowned the inaugural champion was held in August 1996.
While Último Dragón was champion, the titles appeared on World Championship Wrestling programming, as Dragón also held the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. Dragón additionally held the NWA World Middleweight Championship concurrently with the J-Crown. 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.
As part of their introduction of a new WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) demanded that the then-current champion Shinjiro Otani return the belt. Otani returned the championship to the WWF and subsequently dissolved the J-Crown on November 5, 1997, by vacating all of the remaining component titles except for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, with the other belts being restored to their home promotions.
Championships
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship New Japan Pro-Wrestling The Great Sasuke MPW British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship Michinoku Pro Wrestling Jushin Thunder Liger NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship National Wrestling Alliance - Wrestle Yume Factory Masayoshi Motegi NWA World Welterweight Championship Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Negro Casas UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship Universal Wrestling Association - New Japan Pro-Wrestling Shinjiro Otani WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship Wrestle Association R Último Dragón WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship World Wrestling Association - Federación Universal de Lucha Libre Gran Hamada WWF Light Heavyweight Championship Universal Wrestling Association - Michinoku Pro Wrestling El Samurai
Later incorporated
NWA World Middleweight Championship Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Chris Jericho WCW World Cruiserweight Championship World Championship Wrestling Dean Malenko
Inaugural championship tournament (1996)
Every match was a title match, the final was for all 8 championships.
Title history
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