WWF International Heavyweight Championship
WWF International Heavyweight Championship | |
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Promotion | Capitol Wrestling Corporation World Wrestling Federation New Japan Pro-Wrestling Universal Wrestling Federation |
Date established | 1959 1982 |
Date retired | 1963 1985 |
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The WWF International Heavyweight Championship is a former championship recognized by the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the World Wrestling Federation, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and the Universal Wrestling Federation.[1]
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History
The title existed from 1959 through 1963 and again from 1982 through 1985.
Reigns
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Antonino Rocca | July 2, 1959 | House show | New York, New York | 1 | 1,554 | Defeated Buddy Rogers to become the inaugural champion. | |
— | Vacated | October 3, 1963 | — | — | — | — | Rocca vacated the championship and it later became inactive. | |
2 | Tony Parisi | June 15, 1982 | House show | Buffalo, New York | 1 | 64 | It is uncertain who Parisi defeated to win the championship. | |
3 | Gino Brito | August 18, 1982 | House show | Buffalo, New York | 1 | 12 | ||
4 | Tatsumi Fujinami | August 30, 1982 | WWF on MSG Network | New York, New York | 1 | 216 | ||
5 | Riki Choshu | April 3, 1983 | Big Fight Series II 1983 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 123 | [2] | |
6 | Tatsumi Fujinami | August 4, 1983 | Summer Fight Series 1983 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 715 | Fujinami won the match by count-out but refused to accept the championship. A rematch between Fujinami and Choshu to determine a new champion was scheduled in Calgary, Alberta on August 12, 1983 but Choshu couldn't get into Canada for the match, and Fujinami was recognized as undisputed champion starting from the August 4, 1983 date. | [3] |
† | Akira Maeda | March 25, 1984 | All American Wrestling | New York, New York | 1 | 120 | Maeda defeated Pierre Lefebvre at Madison Square Garden to be recognized by the WWF but the victory was ignored by NJPW. Maeda departed from the WWF during this reign and defended the title as the "UWF Heavyweight Championship" in the Universal Wrestling Federation before vacating the title on July 23, 1984. | |
† | Tatsumi Fujinami | July 5, 1984 | — | — | 3 | 379 | Fujinami regained recognition from the WWF on July 5, 1984, though NJPW recognized his second reign as uninterrupted. | [4] |
— | Vacated | July 19, 1985 | House show | Sapporo, Japan | — | — | Fujinami gave up the title after wrestling Super Strong Machine to a double disqualification. | |
— | Deactivated | October 31, 1985 | — | — | — | — | The title was abandoned the WWF ended its working relationship with NJPW. |
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Source: "WWF International Heavyweight Championship", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 8th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_International_Heavyweight_Championship.
Further Reading

National Wrestling Alliance

USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship

List of WCW World Television Champions
AWA World Heavyweight Championship

Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship

List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions

NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship

WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship

NWA National Television Championship

NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship

Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship

NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship

NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship

NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Championship
References
- ^ Wrestling Information Archive
- ^ F4W Staff (April 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling title change history : Gotch Vs. Hackenschmidt, Inoki Vs. Hansen, Guerrero Vs. Jericho". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (August 4, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (August 4): Lex Luger beats Huk Hogan for WCW title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "NJPW Summer Fight Series 1984 - Tag 7". CageMatch. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
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