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* While not officially part of the J Crown, Ultimo Dragon, who was also the ] (that championship is also not part of the J Crown), in fact beat ] ] ] at WCW ] in a unification match, holding 10 titles at once. * While not officially part of the J Crown, Ultimo Dragon, who was also the ] (that championship is also not part of the J Crown), in fact beat ] ] ] at WCW ] in a unification match, holding 10 titles at once.


* It is also funny to note that the WWF's Light Heavyweight Championship was defended on its arch rivals shows as part of the J Crown. * Despite the animosity between the ] (WWF) and ] (WCW), the WWF's Light Heavyweight Championship was defended on WCW shows as part of the J-Crown.


==Tournament== ==Tournament==

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J-Crown
Tournament information

The J-Crown (also known as J-Crown Championship) was formed originally by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a way of unifying eight non-heavyweight titles from several different organizations. The J-Crown tournament was held over four nights, from August 2 to August 5, 1996.

Championships

Championship Promotion Held by
British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship Michinoku Pro Wrestling Jushin Liger
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship New Japan Pro Wrestling The Great Sasuke
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Wrestle Dream Factory Masayoshi Motegi
NWA World Welterweight Championship Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Negro Casas
UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship Universal Wrestling Association Shinjiro Otani
WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship Wrestle Association R Último Dragón
WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship World Wrestling Association Gran Hamada
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship World Wrestling Federation El Samurai

Tournament

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Masayoshi Motegi Pin
The Great Sasuke 11:50
The Great Sasuke Pin
El Samurai 16:25
Gran Hamada Pin
El Samurai 12:38
The Great Sasuke Pin
Último Dragón 13:56
Jushin Liger Pin
Último Dragón 2:38
Último Dragón Pin
Shinjiro Otani 16:04
Negro Casas Pin
Shinjiro Otani 11:34

Title history

Wrestler: Date: Place: Notes: Length of reign:
The Great Sasuke August 5, 1996 Tokyo Defeated Último Dragón in a tournament final to become the first champion. 67 days
Último Dragón October 11, 1996 Osaka 85 days
Jushin Liger January 4, 1997 Tokyo Defeated Dragón at Wrestling World 1997. 183 days
El Samurai July 6, 1997 Sapporo 35 days
Shinjiro Otani August 10, 1997 Nagoya 56 days
Title retired on October 5, 1997.

End of the J-Crown

The J-Crown was defended for just over a year. When Jushin Liger was champion, he ended up losing the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship to Yuji Yasuraoka on June 6, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. However, Liger continued to defend the J-Crown with seven titles instead of eight.

Five months later, as the World Wrestling Federation was getting ready to introduce a new Light Heavyweight title, they became aware that the original Light Heavyweight Championship belt was no longer in their possession. (The physical belt had long since been used in New Japan Pro Wrestling for one of their titles.) WWF demanded that Shinjiro Otani, the current J-Crown Champion at the time, return the belt to them immediately. He did so on October 5, 1997. On the same day, he also vacated all of the remaining titles, except for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, effectively ending the J-Crown.

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