J-Crown

History

The J-Crown was the unification of eight different championship belts from multiple different countries, including ones from Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The inaugural champion was The Great Sasuke. The J-Crown was defended for just over a year.

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

Later incorporated

Inaugural championship tournament (1996)

Every match was a title match, the final was for all 8 championships.{{8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= Masayoshi Motegi | RD1-score1= Pin | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= The Great Sasuke | RD1-score2= 11:50 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= Gran Hamada | RD1-score3= Pin | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= El Samurai | RD1-score4= 12:38 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5= Jushin Thunder Liger | RD1-score5= Pin | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6= Último Dragón | RD1-score6= 2:38 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7= Negro Casas | RD1-score7= Pin | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8= Shinjiro Otani | RD1-score8= 11:34 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= The Great Sasuke | RD2-score1= Pin | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= El Samurai | RD2-score2= 16:25 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3= Último Dragón | RD2-score3= Pin | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= Shinjiro Otani | RD2-score4= 16:04 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1= The Great Sasuke | RD3-score1= Pin | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2= Último Dragón | RD3-score2= 13:56 }}

==Title history==

{{PWtitlereign }} {{PWtitlereign This event was promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. }}{{PWtitlereign During his reign, Último Dragón had already captured the NWA World Middleweight Championship from Corazón de León and then captured the WCW Cruiserweight Championship from Dean Malenko in WCW Starrcade, making him the most decorated wrestler in history at the time as he was the active reigning and defending champion of 10 titles. This record would be broken on October 18, 2025, at AEW WrestleDream by Mercedes Moné after she won a total of 11 championships. }}{{PWtitlereign Lost the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship to Yuji Yasuraoka on June 6, 1997, in Tokyo, Japan; from that point on, the J-Crown is represented by seven championship belts. }}{{PWtitlereign }}{{PWtitlereign }}{{PWtitlereign }}

==References==

==External links== *J-Crown Octuple Title Unification Tournament

[[Category:Professional wrestling accomplishments]] [[Category:New Japan Pro-Wrestling championships]]

References

1. Clevett, Jason. (November 4, 2004). "The legend of Jushin "Thunder" Liger". SLAM! Wrestling.