Title History
| # | Wrestler | Reigns | Date | Days held | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul DeGalles | 1 | 1965 | |||
| 2 | Johnny De Fazio | 1 | 1967 | |||
| 3 | Bradley Lowe | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Jonny De Fazio | 2 | ||||
| 5 | Jackie Nicholas | 2 | New England | |||
| 6 | Jonny De Fazio | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Jackie Nicholas | 3 | ||||
| 8 | Johnny De Fazio | 4 | ||||
| - | Vacated | - | 1972 | - | - | De Fazio vacated the title in 1972 upon retirement. |
| 9 | Carlos Jose Estrada | 1 | January 20, 1978 | 3 | Uniondale, New York | Defeated Tony Garea for the title. |
| 10 | Tatsumi Fujinami | 1 | January 23, 1978 | 617 | New York City, New York | |
| 11 | Ryuma Go | 1 | October 2, 1979 | 2 | Osaka, Japan | |
| 12 | Tatsumi Fujinami | 2 | October 4, 1979 | 789 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| - | Vacated | - | December 1981 | - | - | Vacated when Fujinami entered the heavyweight division. |
| 13 | Tiger Mask | 1 | January 1, 1982 | 125 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Dynamite Kid for the vacant title, then vacated the title in April 1982 due to injury. |
| 14 | Black Tiger (original, Mark Rocco) |
1 | May 6, 1982 | 20 | Fukuoka, Japan | Defeated Gran Hamada for the vacant title. |
| 15 | Tiger Mask | 2 | May 26, 1982 | 312 | Osaka, Japan | |
| - | Vacated | - | April 3, 1983 | - | - | Vacated after Tiger Mask was injured by the Dynamite Kid in a tag team match on April 1. On the same night, Dynamite Kid and Kuniaki Kobayashi fought for the title and no winner was declared. |
| 16 | Tiger Mask | 3 | June 13, 1983 | 239 | Mexico City, Mexico | Defeated Fishman for the title, then he vacated the title on August 12, 1983 when he retired. |
| 17 | Dynamite Kid | 1 | February 7, 1984 | 268 | Tokyo, Japan | Won a triangular match by defeating both Davey Boy Smith on February 3, 1984 in Sapporo, Japan and The Cobra on February 7, 1984 in Tokyo. He vacated the title in November 1984 when he and Smith jumped to All-Japan Pro Wrestling. |
| 18 | The Cobra | 1 | December 28, 1984 | 143 | New York City, New York | Defeated Black Tiger for the vacant title. |
| 19 | Hiro Saito | 1 | May 20, 1985 | 69 | Hiroshima, Japan | |
| 20 | The Cobra | 2 | July 28, 1985 | 95 | Osaka, Japan | |
| - | Vacated | - | October 31, 1985 | - | - | Vacated when New Japan and the WWF split. Shiro Koshinaka defeats The Cobra on June 28, 1986 in Tokyo to become the first IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. |
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