J-Crown consisted of eight different non-heavyweight titles, unified during a tournament held between August 2, 1996 to August 5, 1996.
Titles included:
IWGP World Junior Heavyweight Championship - held by The Great Sasuke
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship - held by Masayoshi Motegi
International Junior Heavyweight Championship - held by Ultimo Dragon
British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship - held by Jushin Thunder Liger
WWF World Light Heavyweight Championship - held by El Samurai
UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship - held by Shinjiro Ohtani
WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship - held by Gran Hamada
NWA World Welterweight Championship - held by Negro Casas
- Quarterfinals - August 2
The Great Sasuke (IWGP Champ) | pinned | Masayoshi Motegi (NWA Jr. Hvywght Champ) | 11:50 |
Ultimo Dragon (WAR Champ) | pinned | Jushin Thunder Liger (British Comm. Champ) | 2:38 |
- Quarterfinals - August 3
El Samurai (WWF Champ) | pinned | Gran Hamada (WWA Champ) | 16:25 |
Shinjiro Ohtani (UWA Champ) | pinned | Negro Casas (NWA Welter Champ) | 11:34 |
- Semifinals - August 4
The Great Sasuke (IWGP and NWA Jr. Hvwt Champ) | pinned | El Samurai (WWF and WWA Champ) | 16:25 |
Ultimo Dragon (WAR and British Comm. Champ) | pinned | Shinjiro Ohtani (UWA and NWA Welt. Champ) | 16:04 |
- Finals - August 5
The Great Sasuke (IWGP, NWA Jr. Hvwt, WWF, and WWA Champ) | pinned | Ultimo Dragon (WAR, British Comm., UWA, and NWA Welt. Champ) | 16:04 |
Title History
Champion | Date Won | Location | Notes |
The Great Sasuke | August 5, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | -a- |
Ultimo Dragon | October 11, 1996 | Osaka, Japan | |
Jushin Thunder Liger | January 4, 1997 | Tokyo, Japan | -b- |
El Samurai | July 6, 1997 | Sapporo, Japan | |
Shinjiro Ohtani | August 10, 1997 | Nagoya, Japan | -c- |
-a- Defeated Ultimo Dragon in the finals of the tournament to crown the first J-Crown Champion.
-b- Loses the WAR Internation Junior Heavyweight Title to Yuuji Yasuraoka on June 6, 1997, but continues to defend the other seven as the J-Crown.
-c- Forced by the WWF to vacate the WWF Light Heavyweight Title on November 5, 1997 for a tournament in the US; Vacated all other belts except for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. J-Crown title abandoned.