| 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, October 31, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||
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The WWF International Heavyweight Championship is a former championship recognized by Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the World Wrestling Federation, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and the Universal Wrestling Federation.[1]
The title existed from 1959 through 1963 and again from 1982 through 1985.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| (NLT) | Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Antonino Rocca | July 2, 1959 | House show | New York, New York | 1 | 1,554 | Defeated Buddy Rogers. | |
| — | Deactivated | October 3, 1963 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated and later became inactive. | |
| 2 | Tony Parisi | June 15, 1982 | House show | Buffalo, New York | 1 | 64 | ||
| 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 | 234 | Fujinami won the match by countout but refused to accept the belt. Choshu couldn't get into Canada for the rematch in Calgary, Alberta on August 12, 1983, and was recognized as champion. | [3] |
| 7 | Akira Maeda | March 25, 1984 | All American Wrestling | New York, New York | 1 | 102 | Maeda defeated Pierre Lefebvre at Madison Square Garden to be recognized by WWF later he returned to UWF during April 11, 1984 to defend the title. | |
| 8 | Tatsumi Fujinami | July 5, 1984 (NLT) | House show | N/A | 3 | 379 | [4] | |
| — | Vacated | July 19, 1985 | N/A | Sapporo, Japan | — | — | When Fujinami gave up the title after a double disqualification against Super Strong Machine. | |
| — | Deactivated | October 31, 1985 | — | — | — | — | The title was abandoned when New Japan and the WWF split. | |
