IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

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The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship is a premier professional wrestling title contested by junior heavyweight wrestlers in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf junior heavyweight wrestling championship
professional wrestling championship
acronymMeaning International Wrestling Grand Prix NERFINISHED
associatedHeavyweightTitle IWGP World Heavyweight Championship GENERATED
associatedTagTeamTitle IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship GENERATED
associatedTournament Best of the Super Juniors NERFINISHED
bookingAuthority NJPW management
broadcastOn Japanese television
NJPW World streaming service NERFINISHED
championshipType singles championship
contestedBy junior heavyweight wrestlers
contestedIn NJPW events
country Japan
defendedIn Japan NERFINISHED
international NJPW events
division junior heavyweight division
firstChampion Shiro Koshinaka NERFINISHED
genderDivision men's
governingBody International Wrestling Grand Prix NERFINISHED
hasScriptedOutcomes yes
hasWeightLimit yes
introduced 1986
introducedBy New Japan Pro-Wrestling NERFINISHED
languageOfPromotion Japanese
notableStyleCharacteristics fast-paced matches GENERATED
high-flying offense GENERATED
technical wrestling emphasis GENERATED
originCountry Japan NERFINISHED
parentCompany Bushiroad NERFINISHED
prestige one of the most prestigious junior heavyweight titles in the world
primaryPromotion NJPW GENERATED
promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling NERFINISHED
promotionStyle strong style
recognizedBy New Japan Pro-Wrestling NERFINISHED
region Asia NERFINISHED
rulesBasedOn NJPW rules
scripted yes
shortName IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship NERFINISHED
sport professional wrestling
status active
style puroresu
titleFamily IWGP championships NERFINISHED
titleLineage continuous since 1986
typicalMainEvents NJPW junior heavyweight division shows GENERATED
typicalMatchType singles match
weightClass junior heavyweight
weightLimitType upper weight limit for junior heavyweights

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New Japan Pro-Wrestling majorChampionship IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship