Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
The Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship that is being defended in various independent promotions in Japan. The title was originally created by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling as the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship. It stayed with FMW from its creation in 1993 to mid-1999, when FMW dropped the title. Even with the belt being dropped by FMW, the original title belt is still used, which bears the "FMW" name on it.
In May 2010, a new championship belt was made, as Tarzan Goto's Super FMW promotion briefly revived the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship to determine its final champion.
Title history
;FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship;FMW-Certified Junior Heavyweight Championship
In 1998, the title was renamed FMW-Certified Junior Heavyweight Championship with the launch of the FMW Unified Organization. It is considered a different title.
;Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
On May 31, 1999, Kodo Fuyuki became the FMW commissioner and withdrew the recognition of the title following the introduction of the WEW Single Championship which he awarded to himself on September 24. Sano was then recognized as the first Independent World Junior Heavyweight champion, in continuation of his FMW-Certified Junior Heavyweight Championship reign. Since then, the title has been defended in various Japanese promotions including Big Japan Wrestling, DDT Pro-Wrestling, Kaientai Dojo, Union Pro Wrestling, Osaka Pro Wrestling and Michinoku Pro Wrestling.
Combined reigns
As of ,.| † | Indicates the current champion |
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |