Champion	Title Reign	Comments
TAKA Michinoku	7 December 1997 - 18 October 1998	Defeated Brian Christophers in a tournament final to become the first Official champion. WWF had the title for over 20 years, and it had been defended in Japan. The title was not recognised as an official title until TAKA won in this tournament final.
Christian	18 October 1998 - 17 November 1998
Gillberg	17 November 1998 - 8 February 2000
Essa Rios	8 February 2000 - 13 March 2000
Dean Malenko	13 March 2000 - 14 April 2000
Scotty 2 Hotty	14 April 2000 - 25 April 2000
Dean Malenko (2)	25 April 2000 - 13 March 2001
Crash Holly	13 March 2001 - 29 April 2001
Jerry Lynn	29 April 2001 - 5 June 2001
Jeff Hardy	5 June 2001 - 25 June 2001
X-Pac	25 June 2001 - 6 July 2001
Tajiri	6 July 2001 - 19 August 2001
X-Pac (2)	19 August 2001 - Current Date