BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1998–2002)
The BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship was a title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). It was in use from 1998 through at least November 2002.
On May 7, 2017, BJW announced that it was bringing back the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship with a tournament set to take place between May 25 and July 17. Although the new title shares its name with the title retired in 2002, the winner of the tournament is considered the first BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion. The title has a weight limit of 95 kg (209 lb). Wrestlers over the weight limit will be eligible to challenge for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship.[1]
Title history
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| # | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshihiro Tajiri | 1 | February 3, 1998 | 75 | Tokyo, Japan | Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament | Defeated Gedo in a tournament final to become the first champion. |
| — | Vacated | — | April 19, 1998 | — | N/A | Live Event | Tajiri was stripped of the title when he left BJW. |
| 2 | Katsumi Usuda | 1 | May 1, 1998 | 218 | Toda, Japan | Live Event | Defeated Minoru Fujita. |
| 3 | Fantastik | 1 | December 5, 1998 | 145 | Kanagawa, Japan | Live Event | |
| 4 | The W*INGer | 1 | April 29, 1999 | 31 | Shizuoka, Japan | Live Event | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 30, 1999 | — | N/A | Live Event | Title vacated to be put on the line in a round-robin tournament. |
| 5 | Masayoshi Motegi | 1 | June 30, 1999 | 129 | Numazu, Japan | Live Event | Defeated Abdullah Kobayashi in the finals of a round-robin tournament. |
| 6 | Fantastik | 2 | November 6, 1999 | 28 | Hakodate, Japan | Live Event | |
| 7 | Chabinger | 2 | December 4, 1999 | 200 | Yokohama, Japan | Live Event | |
| 8 | Men's Teioh | 1 | June 21, 2000 | 424 | Fukushima, Japan | Hardcore Series 2000 - Day 7 | |
| 9 | Johnny Kashmere | 1 | August 19, 2001 | 10 | Yokohama, Japan | Universe 2001 - Day 12 | Defeated Teioh in a tag team match between CZW Tag Team Champions Teioh and Jun Kasai and The Backseat Boyz (Kashmere and Trent Acid). As per the stipulation of the match, all titles held by the participants were on the line. The Backseat Boyz won the CZW Tag Team title, and Kashmere, by scoring the fall, won the BJW World Junior Heavyweight title as well. |
| — | Vacated | — | August 29, 2001 | — | Sewell, NJ | N/A | Title vacated when a match between Kashmere and Trent Acid ends in a double pinfall. |
| 10 | Ruckus | 1 | December 2, 2001 | 13 | Yokohama, Japan | Live Event | Defeated Trent Acid and The W*INGer in a three-way match. |
| 11 | Trent Acid | 1 | December 15, 2001 | 78 | Philadelphia, PA | CZW Cage of Death III | |
| 12 | The W*INGer | 2 | March 3, 2002 | 257 | Yokohama, Japan | ||
| 13 | Homicide | 1 | November 15, 2002 | 0 - 46 | Queens, NY | ||
| — | Retired | — | 2002 | — | N/A | N/A |
See also
References
- ^ "※5/25(木)より､初代BJW認定ジュニアヘビー級王座決定リーグ戦開催!". Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). May 7, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.