British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship

The British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship that although being created in England, it gained its biggest notoriety in Japan. Not long after its creation the title made its way to Michinoku Pro Wrestling where it stayed until Jushin Thunder Liger took it to New Japan Pro Wrestling and join it with seven other Junior Heavyweight Belts to create the J-Crown. After the J-Crown was disbanded the title resurfaced in England for a short time. After a tour of England Tiger Mask took the title back to Japan, where it returned to Michinoku Pro then made its way to Toryumon, where it was last defended before becoming Inactive.

Title History

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Doc Dean	1	April, 1995
Steve J	1	August 12, 1995	London, England
The Great Sasuke	1	September 25, 1995	Akita, Japan
Danny Collins	1	May 5, 1996	Sendai, Japan
Dick Togo	1	May 6, 1996	Nakayama, Japan
Jushin Thunder Liger	1	June 17, 1996	Tokyo, Japan
Último Dragón	1	August 2, 1996	Tokyo, Japan
The Great Sasuke	2	August 5, 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Becomes one of eight championships comprising New Japan Pro Wrestling's J-Crown
Último Dragón	2	October 11, 1996	Osaka, Japan
Jushin Thunder Liger	2	January 4, 1997	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Dragón at Wrestling World
El Samurai	1	July 6, 1997	Sapporo, Japan
Shinjiro Otani	1	August 10, 1997	Nagoya, Japan
Otani vacates title on November 5, 1997, along with five other titles in the J-Crown, besides the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
The Dirtbike Kid	1	February 14, 1998	London, England	Defeated Mikey Whipwreck for the vacant title
Vacated
Tiger Mask	1	April 11, 1999	London, England	Defeated Jason Cross for the vacant title
Vacated due to injury
Curry Man	1	December 14, 1999	Niigata, Japan	Defeated Minoru Fujita for the vacant title
Tiger Mask	2	March 10, 2000	Aomori, Japan
Masaaki Mochizuki	1	March 10, 2001	Tokyo, Japan
Magnum TOKYO	1	July 1, 2001	Hyogo, Japan
SUWA	1	March 15, 2002	Yokohama, Japan
Dotti Shuji	1	June 19, 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & SUWA in a Three Way Dance.
Jun Ogawauchi	1	November 10, 2003	Hyogo, Japan
Held up after a match against Second Doi went to a "No Contest" due to interference by "brother" YASSHI on December 7, 2003, in Kanazawa, Japan. The TItle has been inactive since.

References

http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/michinoku/bc-j.html - History at wrestling-titles
http://www.titlehistories.com/British_Commonwealth_Junior_Heavyweight_Title.htm

British professional wrestling championships

Weight division championships	Flyweight (2005–2012) Lightweight (1933–2002) Welterweight (1938–present) Middleweight (1930s–2005) Heavy Middleweight (1953–1990s) Light Heavyweight (1920s–2004, 2014–present) Mid-Heavyweight (1952–1981, 2002–present) Heavyweight (1930–present)

Other divisions	Women's Tag Team (1933–2002) Tag Team (1933–2002) Women's (1933–2002)

British Empire/Commonwealth titles (defunct)	Heavyweight Junior Heavyweight Mid-Heavyweight Light Heavyweight Middleweight

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