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
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshihiro Tajiri | 1 | February 3, 1998 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Gedo in a tournament final to become the first champion. |
| Tajiri was stripped of the title on April 19, 1998 when he left BJW. | ||||
| Katsumi Usuda | 1 | May 1, 1998 | Toda, Japan | Defeated Minoru Fujita. |
| Fantastik | 1 | December 5, 1998 | Kanagawa, Japan | |
| The W*INGer | 1 | April 29, 1999 | Shizuoka, Japan | |
| Title vacated on May 30, 1999 to be put on the line in a round-robin tournament. | ||||
| Masayoshi Motegi | 1 | June 30, 1999 | Numazu, Japan | Defeated Abdullah Kobayashi in the finals of a round-robin tournament. |
| Fantastik | 2 | November 6, 1999 | Hakodate, Japan | |
| Chabinger (Masayoshi Motegi) | 2 | December 4, 1999 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Men's Teioh | 1 | June 21, 2000 | Fukushima, Japan | |
| Johnny Kashmere | 1 | August 19, 2001 | Yokohama, Japan | 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. |
| Title vacated on August 29, 2001 in Sewell, New Jersey, when a match between Kashmere and Trent Acid ends in a double pinfall. | ||||
| Ruckus | 1 | December 2, 2001 | Yokohama, Japan | Defeated Trent Acid and The W*INGer in a three-way match. |
| Trent Acid | 1 | December 15, 2001 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Won the title at CZW Cage of Death III. |
| The W*INGer | 2 | March 3, 2002 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Homicide | 1 | November 15, 2002 | Queens, New York | |
| The title was later abandoned. | ||||
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.
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