BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2017–present)
| BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shinobu, the inaugural champion | |||||
| Details | |||||
| Promotion | Big Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||
| Date established | May 7, 2017 | ||||
| Current champion(s) | Shinobu | ||||
| Date won | July 17, 2017 | ||||
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The BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship is a title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Background
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]
Inaugural tournament
The round-robin league began on May 25 and ran all the way through to the decision match, between the top two, on the July 17 show at Ryōgoku Kokugikan.
| Wrestler | Score |
|---|---|
| Kazuki Hashimoto | 8 |
| Shinobu | 6 |
| Tatsuhiko Yoshino | 6 |
| Toshiyuki Sakuda | 4 |
| Takuya Nomura | 4 |
| Yuya Aoki | 2 |
| Results | Kazuki Hashimoto | Shinobu | Takuya Nomura | Tatsuhiko Yoshino | Toshiyuki Sakuda | Yuya Aoki |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazuki Hashimoto | X | Kazuki (12:56) | Kazuki (12:35) | Yoshino (11:57) | Kazuki (11:24) | Kazuki (8:09) |
| Shinobu | Kazuki (12:56) | X | Shinobu (9:38) | Shinobu (11:55) | Shinobu (9:28) | Aoki (7:11) |
| Takuya Nomura | Kazuki (12:35) | Shinobu (9:38) | X | Takuya (12:50) | Sakuda (10:38) | Nomura (7:13) |
| Tatsuhiko Yoshino | Yoshino (11:57) | Shinobu (11:55) | Takuya (12:50) | X | Yoshino (9:26) | Yoshino (8:02) |
| Toshiyuki Sakuda | Kazuki (11:24) | Shinobu (9:28) | Sakuda (10:38) | Yoshino (9:26) | X | Sakuda (9:22) |
| Yuya Aoki | Kazuki (8:09) | Aoki (7:11) | Nomura (7:13) | Yoshino (8:02) | Sakuda (9:22) | X |
| Final | ||||
| 1 | Kazuki Hashimoto | Pin | ||
| 2 | Shinobu | 13:18[2] | ||
Title history
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| Successful defenses | The number of successful defenses the champion had during his reign |
| — | 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 | Successful defenses | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shinobu | 1 | July 17, 2017 | 25+ | Tokyo | Ryōgokutan | 1 | Defeated Kazuki Hashimoto in the finals of a six-man round-robin tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [2] |
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.
- 1 2 "「両極譚～Ryogokutan～2017」". Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved July 19, 2017.