The BJW Heavyweight Championship was a title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling. It lasted from 2001 through 2004.[1][2]
| BJW Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||||
| Promotion | Big Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Date established | March 20, 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | 2004 | ||||||||||||
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Title history
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| (NLT) | Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Kamikaze | March 20, 2001 | Excite 2001 | Hakata, Japan | 1 | 292 | Defeated Zandig in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | [3] |
| 2 | Daikokubo Benkei | January 6, 2002 | New Year Great Series 2002 | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 | 224 | [4] | |
| 3 | Daisuke Sekimoto | August 18, 2002 | Harder Than Hardcore II | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 36 | [5] | |
| 4 | Men's Teioh | September 23, 2002 | BJ Monster 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 48 | [6] | |
| — | Vacated | November 10, 2002 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to unknown circumstances. | |
| 5 | Men's Teioh | March 30, 2003 | Harder Than Hardcore IV | Yokohama, Japan | 2 | 506 | Defeated Daisuke Sekimoto to win the vacant title. | [7] |
| 6 | Gran Hamada | August 17, 2004 | Summer Night BJ Osaka Live | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 19 | [8] | |
| 7 | Men's Teioh | September 5, 2004 | Men's World III: King Kong | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | [a] | [8] | |
| — | Deactivated | 2004 (NLT) | — | — | — | — | ||
Combined reigns
edit| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Men's Teioh | 3 | 555¤ |
| 2 | Kamikaze | 1 | 292 |
| 3 | Daikokubo Benkei | 224 | |
| 4 | Daisuke Sekimoto | 36 | |
| 5 | Gran Hamada | 19 |
Footnotes
edit- ^ The exact date the championship was deactivated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 1 day and 117 days.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "BJW Heavyweight Title (Japan)".
- ^ BJW Heavyweight Championship
- ^ "Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "EXCITE 2001"" (in German). Purolove. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- ^ "Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "NEW YEAR GREAT SERIES 2002"" (in German). Purolove. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- ^ "Big Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2002" (in German). Purolove. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- ^ "Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "BJ MONSTER 2002"" (in German). Purolove. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- ^ "Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "HARDER THAN HARDCORE IV"" (in German). Purolove. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "Big Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2004" (in German). Purolove. Retrieved January 3, 2020.