BJW_World_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	Yoshihiro Tajiri
Final champion(s)	Homicide
Most reigns	Fantastik/Masayoshi Motegi/Charbinger/The Winger (3 reigns)
Longest reign	Men's Teioh (424 days)
Shortest reign	Johnny Kashmere (10 days)

BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship
BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion	Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Date established	February 3, 1998
Date retired	2002
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	Yoshihiro Tajiri
Final champion(s)	Homicide
Most reigns	Fantastik/Masayoshi Motegi/Charbinger/The Winger (3 reigns)
Longest reign	Men's Teioh (424 days)
Shortest reign	Johnny Kashmere (10 days)

BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1998–2002)

Professional wrestling championship

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.

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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]

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[3] The exact date the championship was deactivated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 1 day and 46 days.

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"※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. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.

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"Big Japan Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament 1998". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

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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.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Notes	Ref.
1	Yoshihiro Tajiri	February 3, 1998	First BJW Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	1	75	Defeated Gedo in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
—	Vacated	April 19, 1998	—	—	—	—	Tajiri was stripped of the title after he left BJW.
2	Katsumi Usuda	May 1, 1998	Big Japan Fighter Declaration 1998	Toda, Japan	1	218	Defeated Minoru Fujita to win the vacant title.
3	Fantastik	December 5, 1998	HWO 4 Year	Kanagawa, Japan	1	145
4	The Winger	April 29, 1999	House show	Shizuoka, Japan	1	31
—	Vacated	May 30, 1999	—	—	—	—	Vacated to be put on the line in a round-robin tournament.
5	Masayoshi Motegi	June 30, 1999	House show	Numazu, Japan	1	129	Defeated Abdullah Kobayashi in the finals of a round-robin tournament to win the vacant title.
6	Fantastik	November 6, 1999	House show	Hakodate, Japan	2	28
7	Chabinger	December 4, 1999	House show	Yokohama, Japan	2	200	Previously held the title under the name Masayoshi Motegi.
8	Men's Teioh	June 21, 2000	BJ Hardcore Series II 2000	Fukushima, Japan	1	424
9	Johnny Kashmere	August 19, 2001	Universe 2001	Yokohama, Japan	1	10	Defeated Men's Teioh in a tag team match between CZW Tag Team Champions Men's 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 Junior Heavyweight title as well.
—	Vacated	August 29, 2001	CZW Enough Is Enough	Sewell, NJ	—	—	Vacated when a double title match against CZW Junior Heavyweight Champion Trent Acid ended as a double pinfall.
10	Ruckus	December 2, 2001	Ante Up 2001	Yokohama, Japan	1	13	Defeated Trent Acid and The Winger in a three-way match. This match was also for the CZW Junior Heavyweight Championship.
11	Trent Acid	December 15, 2001	CZW Cage of Death III	Philadelphia, PA	1	78	This match was also for the CZW Junior Heavyweight Championship.
12	The Winger	March 3, 2002	Harder Than Hardcore Series 2002	Yokohama, Japan	2	257
13	Homicide	November 15, 2002	House show	Queens, NY	1	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
—	Deactivated	2002 (NLT)	—	—	—	—

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Men's Teioh	1	424
2	Masayoshi Motegi/Chabinger	2	329
3	The Winger	2	288
4	Fantastik	2	173
5	Katsumi Usuda	1	218
6	Trent Acid	1	78
7	Yoshihiro Tajiri	1	75
8	Ruckus	1	13
9	Johnny Kashmere	1	10
10	Homicide	1	1¤

BJW_World_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship

BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1998–2002)

Inaugural tournament

Title history

Combined reigns

Footnotes

See also

References

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