BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship

BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship
Ryuji Ito with the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship belt in August 2015
Details
Promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Date established August 9, 1998
Current champion(s) Masashi Takeda
Date won August 19, 2017

The BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship is the top title contested for in the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling. As its name suggests, it is exclusively defended in deathmatches. It was first created in 1998 when The Great Pogo defeated Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a tournament final.[1] There have been a total of 18 recognized champions who have had a combined 36 official reigns.

Title history

No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 The Great Pogo 1 August 9, 1998 14 Kawasaki, Japan House show Defeated Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a glass and fire coffin cremation deathmatch tournament final. [1]
2 Mitsuhiro Matsunaga 1 August 23, 1998 31 Osaka, Japan House show This was a glass and fire coffin cremation deathmatch. [1]
3 Shadow WX 1 September 23, 1998 109 Tokyo, Japan House show This was a 3 way board alligator deathmatch. [1]
4 Abdullah the Butcher 1 January 10, 1999 49 Fukuoka, Japan House show This was a lumberjack deathmatch. [1]
5 Shadow WX 2 February 28, 1999 91 Tokyo, Japan House show This was a barbed wire board deathmatch. [1]
6 Ryuji Yamakawa 1 May 30, 1999 72 Osaka, Japan House show This was a no rope barbed wire death pallet coffin and fire deathmatch. [1]
7 Shadow WX 3 August 10, 1999 116 Osaka, Japan House show This was a no rope barbed wire fire deathmatch. [1]
8 Ryuji Yamakawa 2 December 4, 1999 29 Yokohama, Japan House show This was a four corner lighttubes board deathmatch. [1]
9 Tomoaki Honma 1 January 2, 2000 182 Tokyo, Japan BJ Great Series Tour This was also a quarterfinal match in the BJ Grand Prix 2000 tournament, and was a 5-inch spike nail and barbed wire double board deathmatch. [2]
10 Zandig 1 July 2, 2000 144 Tokyo, Japan BJ Hardcore Series II Tour This was a lemon, salt and mustard deathmatch. [3]
11 Tomoaki Honma 2 November 23, 2000 98 Yokohama, Japan Wonder BJ 2000 Series Tour This was a glass and barbed wire board deathmatch. [4]
— Vacated — March 2001 — — — Vacated due to Honma leaving the company. [1]
12 Zandig 2 May 4, 2001 107 Sapporo, Japan North Wave Tour Defeated Kintaro Kanemura in a CZW Caribbean-style barbed wire, lighttubes, lighttubes board and barbed wire chess board deathmatch. [1][5]
13 Mitsuhiro Matsunaga 2 August 19, 2001 105 Yokohama, Japan Universe Tour This was a 200 lighttubes and thumbtack and glass board deathmatch. [6]
14 Zandig 3 December 2, 2001 30 Yokohama, Japan Ante Up This was an exploding glass, lighttubes and thumbtacks deathmatch. [7]
— Vacated — January 1, 2002 — — — Vacated due to Zandig leaving the company. [1]
15 Kintaro Kanemura 1 March 30, 2003 147 Yokohama, Japan Harder Than Hardcore IV Tour Defeated Shadow WX in a lighttubes and glass deathmatch decision match. [8]
16 Ryuji Ito 1 August 24, 2003 850 Yokohama, Japan HTH5 Series Tour This was a steel cage match. [9]
17 Abdullah Kobayashi 1 December 21, 2005 100 Yokohama, Japan House show This was a scaffold match. [1]
18 Takashi Sasaki 1 March 31, 2006 163 Tokyo, Japan House show This was a lighttubes and bed of nails deathmatch. [1]
19 Ryuji Ito 2 September 10, 2006 4 Yokohama, Japan House show This was a lighttubes, bunkhouse, double hell, super high ladder, and barbed wire Hell deathmatch. [1]
— Vacated — September 14, 2006 — — — Vacated due to a wrist injury. [1]
20 Takashi Sasaki 2 December 3, 2006 266 Yokohama, Japan House show Defeated Jaki Numazawa in a lighttubes shrine deathmatch. [1]
21 Jaki Numazawa 1 August 26, 2007 110 Tokyo, Japan Pro-Wrestling Summit in Ariake ~ King's Festival! All Title Matches [10]
22 Ryuji Ito 3 December 14, 2007 142 Yokohama, Japan House show This was a four corner cross of D match. [1]
23 Shadow WX 4 May 4, 2008 229 Koshigaya, Japan Katsura Special 14 This was a fluorescent lighttube boards and weapons deathmatch. [1]
24 Yuko Miyamoto 1 December 19, 2008 501 Yokohama, Japan House show [1]
25 Ryuji Ito 4 May 4, 2010 593 Yokohama, Japan 15th Anniversary Show This was a 200 fluorescent lighttubes cage deathmatch. [1]
26 Abdullah Kobayashi 2 December 18, 2011 381 Yokohama, Japan Big Japan Death Vegas This was a Game of Death deathmatch. [1]
27 Shuji Ishikawa 1 January 2, 2013 306 Tokyo, Japan House show This was a glass board and new year deathmatch. [1]
28 Isami Kodaka 1 November 4, 2013 202 Yokohama, Japan House show This was a culture of death match. [1]
29 Ryuji Ito 5 May 25, 2014 21 Nagoya, Japan House show This was a two out of three falls match. [1]
30 Yuko Miyamoto 2 June 15, 2014 324 Hiroshima, Japan House show [1]
31 Abdullah Kobayashi 3 May 5, 2015 76 Yokohama, Japan Endless Survivor [1]
32 Ryuji Ito 6 July 20, 2015 370 Tokyo, Japan Ryōgokutan [1]
33 Kankuro Hoshino 1 July 24, 2016 147 Tokyo, Japan Ryōgokutan [1]
34 Abdullah Kobayashi 4 December 18, 2016 138 Yokohama, Japan Big Japan Death Vegas [1]
35 Masaya Takahashi 1 May 5, 2017 106 Yokohama, Japan Endless Survivor This was a Spike Nails & 150 lighttubes deathmatch. [1]
36 Masashi Takeda 1 August 19, 2017 423+ Nagoya, Japan Death Mania V [1]

Combined reigns

As of October 16, 2018.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Ryuji Ito61980
2 Yuko Miyamoto2825
3 Abdullah Kobayashi4695
4 Shadow WX4545
5 Takashi Sasaki2429
6 Shuji Ishikawa1306
7 Zandig3281
8 Tomoaki Honma2280
9 Isami Kodaka1202
10 Kankuro Hoshino1147
10 Kintaro Kanemura1147
12 Mitsuhiro Matsunaga2136
13 Jaki Numazawa1110
14 Masaya Takahashi1106
15 Ryuji Yamakawa2101
16 Abdullah the Butcher149
17 The Great Pogo114
18 Masashi Takeda †1423+

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship title history" (in German). PuroLove.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  2. ↑ "BJW BJ Great Series tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  3. ↑ "BJW BJ Hardcore Series II tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  4. ↑ "BJW Wonder BJ 2000 Series tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  5. ↑ "BJW North Wave tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  6. ↑ "BJW Universe tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  7. ↑ "BJW Ante Up results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  8. ↑ "BJW Harder Than Hardcore IV tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  9. ↑ "BJW HTH5 Series tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  10. ↑ "Indy Summit results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
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