BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2017–present)
The BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship is a title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
| BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||
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| Details | |||||
| Promotion | Big Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||
| Date established | May 7, 2017 | ||||
| Current champion(s) | Yuya Aoki | ||||
| Date won | May 5, 2019 | ||||
| Other name(s) | |||||
BJW World Strong Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||
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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. The title is distinct from the previous BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship that was established in 1998 and was retired in 2002. 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, 2017 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 | Hashimoto | Shinobu | Nomura | Yoshino | Sakuda | Aoki |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hashimoto | — | Kazuki (12:56) | Kazuki (12:35) | Yoshino (11:57) | Kazuki (11:24) | Kazuki (8:09) |
| Shinobu | Kazuki (12:56) | — | Shinobu (9:38) | Shinobu (11:55) | Shinobu (9:28) | Aoki (7:11) |
| Nomura | Kazuki (12:35) | Shinobu (9:38) | — | Takuya (12:50) | Sakuda (10:38) | Nomura (7:13) |
| Yoshino | Yoshino (11:57) | Shinobu (11:55) | Takuya (12:50) | — | Yoshino (9:26) | Yoshino (8:02) |
| Sakuda | Kazuki (11:24) | Shinobu (9:28) | Sakuda (10:38) | Yoshino (9:26) | — | Sakuda (9:22) |
| Aoki | Kazuki (8:09) | Aoki (7:11) | Nomura (7:13) | Yoshino (8:02) | Sakuda (9:22) | — |
| Final | ||||
| 1 | Kazuki Hashimoto | Pin | ||
| 2 | Shinobu | 13:18[2] | ||
Title history
As of June 25, 2020.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Shinobu | July 17, 2017 | Ryōgokutan 2017 | Tokyo | 1 | 391 | 6 | Defeated Kazuki Hashimoto in the finals of a six-man round-robin tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [2] |
| 2 | Kazuki Hashimoto | August 12, 2018 | Midsummer Korakuen Battles | Tokyo | 1 | 266 | 3 | [3] | |
| 3 | Tajiri | May 5, 2019 | Endless Survivor 2019 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 133 | 3 | [4] | |
| 4 | Yuya Aoki | September 15, 2019 | Big Japan Death Vegas 2019 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 284+ | 4 | [5] | |
Combined reigns
As of June 25, 2020.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shinobu | 1 | 6 | 391 |
| 2 | Kazuki Hashimoto | 1 | 3 | 266 |
| 3 | Yuya Aoki † | 1 | 4 | 284+ |
| 4 | Tajiri | 1 | 3 | 133 |
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. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- "「両極譚～Ryogokutan～2017」". Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- "August 12, 2018 results". Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=230129
- https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=240662