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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Official design of the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2017 – present) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Big Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | May 7, 2017[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Kota Sekifuda | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | July 22, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
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BJW World Strong Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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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. 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.[2]
There have been a total of seven reigns shared between seven different champions. The current champion is Kota Sekifuda who is in his first reign.
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 |
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| 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[3] | ||
Title history
As of January 31, 2023.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| 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. | ||||
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| 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. | [3] |
| 2 | Kazuki Hashimoto | August 12, 2018 | Midsummer Korakuen Battles | Tokyo | 1 | 266 | 3 | [4] | |
| 3 | Tajiri | May 5, 2019 | Endless Survivor 2019 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 133 | 3 | [5] | |
| 4 | Yuya Aoki | September 15, 2019 | Big Japan Death Vegas 2019' | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 402 | 4 | [6] | |
| 5 | Tatsuhiko Yoshino | October 21, 2020 | BJW Death Match, Strong & Junior 3 Major Title Matches | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 70 | 2 | [6] | |
| 6 | Isami Kodaka | December 30, 2020 | BJW Final Box Office of the Year | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 204 | 4 | [7] | |
| 7 | Kota Sekifuda | July 22, 2021 | BJW Yokohama Radiant Hall Tournament | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 558+ | 10 | [8] | |
Combined reigns
As of January 31, 2023.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kota Sekifuda † | 1 | 10 | 558+ |
| 2 | Yuya Aoki | 1 | 4 | 402 |
| 3 | Shinobu | 1 | 6 | 391 |
| 4 | Kazuki Hashimoto | 1 | 3 | 266 |
| 5 | Isami Kodaka | 1 | 4 | 204 |
| 6 | Tajiri | 1 | 3 | 133 |
| 7 | Tatsuhiko Yoshino | 1 | 2 | 70 |
See also
References
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Titles Database » BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship". cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- ^ . Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). May 7, 2017. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ a b "「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[bare URL]
- ^ a b https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=240662[bare URL]
- ^ "「年内最終興行」東京･後楽園ホール大会". Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Big Japan Pro Wrestling (July 22, 2021). 【2部興行･第1部】神奈川･横浜ラジアントホール大会. bjw.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved August 8, 2021.