BJW Heavyweight Championship

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BJW Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionBig Japan Pro Wrestling
Date establishedMarch 20, 2001
Date retired2004
Statistics
First champion(s)Kamikaze
Final champion(s)Men's Teioh
Most reignsMen's Teioh (3 reigns)
Longest reignMen's Teioh (506 days)
Shortest reignGran Hamada (19 days)

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]

Title history[edit]

Key
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]

  1. ^ The exact date the championship was deactivated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 1 day and 117 days.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "BJW Heavyweight Title (Japan)".
  2. ^ BJW Heavyweight Championship
  3. ^ "Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "EXCITE 2001"" (in German). Purolove. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "NEW YEAR GREAT SERIES 2002"" (in German). Purolove. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  5. ^ "Big Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2002" (in German). Purolove. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "BJ MONSTER 2002"" (in German). Purolove. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "HARDER THAN HARDCORE IV"" (in German). Purolove. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Big Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2004" (in German). Purolove. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
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