BJW Heavyweight Championship#Title history
{{short description|Professional wrestling championship}}
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
|championshipname=BJW Heavyweight Championship
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|promotion=Big Japan Pro Wrestling
|brand=
|created=March 20, 2001
|mostreigns=Men's Teioh (3 reigns)
|firstchamp=Kamikaze
|finalchamp=Men's Teioh
|longestreign=Men's Teioh (506 days)
|shortestreign=Gran Hamada (19 days)
|oldest=
|youngest=
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|titleretired=2004
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The BJW Heavyweight Championship was a title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling. It lasted from 2001 through 2004.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/bigjapan/bj-h.html|title = BJW Heavyweight Title (Japan)}}[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=744 BJW Heavyweight Championship]
Title history
{{Professional wrestling title history top|later=yes}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number = 1
|champion = Kamikaze
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|March 20, 2001}}
|days = {{age in days nts|March 20, 2001|January 6, 2002}}
|location = Hakata, Japan
|event = Excite 2001
|notes = Defeated Zandig in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 2
|champion = Daikokubo Benkei
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|January 6, 2002}}
|days = {{age in days nts|January 6, 2002|August 18, 2002}}
|location = Kawasaki, Japan
|event = New Year Great Series 2002
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 3
|champion = Daisuke Sekimoto
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|August 18, 2002}}
|days = {{age in days nts|August 18, 2002|September 23, 2002}}
|location = Yokohama, Japan
|event = Harder Than Hardcore II
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 4
|champion = Men's Teioh
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|September 23, 2002}}
|days = {{age in days nts|September 23, 2002|November 10, 2002}}
|location = Tokyo, Japan
|event = BJ Monster 2002
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 4.5
|type = vacated
|date = {{dts|November 10, 2002}}
|notes = Vacated due to unknown circumstances.
|ref =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 5
|champion = Men's Teioh
|reign = 2
|date = {{dts|March 30, 2003}}
|days = {{age in days nts|March 30, 2003|August 17, 2004}}
|location = Yokohama, Japan
|event = Harder Than Hardcore IV
|notes = Defeated Daisuke Sekimoto to win the vacant title.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 6
|champion = Gran Hamada
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|August 17, 2004}}
|days = {{age in days nts|August 17, 2004|September 5, 2004}}
|location = Osaka, Japan
|event = Summer Night BJ Osaka Live
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 7
|champion = Men's Teioh
|reign = 3
|date = {{dts|September 5, 2004}}
|days = {{efn|The exact date the championship was deactivated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 1 day and 117 days.}}
|location = Tokyo, Japan
|event = Men's World III: King Kong
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 7.5
|type = deactivated
|date = {{dts|2004}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|notes =
|ref =
}}
{{BundleEnd}}
Combined reigns
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|The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
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!Rank !Wrestler !data-sort-type="number"|No. of !data-sort-type="number"|Combined | ||
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!1 | 3 | {{sort|555|555¤}} |
2
| Kamikaze ||rowspan=4|1 || 292 | ||
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3
| Daikokubo Benkei || 224 | ||
4
| Daisuke Sekimoto || 36 | ||
5
| Gran Hamada || 19 |
Footnotes
{{notelist}}
See also
{{Portal|Japan}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{BJW Heavyweight Championship}}
{{Big Japan Pro Wrestling}}