BJW Heavyweight Championship#Title history

{{short description|Professional wrestling championship}}

{{Infobox pro wrestling championship

|championshipname=BJW Heavyweight Championship

|image=

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|caption=

|aired=

|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=

|heaviest=

|lightest=

|pastnames=

|titleretired=2004

|pastlookimages=

}}

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

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{{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.

|ref = {{cite web |title=Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "EXCITE 2001" |url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/bjw/results/01excite.php |publisher=Purolove |language=German |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}

}}{{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 =

|ref = {{cite web |title=Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "NEW YEAR GREAT SERIES 2002" |url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/bjw/results/02nygreatseries.php |publisher=Purolove |language=German |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}

}}{{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 =

|ref = {{cite web |title=Big Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2002 |url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/bjw/results/results02.php |publisher=Purolove |language=German |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}

}}{{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 =

|ref = {{cite web |title=Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "BJ MONSTER 2002" |url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/bjw/results/02monster.php |publisher=Purolove |language=German |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}

}}{{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.

|ref = {{cite web |title=Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "HARDER THAN HARDCORE IV" |url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/bjw/results/03hth4.php |publisher=Purolove |language=German |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}

}}{{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 =

|ref = {{cite web |title=Big Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2004 |url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/bjw/results/results04.php |publisher=Purolove |language=German |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}

}}{{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 =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 7.5

|type = deactivated

|date = {{dts|2004}} {{small|(NLT)}}

|notes =

|ref =

}}

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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
reigns

!data-sort-type="number"|Combined
days

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!1

| Men's Teioh

3{{sort|555|555¤}}
2

| Kamikaze ||rowspan=4|1 || 292

3

| Daikokubo Benkei || 224

4

| Daisuke Sekimoto || 36

5

| Gran Hamada || 19

Footnotes

{{notelist}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

{{BJW Heavyweight Championship}}

{{Big Japan Pro Wrestling}}

Category:Big Japan Pro Wrestling championships

Category:Heavyweight wrestling championships