The BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship was a
title
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defended in the
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professional wrestling
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Big Japan Pro Wrestling
(BJW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests.
History
Big Japan Pro Wrestling was founded in March 1995 by former AJPW wrestlers Shinya Kojika and Kendo Nagasak ...
(BJW). It was in use from 1998 through at least November 2002.
On May 7, 2017, BJW announced that it was bringing back the
BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship BJW may refer to:
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* Big Japan Pro Wrestling
(BJW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests.
History
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with a tournament set to take place between May 25 and July 17. Although the new title shares its name with the title retired in 2002, the winner of the tournament is considered the first BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion. The title has a weight limit of . Wrestlers over the weight limit will be eligible to challenge for the
BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship
The is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the Japanese Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) promotion. It is one of two heavyweight championships promoted by BJW, the other being the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championshi ...
.
Inaugural tournament
An eight-man knockout tournament was held on March 2, 1998 to crown the inaugural Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Title history
Combined reigns
Footnotes
See also
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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).
On May 7, 2017, BJW announced that it was bringing back the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship with a tou ...
References
External links
Title history at Wrestling-Titles.com
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Big Japan Pro Wrestling championships
Junior heavyweight wrestling championships