(BJW) is a
Japanese professional wrestling
Professional wrestling in Japan has existed for many years. The first Japanese to involve himself in catch wrestling, the basis of traditional professional wrestling, was former sumo wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda. There were subsequent attempts before ...
promotion
Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
* Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or i ...
established in 1995. It is most famous for its
deathmatch
Deathmatch, also known as free-for-all, is a gameplay mode integrated into many shooter games, including first-person shooter (FPS), and real-time strategy (RTS) video games, where the goal is to kill (or "frag") the other players' characters a ...
style contests.
History
Big Japan Pro Wrestling was founded in March 1995 by former
AJPW
(AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established on October 21, 1972 when Giant Baba split away from the Japanese Wrestling Association and created his own promotion. Many wrestlers had left with Baba, ...
wrestlers
Shinya Kojika
, known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. He co-founded the promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). Kojika is the oldest active Japanese wrestler as well as the one with the longest career, having debuted in 1963. He is als ...
and
Kendo Nagasaki
Kendo Nagasaki is a professional wrestling stage name, used as a gimmick of that of a Japanese Samurai warrior with a mysterious past and even supernatural powers of hypnosis. The name derives from the modern martial art of Japanese fencing ( K ...
, during the boom period for
Deathmatch wrestling
Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling where disqualifications, count-outs, and all other different rules do not apply. Taking place in usual or unusual environments, hardcore wrestling matches allow the use of numerous items, inclu ...
in Japan. Kendo Nagasaki left in 1999; Shinya Kojika is still president of the company to date.
The promotion followed in the footsteps of organizations such as
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, by Atsushi Onita as (FMW). The promotion specializes in hardcore wrestling involving weapons such as barbed wire and fire. They held their ...
(FMW),
Wrestling International New Generations
Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING) was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion specialized in deathmatches.
History
After leaving Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in the summer of 1991, Kazuyoshi Osako and Kiyoshi "Mickey" Ibar ...
(W*ING), and the
International Wrestling Association of Japan
The International Wrestling Association of Japan, more commonly known as IWA Japan, was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion operating from 1994 to 2004 and again from 2010 to 2014. It was formed by Víctor Quiñones as a successor to the W ...
(IWA Japan), who helped popularise a hard-hitting, violent and bloody style of wrestling known as the Deathmatch, or in more recent years, "hardcore" wrestling. These matches are usually weapon filled, using both "conventional" weapons (such as chairs and tables), as well as "extreme" weapons not usually seen in mainstream wrestling, and previously unused in wrestling at all. These weapons include but are by no means limited to, nails, thumbtacks, fire, and fluorescent light tubes. Barbed wire is also often used liberally in these matches, sometimes wrapped around other weapons, laid on the floor surrounding the ring, wrapped around the ring ropes, or even replacing the ropes altogether. In its early years, BJW was unable to directly compete with the budgets of its competition. This led to the innovation of several unique gimmick matches, many of which helped hide its monetary shortcomings. These include:
![Steel cage deathmatch with 200 fluorescent light tubes - Ryuji Ito vs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Steel_cage_deathmatch_with_200_fluorescent_light_tubes_-_Ryuji_Ito_vs._Yuko_Miyamoto_-_Big_Japan_Pro_Wrestling_-_May_4%2C_2010.JPG)
*Circus Deathmatch - above the ring is a scaffold and under that scaffold, there is a type of circus net made of barbed wire. When a wrestler falls off the scaffold the barbed wire spider net is there to "catch" the wrestlers. After a wrestler, or a team of wrestlers, has been thrown into the net it is cut down and the match continues to a pinfall.
*Piranha Deathmatch - Barbed wire boards are placed in the corners. In the middle of the ring, there is a tank full of Piranhas. To win you must hold your opponent in the tank for ten seconds.
*Scorpion Deathmatch- This match is similar to the Piranha Deathmatch, but with cacti replacing barbed wire boards and a tank full of scorpions rather than piranhas.
*Crocodile Deathmatch - Two wrestlers compete in a non-specific death match. The loser of the match must then go on to wrestle a crocodile. This type of match has only been performed once, between Shadow WX & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga.
*Fire Stone Deathmatch - Electrified space heaters wrapped in barbed wire surround the ring both outside and inside, and the match is won by pinfall.
*Big Japan W*ING Crisis Big Born Deathmatch (also known as "Crisis Big Born Deathmatch") - A match that combines several different deathmatch types. The match begins on a scaffold above a barbed wire net over a ring. The ring itself is surrounded by cacti, fire stones (electric space heaters wrapped in barbed wire), and dry ice. Thumbtacks are scattered in the ring. In the middle of the ring is a tank of scorpions. Various weapons including light bulbs, light tubes, baseball bats, drills, buzzsaws, and swords are permitted. The match is fought with all members of two teams active at the same time under hardcore street fight rules. When all the wrestlers have fallen into the barbed wire net, the next phase of the match begins. The barbed wire net is removed and the match continues. Wrestlers leave and win the match by submission, by having their head put in the scorpion tank for ten seconds, or by passing out.
*"Ancient Way" Death Match - Both fighters wrap their hands in hemp rope, which is then coated in honey and dipped in broken glass to make them deadly weapons.
*Big Japan CZW Crisis Big Born Cage of Death Deathmatch - a steel cage match with various weapons, objects, and plenty of wrestling violence that combines several types of deathmatches; a steel cage with various weapons and objects will be contested under "BJW's Crisis Big Born Deathmatch" rules. Electrified cage walls, tables, ladders, chairs, crowbars, Singaporean canes, barbed-wire-board, thumbtacks, bed-of-nails, circus-style-scaffold into a barbed-wire-trampoline, tub of scorpions, cactus plants, light tubes, light bulbs, glass, fire stones, dry Ice, barbed-wire-bat, drills, swords, knives, guns, buzzsaws and all other weapons have been used in it.
*Big Japan WWE Crisis Big Born Hell in a Cell Deathmatch- This is a 24-foot-high roofed cell structure that combines several types of deathmatches; a 24-foot-high roofed cell structure will be contested and competed under "BJW's Crisis Big Born Deathmatch" rules. The match starts on a scaffold above a barbed wire net over a ring. The ring and the cell structure themselves are surrounded by cacti, fire stones (electric space heaters wrapped in barbed wire), dry ice, and all other weapons. Thumbtacks and Japanese kenzans are scattered in the ring and the cell. In the middle of the ring and the cell are all tanks of scorpions and every other thing else. Various weapons and objects including light bulbs, bats, drills, saws, swords, guns, and every other thing else whatsoever are permitted. The match is fought with all other different formats and stipulations (singles, tag team, gauntlet, etc.) active at the same time under street fight rules. There are no disqualifications, no count-outs, and no knock-outs (also no escape). The only way to win is by pinfall or submission inside the ring.
Away from the Deathmatches, BJW also has had well-established normal wrestling titles. On February 3, 1998,
Yoshihiro Tajiri
is a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter primarily known under the ring name Tajiri (sometimes stylized as "TAJIRI"), he has also competed under his real name as well as under the names Aquarius and Kikkoman and briefly worked as the ...
won a one-night-only 8-man tournament in Tokyo to crown BJW's first World Junior Heavyweight Champion. This match showed a distinct departure from the violent matches BJW is known for. The company also has had a World Heavyweight Championship, a World Women's Championship, a World Tag Team Championship, and a World 4-Man Tag Team Shuffle Championship. Although the World Tag Team and Deathmatch, titles are the only ones still active.
Currently, the BJW roster is split into "Deathmatch BJ", "Strong BJ" and "Strong J". The deathmatch workers wrestle for the
BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship
The is a title contested for in the Japanese promotion
Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
* Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audien ...
, the non-deathmatch heavyweight workers 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 ...
, and the
junior heavyweight workers for the
BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship BJW may refer to:
* the IATA code for Bajawa Soa Airport, Indonesia
* 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 Pr ...
.
Big Japan Pro Wrestling Core
Big Japan Pro Wrestling Core (BJW Core) is a
video-on-demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of o ...
service owned by Big Japan Pro Wrestling. In November 2017, BJW announced "Big Japan Pro Wrestling Core", a new worldwide video-on-demand site for the promotion's events. The service features matches from the promotion's archives, dating back to 1995. The service has a current monthly subscription price of . In December 2018, BJW announced that the service would shut down at the end of the year, with plans to relaunch in February 2019 using a new service provider.
The service was then reactivated.
Working relationships
Big Japan has had interpromotional feuds with both
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
(NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, the promotion was sold to Yuke's, who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012. TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority shares ...
(NJPW) and
Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent wrestling promotion. In 1998, John Zandig and five of his students, Ric Blade, T.C.K, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain, along with trainer Jon Dahmer, began to run professional wrestling sh ...
(CZW). These were both
kayfabe
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feuds that were done to generate more income for both companies. During late 1996 and early 1997, BJW agreed with NJPW. Being a relatively new promotion, BJW needed mainstream publicity. NJPW agreed to a feud, which would allow Big Japan wrestlers to appear in their company and use New Japan's popularity to give exposure to their company. In return, Big Japan agreed to lose the feud and the majority of the interpromotional matches, therefore strengthening the New Japan brand. The situation provided an interesting clash of wrestling styles, as NJPW often favored a strong style of competition. The two promotions held
Wrestling World 1997
Wrestling World 1997 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) promotions. It took place on January 4, 1997 in the Tokyo Dome. Officially, the show drew 62,500 spectator ...
, the biggest event during the interpromotional feud and the fifth
January 4 Tokyo Dome Show
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. In the late 1990s and into the 2000s, BJW competed against CZW. CZW was a relatively new American promotion at the time, and also largely focused on an extreme style of wrestling. Wrestlers feuded in both companies having matches in the United States and Japan. During the CZW feud, top star
Tomoaki Honma
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). In NJPW, he is a former one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and a two-time World Tag League winner with Togi Makabe.
Professional wrestling career
Big Japa ...
departed the company to become a freelancer.
In 2008, BJW entered into a working relationship with
Chikara. In October 2008, several BJW wrestlers went to America and faced Chikara in The Global Gauntlet. BJW did well, winning the best of five series on night one, but narrowly lost the Global Gauntlet match on the second night. In 2009, BJW hosted Chikara's inaugural Japanese tour.
In 2012, BJW established a three-way working relationship with CZW and German promotion
Westside Xtreme Wrestling
Westside Xtreme Wrestling, commonly shortened to wXw, is a German professional wrestling promotion based in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. wXw has been one of the leading professional wrestling promotions in Germany, and most of its event ...
(wXw), which led to the creation of the World Triangle League tournament. The working relationship ended in 2016.
BJW has also had a long working relationship with the
Union Pro Wrestling
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Its name stands for Dramatic Dream Team, which was the promotion's official name from 1997 to 2004. Founded in March 1997 by Shintaro Muto, the promotion was eventually bo ...
promotion, which has included BJW workers holding titles in Union Pro and vice versa. The relationship ended in 2014 when UPW shut down.
Roster
Deathmatch BJ
Strong BJ
Strong J
Freelancers
Staff
Notable alumni/guests
Male
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Abdullah the Butcher
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Axl Rotten
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Craig
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Crazy Sheik
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Daichi Kakimoto
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Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2003-2015)
As a freelancer, Kakimoto is known ...
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Daigoro Kashiwa
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Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2001-2018)
Kashiwa made his professional wrestling debut at ''Osaka Pro ...
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Daikokubo Benkei
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DJ Nira
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling and Kaientai Dojo.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2002–present)
As a f ...
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Gedo
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Gentaro
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Hayato Tamura
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Homicide
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HUB
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The Iceman
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Jado
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James Keenan
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*Jason Ray Nope
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Jun Kasai
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Kazuo Sakurada
, better known as Mr. Sakurada, The Dragonmaster, and as the Japanese version of , was a Japanese professional wrestler. He was best known for his work in Stampede Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance, and World Championship Wrestling. Sakur ...
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Kintaro Kanemura
( ko, 김행호 ''Kim Hyeong-ho'') (born August 9, 1970) is a Zainichi-Korean retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . He is also known as W*ING Kanemura or . He is best known for his death matches in Apache Army, Big Jap ...
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Kuuga
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Mad Man Pondo
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Masada
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Masato Inaba
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2007-present)
Inaba made his professional ...
*Mike Samples
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Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for his deathmatch wrestling style, having competed in memorable deathmatches in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and Wrestling International New Generati ...
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Miyawaki
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Necro Butcher
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Nobuhiro Shimatani
, also known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. As of July 2022, he predominantly works for Gleat as a member o ...
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Ryota Nakatsu
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Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2014–prese ...
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Sagat
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Shadow WX
is a professional wrestler best known for his time in Big Japan Pro Wrestling under the ring name Shadow WX. He debuted in 1995 in IWA Japan and moved to Big Japan in 1996, where he became a protege of Mr. Pogo and won the BJW Deathmatch Heavy ...
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Shinya Ishikawa
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler best known for his tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–2014)
Ishikawa is known for his app ...
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Takashi Sasaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler and the owner of Pro Wrestling Freedoms (Freedoms). A regular on the Japanese independent circuit for over 25 years, Sasaki began his with IWA Kakutō Shijuku and Dramatic Dream Team before transitioning into ...
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Mr. Pogo
was a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his work under the ring name . He helped popularize hardcore wrestling in the 1990s with "death matches" in promotions such as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, W*ING and Big Japan Pro Wrestlin ...
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Takoyakida
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Tank Nagai
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Kaientai Dojo and All Japan Pro Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2012-2022)
Nagai is known for competing in multiple ...
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Tarzan Goto
, better known by his ring name , was a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestled on the independent circuit most of his career. He is best known for his exploding steel cage matches against Atsushi Onita in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling ( ...
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Tomoaki Honma
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). In NJPW, he is a former one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and a two-time World Tag League winner with Togi Makabe.
Professional wrestling career
Big Japa ...
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Tomomitsu Matsunaga
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), a Japanese promotion where he is a former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2006-present)
Matsunaga is known ...
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Towa Iwasaki
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Yoshihiro Tajiri
is a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter primarily known under the ring name Tajiri (sometimes stylized as "TAJIRI"), he has also competed under his real name as well as under the names Aquarius and Kikkoman and briefly worked as the ...
Female
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Akane Fujita
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Aoi Kizuki
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for her tenure with various Japanese promotions such as Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu and Oz Academy.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2005–2018)
Kizuki made her pr ...
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Ayame Sasamura
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Seadlinnng and Active Advance Pro Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2017-present)
As ...
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Azumi Hyuga
better known by her ring name Azumi Hyuga is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for her tenure with various Japanese promotions such as All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, JWP Joshi Puroresu and NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling.
Pro ...
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Command Bolshoi
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. She debuted for Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (JWP) in November 1991 and worked for its follow-up promotion JWP Joshi Puroresu from 1992 until its folding in 2017, also serving as its final president. D ...
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Giulia
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Mika Iwata
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Wave.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015-pre ...
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Gami
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Hanako Nakamori
better known by her ring name Hanako Nakamori is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her time in the Japanese promotions JWP Joshi Puroresu and Pure-J.
Professional wrestling career Independe ...
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Itsuki Aoki
better known by her ring name Itsuki Aoki is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her time in the Japanese promotions Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave.
Professional wrestling career Independe ...
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Kazuki
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Kyoko Kimura
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Throughout her 14-year career, she competed in Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Ibuki, Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu, NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling and World Wonder Ring Stardom, amo ...
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Maika Ozaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Ice Ribbon and Actwres girl'Z.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015-present)
Ozaki made her ...
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Mochi Miyagi
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer. She previously had tenures with the Japanese promotions Ice Ribbon and Pro Wrestling Wave.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2010–present)
As a freelance ...
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Sachie Abe
better known by her ring name Sachie Abe is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions JWP Joshi Puroresu and JDStar.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (1996-2014)
As a freel ...
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Sawako Shimono
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for her tenure with various Japanese promotions such as Pro Wrestling Wave, JWP Joshi Puroresu and Osaka Women's Pro Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2004–201 ...
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Suzu Suzuki
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her time in Ice Ribbon and Pure-J, two Japanese professional wrestling promotions.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2018–present)
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Tequila Saya
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Yuu Yamagata
better known by her ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Kaientai Dojo and Pro Wrestling Wave.
Professional wrestling career Independent ...
CZW Warriors (2000–2002)
A derivation of this stable also appeared in
Fire Pro Wrestling Returns
''Fire Pro Wrestling Returns'', known in Japan as , is a professional wrestling video game that was released in 2005 in Japan, and was released on November 13, 2007 in North America and February 8, 2008 in Italy, Spain and Portugal. The game is pa ...
as the Mad Gaijins, which consisted of
Mad Man Pondo
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and
2 Tuff Tony.
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Nick Mondo
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John Zandig
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Early life
Corson was born in Sewell ...
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Johnny Kashmere
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Justice Pain
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*Nate Hatred
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Nick Berk
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Nick Gage
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Ruckus
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Trent Acid
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He worked as a tag team wrestler for most of his career, primarily as part of The Backseat Boyz with Johnny Kashm ...
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Van Hammer
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Wifebeater
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Championships
Current
This is a list of championships promoted by the company. Some of them are not created by it.
GCW Ultraviolent Championship has Changed to Alex Colon after defeated
Masashi Takeda
is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Mixed Martial Arts, mixed martial artist, primarily working for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Deathmatch division. Takeda also competes as a freelancer for ...
at Nick Gage Invitational 6 Final
Defunct
Former
Tournaments
BJW also holds annual tournaments to decide the top wrestler or tag team in the promotion:
Broadcasters
Domestic:
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Fighting TV Samurai
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Nico Nico Douga
Worldwide:
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BJW Core BJW may refer to:
* the IATA code for Bajawa Soa Airport, Indonesia
* 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 ...
See also
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Professional wrestling in Japan
Professional wrestling in Japan has existed for many years. The first Japanese to involve himself in catch wrestling, the basis of traditional professional wrestling, was former sumo wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda. There were subsequent attempts before ...
*
List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan
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Major promotions Puroresu
Joshi
Independent promo ...
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Fire Pro Wrestling Returns
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References
External links
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{{United Wrestling Network
Japanese professional wrestling promotions
1995 establishments in Japan
Entertainment companies established in 1995
Companies based in Yokohama