The British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship was a
professional wrestling
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championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
that although being created in England, it gained its biggest notoriety in Japan. Not long after its creation the title made its way to
Michinoku Pro Wrestling
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where it stayed until
Jushin Thunder Liger
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took it to
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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and combined it with seven other Junior Heavyweight Belts to create the
J-Crown
The J-Crown (also known as J-Crown Octuple Unified Championship) was formed originally by New Japan Pro-Wrestling as a way of unifying eight junior heavyweight and cruiserweight titles from several different organizations. The J-Crown tournament ...
. After the J-Crown was disbanded the title resurfaced in England for a short time. After a tour of England Tiger Mask took the title back to Japan, where it returned to Michinoku Pro then made its way to
Toryumon, where it was last defended before becoming Inactive.
Title history
See also
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Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom
References
External links
*http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/michinoku/bc-j.html - History at wrestling-titles
*http://www.titlehistories.com/British_Commonwealth_Junior_Heavyweight_Title.htm
{{British wrestling titles
Junior heavyweight wrestling championships
National professional wrestling championships
Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom