Changes: BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship

Revision as of 14:54, 17 June 2017

The BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), specifically for the junior heavyweight (<95 kg) workers.

The title was announced on May 7, 2017, whn BJW announced that it was bringing back the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship 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. Wrestlers over the weight limit will be eligible to challenge for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship.

The title is distinct from the previous BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship that was retired in 2002. The two titles share the name but not the title history

History

On April 28, 2017 Tatsuhiko Yoshino and Kazumi Kikuta defeated Kazuki Hashimoto and Yuya Aoki in a tag team match. After the match, Kazuki and Yoshino stated that they wanted to see the junior division and the junior belt revived in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). On May 2 BJW announced that a new champion would be crowned in July. On May 5 after six-man tag team match between the teams of Kazuki Hashimoto, Tatsuhiko Yoshino and Takuya Nomura and Shinobu, Kazumi Kikuta and Yuya Aoki. After the match, Kazuki mentioned that he aims to be the first holder of the new BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship that is being introduced in July.

Afterwards two days later on May 7, BJW announced that it was bringing back the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship with a tournament set to take place between May 25 and July 17 and Kazuki, Yoshino, Nomura, Shinobu, Kikuta and Aoki would take part of the tournament. 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 95 kg (209 lb). Wrestlers over the weight limit will be eligible to challenge for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship.

Inaugural Championship Tournament

Final standings
Wrestlers	Score
Tatsuhiko Yoshino	6
Shinobu	4
Kazuki Hashimoto	4
Toshiyuki Sakuda	4
Takuya Nomura	4
Yuya Aoki	2

Results	Hashimoto	Yoshino	Shinobu	Sakuda	Nomura	Aoki
Hashimoto	X	Yoshino (11:57)			Hashimoto (12:35)	Hashimoto (8:09)
Yoshino	Yoshino (11:57)	X	Shinobu (11:55)	Yoshino (9:26)	Nomura (12:50)	Yoshino (8:02)
Shinobu		Shinobu (11:55)	X	Shinobu (09:28)		Aoki (7:11)
Sakuda		Yoshino (9:26)	Shinobu (09:28)	X	Sakuda (10:38)	Sakuda (9:22)
Nomura	Hashimoto (12:35)	Nomura (12:50)		Sakuda (10:38)	X	Nomura (7:13)
Aoki	Hashimoto (8:09)	Yoshino (8:02)	Aoki (7:11)	Sakuda (9:22)	Nomura (7:13)	X

	Final

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Title history

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Length	Location	Successful defenses	Notes
1	TBD	1	July 17, 2017	Days	Tokyo	0	Won a round-robin tournament final to become the first champion.

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