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BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship

Professional wrestling championship

BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship
Summary

Professional wrestling championship

FieldValue
championshipnameBJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship
image[[File:BJW_Deathmatch_Heavyweight_Championship_belt.png250px]]
captionOfficial design of the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship (2012 – present)
currentholderAbdullah Kobayashi
wonJanuary 2, 2026
promotionBig Japan Pro Wrestling
createdAugust 9, 1998
mostreignsRyuji Ito and Abdullah Kobayashi (7 reigns)
firstchampThe Great Pogo
longestreignRyuji Ito (850 days)
shortestreignRyuji Ito (4 days)
oldestAbdullah the Butcher ()
youngestDrew Parker ()
heaviestAbdullah the Butcher (502 lb)
lightestIsami Kodaka and Drew Parker (165 lb)

The BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship is a title contested for in the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling. As its name suggests, it is exclusively defended in deathmatches. It was first created in 1998 when The Great Pogo defeated Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a tournament final. There have been a total of 23 recognized champions who have had a combined 48 official reigns. The current champion is Yusaku Ito who is in his first reign.

Inaugural tournament

A single elimination tournament was set up to crown the inaugural champion which took place between June 8 and August 9, 1998. | RD1-team1 = Mitsuhiro Matsunaga | RD1-team2 = Jason the Terrible | RD1-score1 = Pin | RD1-score2 = 14:29 | RD1-team3 = Shadow Winger | RD1-team4 = Shoji Nakamaki | RD1-score3 = Pin | RD1-score4 = 7:29 | RD1-team5 = The Great Pogo | RD1-team6 = Kung Fu Lee | RD1-score5 = Pin | RD1-score6 = 9:23 | RD1-team7 = Shadow WX | RD1-team8 = Tomoaki Honma | RD1-score7 = Pin | RD1-score8 = 16:22 | RD2-team1 = Mitsuhiro Matsunaga | RD2-team2 = Shadow Winger | RD2-score1 = Pin | RD2-score2 = 10:21 | RD2-team3 = The Great Pogo | RD2-team4 = Shadow WX | RD2-score3 = Pin | RD2-score4 = 15:02 | RD3-team1 = Mitsuhiro Matsunaga | RD3-team2 = The Great Pogo | RD3-score1 = Pin | RD3-score2 = 8:36

Title history

Combined reigns

As of , .

Record tied seven-time, longest single and combined reigning champion [[Ryuji Ito]] with the title belt in August 2015.
†¤
Indicates the current champion
The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reignsCombined
defensesCombined
days12345679101213141516181920212223242526
Ryuji Ito7182,145
Yuko Miyamoto3141,067
Abdullah Kobayashi †79+
Hideyoshi Kamitani27598
Shadow WX47545
Masashi Takeda19449
Isami Kodaka28429
Takashi Sasaki23429
Shuji Ishikawa14306
Masaya Takahashi25281
Zandig33
Yuki Ishikawa25268
Tomoaki Honma23
Takumi Tsukamoto11202
Akira13148
Kankuro Hoshino13147
Kintaro Kanemura11147
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga20136
Yusaku Ito13131
Minoru Fujita13128
"Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa11110
Ryuji Yamakawa21101
Drew Parker2252
Abdullah the Butcher1049
The Great Pogo1014
Mad Man Pondo105

Notes

References

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