BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship

BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship
File:伊東竜二.JPG Ryuji Ito with the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship belt in August 2015
Details
Current champion(s)	Ryuji Ito
Date won	July 20, 2015
Date established	August 9, 1998
Promotion	Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Statistics First champion(s) The Great Pogo Most reigns Ryuji Ito (6) Longest reign Ryuji Ito (850 days) Shortest reign Ryuji Ito (4 days)

The BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship is the top 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 15 recognized champions who have had a combined 32 official reigns.

Title history

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	The Great Pogo	1	August 9, 1998		Kawasaki, Japan	House show	Defeated Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a glass and fire coffin cremation deathmatch tournament final.
2	Mitsuhiro Matsunaga	1	August 23, 1998		Osaka, Japan	House show	This was a glass and fire coffin cremation deathmatch.
3	Shadow WX	1	September 23, 1998		Tokyo, Japan	House show	This was a 3 way board alligator deathmatch.
4	Abdullah the Butcher	1	January 10, 1999		Fukuoka, Japan	House show	This was a lumberjack deathmatch.
5	Shadow WX	2	February 28, 1999		Tokyo, Japan	House show	This was a barbed wire board deathmatch.
6	Ryuji Yamakawa	1	May 30, 1999		Osaka, Japan	House show	This was a no rope barbed wire death pallet coffin and fire deathmatch.
7	Shadow WX	3	August 10, 1999		Osaka, Japan	House show	This was a no rope barbed wire fire deathmatch.
8	Ryuji Yamakawa	2	December 4, 1999		Yokohama, Japan	House show	This was a four corner lighttubes board deathmatch.
9	Tomoaki Honma	1	January 2, 2000		Tokyo, Japan	BJ Great Series Tour	This was also a quarterfinal match in the BJ Grand Prix 2000 tournament, and was a 5-inch spike nail and barbed wire double board deathmatch.
10	Zandig	1	July 2, 2000		Tokyo, Japan	BJ Hardcore Series II Tour	This was a lemon, salt and mustard deathmatch.
11	Tomoaki Honma	2	November 23, 2000		Yokohama, Japan	Wonder BJ 2000 Series Tour	This was a glass and barbed wire board deathmatch.
—	Vacated	—	March 2001	—	—	—	Vacated due to Honma leaving the company.
12	Zandig	2	May 4, 2001		Sapporo, Japan	North Wave Tour	Defeated Kintaro Kanemura in a CZW Caribbean-style barbed wire, lighttubes, lighttubes board and barbed wire chess board deathmatch.
13	Mitsuhiro Matsunaga	2	August 19, 2001		Yokohama, Japan	Universe Tour	This was a 200 lighttubes and thumbtack and glass board deathmatch.
14	Zandig	3	December 2, 2001		Yokohama, Japan	Ante Up	This was an exploding glass, lighttubes and thumbtacks deathmatch.
—	Vacated	—	January 1, 2002	—	—	—	Vacated due to Zandig leaving the company.
15	Kintaro Kanemura	1	March 30, 2003		Yokohama, Japan	Harder Than Hardcore IV Tour	Defeated Shadow WX in a lighttubes and glass deathmatch decision match.
16	Ryuji Ito	1	August 24, 2003		Yokohama, Japan	HTH5 Series Tour	This was a steel cage match.
17	Abdullah Kobayashi	1	December 21, 2005		Yokohama, Japan	House show	This was a scaffold match.
18	Takashi Sasaki	1	March 31, 2006		Tokyo, Japan	House show	This was a lighttubes and bed of nails deathmatch.
19	Ryuji Ito	2	September 10, 2006		Yokohama, Japan	House show	This was a lighttubes, bunkhouse, double hell, super high ladder, and barbed wire Hell deathmatch.
—	Vacated	—	September 14, 2006	—	—	—	Vacated due to a wrist injury.
20	Takashi Sasaki	2	December 3, 2006		Yokohama, Japan	House show	Defeated Jaki Numazawa in a lighttubes shrine deathmatch.
21	Jaki Numazawa	1	August 26, 2007		Tokyo, Japan	Pro-Wrestling Summit in Ariake ~ King's Festival! All Title Matches
22	Ryuji Ito	3	December 14, 2007		Yokohama, Japan	House show	This was a four corner cross of D match.
23	Shadow WX	4	May 4, 2008		Koshigaya, Japan	Katsura Special 14	This was a fluorescent lighttube boards and weapons deathmatch.
24	Yuko Miyamoto	1	December 19, 2008		Yokohama, Japan	House show
25	Ryuji Ito	4	May 4, 2010		Yokohama, Japan	15th Anniversary Show	This was a 200 fluorescent lighttubes cage deathmatch.
26	Abdullah Kobayashi	2	December 18, 2011		Yokohama, Japan	Big Japan Death Vegas	This was a Game of Death deathmatch.
27	Shuji Ishikawa	1	January 2, 2013		Tokyo, Japan	House show	This was a glass board and new year deathmatch.
28	Isami Kodaka	1	November 4, 2013		Yokohama, Japan	House show	This was a culture of death match.
29	Ryuji Ito	5	May 25, 2014		Nagoya, Japan	House show	This was a two out of three falls match.
30	Yuko Miyamoto	2	June 15, 2014		Hiroshima, Japan	House show
31	Abdullah Kobayashi	3	May 5, 2015		Yokohama, Japan	House show
32	Ryuji Ito	6	July 20, 2015	+	Tokyo, Japan	House show

See also

• Big Japan Pro Wrestling
• BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship

External links

• BJW official site