JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship

JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionJersey All Pro Wrestling
Date establishedDecember 5, 1997
Date retiredFebruary 25, 2018
Statistics
First championRik Rachet
Final championArchadia
Most reignsAzrieal (4 reigns)
Longest reignKenny Omega (1280 days)
Shortest reignNick Berk (21 days)

The JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in the American independent professional wrestling promotion Jersey All Pro Wrestling. It became official title on December 5, 1997 when Rik Rachet defeated Chino Martinez in a tournament final to crown the first champion. It was retired on September 15, 2006 when the New Jersey State Championship was re-activated. Frankie Kazarian remained champion as a result. Prince Mustafa Ali became the new champion after the title was re-activated.

Title history

There have been a total of twenty-eight reigns shared between twenty-three different wrestlers with eight vacancies. Archadia was the last champion before the title was retired upon the closure of JAPW.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Rik Ratchet December 5, 1997 Night of Barbwire #1 Bayonne, NJ 1 107 Defeated Chino Martinez in tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [1]
2 Chino Martinez March 22, 1998 1st Anniversary Show: Night of Barbwire #2 Newark, NJ 1 502 [2]
3 O Dogg August 6, 1999 N/A Bayonne, NJ 1 23
4 Billy Reil August 29, 1999 2nd Anniversary Show Seacaucus, NJ 1 440 [3]
— Vacated November 11, 2000 N/A Bayonne, NJ — — Title was vacated after Reil suffered a legitimate injury.
5 Nick Berk November 18, 2000 3rd Anniversary Show: South Philly Invasion Philadelphia, PA 1 77 Defeated Trent Acid and Ric Blade in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [4]
6 Ric Blade February 3, 2001 N/A Philadelphia, PA 1 133 [5]
— Vacated June 16, 2001 World War 2001 Philadelphia, PA — — Title was declared vacant when Blade suffered an injury.
7 Nick Berk June 16, 2001 World War 2001 Philadelphia, PA 2 21 Defeated Chino Martinez and Billy Reil in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [6]
8 Low Ki July 7, 2001 Royal Consequences Philadelphia, PA 1 32 [7]
9 Xavier August 8, 2001 Last Dance Philadelphia, PA 1 52 Awarded title when Low Ki lost a three-way match to Homicide for the Heavyweight Championship of which Xavier was a part. [8]
— Vacated September 29, 2001 Family Crisis Philadelphia, PA — — Xavier was stripped of the title due to injury.
10 Deranged September 29, 2001 Family Crisis Philadelphia, PA 1 69 Defeated Ghost Shadow to win the vacant title. [9]
11 The Insane Dragon December 7, 2001 Seasons Beatings Tour Night 2 Bayonne, NJ 1 57 [10]
12 Dixie February 2, 2002 Russ Haas Memorial Show Bayonne, NJ 1 350 Defeated Homicide and the Insane Dragon in a three-way match to unify the New Jersey State Championship, Heavyweight, and Light Heavyweight titles. [11]
13 Rain January 18, 2003 Actions Speak Louder Than Words Woodbridge, NJ 1 164 [12]
— Vacated July 1, 2003 N/A N/A — — Rain vacated the title after retiring from professional wrestling.
14 Azrieal August 2, 2003 N/A Rahway, NJ 1 210 Defeated Monsta Mack and Nick Berk in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [13]
15 Jay Lethal February 28, 2004 Revolution Rahway, NJ 1 286 This was a four-way match also involving The Insane Dragon and Jack Evans. [14]
16 Azrieal December 10, 2004 N/A Rahway, NJ 2 176 [15]
17 B-Boy June 4, 2005 HomeComing Rahway, NJ 1 [N 1] [16]
— Vacated 2005 N/A N/A — — B-Boy was stripped off the title for unknown reasons. The length of his reign is uncertain.
18 Azrieal August 19, 2005 N/A Rahway, NJ 3 141 Defeated Bandido, Jr. and Archadia in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [17]
19 Teddy Hart January 7, 2006 Wild Card II Rahway, NJ 1 161 This was a seven-man gauntlet match also involving M-Dogg 20, Quiet Storm, Arcadia, Javi Air and Grim Reefer. [18]
— Vacated June 17, 2006 Caged Fury 2 Rahway, NJ — — Hart was stripped of the belt when he no-shows the event.
20 Frankie Kazarian June 17, 2006 Caged Fury 2 Rahway, NJ 1 90 Defeated Jay Lethal and A.J. Styles in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [19]
— Deactivated September 15, 2006 Rampage Rahway, NJ — — The title was retired as the New Jersey State Championship was re-activated. Kazarian remained champion.
21 Prince Mustafa Ali January 24, 2009 Wild Card V Rahway, NJ 1 63 Defeated Flip Kendrick, Louis Lyndon and Amazing Red in a four-way match to win the re-activated title. [20]
22 Flip Kendrick March 28, 2009 Unfinished Business Rahway, NJ 1 168 [21]
23 Bandido, Jr. September 12, 2009 Basebrawl Rahway, NJ 1 406 [22]
24 Azrieal October 23, 2010 Halloween Hell 2010 Jersey City, NJ 4 48 [23][24]
25 Jushin Thunder Liger December 10, 2010 13th Anniversary Show: Night One Rahway, NJ 1 156 Defeated Azrieal, Bandido Jr., B-Boy, El Generico and Kenny Omega in a six-way elimination match. [25][26]
26 Kenny Omega May 15, 2011 NJPW Invasion Tour 2011 Philadelphia, PA 1 1,280 [27][28]
— Vacated November 15, 2014 N/A N/A — — Omega vacated the title due to fully signing with New Japan Pro Wrestling.
27 Blk Jeez November 15, 2014 JAPW 18th Anniversary Show Rahway, NJ 1 728 Defeated Marq Quen, Bandido Jr., and Lucky 13 to win the vacant title. [29][30]
— Vacated November 12, 2016 N/A N/A — — Title vacated under unknown circumstances.
28 Archadia November 12, 2016 20th Anniversary Show Rahway, NJ 1 470 Defeated Azrieal, Conor Claxton, Joey Janela, John Silver, J. T. Dunn, Pinkie Sanchez and Steve Scott to win the vacant title. [31]
— Deactivated November 12, 2016 N/A N/A — — The title was retired upon Jersey All Pro Wrestling's closure.

Combined reigns

¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined days
1 Kenny Omega 1 1,280
2 Blk Jeez 1 728
3 Azrieal 4 576
4 Chino Martinez 1 502
5 Archadia 1 470
6 Billy Reil 1 440
7 Bandido, Jr. 1 406
8 Dixie 1 350
9 Jay Lethal 1 286
10 Flip Kendrick 1 168
11 Jushin Thunder Liger 1 156
12 Ric Blade 1 133
13 Teddy Hart 1 132
14 Rik Rachet 1 106
15 Frankie Kazarian 1 286
16 Nick Berk 2 89
17 B-Boy 1 76¤
18 Deranged 1 69
19 Prince Mustafa Ali 1 63
20 The Insane Dragon 1 57
21 Low Ki 1 42
Xavier 1 42
23 O Dogg 1 23

Footnotes

  1. ^ The exact date on which B-Boy was stripped of the title during his only reign is unknown, which means that his reign lasted between 0 and 76 days.

References

  1. ^ "Rik Ratchett defeated Chino Martinez in tournament final to become first champion". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "Chino Martinez defeated Rik Ratchett". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "Billy Reil defeated O-Dogg". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "Nick Berk defeated Trent Acid and Ric Blade to win the vacant title". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  5. ^ "Ric Blade defeated previous champion Nick Berk and Reckless Youth in a Three-way match". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "Nick Berk defends the title against Dave Greco". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "Low Ki defeated Nick Berk". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  8. ^ "Homicide defeated previous champion Low Ki and Xavier in a Triple-threat match". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  9. ^ "Deranged defeated Ghost Shadow". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  10. ^ "The Insane Dragon defeated Deranged". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  11. ^ "[New Jersey State] champion Dixie defeated [Heavyweight] champion Homicide and [Light Heavyweight] champion The Insane Dragon in a Triple-threat match". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  12. ^ "Rain defeated Dixie". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  13. ^ "Azrieal defeated Monsta Mack and Nick Berk in tournament final". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  14. ^ "Jay Lethal defeated previous champion Azrieal, Jack Evans and The Insane Dragon in a Four-way Dance". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  15. ^ "Azrieal defeated Jay Lethal in a Title Vs Career Match". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  16. ^ "B-Boy defeated Azrieal". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  17. ^ "Azrieal defeated Archadia and Bandido Jr. In a Three-way Dance". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  18. ^ "Teddy Hart defeated previous champion Azrieal and Archadia and Grim Reefer and Javi-Air and M-Dogg 20 and Quiet Storm in a Gauntlet Match". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  19. ^ "Frankie Kazarian defeated AJ Styles and Teddy Hart in a Three-way Dance". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  20. ^ "Prince Mustafa Ali defeated Flip Kendrick, Louis Lyndon and The Amazing Red to win vacant Championship". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  21. ^ "Flip Kendrick defeated Prince Mustafa Ali". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  22. ^ "Bandido Jr. defeated [New Jersey State] champion Archadia and Eddie Kingston and [Light Heavyweight] champion Flip Kendrick in a Four way Winner takes all match". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
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  27. ^ Martin, Adam (2011-05-16). "5/15 New Japan Pro Wrestling Results: Philly, PA". WrestleView. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  28. ^ "Kenny Omega defeated Jushin Thunder Liger". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
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  30. ^ "BLK Jeez defeated Bandido Jr., Lucky 13, Marq Quen and Mikey Webb in a Five Way Elimination Match". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  31. ^ "Archadia won Eight Man Elimination Match". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
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