CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship

The CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling junior heavyweight championship owned by the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) promotion. The championship was created and debuted on February 19, 1999 at CZW's Opening Night event.[1] Only wrestlers under the junior heavyweight weight limit of 220 lb (100 kg) may hold the championship.[2] Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.[3]

CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Adam Cole holds the record for longest CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship reign.
Details
PromotionCombat Zone Wrestling (CZW)
Date establishedFebruary 19, 1999
Date retiredOctober 10, 2015

Overall, there have been 37 reigns shared among 26 wrestlers, with two vacancies. The inaugural champion was The Sensational One, who was recognized as champion at CZW's Opening Night event.[1] Sabian and Trent Acid are tied for the record of most reigns, with three each. At 553 days, Adam Cole's only reign is the longest in the title's history. Cole holds the record for most days as champion as well. The Sensational One's first reign, along with Sami Callihan and Sonjay Dutt's second reigns share the record for shortest reign at less than one day. The title was retired on September 8, 2012, when reigning champion AR Fox defeated CZW Wired TV Champion Dave Crist in a ladder match to unify the two titles, but the Junior Heavyweight Championship was revived on August 23, 2014.[2][4]

History

The first champion was crowned on February 19, 1999 at CZW's first show, Opening Night. The Sensational One was recognized as champion by CZW. He went on to defend the title that night against Quicksilver, who defeated him to become the new champion.[1] As such, The Sensational One's first reign became the shortest reign in the title's history at less than one day, until September 9, 2006 when Sonjay Dutt defeated SeXXXy Eddy at CZW's Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show – Down With The Sickness 2 event to become the new champion.[5] Dutt then went on to lose the title to Jigsaw later that day at CZW's Expect the Unexpected show.[6]

The title has changed hands four times outside of the United States. During Trent Acid's first reign, he was defeated by Winger in Tokyo, Japan on July 1, 2000 to mark the first instance. The second was also in Tokyo, with Men's Teioh becoming the new champion on September 15, 2000. The third was in Sapporo, Japan on May 4, 2001, while the fourth was in Yokohama, Japan on August 19, 2001. Jun Kasai won the title in Sapporo, while Acid reclaimed the title in Yokohama.[2]

Following Acid's victory in Yokohama, the title was vacated for the first of two times. The vacancy was the result of a double pinfall in a match against Ruckus for the championship on September 29, 2001 at CZW's Enough is Enough event.[7] Ruckus went on to win the vacant title in a Three Way match that also involved Acid and Winger on December 2, 2001. The second vacancy was the result of CZW stripping Chuck Taylor of the title on October 11, 2008.[2] Ryan McBride became the new champion on December 13, 2008 at CZW's Cage Of Death 10: Ultraviolent Anniversary show by defeating Pinkie Sanchez, Carter Gray, Egotistico Fantastico, and Dan Paysan in a Ultraviolent Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the vacant championship.[8]

On May 8, 2010 at CZW's Fist Fight event, Adam Cole defeated then-CZW Junior Heavyweight Champion Sabian to become the new champion.[9] Cole held the title for 553 days, the longest reign on record, before losing it to Sami Callihan on November 12, 2011 at CZW's Night Of Infamy 10: Ultimatum event.[10] However, since August 23, 2014, Alexander James defended the title at CZW's events.

Reigns
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 The Sensational One February 19, 1999 Opening Night Mantua, New Jersey 1 <1 The Sensational One was recognized as the first CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion by Combat Zone Wrestling. [1]
2 Quicksilver February 19, 1999 Opening Night Mantua, New Jersey 1 36 [1]
3 The Sensational One March 27, 1999 The Staple Gun Mantua, New Jersey 2 7 [11]
4 Justice Pain April 3, 1999 House Show Mantua, New Jersey 1 107 [12]
5 Ric Blade July 19, 1999 Street Fight Mantua, New Jersey 1 264 [13]
6 Justice Pain April 8, 2000 Winner Takes All Sewell, New Jersey 2 62 [14]
7 Trent Acid June 9, 2000 Live event Paulsboro, New Jersey 1 22
8 Winger July 1, 2000 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 76
9 Men's Teioh September 15, 2000 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 231
10 Jun Kasai May 4, 2001 Live event Sapporo, Japan 1 107
11 Trent Acid August 19, 2001 Live event Yokohama, Japan 2 41
— Vacated September 29, 2001 Enough is Enough Sewell, New Jersey — — The title was vacated due to a double pinfall in a match between Ruckus and Acid. [7]
12 Ruckus December 2, 2001 Live event Yokohama, Japan 1 13 This was a Three Way match for the vacant title involving Ruckus, Trent Acid, and Winger.
13 Trent Acid December 15, 2001 Cage of Death III Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3 399 [15]
14 Ruckus January 18, 2003 Live Again Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2 329 [16]
15 Sonjay Dutt December 13, 2003 Cage of Death V: Suspended Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 392 [17]
16 Alex Shelley January 8, 2005 Gen Z Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 28 [18]
17 Mike Quackenbush February 5, 2005 Only the Strong Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 56 [19][20]
18 Sabian April 2, 2005 Trifecta Elimination III Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 70 [21]
19 Mike Quackenbush June 11, 2005 Violent by Design Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2 91 [22]
20 Derek Frazier September 10, 2005 A' Big Mutha F'n Deal Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 182 [23][24]
21 Niles Young March 11, 2006 When 2 Worlds Collide Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 119 This was a Six Man Ladder match that involved Frazier, Young, Cheech, Cloudy, Sabian, and The Heretic. [25]
22 SeXXXy Eddy July 8, 2006 A Prelude to Violence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 63 [26]
23 Sonjay Dutt September 9, 2006 Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show – Down With The Sickness 2 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2 <1 [5]
24 Jigsaw September 9, 2006 Expect the Unexpected Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 210 [6]
25 Scotty Vortekz April 7, 2007 Out with the Old, In with the New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 154 [27]
26 Danny Havoc September 8, 2007 Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 35 This was a Six Man Ladder match that involved Vortekz, Havoc, DieHard, Joker, and Drake Younger. [28]
27 Sabian October 13, 2007 Choosing Sides Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2 210 [29]
28 Chuck Taylor May 10, 2008 Best of the Best 8 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 154 [30]
— Vacated October 11, 2008 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — — Taylor was stripped of the championship due to an inability to compete after suffering a broken collarbone [2]
29 Ryan McBride December 13, 2008 Cage of Death X Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 147 McBride defeated Pinkie Sanchez, Carter Gray, Egotistico Fantastico, and Dan Paysan in a Ultraviolent Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the vacant championship. [8]
30 Egotistico Fantastico May 9, 2009 Blood Pressure: Rising Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 126 [31]
31 Drew Blood September 12, 2009 Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show/Down With The Sickness Forever Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 91 [32]
32 Greg Excellent December 12, 2009 Cage of Death XI Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 63 [33]
33 Sabian February 13, 2010 11th Anniversary: Deadly Doubleheader Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3 84 [34]
34 Adam Cole May 8, 2010 Fist Fight Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 553 [9]
35 Sami Callihan November 12, 2011 Night of Infamy 10: Ultimatum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 175 [10]
36 Drake Younger May 5, 2012 Cinco de Mayo Bloomington, Indiana 1 70 [35]
37 Sami Callihan July 14, 2012 New Heights Voorhees Township, New Jersey 2 <1 This was a 60 minute Ultraviolent Rules Iron Man match. [36]
38 AR Fox July 14, 2012 New Heights Voorhees Township, New Jersey 1 56 [36]
— Unified September 8, 2012 Down with the Sickness 2012 Voorhees Township, New Jersey — — The title was unified with the CZW Wired TV Championship and subsequently retired, when AR Fox defeated Dave Crist in a title unification ladder match. [2][4]
39 Alexander James August 23, 2014 N/A Voorhees Township, New Jersey 1 203 Declared the Honorary CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion.
40 Greg Excellent March 14, 2015 Deja Vu Voorhees Township, New Jersey 2 210
— Deactivated October 10, 2015 — Voorhees Township, New Jersey — — Inactive since October 10, 2015.

Combined reigns
Rank[A] Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Adam Cole 1 553
2 Trent Acid 3 462
3 Sonjay Dutt 2 392
4 Sabian 3 364
5 Ruckus 2 342
6 Greg Excellent 2 273
7 Ric Blade 1 264
8 Men's Teioh 1 231
9 Jigsaw 1 210
10 Alexander James 1 203
11 Derek Frazier 1 182
12 Sami Callihan 2 175
13 Justice Pain 2 169
14 Chuck Taylor 1 154
Scotty Vortekz 1 154
16 Mike Quackenbush 2 147
Ryan McBride 1 147
18 Egotistico Fantastico 1 126
19 Niles Young 1 119
20 Jun Kasai 1 107
21 Drew Blood 1 91
22 Drake Younger 1 70
23 SeXXXy Eddy 1 63
24 AR Fox 1 56
25 Quicksilver 1 36
26 Danny Havoc 1 35
27 Alex Shelley 1 28
28 The Sensational One 2 7
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