JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship
The JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship is a championship in the Jersey All Pro Wrestling promotion in the United States. Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via direct competition; it is instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle. 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. The current champion is Archadia, who is in his first reign. There have been 27 reigns by 21 wrestlers with six vacancies. One of those vacancies came when Billy Reil was injured.
JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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Promotion | Jersey All Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
Date established | December 5, 1997 | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Archadia | ||||||||||
Date won | November 12, 2016 | ||||||||||
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Title history
As of August 10, 2020
# | Order in reign history |
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
Event | The event in which the title was won |
— | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes |
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1 | Rik Ratchet | 1 | December 5, 1997 | 107 | Bayonne, NJ | Night of Barbwire #1 | Defeated Chino Martinez in tournament final to become first champion. |
2 | Chino Martinez | 1 | March 22, 1998 | 502 | Newark, NJ | 1st Anniversary Show: Night of Barbwire #2 | |
3 | O Dogg | 1 | August 6, 1999 | 23 | Bayonne, NJ | N/A | |
4 | Billy Reil | 1 | August 29, 1999 | 440 | Seacaucus, NJ | 2nd Anniversary Show | |
— | Vacated | — | November 11, 2000 | — | Bayonne, NJ | N/A | Title vacated due to Reil being injured. |
5 | Nick Berk | 1 | November 18, 2000 | 77 | Philadelphia, PA | 3rd Anniversary Show: South Philly Invasion | Defeated Trent Acid and Ric Blade to win the vacant title. |
6 | Ric Blade | 1 | February 3, 2001 | 133 | Philadelphia, PA | ||
— | Vacated | — | June 16, 2001 | — | Philadelphia, PA | World War 2001 | Title declared vacant when Blade was injured. |
7 | Nick Berk | 2 | June 16, 2001 | 21 | Philadelphia, PA | World War 2001 | Defeated Chino Martinez and Billy Reil to win the vacant title. |
8 | Low Ki | 1 | July 7, 2001 | 42 | Philadelphia, PA | Royal Consequences | |
9 | Xavier | 1 | August 8, 2001 | 52 | Philadelphia, PA | Last Dance | Awarded title when Low Ki lost a three way dance to Homicide for the Heavyweight Championship of which Xavier was a part. |
— | Vacated | — | September 29, 2001 | — | Philadelphia, PA | Family Crisis | Xavier was stripped of the title due to injury. |
10 | Deranged | 1 | September 29, 2001 | 69 | Philadelphia, PA | Family Crisis | Deranged defeated Ghost Shadow to win the vacant title. |
11 | The Insane Dragon | 1 | December 7, 2001 | 57 | Bayonne, NJ | Seasons Beatings Tour Night 2 | |
12 | Dixie | 1 | February 2, 2002 | 350 | Bayonne, NJ | Russ Haas Memorial Show | Defeated Homicide and the Insane Dragon in a three way dance to unify the New Jersey State Championship, Heavyweight, and Light Heavyweight titles. |
13 | Rain | 1 | January 18, 2003 | 153 | Woodbridge, NJ | Actions Speak Louder Than Words | |
— | Vacated | — | July 1, 2003 | — | N/A | N/A | Rain vacates title upon retiring from wrestling. |
14 | Azrieal | 1 | August 2, 2003 | 210 | Rahway, NJ | N/A | Defeated Monsta Mack and Nick Berk in tournament final. |
15 | Jay Lethal | 1 | February 28, 2004 | 286 | Rahway, NJ | Revolution | Lethal defeated champion Azrieal, Jack Evans and The Insane Dragon in a four way match. |
16 | Azrieal | 2 | December 10, 2004 | 176 | Rahway, NJ | N/A | |
17 | B-Boy | 1 | June 4, 2005 | [N 1] | Rahway, NJ | HomeComing | |
— | Vacated | — | 2005 | — | N/A | N/A | B-Boy was stripped of the title for unknown reasons. |
18 | Azrieal | 3 | August 19, 2005 | 141 | Lake Hiwatha, NJ | N/A | Defeated Bandido Jr. and Archadia in a Three Way Dance to win vacant title. |
19 | Teddy Hart | 1 | January 7, 2006 | 161 | Rahway, NJ | Wild Card II | Defeats Arcadia, Javi Air, Quiet Storm, Grim Reefer, M-Dogg 20 and last eliminating Azrieal in a Gauntlet match. |
— | Vacated | — | June 17, 2006 | — | Rahway, NJ | Caged Fury 2 | Hart was stripped of the belt when he no-shows the event. |
20 | Frankie Kazarian | 1 | June 17, 2006 | 90 | Rahway, NJ | Caged Fury 2 | Defeated Jay Lethal and A.J. Styles in a Three Way match for the vacant title. |
— | Retired | — | September 15, 2006 | — | Rahway, NJ | Rampage | The title was retired as the New Jersey State Championship was re-activated. Kazarian remained champion. |
21 | Prince Mustafa Ali | 1 | January 24, 2009 | 63 | Rahway, NJ | Wild Card V | Defeated Flip Kendrick, Louis Lyndon and The Amazing Red for the re-activated title. |
22 | Flip Kendrick | 1 | March 28, 2009 | 168 | Rahway, NJ | Unfinished Business | |
23 | Bandido Jr. | 1 | September 12, 2009 | 406 | Rahway, NJ | Basebrawl | |
24 | Azrieal | 4 | October 23, 2010 | 48 | Jersey City, NJ | Halloween Hell 2010 | [1] |
25 | Jushin Thunder Liger | 1 | December 10, 2010 | 156 | Rahway, NJ | 13th Anniversary Show: Night One | Defeated Azrieal, Bandido Jr., B-Boy, El Generico and Kenny Omega in a six-way elimination match.[2] |
26 | Kenny Omega | 1 | May 15, 2011 | 1280 | Philadelphia, PA | NJPW Invasion Tour 2011 | [3] |
— | Vacated | — | November 15, 2014 | N/A | |||
27 | Blk Jeez | 1 | November 15, 2014 | 728 | Rahway, NJ | JAPW 18th Anniversary Show | Jeez defeated Bandido Jr., Lucky 13 and Marq Quen.[4] |
— | Vacated | — | November 12, 2016 | — | N/A | N/A | Vacated for unknown reasons |
35 | Archadia | 1 | November 12, 2016 | 1367+ | Rahway, NJ | 20th Anniversary Show | Archadia defeated Azrieal, Conor Claxton, Joey Janela, John Silver, JT Dunn, Pinkie Sanchez and Steve Scott to win the vacant title. |
Combined reigns
As of August 10, 2020
† | Indicates the current champions |
¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
<1 | Indicates that the combined total is less than one day. |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined Days |
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1 | Archadia † | 1 | 1367+ |
2 | Kenny Omega | 1 | 1,280 |
3 | Blk Jeez | 1 | 728 |
4 | Azrieal | 4 | 576 |
5 | Chino Martinez | 1 | 502 |
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
- 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 and 76 days.
References
- Martin, Adam (2010-10-24). "Indy News #2: JAPW with Lawler, WSU news/notes". WrestleView. Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- "News: Results from JAPW's Anniversary Show Weekend". Jersey All Pro Wrestling. 2010-12-12. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- 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.
- Gee Schoon Tong, Chris (2014-11-16). "Show results - 11/15 JAPW in Rahway, N.Y.: Stacked card includes Kurt Angle with WGTT vs. Sabin & Hart, Styles vs. Sydal, Samoa Joe, Crime Time, Necro, new champ, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-11-16.