The BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship is the top title

Championship (professional wrestling)

A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...

 contested for in the Japanese

Japan

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 promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

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 Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests.-History:...

. As its name suggests, it is exclusively defended in deathmatches. It was first created in 1998 when The Great Pogo

Tetsuo Sekigawa

Tetsuo Sekigawa is a Japanese professional wrestler who is very well known for his hardcore matches, competing in his most popular gimmick, Mr. Pogo.-Early years :...

 defeated Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a tournament final. There have been a total of 14 recognized champions who have had a combined 25 official reigns.

Title History

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
The Great Pogo Tetsuo Sekigawa Tetsuo Sekigawa is a Japanese professional wrestler who is very well known for his hardcore matches, competing in his most popular gimmick, Mr. Pogo.-Early years :...	1	August 9, 1998	Kawasaki, Japan Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....	Defeated Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a glass and fire coffin cremation deathmatch tournament final.
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga	1	August 23, 1998	Osaka, Japan Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...	This was a glass and fire coffin cremation deathmatch.
Shadow WX Shadow WX Shadow WX is a professional wrestler currently competing in Big Japan Pro Wrestling. He debuted in 1995 in IWA Japan and proceeded to move to Big Japan Pro Wrestling and won the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship 4 times and has been one of the most successful wrestlers in Big Japan Pro...	1	September 23, 1998	Tokyo, Japan Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...	This was a 3 way board alligator deathmatch.
Abdullah the Butcher Abdullah the Butcher Lawrence Robert "Larry" Shreve best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times The Madman from the Sudan, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler known as one of the most brutal or "hardcore" professional wrestlers of all-time...	1	January 10, 1999	Fukuoka, Japan Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...	This was a lumberjack deathmatch.
Shadow WX	2	February 28, 1999	Tokyo, Japan	This was a barbed wire board deathmatch.
Ryuji Yamakawa	1	May 30, 1999	Kawasaki, Japan	This was a no rope barbed wire Barbed wire Barbed wire, also known as barb wire , is a type of fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand. It is used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls surrounding secured property...  death pallet coffin and fire deathmatch.
Shadow WX	3	August 10, 1999	Osaka, Japan	This was a no rope barbed wire fire deathmatch.
Ryuji Yamakawa	2	December 4, 1999	Yokohama, Japan	This was a four corner lighttubes board deathmatch.
Tomoaki Honma Tomoaki Honma Tomoaki Honma is a freelance Japanese professional wrestler, currently touring with New Japan Pro Wrestling.-Career:Honma trained in the Big Japan dojo before debuting for the promotion in May, 1997...	1	January 2, 2000	Tokyo, Japan	This match, on the BJ Great Series tour, 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.
Zandig John Zandig John Corson was an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name, John Zandig. He is the founder and former owner of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotion Combat Zone Wrestling .-Biography:...	1	July 2, 2000	Tokyo, Japan	This was a lemon, salt and mustard deathmatch on the BJ Hardcore Series II tour.
Tomoaki Honma	2	November 23, 2000	Yokohama, Japan Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...	This was a glass and barbed wire board deathmatch on the Wonder BJ 2000 Series tour.
Vacated		March 2001		Vacated due to Honma leaving the company.
Zandig	2	May 4, 2001	Sapporo, Japan	Defeated Kintaro Kanemura in a CZW Combat Zone Wrestling Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...  Caribbean-style barbed wire, lighttubes, lighttubes board and barbed wire chess board deathmatch on the North Wave tour.
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga	2	August 19, 2001	Yokohama, Japan	This was a 200 lighttubes and thumbtack and glass board deathmatch on the Universe tour.
Zandig	3	December 2, 2001	Yokohama, Japan	This was an exploding glass, lighttubes and thumbtacks deathmatch at Ante Up.
Vacated		January 1, 2002		Vacated due to Zandig leaving the company.
Kintaro Kanemura	1	March 30, 2003	Yokohama, Japan	Defeated Shadow WX in a lighttubes and glass deathmatch decision match on the Harder Than Hardcore IV tour.
Ryuji Ito Ryuji Ito is a Japanese professional wrestler currently competing in Big Japan Pro Wrestling. He is well known for his death match style of wrestling.- Career :...	1	August 24, 2003	Yokohama, Japan	This was a steel cage match on the HTH5 Series tour.
Abdullah Kobayashi Abdullah Kobayashi , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name Abdullah Kobayashi after Abdullah the Butcher, who was his trainer. He began his career in 1995 as one of the main wrestlers in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and has wrestled for Big Japan Pro Wrestling throughout most of his career....	1	December 21, 2005	Yokohama, Japan	This was a scaffold match.
Takashi Sasaki	1	March 31, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	This was a lighttubes and bed of nails deathmatch.
Ryuji Ito	2	September 10, 2006	Yokohama, Japan	This was a super high ladder, lighttubes and barbed wire Hell deathmatch.
Vacated		September 14, 2006		Vacated due to a wrist injury.
Takashi Sasaki	2	December 3, 2006	Yokohama, Japan	Defeated Jaki Numazawa Jaki Numazawa , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa (born June 7, 1977), is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa (born June 7, 1977), is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name...  in a lighttubes shrine deathmatch.
Jaki Numazawa Jaki Numazawa , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa (born June 7, 1977), is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa (born June 7, 1977), is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name...	1	August 26, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title at Pro-Wrestling Summit in Ariake ~ King's Festival! All Title Matches.
Ryuji Ito	3	December 14, 2007	Yokohama, Japan	This was a four corner cross of D match.
Shadow WX	4	May 4, 2008	Koshigaya, Japan Koshigaya, Saitama is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 325,074 and a population density of 5,390 persons per km². The total area is 60.31 km²....	This was a fluorescent lighttube boards and weapons deathmatch at Katsura Special 14.
Yuko Miyamoto	1	December 19, 2008	Yokohama, Japan	Won the title in Yokohama defeating Shadow WX.
Ryuji Ito	4	May 4, 2010	Yokohama, Japan	Won the title at the 15th Anniversary Show in a 200 fluorescent lighttubes cage deathmatch by defeating Yuko Miyamoto.

List of reigns by length

As of , .

Wrestler	Days Held	Date Won	Date Lost
Ryuji Ito Ryuji Ito is a Japanese professional wrestler currently competing in Big Japan Pro Wrestling. He is well known for his death match style of wrestling.- Career :...	850	August 24, 2003	December 21, 2005
Ryuji Ito	+	May 4, 2010	Current champion
Yuko Miyamoto	501	December 19, 2008	May 4, 2010
Takashi Sasaki	266	December 3, 2006	August 26, 2007
Shadow WX Shadow WX Shadow WX is a professional wrestler currently competing in Big Japan Pro Wrestling. He debuted in 1995 in IWA Japan and proceeded to move to Big Japan Pro Wrestling and won the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship 4 times and has been one of the most successful wrestlers in Big Japan Pro...	229	May 4, 2008	December 19, 2008
Tomoaki Honma Tomoaki Honma Tomoaki Honma is a freelance Japanese professional wrestler, currently touring with New Japan Pro Wrestling.-Career:Honma trained in the Big Japan dojo before debuting for the promotion in May, 1997...	182	January 2, 2000	July 2, 2000
Takashi Sasaki	163	March 31, 2006	September 10, 2006
Kintaro Kanemura	147	March 30, 2003	August 24, 2003
Zandig	144	July 2, 2000	November 23, 2000
Ryuji Ito	142	December 14, 2007	May 4, 2008
Shadow WX	116	August 10, 1999	December 4, 1999
Jaki Numazawa Jaki Numazawa , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa (born June 7, 1977), is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa (born June 7, 1977), is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name...	110	August 26, 2007	December 14, 2007
Shadow WX	109	September 23, 1998	January 10, 1999
Zandig	107	May 4, 2001	August 19, 2001
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga	105	August 19, 2001	December 2, 2001
Abdullah Kobayashi Abdullah Kobayashi , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name Abdullah Kobayashi after Abdullah the Butcher, who was his trainer. He began his career in 1995 as one of the main wrestlers in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and has wrestled for Big Japan Pro Wrestling throughout most of his career....	100	December 21, 2005	March 31, 2006
Tomoaki Honma	98	November 23, 2000	March 2001
Shadow WX	91	February 28, 1999	May 30, 1999
Ryuji Yamakawa	72	May 30, 1999	August 10, 1999
Abdullah the Butcher Abdullah the Butcher Lawrence Robert "Larry" Shreve best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times The Madman from the Sudan, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler known as one of the most brutal or "hardcore" professional wrestlers of all-time...	49	January 10, 1999	February 28, 1999
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga	31	August 23, 1998	September 23, 1998
Zandig	30	December 2, 2001	2002
Ryuji Yamakawa	29	December 4, 1999	January 2, 2000
The Great Pogo	14	August 9, 1998	August 23, 1998
Ryuji Ito	4	September 10, 2006	September 14, 2006