CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship

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CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship
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Adam Cole holds the record for longest CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship reign.
Details
Promotion Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW)
Date establishedFebruary 19, 1999
Date retiredOctober 10, 2015
Statistics
First champion(s)The Sensational One
Final champion(s)Greg Excellent
Most reigns Sabian (3 reigns); Trent Acid (3 reigns)
Longest reign Adam Cole (553 days)
Shortest reign Sami Callihan, The Sensational One and Sonjay Dutt (<1 day)

The CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship was 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]

Contents

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 A. R. 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
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
N/AUnknown information
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1The Sensational OneFebruary 19, 1999Opening Night Mantua Township, New Jersey 1<1The Sensational One was recognized as the first CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion by Combat Zone Wrestling. [1]
2QuicksilverFebruary 19, 1999Opening Night Mantua Township, New Jersey 136 [1]
3The Sensational OneMarch 27, 1999The Staple Gun Mantua Township, New Jersey 27 [11]
4 Justice Pain April 3, 1999House Show Mantua Township, New Jersey 1107 [12]
5Ric BladeJuly 19, 1999Street Fight Mantua Township, New Jersey 1264 [13]
6 Justice Pain April 8, 2000Winner Takes All Sewell, New Jersey 262 [14]
7 Trent Acid June 9, 2000 Live event Paulsboro, New Jersey 122
8WingerJuly 1, 2000 Live event Tokyo, Japan 176
9 Men's Teioh September 15, 2000 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1231
10 Jun Kasai May 4, 2001 Live event Sapporo, Japan 1107
11 Trent Acid August 19, 2001 Live event Yokohama, Japan 241
— Vacated September 29, 2001Enough 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 113This 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 3399 [15]
14 Ruckus January 18, 2003Live Again Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2329 [16]
15 Sonjay Dutt December 13, 2003 Cage of Death V: Suspended Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1392 [17]
16 Alex Shelley January 8, 2005Gen Z Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 128 [18]
17 Mike Quackenbush February 5, 2005Only the Strong Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 156 [19] [20]
18 Sabian April 2, 2005Trifecta Elimination III Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 170 [21]
19 Mike Quackenbush June 11, 2005Violent by Design Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 291 [22]
20Derek FrazierSeptember 10, 2005A' Big Mutha F'n Deal Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1182 [23] [24]
21 Niles Young March 11, 2006When 2 Worlds Collide Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1119This was a Six Man Ladder match that involved Frazier, Young, Cheech, Cloudy, Sabian, and The Heretic. [25]
22 SeXXXy Eddy July 8, 2006A Prelude to Violence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 163 [26]
23 Sonjay Dutt September 9, 2006Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show – Down With The Sickness 2 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2<1 [5]
24 Jigsaw September 9, 2006Expect the Unexpected Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1210 [6]
25Scotty VortekzApril 7, 2007Out with the Old, In with the New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1154 [27]
26 Danny Havoc September 8, 2007Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 135This was a Six Man Ladder match that involved Vortekz, Havoc, DieHard, Joker, and Drake Younger. [28]
27 Sabian October 13, 2007Choosing Sides Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2210 [29]
28 Chuck Taylor May 10, 2008 Best of the Best 8 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1154 [30]
— Vacated October 11, 2008— Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ——Taylor was stripped of the championship due to an inability to compete after suffering a broken collarbone [2]
29Ryan McBrideDecember 13, 2008 Cage of Death X Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1147McBride defeated Pinkie Sanchez, Carter Gray, Egotistico Fantastico, and Dan Paysan in a Ultraviolent Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the vacant championship. [8]
30 Egotistico Fantastico May 9, 2009Blood Pressure: Rising Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1126 [31]
31Drew BloodSeptember 12, 2009Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show/Down With The Sickness Forever Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 191 [32]
32Greg ExcellentDecember 12, 2009 Cage of Death XI Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 163 [33]
33 Sabian February 13, 201011th Anniversary: Deadly Doubleheader Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 384 [34]
34 Adam Cole May 8, 2010Fist Fight Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1553 [9]
35 Sami Callihan November 12, 2011Night of Infamy 10: Ultimatum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1175 [10]
36 Drake Younger May 5, 2012Cinco de Mayo Bloomington, Indiana 170 [35]
37 Sami Callihan July 14, 2012New Heights Voorhees Township, New Jersey 2<1This was a 60 minute Ultraviolent Rules Iron Man match. [36]
38 A. R. Fox July 14, 2012New Heights Voorhees Township, New Jersey 156 [36]
— Unified September 8, 2012Down with the Sickness 2012 Voorhees Township, New Jersey ——The title was unified with the CZW Wired TV Championship and subsequently retired, when A. R. Fox defeated Dave Crist in a title unification ladder match. [2] [4]
39 Alexander James August 23, 2014N/A Voorhees Township, New Jersey 1203Declared the Honorary CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion.
40Greg ExcellentMarch 14, 2015Deja Vu Voorhees Township, New Jersey 2210
—DeactivatedOctober 10, 2015— Voorhees Township, New Jersey ——Inactive since October 10, 2015.

Combined reigns

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days
1 Adam Cole 1553
2 Trent Acid 3462
3 Sonjay Dutt 2392
4 Sabian 3364
5 Ruckus 2342
6Greg Excellent2273
7Ric Blade1264
8 Men's Teioh 1231
9 Jigsaw 1210
10 Alexander James 1203
11Derek Frazier1182
12 Sami Callihan 2175
13 Justice Pain 2169
14 Chuck Taylor 1154
Scotty Vortekz1154
16 Mike Quackenbush 2147
Ryan McBride1147
18 Egotistico Fantastico 1126
19 Niles Young 1119
20 Jun Kasai 1107
21Drew Blood191
22 Drake Younger 170
23 SeXXXy Eddy 163
24 A. R. Fox 156
25Quicksilver136
26 Danny Havoc 135
27 Alex Shelley 128
28The Sensational One27

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