JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship

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JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Jersey All Pro Wrestling
Date establishedDecember 5, 1997
Date retiredFebruary 25, 2018
Statistics
First champion(s)Rik Rachet
Final champion(s)Archadia
Most reignsAzrieal (4 reigns)
Longest reign Kenny 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.

Contents

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
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1Rik RatchetDecember 5, 1997Night of Barbwire #1 Bayonne, NJ 1107Defeated Chino Martinez in tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [1]
2Chino MartinezMarch 22, 19981st Anniversary Show: Night of Barbwire #2 Newark, NJ 1502 [2]
3O DoggAugust 6, 1999N/A Bayonne, NJ 123
4 Billy Reil August 29, 19992nd Anniversary Show Seacaucus, NJ 1440 [3]
— Vacated November 11, 2000N/A Bayonne, NJ ——Title was vacated after Reil suffered a legitimate injury.
5Nick BerkNovember 18, 20003rd Anniversary Show: South Philly Invasion Philadelphia, PA 177Defeated Trent Acid and Ric Blade in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [4]
6Ric BladeFebruary 3, 2001N/A Philadelphia, PA 1133 [5]
— Vacated June 16, 2001World War 2001 Philadelphia, PA ——Title was declared vacant when Blade suffered an injury.
7Nick BerkJune 16, 2001World War 2001 Philadelphia, PA 221Defeated Chino Martinez and Billy Reil in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [6]
8 Low Ki July 7, 2001Royal Consequences Philadelphia, PA 132 [7]
9 Xavier August 8, 2001Last Dance Philadelphia, PA 152Awarded 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, 2001Family Crisis Philadelphia, PA ——Xavier was stripped of the title due to injury.
10DerangedSeptember 29, 2001Family Crisis Philadelphia, PA 169Defeated Ghost Shadow to win the vacant title. [9]
11The Insane DragonDecember 7, 2001Seasons Beatings Tour Night 2 Bayonne, NJ 157 [10]
12DixieFebruary 2, 2002Russ Haas Memorial Show Bayonne, NJ 1350Defeated Homicide and the Insane Dragon in a three-way match to unify the New Jersey State Championship, Heavyweight, and Light Heavyweight titles. [11]
13RainJanuary 18, 2003Actions Speak Louder Than Words Woodbridge, NJ 1164 [12]
— Vacated July 1, 2003N/AN/A——Rain vacated the title after retiring from professional wrestling.
14AzriealAugust 2, 2003N/A Rahway, NJ 1210Defeated Monsta Mack and Nick Berk in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [13]
15 Jay Lethal February 28, 2004Revolution Rahway, NJ 1286This was a four-way match also involving The Insane Dragon and Jack Evans. [14]
16AzriealDecember 10, 2004N/A Rahway, NJ 2176 [15]
17 B-Boy June 4, 2005HomeComing Rahway, NJ 1 [N 1] [16]
— Vacated 2005N/AN/A——B-Boy was stripped off the title for unknown reasons. The length of his reign is uncertain.
18AzriealAugust 19, 2005N/A Rahway, NJ 3141Defeated Bandido, Jr. and Archadia in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [17]
19 Teddy Hart January 7, 2006Wild Card II Rahway, NJ 1161This was a seven-man gauntlet match also involving M-Dogg 20, Quiet Storm, Arcadia, Javi Air and Grim Reefer. [18]
— Vacated June 17, 2006Caged Fury 2 Rahway, NJ ——Hart was stripped of the belt when he no-shows the event.
20 Frankie Kazarian June 17, 2006Caged Fury 2 Rahway, NJ 190Defeated Jay Lethal and A.J. Styles in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [19]
—DeactivatedSeptember 15, 2006Rampage Rahway, NJ ——The title was retired as the New Jersey State Championship was re-activated. Kazarian remained champion.
21 Prince Mustafa Ali January 24, 2009Wild Card V Rahway, NJ 163Defeated Flip Kendrick, Louis Lyndon and Amazing Red in a four-way match to win the re-activated title. [20]
22Flip KendrickMarch 28, 2009Unfinished Business Rahway, NJ 1168 [21]
23Bandido, Jr.September 12, 2009Basebrawl Rahway, NJ 1406 [22]
24AzriealOctober 23, 2010Halloween Hell 2010 Jersey City, NJ 448 [23] [24]
25 Jushin Thunder Liger December 10, 201013th Anniversary Show: Night One Rahway, NJ 1156Defeated 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 11,280 [27] [28]
— Vacated November 15, 2014N/AN/A——Omega vacated the title due to fully signing with New Japan Pro Wrestling.
27 Blk Jeez November 15, 2014JAPW 18th Anniversary Show Rahway, NJ 1728Defeated Marq Quen, Bandido Jr., and Lucky 13 to win the vacant title. [29] [30]
— Vacated November 12, 2016N/AN/A——Title vacated under unknown circumstances.
28ArchadiaNovember 12, 201620th Anniversary Show Rahway, NJ 1470Defeated Azrieal, Conor Claxton, Joey Janela, John Silver, J. T. Dunn, Pinkie Sanchez and Steve Scott to win the vacant title. [31]
—DeactivatedNovember 12, 2016N/AN/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.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined days
1 Kenny Omega 11,280
2 Blk Jeez 1728
3Azrieal4576
4Chino Martinez1502
5Archadia1470
6 Billy Reil 1440
7Bandido, Jr.1406
8Dixie1350
9 Jay Lethal 1286
10Flip Kendrick1168
11 Jushin Thunder Liger 1156
12Ric Blade1133
13 Teddy Hart 1132
14Rik Rachet1106
15 Frankie Kazarian 1286
16Nick Berk289
17 B-Boy 176¤
18Deranged169
19 Prince Mustafa Ali 163
20The Insane Dragon157
21 Low Ki 142
Xavier 142
23O Dogg123

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.

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  2. ↑ "Chino Martinez defeated Rik Ratchett". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Billy Reil defeated O-Dogg". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
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