The is a title contested for in the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling. As its name suggests, it is exclusively defended in deathmatches. It was first created in 1998 when The Great Pogo defeated Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a tournament final. There have been a total of 23 recognized champions who have had a combined 48 official reigns. The current champion is Yusaku Ito who is in his first reign.
Inaugural tournament A single elimination tournament was set up to crown the inaugural champion which took place between June 8 and August 9, 1998.
Title history
Combined reigns As of , .
†Indicates the current champion¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. RankWrestlerNo. ofreignsCombineddefensesCombineddays1 Ryuji Ito 7 18 2,1452 Abdullah Kobayashi † 7 15 +3 Yuko Miyamoto 3 14 1,0674 Hideyoshi Kamitani 2 7 5985 Shadow WX 4 7 5456 Masashi Takeda 1 9 4497 Isami Kodaka 2 8 429 Takashi Sasaki 2 3 4299 Shuji Ishikawa 1 4 30610 Masaya Takahashi 2 5 281Zandig 3 3 12 Yuki Ishikawa 2 5 26813 Tomoaki Honma 2 3 14 Takumi Tsukamoto 1 1 20215 Akira 1 3 14816 Kankuro Hoshino 1 3 147 Kintaro Kanemura 1 1 14718 Mitsuhiro Matsunaga 2 0 13619 Yusaku Ito 1 3 13120 Minoru Fujita 1 3 12821 "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa 1 1 11022 Ryuji Yamakawa 2 1 10123 Drew Parker 2 2 5224 Abdullah the Butcher 1 0 4925 The Great Pogo 1 0 1426 Mad Man Pondo 1 0 5
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References
External links BJW official site BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Title History at Cagematch.net