JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship

JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s)	Blk Jeez
Date won	November 15, 2014
Date established	December 5, 1997
Promotion	Jersey All Pro Wrestling
Statistics First champion(s) Rik Rachet Most reigns Azrieal (4 reigns) Longest reign Kenny Omega (1280 days) Shortest reign Nick Berk (21 days)

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. Kazarian remained champion as a result. Prince Mustafa Ali became the new champion after the title was re-activated. The current champion is Blk Jeez, 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.

Title history

As of July 11, 2024

#	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
1	Rik Ratchet	1	December 5, 1997		Bayonne, NJ	Night of Barbwire #1	Defeated Chino Martinez in tournament final to become first champion.
2	Chino Martinez	1	March 22, 1998		Newark, NJ	1st Anniversary Show: Night of Barbwire #2
3	O Dogg	1	August 6, 1999		Bayonne, NJ	N/A
4	Billy Reil	1	August 29, 1999		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		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		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		Philadelphia, PA	World War 2001	Defeated Chino Martinez and Billy Reil to win the vacant title.
8	Low Ki	1	July 7, 2001		Philadelphia, PA	Royal Consequences
9	Xavier	1	August 8, 2001		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		Philadelphia, PA	Family Crisis	Deranged defeated Ghost Shadow to win the vacant title.
11	The Insane Dragon	1	December 7, 2001		Bayonne, NJ	Seasons Beatings Tour Night 2
12	Dixie	1	February 2, 2002		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		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		Rahway, NJ	N/A	Defeated Monsta Mack and Nick Berk in tournament final.
15	Jay Lethal	1	February 28, 2004		Rahway, NJ	Revolution	Lethal defeated champion Azrieal, Jack Evans and The Insane Dragon in a four way match.
16	Azrieal	2	December 10, 2004		Rahway, NJ	N/A
17	B-Boy	1	June 4, 2005		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		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		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		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		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		Rahway, NJ	Unfinished Business
23	Bandido Jr.	1	September 12, 2009		Rahway, NJ	Basebrawl
24	Azrieal	4	October 23, 2010		Jersey City, NJ	Halloween Hell 2010
25	Jushin Thunder Liger	1	December 10, 2010		Rahway, NJ	13th Anniversary Show: Night One	Defeated Azrieal, Bandido Jr., B-Boy, El Generico and Kenny Omega in a six-way elimination match.
26	Kenny Omega	1	May 15, 2011		Philadelphia, PA	NJPW Invasion Tour 2011
—	Vacated	—	November 15, 2014			N/A
27	Blk Jeez	1	November 15, 2014	+	Rahway, NJ	JAPW 18th Anniversary Show	Jeez defeated Bandido Jr., Lucky 13 and Marq Quen.

List of combined reigns

As of July 11, 2024

†	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	# Of Reigns	Combined Days
1	Kenny Omega	1	1,280
2	Azrieal	4	576
3	Chino Martinez	1	502
4	Billy Reil	1	440
5	Bandido, Jr.	1	406
6	Dixie	1	350
7	Jay Lethal	1	286
8	Flip Kendrick	1	168
9	Jushin Thunder Liger	1	156
10	Ric Blade	1	133
11	Teddy Hart	1	132
12	Rik Rachet	1	106
13	Nick Berk	2	89
14	B-Boy	1	76¤
15	Deranged	1	69
16	Prince Mustafa Ali	1	63
17	The Insane Dragon	1	57
18	Low Ki	1	42
	Xavier	1	42
20	O Dogg	1	23
21	Blk Jeez†	1	+

See also

• Jersey All Pro Wrestling
• JAPW New Jersey State Championship

External links

• JAPW Light Heavyweight title history
• Solie.org JAPW Light Heavyweight title history