| British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Date established | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | December 7, 2003 | ||||||||||||
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The British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship [lower-alpha 1] was a professional wrestling championship that although being created in England, was most notorious in Japan.
Not long after its creation in 1995, the title made its way to Michinoku Pro Wrestling where it stayed until Jushin Thunder Liger took it to New Japan Pro-Wrestling and combined it with seven other junior heavyweight titles to create the J-Crown. After the J-Crown was disbanded, the title resurfaced in England for a short time. After a tour of England, Tiger Mask took the title back to Japan, where it returned to Michinoku Pro then made its way to Toryumon, where it was last defended before being deactivated.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| (NLT) | Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| 1 | Doc Dean | April 1995(NLT) | N/A | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 2] | Title won in unknown circumstances. | [1] | ||
| 2 | Stevie "J" | August 12, 1995 | N/A | London, England | 1 | 44 | [1] | |||
| Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW) | ||||||||||
| 3 | The Great Sasuke | September 25, 1995 | Lucha Path 1995 | Akita, Japan | 1 | 223 | [2] | |||
| 4 | Danny Collins | May 5, 1996 | Sasuke, What Did I Do, Yo? 1996 | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 1 | [3] | |||
| 5 | Dick Togo | May 6, 1996 | Sasuke, What Did I Do, Yo? 1996 | Nakayama, Japan | 1 | 42 | [3] | |||
| 6 | Jushin Thunder Liger | June 17, 1996 | The Skydiving-J | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 46 | This was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling event. | [4] | ||
| 7 | Último Dragón | August 2, 1996 | G1 Climax 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 3 | This was the first round of the J-Crown tournament, held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. | [5] | ||
| 8 | The Great Sasuke | August 5, 1996 | G1 Climax 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 67 | This was the final of the J-Crown tournament, held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The title became part of the J-Crown. | [5] | ||
| 9 | Último Dragón | October 11, 1996 | Osaka Crush Night! | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 85 | This match, held at a Wrestle Association R event, was for The Great Sasuke's eight-title J-Crown. | [6] | ||
| 10 | Jushin Thunder Liger | January 4, 1997 | '97 Wrestling World in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 183 | This match, held at a New Japan Pro-Wrestling event, was for Último Dragón's eight-title J-Crown. | [7] | ||
| 11 | El Samurai | July 6, 1997 | Summer Struggle 1997 | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 35 | This match, held at a New Japan Pro-Wrestling event, was for Jushin Thunder Liger's seven-title J-Crown. | [8] | ||
| 12 | Shinjiro Otani | August 10, 1997 | The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 87 | This match, held at a New Japan Pro-Wrestling event, was for El Samurai's seven-title J-Crown. | [9] | ||
| — | Vacated | November 5, 1997 | — | — | — | — | After being asked by World Wrestling Federation to vacate and return the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, Shinjiro Otani vacated all the J-Crown titles with the exception of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. | [1] | ||
| 13 | Dirtbike Kid | February 14, 1998 | N/A | London, England | 1 | [lower-alpha 3] | Defeated Mikey Whipwreck to win the vacant title. | [1] | ||
| — | Vacated | 1999 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated for unknown reasons. | [1] | ||
| 14 | Tiger Mask | April 11, 1999 | Wrestling Rampage | London, England | 1 | [lower-alpha 4] | Defeated Jason Cross to win the vacant title on the first episode of Ultimate Wrestling Alliance's Wrestling Rampage that aired on May 14, 1999. | [10] | ||
| — | Vacated | 1999 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated for unknown reasons. | [1] | ||
| 15 | Curry Man | December 14, 1999 | N/A | Niigata, Japan | 1 | 103 | Defeated Minoru Fujita to win the vacant title. | [1] | ||
| 16 | Tiger Mask | March 26, 2000 | House show | Aomori, Japan | 2 | 349 | [11] | |||
| 17 | Masaaki Mochizuki | March 10, 2001 | Lucha Baka Diary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 113 | [12] | |||
| Toryumon Japan | ||||||||||
| 18 | Magnum Tokyo | July 1, 2001 | II Aniversario | Kobe, Japan | 1 | 257 | [13] [14] | |||
| 19 | Suwa | March 15, 2002 | Alegria | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 | 461 | [15] | |||
| 20 | Condotti Shuji | June 19, 2003 | El Camino Para Aniversario | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 144 | This was a three-way match also involving Masaaki Mochizuki. During his reign, Condotti Shuji shortened his name to Dotti Shuji. | [16] [17] | ||
| 21 | Jun | November 10, 2003 | Premium Live Match Vol. 46 | Kobe, Japan | 1 | 27 | [18] [19] | |||
| — | Deactivated | December 7, 2003 | Feliz Navidad | — | — | — | Title vacated after Jun's defense against Second Doi was ruled a no contest due to interference by "brother" Yasshi and Dotti Shuji. The title then remained inactive until the promotion closed. | [20] [1] | ||
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suwa | 1 | 461 |
| 2 | Tiger Mask | 2 | 350¤ |
| 3 | Dirtbike Kid | 1 | 321¤ |
| 4 | The Great Sasuke | 2 | 290 |
| 5 | Magnum Tokyo | 1 | 257 |
| 6 | Jushin Thunder Liger | 2 | 229 |
| 7 | Condotti Shuji | 1 | 144 |
| 8 | Masaaki Mochizuki | 1 | 113 |
| 9 | Doc Dean | 1 | 104¤ |
| 10 | Curry Man | 1 | 103 |
| 11 | Último Dragón | 2 | 88 |
| 12 | Shinjiro Otani | 1 | 87 |
| 13 | Stevie "J" | 1 | 44 |
| 14 | Dick Togo | 1 | 42 |
| 15 | El Samurai | 1 | 35 |
| 16 | Jun | 1 | 27 |
| 17 | Danny Collins | 1 | 1 |
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