JAPW New Jersey State Championship
The JAPW New Jersey State Championship was a title in the Jersey All Pro Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. 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 an official title on September 25, 1998 with Flash Wheeler becoming the first champion. It was retired on June 7, 2002. On September 15, 2006; Frankie Kazarian was declared the New Jersey State Champion after the Light Heavyweight Championship was retired. The current champion is Brodie Lee and he is in his first reign as champion. There have been 17 reigns by 15 wrestlers with two vacancies. One of the vacancies came when Reckless Youth was injured and vacated the title himself.
JAPW New Jersey State Championship | |||||||||||||
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Promotion | Jersey All Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||
Date established | September 28, 1998 | ||||||||||||
Date retired | January 1, 2012 | ||||||||||||
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Title history
# | Order in reign history |
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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 |
No. | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref.. |
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1 | Flash Wheeler | 1 | September 25, 1998 | 196 | Bayonne, NJ | N/A | Won a 20-man battle royal to become the first champion. | [1] |
2 | Lord Zieg | 1 | April 9, 1999 | 142 | North Bergen, NJ | Cage Rage | This was a Falls Count Anywhere match. | [2] |
3 | Magic | 1 | August 29, 1999 | 110 | Secaucus, NJ | 2nd Annual JAPW Convention | [3] | |
4 | Dr. Hurtz | 1 | December 17, 1999 | 337 | Bayone, NJ | Seasons Beatings | Defeated Magic and Born to Eat in a Three-Way Dance. | [4] |
5 | Skinhead Ivan | 1 | November 18, 2000 | 231 | Philadelphia, PA | 3rd Anniversary Show: South Philly Invasion. | Defeated Dr. Hurtz and Laithon in a Three-Way Dance. | [5] |
6 | Reckless Youth | 1 | July 7, 2001 | 29 | Philadelphia, PA | Royal Consequences | [6] | |
— | Vacated | — | August 5, 2001 | — | N/A | N/A | The title was vacated by Reckless Youth when he was injured. | |
7 | Dixie | 1 | August 24, 2001 | 287 | Bayone, NJ | The Aftermath | Won a 20-man battle royal to win vacant the title. Dixie also held the JAPW Heavyweight Championship in conjunction with the JAPW New Jersey State Championship. Dixie defeated Homicide and the Insane Dragon in a Three-Way Dance to unify the Jersey State, Heavyweight, and Light Heavyweight titles, on February 2, 2002 in Bayonne, New Jersey at the Russ Haas Memorial Show. | [7] |
— | Retired | — | June 7, 2002 | — | Bayone, NJ | Smarts Only | It was replaced with the JAPW Television Championship. | |
8 | Frankie Kazarian | 1 | September 15, 2006 | 183 | N/A | N/A | Kazarian was declared champion when the Light Heavyweight Championship was retired and the New Jersey State Championship was re-activated. | [8] |
9 | Grim Reefer | 1 | March 17, 2007 | 183 | Rahway, NJ | Wild Card III | [9] | |
10 | Archadia | 1 | October 27, 2007 | 175 | Rahway, NJ | 10th Anniversary Show | This was a ladder match. | [10] |
11 | Grim Reefer | 2 | April 19, 2008 | 210 | Rahway, NJ | Spring Massacre | Defeated Archadia, Azrieal and Eddie Kingston in a four-way match. | [11] |
12 | Bandido Jr. | 1 | November 15, 2008 | 105 | Jersey City, NJ | Reboot | [12] | |
13 | Eddie Kingston | 1 | February 28, 2009 | 70 | Jersey City, NJ | Jersey City Rumble | [13] | |
14 | Archadia | 2 | May 9, 2009 | 259 | Rahway, NJ | The Revolution Continues. | [14] | |
15 | Devon Moore | 1 | January 23, 2010 | 56 | Rahway, NJ | 12th Anniversary Show. | [15] | |
16 | Charlie Haas | 1 | March 20, 2010 | 63 | Rahway, NJ | Wild Card VI | [16] | |
17 | Brodie Lee | 1 | May 22, 2010 | 589 | Rahway, NJ | Notorious Thunder | Won title when he pinned Charlie Haas in a tag team match, where Haas' title and his partner Dan Maff's JAPW Heavyweight Championship were on the line against Lee's and Necro Butcher's JAPW careers. | [17] |
— | Retired | — | January 1, 2012 | — | — | — |
Combined reigns
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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1 | Brodie Lee | 1 | 589 |
2 | Archadia | 2 | 434 |
3 | Grim Reefer | 2 | 393 |
4 | Dr. Hurtz | 1 | 337 |
5 | Dixie | 287 | |
6 | Skinhead Ivan | 231 | |
7 | Flash Wheeler | 196 | |
8 | Frankie Kazarian | 183 | |
9 | Lord Zieg | 172 | |
10 | Bandido Jr. | 105 | |
11 | Magic | 80 | |
12 | Eddie Kingston | 70 | |
13 | Charlie Haas | 63 | |
14 | Devon Moore | 56 | |
15 | Reckless Youth | 29 |
See also
References
- "Flash Wheeler Won a 20-man battle royal to become the first champion". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Lord Zieg defeated Flash Wheeler in a Falls Count Anywhere match". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Magic defeated Lord Zieg". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Dr. Hurtz defeated Born To Eat and Magic in a Three-Way Dance". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Skinhead Ivan defeated previous champion Dr. Hurtz and Laithon in a Three-Way Dance". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Reckless Youth defeated Skinhead Ivan". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Dixie won 20 Man Battle Royal for the vacant Championship". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Frankie Kazarian defends the title against B-Boy". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Grim Reefer defeated Frankie Kazarian". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Archadia defeats Grim Reefer in a Ladder match". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Grim Reefer defeated previous champion Archadia, Azrieal and Eddie Kingston in a four-way match". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Bandido Jr. defeated Grim Reefer (". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Eddie Kingston defeated Bandido Jr". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Archadia defeated Eddie Kingston". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Devon Moore defeated Archadia". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "Charlie Haas defeated Devon Moore". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- "The Hillbilly Wrecking Crew (Brodie Lee & Necro Butcher) defeated Charlie Haas [New Jersey State] & Dan Maff [Heavyweight] in a double Double Jeopardy". CageMatch. Retrieved September 24, 2020.