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{{short description|Professional wrestling championship}}
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
|championshipname=BJW Heavyweight Championship
|image=
|image_size=
|caption=
|aired=
|promotion=[[Big Japan Pro Wrestling]]
|brand=
|created=March 20, 2001
|mostreigns=[[Men's Teioh]] ([[#Combined reigns|3 reigns]])
|firstchamp=[[Kamikaze (wrestler)|Kamikaze]]
|finalchamp=[[Men's Teioh]]
|longestreign=[[Men's Teioh]] (506 days)
|shortestreign=[[Gran Hamada]] (19 days)
|oldest=
|youngest=
|heaviest=
|lightest=
|pastnames=
|titleretired=2004
|pastlookimages=
}}
The '''BJW Heavyweight Championship''' was a [[championship (professional wrestling)|title]] defended in the [[Professional wrestling in Japan|Japanese]] [[professional wrestling]] [[professional wrestling promotion|promotion]] [[Big Japan Pro Wrestling]]. It lasted from 2001 through 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/bigjapan/bj-h.html|title = BJW Heavyweight Title (Japan)}}</ref><ref>[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=744 BJW Heavyweight Championship]</ref>

==Title history==
{{Professional wrestling title history top|later=yes}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 1
|champion = [[Kamikaze (wrestler)|Kamikaze]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|March 20, 2001}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 20, 2001|January 6, 2002}}
|location = [[Hakata, Fukuoka|Hakata, Japan]]
|event    = Excite 2001
|notes    = Defeated [[John Zandig|Zandig]] in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web |title=Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "EXCITE 2001" |url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/bjw/results/01excite.php |publisher=Purolove |language=German |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 2
|champion = [[Daikokubo Benkei]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|January 6, 2002}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 6, 2002|August 18, 2002}}
|location = [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki, Japan]]
|event    = New Year Great Series 2002
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web |title=Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "NEW YEAR GREAT SERIES 2002" |url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/bjw/results/02nygreatseries.php |publisher=Purolove |language=German |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 3
|champion = [[Daisuke Sekimoto]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 18, 2002}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 18, 2002|September 23, 2002}}
|location = [[Yokohama|Yokohama, Japan]]
|event    = Harder Than Hardcore II
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web |title=Big Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2002 |url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/bjw/results/results02.php |publisher=Purolove |language=German |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 4
|champion = [[Men's Teioh]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|September 23, 2002}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 23, 2002|November 10, 2002}}
|location = [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = BJ Monster 2002
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web |title=Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "BJ MONSTER 2002" |url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/bjw/results/02monster.php |publisher=Purolove |language=German |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 4.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|November 10, 2002}}
|notes    = Vacated due to unknown circumstances.
|ref      = 
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 5
|champion = [[Men's Teioh]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|March 30, 2003}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 30, 2003|August 17, 2004}}
|location = [[Yokohama|Yokohama, Japan]]
|event    = Harder Than Hardcore IV
|notes    = Defeated [[Daisuke Sekimoto]] to win the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web |title=Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "HARDER THAN HARDCORE IV" |url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/bjw/results/03hth4.php |publisher=Purolove |language=German |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 6
|champion = [[Gran Hamada]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 17, 2004}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 17, 2004|September 5, 2004}}
|location = [[Osaka|Osaka, Japan]]
|event    = Summer Night BJ Osaka Live
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=History2004>{{cite web |title=Big Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2004 |url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/bjw/results/results04.php |publisher=Purolove |language=German |accessdate=January 3, 2020}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 7
|champion = [[Men's Teioh]]
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|September 5, 2004}}
|days     = {{efn|The exact date the championship was deactivated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 1 day and 117 days.}}
|location = [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Men's World III: King Kong
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=History2004 />
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 7.5
|type     = deactivated
|date     = {{dts|2004}} {{small|(NLT)}}
|notes    = 
|ref      = 
}}
{{BundleEnd}}

==Combined reigns==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background-color:#bbeeff"|¤
|The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Rank
!Wrestler
!data-sort-type="number"|No. of<br />reigns
!data-sort-type="number"|Combined<br />days	
|-style="background-color:#bbeeff"
!1
| [[Men's Teioh]] || 3 || {{sort|555|555¤}}
|-
!2
| [[Kamikaze (wrestler)|Kamikaze]] ||rowspan=4|1 || 292
|-
!3
| [[Daikokubo Benkei]] || 224
|-
!4
| [[Daisuke Sekimoto]] || 36
|-
!5
| [[Gran Hamada]] || 19
|}

==Footnotes==
{{notelist}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Japan}}
*[[Professional wrestling in Japan]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{BJW Heavyweight Championship}}
{{Big Japan Pro Wrestling}}

[[Category:Big Japan Pro Wrestling championships]]
[[Category:Heavyweight wrestling championships]]