JAPW Heavyweight Championship

JAPW Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s)	Dan Maff
Date won	April 14, 2012
Date established	October 31, 1997
Promotion	Jersey All Pro Wrestling
Statistics First champion(s) Joe Rules Most reigns Homicide (7 reigns) Longest reign Dan Maff (459 days) Shortest reign Joe Rules, Homicide, Lou Diamond, 911 (<1 day) Oldest winner Jerry "The King" Lawler (52 years, 344 days) Youngest winner Jay Lethal (20 years, 29 days) Heaviest champion 911 (310 lbs, 141 kg) Lightest champion Low Ki (185 lbs, 82 kg)

The Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship in the American independent professional wrestling promotion Jersey All Pro Wrestling. 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 October 31, 1997 when Joe Rules became the first champion. The current champion Dan Maff, who is in his fourth reign as champion. There have been 34 reigns by 19 wrestlers and six vacancies. One of those vacancies came when Pitbull #2 was injured.

Title history

The first JAPW Heavyweight Champion was Joe Rules and he won the title on October 31, 1997. He would eliminate Pitbull #2 in a 20 man battle royal to become the champion. But later in the evening Pitbull #2 would defeat Joe Rules for the title after dupping him into a match.

After unsuccessfully challenging for the title on a number of occasions, Rhino would finally win it. He would finally win it on January 7, 2006. Rhino would defeat all-comers including Teddy Hart who would start a quest for the JAPW Heavyweight Championship. He would unsuccessfully challenge for the title by losing to Rhino. But due to Rhino no-showing an event, he was subsequently stripped of the title. This left the door open for a new champion to be crowned. Then on November 28, 2006, Hart's quest would come to an end when he defeated Low Ki and Necro Butcher in a triple threat match to win the vacant JAPW Heavyweight Championship. Teddy Hart's title reign would come to an end just under three months later when he would be stripped of the title upon release from the company.

Hart's release from the company would again leave the title vacant. The title would remain vacant from January 23, 2007 - March 17, 2007 when Low Ki would win his second JAPW Heavyweight Championship when he defeated Rhino in an eight man gauntlet match to win the vacant title. Other participants in the match were Chris Hero, Ruckus, Delirious, Davey Richards, EC Negro, Human Tornado.

Title lineage

As of August 5, 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	Joe Rules	1	October 31, 1997		Bayonne, NJ	Halloween Hell	Last eliminated Pitbull #2 in a 20-man battle royal to become the first champion.
2	Pitbull #2	1	October 31, 1997		Bayonne, NJ	Halloween Hell
—	Vacated	—	December 5, 1997	—	Bayonne, NJ	N/A	Title vacated due to Pitbull #2 being injured.
3	911	1	December 5, 1997		Bayonne, NJ	Night of Barbwire #1	Defeated Patch to win the vacant title.
4	Don Montoya	1	August 25, 1998		North Bergen, NJ	N/A
5	Lou Diamond	1	February 26, 1999		Bayonne, NJ	Valentine's Day Massacre
6	911	2	February 26, 1999		Bayonne, NJ	Valentine's Day Massacre	Given the title by Diamond after he won it.
—	Vacated	—	February 26, 1999	—	Bayonne, NJ	Valentine's Day Massacre	Title vacated after Lou Diamond awarded the title to 911.
7	Lou Diamond	2	March 12, 1999		Bayonne, NJ	N/A	Won a 20-man battle royal to win the vacant title.
8	Homicide	1	July 9, 1999		Bayonne, NJ	Scar Wars '99: The Hardcore Menace
9	Chino Martinez	1	August 29, 1999		Secaucus, NJ	2nd Anniversary Show
10	Lou Diamond	3	October 29, 1999		Bayonne, NJ	Halloween Hell
—	Vacated	—	May 5, 2000	—	N/A	N/A	Title stripped for unknown reasons.
11	Jason	1	July 14, 2000		Sayreville, NJ	N/A	Won a 30-man battle royal to win the vacant title.
—	Vacated	—	November 18, 2000	—	Philadelphia, PA	3rd Anniversary Show: South Philly Invasion	Title vacated after Jason left the promotion.
12	Homicide	2	November 18, 2000		Philadelphia, PA	3rd Anniversary Show: South Philly Invasion	Defeated Jay Lover to win the vacant title.
13	Low Ki	1	July 7, 2001		Philadelphia, PA	Royal Consequences
14	Homicide	3	August 18, 2001		Philadelphia, PA	The Hit Squads Revenge: The Body Count Continues	Three Way match involving Xavier and Low Ki. Due to pre-match stipulations Xavier won the Light Heavyweight Championship.
15	Dixie	1	February 2, 2002		Bayonne, NJ	Russ Haas Memorial Show	Defeated Homicide and Insane Dragon to unify the Heavyweight Championship, New Jersey State Championship and Light Heavyweight Championship.
16	Homicide	4	May 26, 2002		Seaside Heights, NJ	Memorial Day Massacre
17	Slyck Wagner Brown	1	September 13, 2002		Bayonne, NJ	Never Forget
18	Homicide	5	September 20, 2002		Bayonne, NJ	Family Crisis 2
19	Dan Maff	1	February 22, 2003		Bayonne, NJ	Tough Love
20	Al Snow	1	August 2, 2003		Rahway, NJ	N/A
21	Jerry Lawler	1	November 8, 2003		Secaucus, NJ	6th Anniversary Show
22	Dan Maff	2	December 13, 2003		Rahway, NJ	Seasons Beatings	Defeated Lawler and Shane Douglas in a three-way match.
—	Vacated	—	March 24, 2005	—	N/A	N/A	Title vacated after Maff left the promotion.
23	Homicide	6	March 26, 2005		Philadelphia, PA	Caged Fury	Defeated Jay Lethal for the vacant title.
24	Jay Lethal	1	May 21, 2005		Braintree, MA	Braintree Invasion	Defeated Homicide, Kevin Steen and Samoa Joe in a four-way match.
25	Rhino	1	January 7, 2006		Rahway, NJ	Wild Card II
—	Vacated	—	October 28, 2006	—	Rahway, NJ	9th Year Anniversary Show	Title stripped when Rhino no-shows his title defense.
26	Teddy Hart	1	October 28, 2006		Rahway, NJ	9th Year Anniversary Show	Defeated Low Ki, Homicide, and Necro Butcher to win the vacant title.
—	Vacated	—	January 23, 2007	—	N/A	N/A	Title vacated when Hart was released from the company.
27	Low Ki	2	March 17, 2007		Rahway, NJ	Wild Card III	Defeated Rhino to win an eight man gauntlet for the vacant title. Other participants in the match were Chris Hero, Ruckus, Delirious, Davey Richards, EC Negro, Human Tornado.
28	Homicide	7	October 27, 2007		Rahway, NJ	10th Anniversary Show
29	Low Ki	3	October 27, 2007		Rahway, NJ	10th Anniversary Show	Pinned Homicide in a tag team match with a stipulation that Homicide loses the title if pinned by anyone.
30	Kenny Omega	1	March 8, 2008		Jersey City, NJ	Caged Fury 2008
31	Jay Lethal	2	February 28, 2009		Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Rumble
32	Dan Maff	3	June 27, 2009		Jersey City, NJ	Caged Destiny
33	Brodie Lee	1	November 20, 2010		Rahway, NJ	November to Remember	Lee pinned Dan Maff in Championship Scramble, which also included Nick Gage and Azrieal.
—	Vacated	—	December 30, 2011	—	N/A	N/A
34	Dan Maff	4	April 14, 2012	+	Rahway, NJ	14th Anniversary Show	Maff defeated Low Ki to win the vacant title.

List of combined reigns

As of August 5, 2024

†	Indicates the current champions
+	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	Dan Maff†	4	+
2	Homicide	7	787
3	Brodie Lee	1	405
4	Low Ki	3	398
5	Kenny Omega	1	357
6	Jay Lethal	2	350
7	Lou Diamond	3	309
8	Rhino	1	294
9	911	2	264
10	Don Montoya	1	185
11	Jason	1	129
12	Dixie	1	113
13	Al Snow	1	100
14	Teddy Hart	1	87
15	Chino Martinez	1	61
16	Jerry Lawler	1	35
17	Pitbull #2	1	34
18	Slyck Wagner Brown	1	7
19	Joe Rules	1	<1

See also

• Jersey All Pro Wrestling
• JAPW New Jersey State Championship
• JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship

External links

• JAPW Heavyweight Championship Title History