British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship


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The British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship[a] was a professional wrestling championship that although being created in England, was most notorious in Japan.

British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion
Date established1995
Date retiredDecember 7, 2003
Statistics
First champion(s)Doc Dean
Final champion(s)Jun
Most reignsThe Great Sasuke, Último Dragón, Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask
(2 reigns)
Longest reignSuwa
(461 days)
Shortest reignDanny Collins
(1 day)

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.

Key
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
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
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
  1. ^ Known in Japan as 英連邦ジュニアヘビー級王座 (Eirenbō Junia Hebī-kyū Ōza).
  2. ^ The exact date the championship was won has not been confirmed, putting this title reign at between 104 days and 133 days.
  3. ^ The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting this title reign at between 321 days and 421 days.
  4. ^ The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting this title reign at between 1 day and 247 days.
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