MLW World Junior Heavyweight Championship
The MLW World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling junior heavyweight championship owned by the Major League Wrestling (MLW) promotion. Only wrestlers under the junior heavyweight weight-limit may hold the championship. The weight-limit for the tag team title is 205 lb (93 kg); it is assumed that this title has the same weight-limit. It was proposed as part of a tournament called the J-Cup USA and Sonjay Dutt won the tournament and also was the last champion. Only one reign was crowned over its one-year existence.
| MLW World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||
| Promotion | Major League Wrestling (MLW) | ||||||||
| Date established | September 19, 2003 | ||||||||
| Date retired | February 10, 2004 | ||||||||
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History
editThe title was unveiled at WarGames on September 19, 2003, Major League Wrestling would start an eight-man single-elimination tournament named the J-Cup USA to crown the first champion.[1][2] Sonjay Dutt, Eddie Colón, Jimmy Yang and Christopher Daniels would advance to the semifinals.[1][3] Dutt and Daniels would defeat Cólon and Yang, respectively to advance to the finals.[1][3] Dutt then defeated Daniels to win the J-Cup USA and become the inaugural champion.[1][3][4] The matches of the tournament aired later on Underground TV tapings between September 29 and October 27.[1][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Inaugural Championship tournament
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Sonjay Dutt | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Mamaluke | ||||||||||||||
| Sonjay Dutt | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Colón | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Colón | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Lynn | ||||||||||||||
| Sonjay Dutt | ||||||||||||||
| Christopher Daniels | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Yang | ||||||||||||||
| Juventud Guerrera | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Yang | ||||||||||||||
| Christopher Daniels | ||||||||||||||
| Christopher Daniels | ||||||||||||||
| Super Dragon | ||||||||||||||
Reigns
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| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Sonjay Dutt | September 19, 2003 | WarGames | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 1 | 144 | Defeated Christopher Daniels in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | [4] |
| — | Deactivated | February 10, 2004 | — | — | — | — | Sonjay Dutt was no longer listed as the MLW World Junior Heavyweight Champion after the company stopped hosting events. | [4] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "MLW World Junior title tournament". www.wrestlingdata.com.
- ^ "MLW: War Games (2003 Video)". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- ^ a b c "J-Cup USA tournament". www.wrestlingclassics.com.
- ^ a b c "MLW Japan relationship". Cagematch. October 7, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ "MLW Junior title tournament tapings 1". www.wrestlingdata.com.
- ^ "MLW Junior title tournament tapings 2". www.wrestlingdata.com.
- ^ "MLW Junior title tournament tapings 3". www.wrestlingdata.com.
- ^ "MLW Junior title tournament tapings 4". www.wrestlingdata.com.
- ^ "MLW Junior title tournament tapings 5". www.wrestlingdata.com.
- ^ "MLW Junior title tournament tapings 6". www.wrestlingdata.com.