# CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship

The CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling junior heavyweight championship owned by the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) promotion. The championship was created and debuted on February 19, 1999, at CZW's Opening Night event. Only wrestlers under the junior heavyweight weight limit of 220 lb (100 kg) may hold the championship. Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.
Overall, there have been 37 reigns shared among 26 wrestlers, with two vacancies. The inaugural champion was The Sensational One, who was recognized as champion at CZW's Opening Night event. Sabian and Trent Acid are tied for the record of most reigns, with three each. At 553 days, Adam Cole's only reign is the longest in the title's history. Cole holds the record for most days as champion as well. The Sensational One's first reign, along with Sami Callihan and Sonjay Dutt's second reigns share the record for shortest reign at less than one day. The title was retired on September 8, 2012, when reigning champion A. R. Fox defeated CZW Wired TV Champion Dave Crist in a ladder match to unify the two titles, but the Junior Heavyweight Championship was revived on August 23, 2014.

## History

The first champion was crowned on February 19, 1999, at CZW's first show, Opening Night. The Sensational One was recognized as champion by CZW. He went on to defend the title that night against Quicksilver, who defeated him to become the new champion. As such, The Sensational One's first reign became the shortest reign in the title's history at less than one day, until September 9, 2006, when Sonjay Dutt defeated SeXXXy Eddy at CZW's Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show – Down With The Sickness 2 event to become the new champion. Dutt then went on to lose the title to Jigsaw later that day at CZW's Expect the Unexpected show.
The title has changed hands four times outside of the United States. During Trent Acid's first reign, he was defeated by Winger in Tokyo, Japan on July 1, 2000, to mark the first instance. The second was also in Tokyo, with Men's Teioh becoming the new champion on September 15, 2000. The third was in Sapporo, Japan on May 4, 2001, while the fourth was in Yokohama, Japan on August 19, 2001. Jun Kasai won the title in Sapporo, while Acid reclaimed the title in Yokohama.
Following Acid's victory in Yokohama, the title was vacated for the first of two times. The vacancy was the result of a double pinfall in a match against Ruckus for the championship on September 29, 2001, at CZW's Enough is Enough event. Ruckus went on to win the vacant title in a Three Way match that also involved Acid and Winger on December 2, 2001. The second vacancy was the result of CZW stripping Chuck Taylor of the title on October 11, 2008. Ryan McBride became the new champion on December 13, 2008, at CZW's Cage Of Death 10: Ultraviolent Anniversary show by defeating Pinkie Sanchez, Carter Gray, Egotistico Fantastico, and Dan Paysan in a Ultraviolent Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the vacant championship.
On May 8, 2010, at CZW's Fist Fight event, Adam Cole defeated then-CZW Junior Heavyweight Champion Sabian to become the new champion. Cole held the title for 553 days, the longest reign on record, before losing it to Sami Callihan on November 12, 2011, at CZW's Night Of Infamy 10: Ultimatum event. However, since August 23, 2014, Alexander James defended the title at CZW's events.

## Reigns

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | The Sensational One | February 19, 1999 | Opening Night | Mantua Township, New Jersey | 1 | <1 | The Sensational One was recognized as the first CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion by Combat Zone Wrestling. | |
| 2 | Quicksilver | February 19, 1999 | Opening Night | Mantua Township, New Jersey | 1 | 36 | | |
| 3 | The Sensational One | March 27, 1999 | The Staple Gun | Mantua Township, New Jersey | 2 | 7 | | |
| 4 | Justice Pain | April 3, 1999 | House Show | Mantua Township, New Jersey | 1 | 107 | | |
| 5 | Ric Blade | July 19, 1999 | Street Fight | Mantua Township, New Jersey | 1 | 264 | | |
| 6 | Justice Pain | April 8, 2000 | Winner Takes All | Sewell, New Jersey | 2 | 62 | | |
| 7 | Trent Acid | June 9, 2000 | Live event | Paulsboro, New Jersey | 1 | 22 | | |
| 8 | Winger | July 1, 2000 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 76 | | |
| 9 | Men's Teioh | September 15, 2000 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 231 | | |
| 10 | Jun Kasai | May 4, 2001 | Live event | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 107 | | |
| 11 | Trent Acid | August 19, 2001 | Ante Up | Yokohama, Japan | 2 | 41 | | |
| — | Vacated | September 29, 2001 | Enough is Enough | Sewell, New Jersey | — | — | The title was vacated due to a double pinfall in a match between Ruckus and Acid. | |
| 12 | Ruckus | December 2, 2001 | Live event | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 13 | This was a Three Way match for the vacant title involving Ruckus, Trent Acid, and Winger. | |
| 13 | Trent Acid | December 15, 2001 | Cage of Death III | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3 | 399 | | |
| 14 | Ruckus | January 18, 2003 | Live Again | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2 | 329 | | |
| 15 | Sonjay Dutt | December 13, 2003 | Cage of Death V: Suspended | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 392 | | |
| 16 | Alex Shelley | January 8, 2005 | Gen Z | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 28 | | |
| 17 | Mike Quackenbush | February 5, 2005 | Only the Strong | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 56 | | |
| 18 | Sabian | April 2, 2005 | Trifecta Elimination III | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 70 | | |
| 19 | Mike Quackenbush | June 11, 2005 | Violent by Design | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2 | 91 | | |
| 20 | Derek Frazier | September 10, 2005 | A' Big Mutha F'n Deal | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 182 | | |
| 21 | Niles Young | March 11, 2006 | When 2 Worlds Collide | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 119 | This was a Six Man Ladder match that involved Frazier, Young, Cheech, Cloudy, Sabian, and The Heretic. | |
| 22 | SeXXXy Eddy | July 8, 2006 | A Prelude to Violence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 63 | | |
| 23 | Sonjay Dutt | September 9, 2006 | Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show – Down With The Sickness 2 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2 | <1 | | |
| 24 | Jigsaw | September 9, 2006 | Expect the Unexpected | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 210 | | |
| 25 | Scotty Vortekz | April 7, 2007 | Out with the Old, In with the New | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 154 | | |
| 26 | Danny Havoc | September 8, 2007 | Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 35 | This was a Six Man Ladder match that involved Vortekz, Havoc, DieHard, Joker, and Drake Younger. | |
| 27 | Sabian | October 13, 2007 | Choosing Sides | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2 | 210 | | |
| 28 | Chuck Taylor | May 10, 2008 | Best of the Best 8 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 154 | | |
| — | Vacated | October 11, 2008 | — | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | — | — | Taylor was stripped of the championship due to an inability to compete after suffering a broken collarbone | |
| 29 | Ryan McBride | December 13, 2008 | Cage of Death X | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 147 | McBride defeated Pinkie Sanchez, Carter Gray, Egotistico Fantastico, and Dan Paysan in a Ultraviolent Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the vacant championship. | |
| 30 | Egotistico Fantastico | May 9, 2009 | Blood Pressure: Rising | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 126 | | |
| 31 | Drew Blood | September 12, 2009 | Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show/Down With The Sickness Forever | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 91 | | |
| 32 | Greg Excellent | December 12, 2009 | Cage of Death XI | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 63 | | |
| 33 | Sabian | February 13, 2010 | 11th Anniversary: Deadly Doubleheader | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3 | 84 | | |
| 34 | Adam Cole | May 8, 2010 | Fist Fight | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 553 | | |
| 35 | Sami Callihan | November 12, 2011 | Night of Infamy 10: Ultimatum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 175 | | |
| 36 | Drake Younger | May 5, 2012 | Cinco de Mayo | Bloomington, Indiana | 1 | 70 | | |
| 37 | Sami Callihan | July 14, 2012 | New Heights | Voorhees Township, New Jersey | 2 | <1 | This was a 60 minute Ultraviolent Rules Iron Man match. | |
| 38 | A. R. Fox | July 14, 2012 | New Heights | Voorhees Township, New Jersey | 1 | 56 | | |
| — | Unified | September 8, 2012 | Down with the Sickness 2012 | Voorhees Township, New Jersey | — | — | The title was unified with the CZW Wired TV Championship and subsequently retired, when A. R. Fox defeated Dave Crist in a title unification ladder match. | |
| 39 | Alexander James | August 23, 2014 | N/A | Voorhees Township, New Jersey | 1 | 203 | Declared the Honorary CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion. | |
| 40 | Greg Excellent | March 14, 2015 | Deja Vu | Voorhees Township, New Jersey | 2 | 210 | | |
| — | Deactivated | October 10, 2015 | — | Voorhees Township, New Jersey | — | — | Inactive since October 10, 2015. | |

## Combined reigns

| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | Adam Cole | 1 | 553 |
| 2 | Trent Acid | 3 | 462 |
| 3 | Sonjay Dutt | 2 | 392 |
| 4 | Sabian | 3 | 364 |
| 5 | Ruckus | 2 | 342 |
| 6 | Greg Excellent | 2 | 273 |
| 7 | Ric Blade | 1 | 264 |
| 8 | Men's Teioh | 1 | 231 |
| 9 | Jigsaw | 1 | 210 |
| 10 | Alexander James | 1 | 203 |
| 11 | Derek Frazier | 1 | 182 |
| 12 | Sami Callihan | 2 | 175 |
| 13 | Justice Pain | 2 | 169 |
| 14 | Chuck Taylor | 1 | 154 |
| 14 | Scotty Vortekz | 1 | 154 |
| 16 | Mike Quackenbush | 2 | 147 |
| 16 | Ryan McBride | 1 | 147 |
| 18 | Egotistico Fantastico | 1 | 126 |
| 19 | Niles Young | 1 | 119 |
| 20 | Jun Kasai | 1 | 107 |
| 21 | Drew Blood | 1 | 91 |
| 22 | Drake Younger | 1 | 70 |
| 23 | SeXXXy Eddy | 1 | 63 |
| 24 | A. R. Fox | 1 | 56 |
| 25 | Quicksilver | 1 | 36 |
| 26 | Danny Havoc | 1 | 35 |
| 27 | Alex Shelley | 1 | 28 |
| 28 | The Sensational One | 2 | 7 |