# JAPW New Jersey State Championship

The JAPW New Jersey State Championship was a title in the Jersey All Pro Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It became an official title on September 25, 1998. Flash Wheeler become the first champion in a 20-man battle royal. It was retired on June 7, 2002 and was replaced with the JAPW Television Championship. On September 15, 2006, Frankie Kazarian was declared the New Jersey State Champion after the JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship was retired.
The final champion was Brodie Lee. He won the title on May 22, 2010 at Notorious Thunder in career vs. titles match. The Hillbilly Wrecking Crew (Brodie Lee and Necro Butcher's JAPW careers were on the line while Charlie Haas (JAPW New Jersey State Champion) and Dan Maff (JAPW Heavyweight Champion were on the line. Lee pinned Haas to win the title.

## Title history
### Names

| Name | Time of use |
| JAPW New Jersey State Championship | September 25, 1998 – January 1, 2012 |

### Reigns

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Flash Wheeler | September 25, 1998 | JAPW Live | Bayonne, New Jersey | 1 | 222 | Wheeler won a 20-man battle royal to become the first champion. | |
| 2 | Lord Zieg | April 4, 1999 | Cage Rage | North Bergen, New Jersey | 1 | 142 | This was a Falls Count Anywhere match | |
| 3 | Magic | April 4, 1999 | 2nd Anniversary Show | Secaucus, New Jersey | 1 | 110 | | |
| 4 | Dr. Hurtz | April 4, 1999 | Seasons Beatings | Secaucus, New Jersey | 1 | 337 | Defeated Magic and Born to Eat in a Three-Way Dance. | |
| 5 | Skinhead Ivan | November 18, 2000 | South Philly Invasion: 3rd Anniversary Show | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 231 | Defeated Dr. Hurtz and Laithon in a Three-Way Dance. | |
| 6 | Reckless Youth | July 7, 2001 | Royal Consequences | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 29 | | |
| — | Vacated | August 5, 2001 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated by Reckless Youth due to injury. | |
| 7 | Dixie | August 24, 2001 | The Aftermath | Bayonne, New Jersey | 1 | 287 | Won a 20-man battle royal win the vacant title. At the Russ Haas Memorial Show on February 2, 2002, Dixie defeated Homicide (JAPW Heavyweight Champion and The Insane Dragon (JAPW Light Heavyweight Champion) in a winner take all Three-Way Dance to become the Triple Crown Champion. | |
| — | Deactivated | June 7, 2002 | Smarts Only | Bayonne, New Jersey | — | — | Replaced with the JAPW Television Championship. Ghost Shadow defeated Dixie become the inaugural champion. | |
| 8 | Frankie Kazarian | September 15, 2006 | Rampage | Rahway, New Jersey | 1 | 183 | Kazarian was declared the champion when the JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship was decativated and the New Jersey State Championship was re-activated. | |
| 9 | Grim Reefer | March 17, 2007 | Wild Card III | Rahway, New Jersey | 1 | 224 | | |
| 10 | Archadia | October 27, 2007 | 10th Anniversary Show | Rahway, New Jersey | 1 | 175 | This was a ladder match. | |
| 11 | Grim Reefer | April 19, 2008 | Spring Massacre | Rahway, New Jersey | 2 | 210 | Defeated Archadia, Azrieal, and Eddie Kingston in a Four-way match. | |
| 12 | Bandido Jr. | November 15, 2008 | Reboot | Jersey City, New Jersey | 1 | 105 | | |
| 13 | Eddie Kingston | February 28, 2009 | Jersey City Rumble | Jersey City, New Jersey | 1 | 70 | | |
| 14 | Archadia | May 9, 2009 | Holy Ouch 2 | Rahway, New Jersey | 2 | 259 | | |
| 15 | Devon Moore | January 23, 2010 | 12th Anniversary Show | Rahway, New Jersey | 1 | 56 | Was a dark match. | |
| 16 | Charlie Haas | March 20, 2010 | Wild Card 6 | Rahway, New Jersey | 1 | 63 | Was a dark match. | |
| 17 | Brodie Lee | May 22, 2010 | Notorious Thunder | Rahway, New Jersey | 1 | 589 | The Hillbilly Wreck Crew (Brodie Lee and Necro Butcher) defeated Charlie Haas and Dan Maff in a Double Jeopardy match. The Hillbilly Wrecking Crew's JAPW careers and JAPW New Jersey State Championship and the JAPW Heavyweight Championship were both on the line vs. Lee pinned Haas to win the title. | |
| — | — | January 1, 2012 | — | — | — | — | | |

## Combined reigns

| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | Brodie Lee | 1 | 589 |
| 2 | Archadia | 2 | 434 |
| 3 | Grim Reefer | 2 | 393 |
| 4 | Dr. Hurtz | 1 | 337 |
| 5 | Dixie | 1 | 287 |
| 6 | Skinhead Ivan | 1 | 231 |
| 7 | Flash Wheeler | 1 | 196 |
| 8 | Frankie Kazarian | 1 | 183 |
| 9 | Lord Zieg | 1 | 172 |
| 10 | Bandido Jr. | 1 | 105 |
| 11 | Magic | 1 | 80 |
| 12 | Eddie Kingston | 1 | 70 |
| 13 | Charlie Haas | 1 | 63 |
| 14 | Devon Moore | 1 | 56 |
| 15 | Reckless Youth | 1 | 29 |