MLW World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
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Promotion | Major League Wrestling (MLW) | ||||||
Date established | September 19, 2003 | ||||||
Date retired | February 10, 2004 | ||||||
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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.
The 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]
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 |
No. | Overall reign number |
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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] |
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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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.
The 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]
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 |
No. | Overall reign number |
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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] |