MLW World Junior Heavyweight Championship

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MLW World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionMajor League Wrestling (MLW)
Date establishedSeptember 19, 2003
Date retiredFebruary 10, 2004
Statistics
First championSonjay Dutt
Final championSonjay Dutt
Most reignsAll titleholders (1)

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.

History

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The Inaugural and Final champion Sonjay Dutt

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]

Inaugural Championship tournament

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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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Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
Major League Wrestling (MLW)
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

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