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with a tournament set to take place between May 25 and July 17. Although the new title shares its name with the title retired in 2002, the winner of the tournament is considered the first BJW Junior
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1777:Heavyweight
1703:Heavyweight
1614:Men's Teioh
1605:The W*inger
1527:30 November
1271:Men's Teioh
1134:The Winger
975:Men's Teioh
917:Men's Teioh
738:The Winger
715:HWO 4 Year
683:Toda, Japan
675:May 1, 1998
271:Gran Naniwa
189:Semifinals
110:Men's Teioh
94:Most reigns
1929:Categories
1629:Trent Acid
1475:References
1347:Trent Acid
1302:The Winger
1181:Queens, NY
1176:House show
1095:Trent Acid
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891:House show
856:House show
847:Fantastik
818:House show
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707:Fantastik
112:(424 days)
97:Fantastik/
69:Statistics
1602:Fantastik
1427:Footnotes
1316:Fantastik
1252:Wrestler
1072:Defeated
983:Jun Kasai
973:Defeated
881:Chabinger
833:Defeated
693:Defeated
623:Defeated
585:Location
560:Champion
149:promotion
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39:Promotion
1747:Tag Team
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1634:Homicide
1447:See also
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