Title History
As of January 17, 2013
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 !1 | Rik Ratchet | 01 !1 | 01997-12-05December 5, 1997 | 107 | Bayone !Bayonne, NJ | Night of Barbwire #1 !Night of Barbwire #1 | Defeated Chino Martinez in tournament final to become first champion. |
| 02 !2 | Chino Martinez | 01 !1 | 01998-03-22March 22, 1998 | 502 | Newark !Newark, NJ | 1st Anniversary Show: Night of Barbwire #2 !1st Anniversary Show: Night of Barbwire #2 | |
| 03 !3 | O Dogg | 01 !1 | 01999-08-06August 6, 1999 | 23 | Bayone !Bayonne, NJ | N/A | |
| 04 !4 | Reil !Billy Reil | 01 !1 | 01999-08-29August 29, 1999 | 440 | Secaucus !Seacaucus, NJ | 2nd Anniversary Show !2nd Anniversary Show | |
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 02000-11-11November 11, 2000 | 50000000000000000000 !— | Bayone !Bayonne, NJ | zz !N/A | Title vacated due to Reil being injured. |
| 05 !5 | Berk !Nick Berk | 01 !1 | 02000-11-18November 18, 2000 | 77 | Philadelphia !Philadelphia, PA | 3rd Anniversary Show: South Philly Invasion !3rd Anniversary Show: South Philly Invasion | Defeated Trent Acid and Ric Blade to win the vacant title. |
| 06 !6 | Blade !Ric Blade | 01 !1 | 02001-02-03February 3, 2001 | 133 | Philadelphia !Philadelphia, PA | ||
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 02001-06-16June 16, 2001 | 50000000000000000000 !— | Philadelphia !Philadelphia, PA | World War 2001 !World War 2001 | Title declared vacant when Blade was injured. |
| 07 !7 | Berk !Nick Berk | 02 !2 | 02001-06-16June 16, 2001 | 21 | Philadelphia !Philadelphia, PA | World War 2001 !World War 2001 | Defeated Chino Martinez and Billy Reil to win the vacant title. |
| 08 !8 | Silvestry !Low Ki | 01 !1 | 02001-07-07July 7, 2001 | 42 | Philadelphia !Philadelphia, PA | Royal Consequences !Royal Consequences | |
| 09 !9 | Xavier !Xavier | 01 !1 | 02001-08-08August 8, 2001 | 52 | Philadelphia !Philadelphia, PA | Last Dance !Last Dance | Awarded title when Low Ki lost a three way dance to Homicide for the Heavyweight Championship of which Xavier was a part. |
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 02001-09-29September 29, 2001 | 50000000000000000000 !— | Philadelphia !Philadelphia, PA | Family Crisis !Family Crisis | Xavier was stripped of the title due to injury. |
| 10 !10 | Deranged | 01 !1 | 02001-09-29September 29, 2001 | 69 | Philadelphia !Philadelphia, PA | Family Crisis !Family Crisis | Deranged defeated Ghost Shadow to win the vacant title. |
| 11 !11 | The Insane Dragon | 01 !1 | 02001-12-07December 7, 2001 | 57 | Bayone !Bayonne, NJ | Seasons Beatings Tour Night 2 !Seasons Beatings Tour Night 2 | |
| 12 !12 | Dixie | 01 !1 | 02002-02-02February 2, 2002 | 350 | Bayone !Bayonne, NJ | Russ Haas Memorial Show !Russ Haas Memorial Show | Defeated Homicide and the Insane Dragon in a three way dance to unify the New Jersey State Championship, Heavyweight, and Light Heavyweight titles. |
| 13 !13 | Rain | 01 !1 | 02003-01-18January 18, 2003 | 153 | Woodbrige !Woodbridge, NJ | Actions Speak Louder Than Words !Actions Speak Louder Than Words | |
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 02003-07-01July 1, 2003 | 50000000000000000000 !— | N/A | N/A | Rain vacates title upon retiring from wrestling. |
| 14 !14 | Azrieal | 01 !1 | 02003-08-02August 2, 2003 | 210 | Rahway !Rahway, NJ | N/A | Defeated Monsta Mack and Nick Berk in tournament final. |
| 15 !15 | Lethal !Jay Lethal | 01 !1 | 02004-02-28February 28, 2004 | 286 | Rahway !Rahway, NJ | Revolution !Revolution | Lethal defeated champion Azrieal, Jack Evans and The Insane Dragon in a four way match. |
| 16 !16 | Azrieal | 02 !2 | 02004-12-10December 10, 2004 | 176 | Rahway !Rahway, NJ | N/A | |
| 17 !17 | B-Boy !B-Boy | 01 !1 | 02005-06-04June 4, 2005 | 700176000000000000076 ! | Rahway !Rahway, NJ | HomeComing !HomeComing | |
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 02005-01-012005 | 50000000000000000000 !— | N/A | N/A | B-Boy was stripped of the title for unknown reasons. |
| 18 !18 | Azrieal | 03 !3 | 02005-08-19August 19, 2005 | 141 | Lake Hiawatha !Lake Hiwatha, NJ | N/A | Defeated Bandido, Jr. and Archadia in a Three Way Dance to win vacant title. |
| 19 !19 | Hart !Teddy Hart | 01 !1 | 02006-01-07January 7, 2006 | 161 | Rahway !Rahway, NJ | Wild Card II !Wild Card II | Defeats Arcadia, Javi Air, Quiet Storm, Grim Reefer, M-Dogg 20 and last eliminating Azrieal in a Gauntlet match. |
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 02006-06-17June 17, 2006 | 50000000000000000000 !— | Rahway !Rahway, NJ | Caged Fury 2 !Caged Fury 2 | Hart was stripped of the belt when he no-shows the event. |
| 20 !20 | Kazarian !Frankie Kazarian | 01 !1 | 02006-06-17June 17, 2006 | 90 | Rahway !Rahway, NJ | Caged Fury 2 !Caged Fury 2 | Defeated Jay Lethal and A.J. Styles in a Three Way match for the vacant title. |
| zz !— | Vacated !Retired | zz !— | 02006-09-15September 15, 2006 | 2998100000000000000−90 !— | Rahway !Rahway, NJ | Rampage !Rampage | The title was retired as the New Jersey State Championship was re-activated. Kazarian remained champion. |
| 21 !21 | Prince Mustafa Ali | 01 !1 | 02009-01-24January 24, 2009 | 63 | Rahway !Rahway, NJ | Wild Card V !Wild Card V | Defeated Flip Kendrick, Louis Lyndon and The Amazing Red for the re-activated title. |
| 22 !22 | Flip Kendrick | 01 !1 | 02009-03-28March 28, 2009 | 168 | Rahway !Rahway, NJ | Unfinished Business !Unfinished Business | |
| 23 !23 | Bandido, Jr. | 01 !1 | 02009-09-12September 12, 2009 | 406 | Rahway !Rahway, NJ | Basebrawl !Basebrawl | |
| 24 !24 | Azrieal | 04 !4 | 02010-10-23October 23, 2010 | 48 | Jersey City !Jersey City, NJ | Halloween Hell 2010 !Halloween Hell 2010 | |
| 25 !25 | Liger !Jushin "Thunder" Liger | 01 !1 | 02010-12-10December 10, 2010 | 156 | Rahway !Rahway, NJ | 13th Anniversary Show !13th Anniversary Show: Night One | Defeated Azrieal, Bandido, Jr., B-Boy, El Generico and Kenny Omega in a six-way elimination match. |
| 26 !26 | Omega !Kenny Omega | 01 !1 | 02011-05-15May 15, 2011 | 613+ | Philadelphia !Philadelphia, PA | NJPW Invasion Tour 2011 !NJPW Invasion Tour 2011 | This match took place during a New Japan Pro Wrestling event. |
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