The Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight Title was created in 1998, designed to give Big Japan's Death Match stars a belt to fight over. The first champion was hardcore legend, Great Pogo (Mr. Pogo), handing the title instant credibility with fans of the genre. Click each wrestler's name to get a list of title defenses during his reign (if there is no link for a wrestler, it means that he had no successful title defenses).
1. (8/9/98 @ Shin-Kawasaki) Great Pogo beat Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (8:36) in a Glass & Fire Coffin Cremation Death Match by cremation KO (tournament final).
2. (8/23/98 @ Hironori Park Open Space) Mitsuharu Matsunaga beat Mr. Pogo (9:06) in a Glass & Fire Coffin Cremation Death Match with a W*ING-style sleeper hold.
3. (9/23/98 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Shadow WX beat Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (13:18) in a 3 Way Board Alligator Death Match by pinfall.
4. (1/10/99 @ ACROS Fukuoka) Abdullah The Butcher beat Shadow WX (12:04) in a Lumberjack Death Match by pinfall.
5. (2/28/99 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Shadow WX (2) beat Abdullah The Butcher (14:26) in a Barbed Wire Board Death Match by pinfall.
6. (5/30/99 @ Shin-Kawasaki) Ryuji Yamakawa beat Shadow WX (22:29) in a No Rope Barbed Wire Death Pallet Coffin & Fire Death Match with a reverse Tiger Driver.
7. (8/10/99 @ Hironori Park Open Space) Shadow WX (3) beat Ryuji Yamakawa (11:54) in a No Rope Barbed Wire Fire Death Match with a Liger bomb.
8. (12/4/99 @ Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium) Ryuji Yamakawa (2) beat Shadow WX (18:11) in a 4 Corner Light Bulb Board Death Match with a reverse Tiger Driver.
9. (1/2/00 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Tomoaki Honma beat Ryuji Yamakawa (23:45) in a Spike Nail & Barbed Wire Double Board Death Match with an elbow smash.
10. (7/2/00 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Zandig beat Tomoaki Honma (19:04) in a Lemon & Salt & Mustard Death Match with a Spiral bomb.
11. (11/23/00 @ Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium) Tomoaki Honma (2) beat Zandig (15:16) in a Glass & Barbed Wire Board Death Match by pinfall.
-- Vacated in 3/01 when Honma leaves the company.
12. (5/4/01 @ Sapporo Teisen Hall) Zandig (2) beat Kintaro Kanemura (15:54) in a CZW-style Caribbean Barbed Wire & Light Bulb & Light Bulb Board & Barbed Wire Chess Board Death Match with a light bulb board press (tournament final).
13. (8/19/01 @ Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium) Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (2) beat Zandig (17:34) in a 200 Light Bulb & Thumbtack & Glass Board Death Match with a flame attack.
14. (12/2/01 @ Yokohama Arena) Zandig (3) beat Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (10:38) in an Exploding Glass Death Match with a light bulb-style camel clutch.
-- Zandig split with Big Japan in 2002, and took the belt to CZW. All of his defenses there were unrecognized.
15. (3/30/03 @ Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium) Kintaro Kanemura beat Shadow WX (12:40) in a Light Bulb & Glass Death Match with a Thunder Fire powerbomb (decision match).
16. (8/24/03 @ Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium) Ryuji Ito beat Kintaro Kanemura (14:55) in a Cage Death Match with a Ryuji kick.
