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JAPW New Jersey State Championship

Professional wrestling championship\

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2025
Entity authorityQ3805168 ↗
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The JAPW New Jersey State Championship was a title in the Jersey All Pro Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It became an official title on September 25, 1998. Flash Wheeler become the first champion in a 20-man battle royal. It was retired on June 7, 2002 and was replaced with the JAPW Television Championship. On September 15, 2006, Frankie Kazarian was declared the New Jersey State Champion after the JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship was retired.

The final champion was Brodie Lee. He won the title on May 22, 2010 at Notorious Thunder in career vs. titles match. The Hillbilly Wrecking Crew (Brodie Lee and Necro Butcher's JAPW careers were on the line while Charlie Haas (JAPW New Jersey State Champion) and Dan Maff (JAPW Heavyweight Champion were on the line. Lee pinned Haas to win the title.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998, 2002, 2006, 2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where JAPW, Jersey and State can be independently traced.
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