The Jersey J-Cup, also known as the Chris Candido Memorial J-Cup Tournament, is an annual

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held in

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, typically in February. Modeled after

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, it is the second-oldest active

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tournament in United States after the

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. The wrestlers in the tournament are typically junior heavyweight wrestlers from independent promotions all over North America. The tournament was initially hosted by New Jersey–based Jersey Championship Wrestling (JCW) and National Wrestling Superstars (NWS). The tournament was revived by JCW in 2014 before becoming inactive again after the promotion was renamed to Game Changer Wrestling (GCW). JCW and NWS held a combined fourteen J-Cup tournaments. No wrestler ever won the tournament twice during the JCW and NWS years, however, a number of participants did enter the tournament multiple times. Devon Moore was the wrestler who participated in the most J-Cups during its initial existence as he wrestled in all NWS-promoted tournaments except the 2007 tournament. In 2023, GCW brought back the Jersey J-Cup, holding the tournament to determine the inaugural holder of the JCW World Championship.

History and format

The tournament was first held in 2000 by Jersey Championship Wrestling (JCW). It was originally created by JCW's founder Ricky Otazu, inspired by the success of the

, as an American counterpart to

. The Jersey J-Cup was intended to showcase the top independent wrestlers in the United States and North America. The tournament was regularly hosted by JCW until its close in 2004 whereupon it was taken over by National Wrestling Superstars (NWS). In 2005, shortly after purchasing the rights to the Jersey J-Cup, NWS promoter Joe Panzarino announced that the tournament would be renamed the Chris Candido Memorial J-Cup Tournament, and the J-Cup itself renamed to the Chris Candido Memorial J-Cup Trophy. Subsequently, the tournament was changed with the opening rounds consisting of three-way elimination matches to reduce the duration of the event while keeping the same number of competitors. In 2006, NWS began hosting a separate tournament for female wrestlers called the

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, which NWS would begin co-promoting with

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(WSU) in 2008. NWS co-promoted the tournament until 2010 when it became exclusive to WSU. In 2007, NWS also began hosting a separate tournament for tag teams called the J-Cup Tag Team Tournament, which was renamed as the Lou Albano Memorial J-Cup Tag Team Tournament in 2010 as a tribute to

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. NWS closed in 2012 and JCW was reinstated in 2013. JCW revived the Jersey J-Cup in 2014 before the promotion was revamped as Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) in 2015. GCW revived the Jersey J-Cup in 2023 to crown the inaugural JCW World Champion.

Tournament winners

Events

2000

The 2000 JCW Jersey J-Cup was a two-block, 16-man tournament held on May 12, 2000, at

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. Wrestlers from seven promotions, including Jersey Championship Wrestling, were represented at the inaugural tournament including the

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, East Coast Pro Wrestling,

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, NWA New York, Outlaws of Wrestling and

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. Judas Young won the tournament by winning four matches at the event. Over the course of the evening, he defeated

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in the opening round, Crazy Ivan in the quarter-finals,

Low Ki Brandon Silvestry (born September 6, 1979) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Low Ki. He is known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, TNA Wrestling, Ring of Honor and Major ...

in the semi-finals and Ryan Wing in the final match. Ryan Wing, hometown hero and favorite to win the tournament, made a surprise "heel turn" arrogantly criticizing the fans and brought out his "mother", Mrs. Wing, to be in his corner during his match against Judas Young. It was a failed attempt at outside interference, an ill-timed slap that accidentally hit her son, that allowed Young to pin Wing with a schoolboy rollup for the win. ;Results May 12, 2000 in

(

) ;Tournament bracket Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; CO-Countout; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification; Ref-Referee's decision

2001

The 2001 JCW Jersey J-Cup was a two-block, 16-man tournament held on June 23, 2001, at the JCW Arena in

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. Wrestlers from nine promotions, including Jersey Championship Wrestling, were represented at the tournament including the

, Eastern Wrestling Federation,

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, Outlaws of Wrestling, Ultimate Championship Wrestling and

won the tournament by winning four matches at the event. Over the course of the evening, he defeated Xavier in the opening round, Joel Maximo in the quarter-finals,

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in the semi-finals and Queenan Creed in the final match. In addition to the tournament, a special challenge match was held as one of the two semi-main events pitting former

Extreme Championship Wrestling Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was an American professional wrestling promotion that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and operated by its parent company HHG Corporation. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as Nationa ...

wrestler Julio Dinero against Rick Ratchet who mas making his in-ring return after being out of action for six months due to an injury. ;Results June 23, 2001 in

(JCW Arena) ;Tournament bracket Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; CO-Countout; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification; Ref-Referee's decision

2002

The 2002 JCW Jersey J-Cup was a two-block, 16-man tournament held on June 15, 2002, at the Rex Plex in

Elizabeth, New Jersey Elizabeth is a City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Union County, New Jersey, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Wrestlers from fourteen promotions, including Jersey Championship Wrestling, were represented at the tournament including Chikara, the

, Impact Championship Wrestling, IPW Hardcore,

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, 3PW, USA Pro Wrestling, World Wrestling All-Stars and

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won the tournament by winning four matches at the event. Over the course of the evening, he defeated The Insane Dragon in the opening round,

CM Punk Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw brand. Regarded as ...

in the quarter-finals,

AJ Styles Allen Neal Jones (born June 2, 1977), better known by his ring name AJ Styles (or A.J. Styles), is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, ...

in the semi-finals and American Dragon in the final match. In addition to the tournament, a singles match between Inferno and Jay Briscoe was held as one of the two semi-main events. ;Results June 15, 2002 in

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. Wrestlers from several promotions, including Jersey Championship Wrestling, were represented at the tournament including

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and the New York Wrestling Connection .

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won the tournament by winning four matches at the event. Over the course of the evening, he defeated Rob Eckos in the opening round,

in the quarter-finals,

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in the semi-finals and

in the final match. In addition to the tournament, a singles match between Striker and

Jonny Storm Jonathan Whitcombe (born 19 April 1977) is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jonny Storm. He has worked for many independent promotions across the United Kingdom, including the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, Real ...

was held as one of the two semi-main events. The tournament also opened with a tag team match for the JCW Tag Team Championship between the champions, Los Boricuas, and the challengers, The Disciples Of Darling, in which Los Boricuas retained the championship via disqualification. ;Results August 24, 2003 in

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(Garfield Boys and Girls Club) ;Tournament bracket Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; CO-Countout; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification; Ref-Referee's decision

2004

The 2004 JCW Jersey J-Cup was a two-block, 16-man tournament held on June 27, 2004, at the Garfield Boys and Girls Club in

. Wrestlers from nine promotions, including Jersey Championship Wrestling, were represented at the tournament including the

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, Lucha Xtreme Wrestling, New York Wrestling Connection, 3PW and Zero-1.

Super Dragon Daniel Caine Lyon (born June 8, 1980), better known by his ring name Super Dragon, is an American professional wrestler. Beginning his career in 1997, he has worked for companies such as All Pro Wrestling, Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling, Ring ...

won the tournament by winning four matches at the event. Over the course of the evening, he defeated Altar Boy Luke in the opening round, Shawn Sheridan in the quarter-finals, M-Dogg 20 in the semi-finals and

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in the final match; Super Dragon was also awarded the vacant JCW Light Heavyweight Championship. In addition to the tournament, the semi-main event was a standard wrestling match for the JCW Heavyweight Championship between the champion,

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, and the challenger,

, in which Homicide won the championship. ;Results June 27, 2004 in

(Garfield Boys and Girls Club) ;Tournament bracket Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; CO-Countout; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification; Ref-Referee's decision

2005

The 2005 NWS Jersey J-Cup was a two-block, 16-man tournament held on April 30, 2005, at the Recreation Station Arena in

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. The show opened with a tribute to

Chris Candido Christopher Barrett Candito (March 21, 1972 – April 28, 2005) was an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. Candito is best remembered for his tenures with professional wrestling promotion, promotions such as World Championship ...

followed by a formal announcement by National Wrestling Superstars, which had recently purchased the rights to the J-Cup, that the tournament would be renamed the Chris Candido Memorial J-Cup Tournament, and the J-Cup itself as the Candido Memorial J-Cup Trophy. It also introduced a new concept in which the opening rounds consisted of Fatal Four Way matches. This reduced the duration of the tournament, eliminating the quarter-finals, while keeping the same number of participants and allowed additional non-tournament matches."Luscious Lily's Chris Candido Memorial J-Cup Review." ''Declarationofindependents.net''. Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., Apr. 2005. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. . Mike Kruel won the tournament by winning four matches at the event. Over the course of the evening, he defeated Damian Adams, Slayer and Steve Zapf in the opening round,

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in the semi-finals and Azriael in the final match; Kruel was presented the trophy by Candido's family after the match. In addition to the tournament, there were two championship matches on the undercard; WXW Heavyweight Champion Bison Bravado defended his title against Funky White Boy and AWA Heavyweight Champion Danny Demanto wrestled JD Smooth, both defeating their opponents. ;Results April 30, 2005 in

(Recreation Station Arena)

2006

The 2006 NWS Jersey J-Cup was a two-block, 16-man tournament held on April 29, 2006, at the VFW Hall in

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. The opening rounds were held as three-man elimination matches."Quick 7th Annual Jersey J-Cup Results." ''Declarationofindependents.net''. Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., Apr. 2006. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. . Grim Reefer won the tournament by winning three matches at the event. Over the course of the evening, he defeated Archadia and Ghanda Rhea Akbar in the opening round, Devon Moore in the semi-finals and Deranged in the final match. In addition to the tournament, a 6-man tag team "grudge" match between Bison Bravado, TNT and Shane Taylor defeated The Famous Clown, Ice Pick Lowinski and Bulldog Collare. Another featured match was

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r Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, accompanied by

against

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, which Snuka won. ;Results April 29, 2006 in

(VFW Hall)

2007

The 2007 NWS Jersey J-Cup was a two-block, 8-man tournament held on April 21, 2007, at the VFW Hall in

. This was the first and only time since 2005 that the tournament was held as a standard single-elimination tournament and with less than 16 participants."NWS Holds J-Cup Tournament This Weekend In Manville, NJ, Plus Two Other Shows In Carteret and Delaware." ''Declarationofindependents.net''. Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., Apr. 2007. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. . Deranged won the tournament by winning three matches at the event. Over the course of the evening, he defeated Mikey Pacifica in the opening round, Jorge Santi in the semi-finals and NWS Junior Heavyweight Champion Gavin Quest in the final match. In addition to the tournament, two

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matches were held. The first, an intergender tag team match, matched 2006 NWS King and Queen of the Ring Danny Demanto and Melissa Stripes against 2006 J-Cup winners Grim Reeper and Alexa; the former team was later replaced with Bison Bravado and Amber. The second featured bout was a 6-man tag team match with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine,

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and NWS Hardcore Champion

wrestling

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, "Indian Warrior" Draven and Rich "Ice Pick" Lowinski. ;Results April 21, 2007 in

(VFW Hall) ;Tournament bracket Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; CO-Countout; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification; Ref-Referee's decision

2008

The 2008 NWS Jersey J-Cup was a two-block, 16-man tournament held on April 26, 2008, at the VFW Hall in

. The opening rounds were held as three-man elimination matches.

Rhett Titus Everett Lawrence Titus (born September 15, 1987) is an American professional wrestler working for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former ROH World Television Champion, an overall two-time ROH Tag Team Champion individually, as well as winning ...

won the tournament by winning three matches at the event. Over the course of the evening, he defeated Mikey Pacifica and Brett Thunder in the opening round, Nicky Oceans in the semi-finals and Drew Blood in the final match. In addition to the tournament,

Scotty 2 Hotty Scott Ronald Garland (born July 2, 1973) is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling as a producer and coach. He is best known for his appearances with the WWE, World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWE) under the ring ...

wrestled Mike "G.Q." Quest, accompanied by Romeo Roselli, as part of the semi-event. ;Results April 26, 2008 in

(VFW Hall)

2009

The 2009 NWS Jersey J-Cup was a two-block, 16-man tournament held on May 16, 2009, at the VFW Hall in

. The opening rounds were held as Fatal Four Way matches. Myke Quest won the tournament by winning four matches at the event. Over the course of the evening, he defeated Arachadia, Corvis Fear and Amasis in the opening round, Nicky Oceans in the semi-finals and

in the final match. In addition to the tournament, former

alumni

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and

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made a guest appearance to pay tribute to

before the show; Mahoney later won a "Big Man Battle Royal" and wrestled

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in a Loser Goes Through a Door match in which the loser would be

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ed though a door. ;Results May 16, 2009 in

(VFW Hall)

2010

The 2010 NWS Jersey J-Cup was a two-block, 16-man tournament held on May 14, 2010, at the Veterans Center in

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. The opening rounds were held as three-man elimination matches."National Wrestling Superstars 2010 J-Cup Results From Kenilworth, NJ." ''Declarationofindependents.net''. Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., May. 2010. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. .

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won the tournament by winning four matches at the event. Over the course of the evening, he defeated Jumping Joey Janela and Nick Talent in the opening round, Joel Maximo in the quarter-finals,

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in the semi-finals and Nicky Oceans in the final match. In addition to the tournament, Reality Check (Danny Demanto and Kevin Matthews) were declared the co-winners of a "Baker’s Dozen Heavyweight Battle Royal". The winner was to receive a match against former

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superstar

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, however, an altercation with special guest referee The Patriot caused to change it to a tag team match. ;Results May 14, 2010 in

(Veterans Center)

2011

The 2011 NWS Jersey J-Cup was a two-block, 12-man tournament held on August 6, 2011, at the New Point Comfort Fire Company Hall in

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. The opening rounds were held as three-man elimination matches. Nicky Oceans won the tournament by winning three matches at the event. Over the course of the evening, he defeated "Jersey Shore Jock" Mike Dennis and Johnny in the opening round, Chris Steeler in the semi-finals, and Devon Moore in the final match. In addition to the tournament, 2 Rude Dudes (Rampage Rogers and Corey Havoc) were declared the co-winners of a "Baker’s Dozen Heavyweight Battle Royal".The winner was to receive a match against former

superstar Tommy Dream however, an altercation with special guest referee Johnny Candido (Chris Candido's brother) caused to change it to a tag team match. ;Results August 11, 2011 in

(New Point Comfort Fire Company Hall)

2012

;Results

2014

;Results

2023

;Results ;Tournament brackets

2024

;Results ;Tournament brackets

2025

;Results ;Tournament brackets

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History and format

Tournament winners

Events

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2005

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2007

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2012

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2023

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See also

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