Jersey J-Cup

The Jersey J-Cup, also known as the Chris Candido Memorial J-Cup Tournament, is an annual professional wrestling tournament held in New Jersey, typically in February. Modeled after New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Super J-Cup, it is the second-oldest active independent wrestling tournament in United States after the East Coast Wrestling Association's Super 8 Tournament.

This article is about the American professional wrestling tournament held by Game Changer Wrestling. For the American women's professional wrestling tournament, see J-Cup Tournament. For the Japanese professional wrestling tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling, see Super J-Cup. For the British professional wrestling tournament held by Revolution Pro Wrestling, see British J-Cup.
Jersey J-Cup
PromotionsJersey Championship Wrestling/Game Changer Wrestling
(2000–2004, 2014, 2023–present)
National Wrestling Superstars
(2005–2012)
First event2000
Event gimmickSingle elimination tournament for junior heavyweight wrestlers

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.

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