GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship

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GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Katsuhiko Nakajima
Date won November 27, 2011
Promotion Pro Wrestling Noah
Date established June 24, 2001

The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, specifically for junior heavyweight (<100kg) workers. It was created in 2001 when Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Juventud Guerrera in a 12-man tournament final. In addition to Japan, the title has also been defended in the United States and Germany. There have been a total of 12 recognized champions who have had a combined 23 official reigns.

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[edit] Title history

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 1 June 24, 2001 Nagoya, Japan Defeated Juventud Guerrera in a tournament final on the Navigation for the Bright Destination tour.[1]
Tatsuhito Takaiwa 1 October 19, 2001 Yokohama, Japan Won the title on the Tug of War tour.[2]
Naomichi Marufuji 1 December 9, 2001 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Navigation in Raging Ocean tour.[3]
Makoto Hashi 1 April 7, 2002 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Come and Watch in Ariake.[4]
Vacated April 8, 2002 Hashi refused the title after winning by referee stoppage due to Marufuji injuring his knee.[5]
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 2 May 26, 2002 Sapporo, Japan Defeated KENTA in a tournament final on the Navigation with Breeze tour.[6]
Michael Modest 1 March 30, 2003 Fukuoka, Japan Won the title on the Encountering Navigation tour.[7][8]
Takashi Sugiura 1 September 12, 2003 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Navigation Over the Date Line tour.[9]
Jushin Liger 1 January 4, 2004 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestling World.[10][11]
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 3 July 10, 2004 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Departure.[12]
KENTA 1 July 18, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Destiny.[13]
Takashi Sugiura 2 June 4, 2006 Sapporo, Japan Won the title on the Northern Navigation tour.[14]
Tatsuhito Takaiwa 2 December 23, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Pro Wrestling SEM's SEMful Gift in Differ.[15]
Mushiking Terry 1 April 28, 2007 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Spring Navigation tour.[16]
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 4 October 27, 2007 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Autumn Navigation tour.
Bryan Danielson 1 September 14, 2008 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Ring of Honor's The Tokyo Summit.
KENTA 2 October 13, 2008 Hiroshima, Japan Won the title on the Autumn Navigation tour.
Katsuhiko Nakajima 1 February 11, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Kensuke Office's Take the Dream Vol. 7.
KENTA 3 March 1, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Second Navigation tour.
Vacated October 30, 2009 Vacated due to a knee injury.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 5 October 31, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Jushin Liger in the finals of the Jr. Heavyweight League on the Autumn Navigation tour.
Kotaro Suzuki
(formerly Mushiking Terry)		 2 December 5, 2010 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Winter Navigation tour.
Katsuhiko Nakajima 2 September 23, 2011 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Shiny Navigation tour.
Vacated October 2, 2011 Nakajima was forced to vacate the title after undergoing surgery for acute appendicitis.
Ricky Marvin 1 October 16, 2011 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Satoshi Kajiwara at Navigation Sunday 2011 in Korakuen.
Vacated October 16, 2011 Marvin vacated the title, declaring that he wanted to earn it by defeating Katsuhiko Nakajima.
Katsuhiko Nakajima 3 November 27, 2011 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Ricky Marvin at Great Voyage 2011 in Tokyo Vol. 4.

[edit] List of individual reigns

Wrestler Days Held Date Won Date Lost
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 400 October 31, 2009 December 5, 2010
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 373 July 10, 2004 July 18, 2005
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 323 October 27, 2007 September 14, 2008
KENTA 321 July 18, 2005 June 4, 2006
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 308 May 26, 2002 March 30, 2003
Kotaro Suzuki 292 December 5, 2010 September 23, 2011
KENTA 243 March 1 2009 October 30, 2009
Takashi Sugiura 202 June 4, 2006 December 23, 2006
Jushin Liger 188 January 4, 2004 July 10, 2004
Mushiking Terry 182 April 28 2007 October 27 2007
Michael Modest 166 March 30 2003 September 12 2003
Tatsuhito Takaiwa 126 December 23 2006 April 28 2007
KENTA 121 October 14 2008 February 11 2009
Naomichi Marufuji 119 December 9, 2001 April 7, 2002
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 117 June 24, 2001 October 19, 2001
Takashi Sugiura 114 September 12, 2003 January 4, 2004
Tatsuhito Takaiwa 51 October 19, 2001 December 9, 2001
Bryan Danielson 29 September 14, 2008 October 13, 2008
Katsuhiko Nakajima 18 February 11, 2009 March 1, 2009
Katsuhiko Nakajima 9 September 23, 2011 October 2, 2011
Katsuhiko Nakajima 96+ November 27, 2011 Current champion
Makoto Hashi 1 April 7, 2002 April 8, 2002
Ricky Marvin <1 October 16, 2011 October 16, 2011

[edit] List of combined reigns

Rank Wrestler # Of Reigns Combined Days
1. Yoshinobu Kanemaru 5 1521
2. KENTA 3 685
3. Mushiking Terry / Kotaro Suzuki 2 474
4. Takashi Sugiura 2 316
5. Jushin Liger 1 188
6. Tatsuhito Takaiwa 2 177
7. Michael Modest 1 166
8. Naomichi Marufuji 1 119
9. Bryan Danielson 1 29
10. Katsuhiko Nakajima 3 123+
11. Makoto Hashi 1 1
12. Ricky Marvin 1 <1

[edit] References

  1. ^ "NOAH Navigation to the Bright Destination tour results". Green Destiny. http://noah.puroresufan.com/results/navigationbright01.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  2. ^ "NOAH Tug of War tour results". Green Destiny. http://noah.puroresufan.com/results/tugofwar01.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  3. ^ "NOAH Navigation in Raging Ocean tour results". Green Destiny. http://noah.puroresufan.com/results/navigationraging01.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  4. ^ "NOAH Encountering Navigation 2002 tour results". Green Destiny. http://noah.puroresufan.com/results/navigationencounter02.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  5. ^ "GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship official title history" (in Japanese). Pro Wrestling NOAH official site. http://www.noah.co.jp/ghcjr.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  6. ^ "NOAH Navigation with Breeze tour results". Green Destiny. http://noah.puroresufan.com/results/navigationbreeze02.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  7. ^ "NOAH Encountering Navigation 2003 tour results". Green Destiny. http://noah.puroresufan.com/results/navigationencounter03.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  8. ^ Power Slam Staff (August 2003). "We are the Champions (as of July 8)". Power Slam Magazine (Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD): p. 15. 109. 
  9. ^ "NOAH Navigation Over the Date Line tour results". Green Destiny. http://noah.puroresufan.com/results/navigationdate03.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  10. ^ "NJPW results, 2004". Strong Style Spirit. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20071014001347/http://puroresufan.com/njpw/results04.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  11. ^ Power Slam Magazine Staff (March 2005). "We are the champions (as of February 11)". Power Slam Magazine (Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD): p. 15. 116. 
  12. ^ "NOAH results, 2004". Green Destiny. http://noah.puroresufan.com/results04.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  13. ^ "NOAH results, 2005". Green Destiny. http://noah.puroresufan.com/results05.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  14. ^ "NOAH Northern Navigation tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. http://www.purolove.com/noah/results/06northernnavi.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  15. ^ "SEM results" (in German). PuroLove.com. http://www.purolove.com/noah/results/sem.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. [dead link]
  16. ^ "NOAH Spring Navigation tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. http://www.purolove.com/noah/results/07springnavi.php. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 

[edit] See also

GHC Junior Heavyweight Champions
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