GHC Heavyweight Championship
GHC Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||||||||||||||
Date established | April 15, 2001 | ||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Takashi Sugiura | ||||||||||||||
Date won | March 11, 2018 | ||||||||||||||
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The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Heavyweight Championship is the professional wrestling world title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. The title was also defended on Impact Wrestling which has a working relationship with Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on April 15, 2001 when Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a 16-man tournament final.[1] Though its name implies a particular weight class, it has been periodically held by junior heavyweights, including Yoshinari Ogawa, Kenta, Naomichi Marufuji and Katsuhiko Nakajima. There have been a total of 18 recognized champions, who have had a combined 31 official reigns.
Tournament
Noah held a 16-man tournament to crown the first champion, held over its month-long, 18-event Navigation for the Victory GHC tour. The tour was held from March 18 through April 15, 2001.[1]
First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
Mar. 18 | Mitsuharu Misawa | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Tokyo | Akitoshi Saito | 12:26 | |||||||||||||||||
Apr. 4 | Mitsuharu Misawa | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Okayama | Yoshinari Ogawa | 19:44 | |||||||||||||||||
Mar. 21 | Masao Inoue | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Sagamihara | Yoshinari Ogawa | 14:18 | |||||||||||||||||
Apr. 11 | Mitsuharu Misawa | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Hiroshima | Jun Akiyama | 15:05† | |||||||||||||||||
Apr. 1 | Jun Akiyama | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Fukuoka | Takao Omori | 22:49 | |||||||||||||||||
Apr. 8 | Jun Akiyama | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Tokyo | Takeshi Rikio | 4:02 | |||||||||||||||||
Apr. 2 | Takeshi Morishima | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Beppu | Takeshi Rikio | 14:33 | |||||||||||||||||
Apr. 15 | Mitsuharu Misawa | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Tokyo | Yoshihiro Takayama | 21:12 | |||||||||||||||||
Mar. 22 | Jun Izumida | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Tokyo | Yoshihiro Takayama | 8:22 | |||||||||||||||||
Apr. 3 | Yoshihiro Takayama | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Uwajima | Kentaro Shiga | 7:16 | |||||||||||||||||
Mar. 30 | Scorpio | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Kumamoto | Kentaro Shiga | 13:06 | |||||||||||||||||
Apr. 12 | Yoshihiro Takayama | DQ | |||||||||||||||||
Osaka | Vader | 9:24 | |||||||||||||||||
Mar. 25 | Akira Taue | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Kyoto | Vader | 10:40 | |||||||||||||||||
Apr. 6 | Vader | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Ishikawa | Daisuke Ikeda | 7:15 | |||||||||||||||||
Mar. 29 | Tamon Honda | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
Kagoshima | Daisuke Ikeda | 15:16 |
† Akiyama and Misawa were both counted out, but the match was restarted.
Title history
# | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Successful defenses |
Notes | Ref. |
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1
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Mitsuharu Misawa | 1
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April 15, 2001 | 103
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Tokyo, Japan | Navigation for the Victory | 1
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Defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final. | [1] |
2
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Jun Akiyama | 1
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July 27, 2001 | 254
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Tokyo, Japan | Accomplish Our First Navigation | 3
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[2] | |
3
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Yoshinari Ogawa | 1
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April 7, 2002 | 153
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Tokyo, Japan | Come and Watch in Ariake | 2
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[3] | |
4
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Yoshihiro Takayama | 1
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September 7, 2002 | 16
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Osaka, Japan | Navigation Over the Date Line | 0
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[4] | |
5
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Mitsuharu Misawa | 2
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September 23, 2002 | 159
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Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage | 1
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[5] | |
6
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Kenta Kobashi | 1
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March 1, 2003 | 735
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Tokyo, Japan | Navigate for Evolution | 13
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[6][7] | |
7
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Takeshi Rikio | 1
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March 5, 2005 | 245
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Tokyo, Japan | Navigate for Evolution | 3
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[6][8] | |
8
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Akira Taue | 1
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November 5, 2005 | 78
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Tokyo, Japan | Third Great Voyage | 1
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[9] | |
9
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Jun Akiyama | 2
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January 22, 2006 | 230
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Tokyo, Japan | First Navigation | 2
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[10] | |
10
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Naomichi Marufuji | 1
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September 9, 2006 | 92
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Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage | 2
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[11] | |
11
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Mitsuharu Misawa | 3
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December 10, 2006 | 448
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Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage | 7
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[12] | |
12
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Takeshi Morishima | 1
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March 2, 2008 | 188
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Tokyo, Japan | Second Navigation | 2
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13
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Kensuke Sasaki | 1
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September 6, 2008 | 176
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Tokyo, Japan | Shiny Navigation | 2
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14
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Jun Akiyama | 3
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March 1, 2009 | 105
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Tokyo, Japan | Second Navigation | 1
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Vacated | —
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June 14, 2009 | —
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Vacated the title due to herniated discs in his back. | |
15
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Go Shiozaki | 1
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June 14, 2009 | 175
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Fukuoka, Japan | Southern Navigation | 1
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Defeated Takeshi Rikio for the vacant title. | [13] |
16
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Takashi Sugiura | 1
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December 6, 2009 | 581
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Tokyo, Japan | Winter Navigation | 14
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17
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Go Shiozaki | 2
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July 10, 2011 | 196
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Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage | 3
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18
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Takeshi Morishima | 2
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January 22, 2012 | 371
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Osaka, Japan | Great Voyage 2012 in Osaka | 8
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19
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Kenta | 1
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January 27, 2013 | 343
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Osaka, Japan | Great Voyage 2013 in Osaka | 9
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20
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Takeshi Morishima | 3
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January 5, 2014 | 34
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Tokyo, Japan | New Year Navigation 2014 | 0
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21
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Yuji Nagata | 1
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February 8, 2014 | 147
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Tokyo, Japan | The Second Navig. 2014 | 4
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22
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Naomichi Marufuji | 2
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July 5, 2014 | 253
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Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo Vol. 2 | 6
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23
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Minoru Suzuki | 1
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March 15, 2015 | 283
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Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage 2015 in Tokyo | 4
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On August 9, 2015, Suzuki successfully defended the title against Mio Shirai at a Pro Wrestling Wave event. The defense was not recognized by Noah, who officially only recognize four of his five defenses. | [14] |
24
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Naomichi Marufuji | 3
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December 23, 2015 | 39
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Tokyo, Japan | Destiny 2015 | 0
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25
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Takashi Sugiura | 2
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January 31, 2016 | 118
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Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama | 1
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26
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Go Shiozaki | 3
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May 28, 2016 | 63
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Osaka, Japan | Great Voyage 2016 in Osaka | 1
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27
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Takashi Sugiura | 3
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July 30, 2016 | 85
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Tokyo, Japan | 10th NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League | 2
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This was a lumberjack match. | |
28
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Katsuhiko Nakajima | 1
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October 23, 2016 | 307
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Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama Vol. 2 | 7
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29
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Eddie Edwards | 1
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August 26, 2017 | 118
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Tokyo, Japan | Summer Navig. 2017 Vol. 2 | 2 | First gaijin to win GHC Heavyweight Championship | |
30
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Kenoh | 1
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December 22, 2017 | 79
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Tokyo, Japan | Winter Navig. 2017 | 2 | ||
31
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Takashi Sugiura | 4
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March 11, 2018 | 2,256+
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Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2018 in Yokohama | 3 |
Combined reigns
As of May 14, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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1 | Takashi Sugiura † | 4 | 20 | 3040+ |
2 | Kenta Kobashi | 1 | 13 | 735 |
3 | Mitsuharu Misawa | 3 | 9 | 710 |
4 | Takeshi Morishima | 3 | 10 | 593 |
5 | Jun Akiyama | 3 | 6 | 589 |
6 | Go Shiozaki | 3 | 5 | 434 |
7 | Naomichi Marufuji | 3 | 8 | 384 |
8 | Kenta | 1 | 9 | 343 |
9 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 1 | 7 | 308 |
10 | Minoru Suzuki | 1 | 4 | 283 |
11 | Takeshi Rikio | 1 | 3 | 245 |
12 | Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | 2 | 176 |
13 | Yoshinari Ogawa | 1 | 2 | 153 |
14 | Yuji Nagata | 1 | 4 | 147 |
15 | Eddie Edwards | 1 | 2 | 118 |
16 | Kenoh | 1 | 2 | 79 |
17 | Akira Taue | 1 | 1 | 78 |
18 | Yoshihiro Takayama | 1 | 0 | 16 |
See also
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
- GHC Tag Team Championship
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
- GHC Hardcore Tag Team Championship
References
- ^ a b c "NOAH Navigation for the Victory GHC tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
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- ^ Hoops, Brian (March 5, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/05): The Hardy Boyz win WWF tag team gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ "NOAH results, 2005". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
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- ^ "2006 Shiny Navigation tour results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved May 7, 2007.
- ^ "2006 NOAH results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved May 7, 2007.
- ^ Ayass, Dean (June 17, 2009). "Misawa killed by spinal cord injury". The Sun. UK. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
- ^ みのる暴挙!美央相手に勝手にGHC戦. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.