GHC Heavyweight Championship
GHC Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | April 15, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Go Shiozaki | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | January 4, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Heavyweight Championship is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship 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, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh. There have been a total of 18 recognized champions, who have had a combined 33 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
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Mitsuharu Misawa | April 15, 2001 | Navigation for the Victory | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 103 | 1 | Defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final. | [1] |
2 | Jun Akiyama | July 27, 2001 | Accomplish Our First Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 254 | 3 | [2] | |
3 | Yoshinari Ogawa | April 7, 2002 | Come and Watch in Ariake | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 153 | 2 | [3] | |
4 | Yoshihiro Takayama | September 7, 2002 | Navigation Over the Date Line | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 16 | 0 | [4] | |
5 | Mitsuharu Misawa | September 23, 2002 | Great Voyage | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 159 | 1 | [5] | |
6 | Kenta Kobashi | March 1, 2003 | Navigate for Evolution | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 735 | 13 | [6][7] | |
7 | Takeshi Rikio | March 5, 2005 | Navigate for Evolution | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 245 | 3 | [6][8] | |
8 | Akira Taue | November 5, 2005 | Third Great Voyage | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 78 | 1 | [9] | |
9 | Jun Akiyama | January 22, 2006 | First Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 230 | 2 | [10] | |
10 | Naomichi Marufuji | September 9, 2006 | Great Voyage | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 92 | 2 | [11] | |
11 | Mitsuharu Misawa | December 10, 2006 | Great Voyage | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 448 | 7 | [12] | |
12 | Takeshi Morishima | March 2, 2008 | Second Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 188 | 2 | ||
13 | Kensuke Sasaki | September 6, 2008 | Shiny Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 176 | 2 | ||
14 | Jun Akiyama | March 1, 2009 | Second Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 105 | 1 | ||
— | Vacated | June 14, 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated the title due to herniated discs in his back. | |
15 | Go Shiozaki | June 14, 2009 | Southern Navigation | Fukuoka, Japan | 1 | 175 | 1 | Defeated Takeshi Rikio for the vacant title. | [13][14] |
16 | Takashi Sugiura | December 6, 2009 | Winter Navigation | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 581 | 14 | ||
17 | Go Shiozaki | July 10, 2011 | Great Voyage | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 196 | 3 | ||
18 | Takeshi Morishima | January 22, 2012 | Great Voyage 2012 in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 371 | 8 | ||
19 | Kenta | January 27, 2013 | Great Voyage 2013 in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 343 | 9 | ||
20 | Takeshi Morishima | January 5, 2014 | New Year Navigation 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 34 | 0 | ||
21 | Yuji Nagata | February 8, 2014 | The Second Navig. 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 147 | 4 | ||
22 | Naomichi Marufuji | July 5, 2014 | Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo Vol. 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 253 | 6 | ||
23 | Minoru Suzuki | March 15, 2015 | Great Voyage 2015 in Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 283 | 4 | 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. | [15] |
24 | Naomichi Marufuji | December 23, 2015 | Destiny 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 39 | 0 | ||
25 | Takashi Sugiura | January 31, 2016 | Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 2 | 118 | 1 | ||
26 | Go Shiozaki | May 28, 2016 | Great Voyage 2016 in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 3 | 63 | 1 | ||
27 | Takashi Sugiura | July 30, 2016 | 10th NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 85 | 2 | This was a lumberjack match. | |
28 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | October 23, 2016 | Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama Vol. 2 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 307 | 7 | ||
29 | Eddie Edwards | August 26, 2017 | Summer Navig. 2017 Vol. 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 118 | 2 | ||
30 | Kenoh | December 22, 2017 | Winter Navig. 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 79 | 2 | ||
31 | Takashi Sugiura | March 11, 2018 | Great Voyage 2018 in Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 4 | 280 | 6 | ||
32 | Kaito Kiyomiya | December 16, 2018 | Great Voyage in Yokohama Vol. 2 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 384 | 6 | ||
33 | Go Shiozaki | January 4, 2020 | New Sunrise | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 1,590+ | 2 |
Combined reigns
As of May 12, 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 | 23 | 1,064 |
2 | Kenta Kobashi | 1 | 13 | 735 |
3 | Mitsuharu Misawa | 3 | 9 | 710 |
4 | Go Shiozaki † | 4 | 7 | 2,024+ |
5 | Takeshi Morishima | 3 | 10 | 593 |
6 | Jun Akiyama | 3 | 6 | 589 |
7 | Naomichi Marufuji | 3 | 8 | 384 |
Kaito Kiyomiya | 1 | 6 | 384 | |
9 | Kenta | 1 | 9 | 343 |
10 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 1 | 7 | 307 |
11 | Minoru Suzuki | 1 | 4 | 283 |
12 | Takeshi Rikio | 1 | 3 | 245 |
13 | Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | 2 | 176 |
14 | Yoshinari Ogawa | 1 | 2 | 153 |
15 | Yuji Nagata | 1 | 4 | 147 |
16 | Eddie Edwards | 1 | 2 | 118 |
17 | Kenoh | 1 | 2 | 79 |
18 | Akira Taue | 1 | 1 | 78 |
19 | Yoshihiro Takayama | 1 | 0 | 16 |
See also
- GHC National Championship
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
- GHC Tag Team Championship
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
- GHC Hardcore Tag Team Championship
References
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- ^ "NOAH Navigation Over the Date Line tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ "NOAH results, 2002". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on May 21, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ a b "NOAH Navigate for Evolution 2003 tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ "We are the Champions (as of July 8)". Power Slam Magazine. Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD. August 2003. p. 15. 109.
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- ^ "NOAH results, 2005". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ "NOAH The First Navigation tour results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved May 7, 2007.
- ^ "2006 Shiny Navigation tour results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved May 7, 2007.
- ^ "2006 NOAH results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved May 7, 2007.
- ^ Schramm, Chris (June 13, 2009). "Japanese legend Mitsuharu Misawa dies in the ring". Slam! Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
- ^ "Misawa Passes Away After Backdrop In Hiroshima Match". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. June 13, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
- ^ 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.