GHC Heavyweight Championship

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GHC Heavyweight Championship
Kensuke Sasaki wearing the GHC Heavyweight Championship belt in September 2008.
Details
PromotionPro Wrestling Noah
Date establishedApril 15, 2001
Current champion(s)Katsuhiko Nakajima
Date wonOctober 23, 2016
Statistics
First champion(s)Mitsuharu Misawa
Most reignsMitsuharu Misawa, Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Morishima, Naomichi Marufuji, Go Shiozaki and Takashi Sugiura (3)
Longest reignKenta Kobashi (735 days)
Shortest reignYoshihiro Takayama (16 days)
Heaviest championTakeshi Morishima (115 kg)
Lightest championKenta (82 kg)

The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Heavyweight Championship is the top professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion 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 incumbent Katsuhiko Nakajima. There have been a total of 16 recognized champions, who have had a combined 28 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.
1
 Mitsuharu Misawa
1
 April 15, 2001
103
 Tokyo, Japan Navigation for the Victory
1
 Defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final. [1]
2
 Jun Akiyama
1
 July 27, 2001
254
 Tokyo, Japan Accomplish Our First Navigation
3
 [2]
3
 Yoshinari Ogawa
1
 April 7, 2002
153
 Tokyo, Japan Come and Watch in Ariake
2
 [3]
4
 Yoshihiro Takayama
1
 September 7, 2002
16
 Osaka, Japan Navigation Over the Date Line
0
 [4]
5
 Mitsuharu Misawa
2
 September 23, 2002
159
 Tokyo, Japan Great Voyage
1
 [5]
6
 Kenta Kobashi
1
 March 1, 2003
735
 Tokyo, Japan Navigate for Evolution
13
 [6][7]
7
 Takeshi Rikio
1
 March 5, 2005
245
 Tokyo, Japan Navigate for Evolution
3
 [6]
8
 Akira Taue
1
 November 5, 2005
78
 Tokyo, Japan Third Great Voyage
1
 [8]
9
 Jun Akiyama
2
 January 22, 2006
230
 Tokyo, Japan First Navigation
2
 [9]
10
 Naomichi Marufuji
1
 September 9, 2006
92
 Tokyo, Japan Great Voyage
2
 [10]
11
 Mitsuharu Misawa
3
 December 10, 2006
448
 Tokyo, Japan Great Voyage
7
 [11]
12
 Takeshi Morishima
1
 March 2, 2008
188
 Tokyo, Japan Second Navigation
2
13
 Kensuke Sasaki
1
 September 6, 2008
176
 Tokyo, Japan Shiny Navigation
2
14
 Jun Akiyama
3
 March 1, 2009
105
 Tokyo, Japan Second Navigation
1
—
 Vacated
—
 June 14, 2009
—
—
—
—
 Vacated the title due to herniated discs in his back.
15
 Go Shiozaki
1
 June 14, 2009
175
 Fukuoka, Japan Southern Navigation
1
 Defeated Takeshi Rikio for the vacant title. [12]
16
 Takashi Sugiura
1
 December 6, 2009
581
 Tokyo, Japan Winter Navigation
14
17
 Go Shiozaki
2
 July 10, 2011
196
 Tokyo, Japan Great Voyage
3
18
 Takeshi Morishima
2
 January 22, 2012
371
 Osaka, Japan Great Voyage 2012 in Osaka
8
19
 Kenta
1
 January 27, 2013
343
 Osaka, Japan Great Voyage 2013 in Osaka
9
20
 Takeshi Morishima
3
 January 5, 2014
34
 Tokyo, Japan New Year Navigation 2014
0
21
 Yuji Nagata
1
 February 8, 2014
147
 Tokyo, Japan The Second Navig. 2014
4
22
 Naomichi Marufuji
2
 July 5, 2014
253
 Tokyo, Japan Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo Vol. 2
6
23
 Minoru Suzuki
1
 March 15, 2015
283
 Tokyo, Japan Great Voyage 2015 in Tokyo
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, so officially, Suzuki successfully defended the title 4 times instead of 5. [13]
24
 Naomichi Marufuji
3
 December 23, 2015
39
 Tokyo, Japan Destiny 2015
0
25
 Takashi Sugiura
2
 January 31, 2016
118
 Yokohama, Japan Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama
1
26
 Go Shiozaki
3
 May 28, 2016
63
 Osaka, Japan Great Voyage 2016 in Osaka
1
27
 Takashi Sugiura
3
 July 30, 2016
85
 Tokyo, Japan 10th NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League
2
 This was a lumberjack match.
28
 Katsuhiko Nakajima
1
 October 23, 2016
2,758+
 Yokohama, Japan Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama Vol. 2
1

Combined reigns

As of May 12, 2024.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined
days
1 Takashi Sugiura 3 17 784
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 Minoru Suzuki 1 4 283
10 Takeshi Rikio 1 3 245
11 Kensuke Sasaki 1 2 176
12 Yoshinari Ogawa 1 2 153
13 Yuji Nagata 1 4 147
14 Akira Taue 1 1 78
15 Katsuhiko Nakajima † 1 1 2758+
16 Yoshihiro Takayama 1 0 16

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "NOAH Navigation for the Victory GHC tour results". Green Destiny. Retrieved May 7, 2007.
  2. ^ "NOAH Accomplish Our First Navigation tour results". Green Destiny. Retrieved May 7, 2007.
  3. ^ "NOAH Encountering Navigation tour results". Green Destiny. Retrieved May 7, 2007.
  4. ^ "NOAH Navigation Over the Date Line tour results". Green Destiny. Retrieved May 7, 2007.
  5. ^ "NOAH results, 2002". Green Destiny. Retrieved May 7, 2007.
  6. ^ a b "NOAH Navigate for Evolution 2003 tour results". Green Destiny. Retrieved May 7, 2007.
  7. ^ "We are the Champions (as of July 8)". Power Slam Magazine. Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD. August 2003. p. 15. 109.
  8. ^ "NOAH results, 2005". Green Destiny. Retrieved May 7, 2007.
  9. ^ "NOAH The First Navigation tour results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved May 7, 2007.
  10. ^ "2006 Shiny Navigation tour results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved May 7, 2007.
  11. ^ "2006 NOAH results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved May 7, 2007.
  12. ^ Ayass, Dean (June 17, 2009). "Misawa killed by spinal cord injury". The Sun. UK. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
  13. ^ 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.

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