GHC Heavyweight Championship
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.
| GHC Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Current championship design | |||||||||||||||||||
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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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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 | Second round | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 | 398+ | 6 | ||
Combined reigns
As of February 5, 2021.
Record four-time (tied with Takashi Sugiura) and current champion Go Shiozaki
Record longest reigning champion Kenta Kobashi
Inaugural and three-time champion Mitsuharu Misawa (left) with Go Shiozaki (right; reigning champion)
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takashi Sugiura | 4 | 23 | 1,064 |
| 2 | Go Shiozaki † | 4 | 11 | 832+ |
| 3 | Kenta Kobashi | 1 | 13 | 735 |
| 4 | Mitsuharu Misawa | 3 | 9 | 710 |
| 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
References
- "NOAH Navigation for the Victory GHC tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- "NOAH Encountering Navigation tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- "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.
- "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.
- 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.
- "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.
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