GHC Tag Team Championship

The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Scorpio and Vader defeated Jun Akiyama and Akitoshi Saito in a tournament final.[1] Though it is typically contested among heavyweights (>100 kg (220 lb; 16 st)), some junior heavyweights such as Naomichi Marufuji and Yoshinari Ogawa have held it in the past. It is currently one of two tag team titles in Noah, along with the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (reserved for junior heavyweights). There have been a total of 47 recognized individual champions and 40 recognized teams, who have had a combined 52 official reigns.

GHC Tag Team Championship
Current championship design
Details
PromotionPro Wrestling Noah
Date establishedOctober 19, 2001
Current champion(s)Takashi Sugiura and Kazushi Sakuraba
Date wonAugust 30, 2020

Title history
Key
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 DaysDefenses
1 Scorpio and Vader October 19, 2001 Tug of War 2001 - Day 10 Yokohama, Japan 1 420 Defeated Jun Akiyama and Akitoshi Saito in a tournament final.[2]
2 Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa November 30, 2001 Navigation in Raging Ocean 2001 - Day 8 Sapporo, Japan 1 90
3 No Fear
(Takao Omori and Yoshihiro Takayama)		 December 9, 2001 Navigation in Raging Ocean 2001 - Day 14 Tokyo, Japan 1 700 [3]
4 Wild II
(Takeshi Morishima and Takeshi Rikio)		 February 17, 2002 Navigate for Evolution 2002 - Day 10 Tokyo, Japan 1 2184 [4]
5 Jun Akiyama and Akitoshi Saito September 23, 2002 Great Voyage 2002 Tokyo, Japan 1 2565 [5]
6 Tamon Honda and Kenta Kobashi June 6, 2003 Navigation with Breeze 2003 - Day 17 Tokyo, Japan 1 1772 [6][7]
7 Yuji Nagata and Hiroshi Tanahashi November 30, 2003 Navigation, Uprising Spirit 2004 - Day 11 Sapporo, Japan 1 411 [8]
8 Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa January 10, 2004 Great Voyage 2004 Tokyo, Japan 2 3797 [9]
9 2 Cold Scorpio (2) and Doug Williams January 23, 2005 The First Navigation 2005 - Day 9 Kobe, Japan 1 1460 [10]
10 Naomichi Marufuji and Minoru Suzuki June 18, 2005 Frontier Wrestling Alliance's NOAH Limits Morecambe 1 1322 [11]
11 Takeshi Morishima (2) and Muhammad Yone October 28, 2005 Autumn Navigation 2006 - Day 14 Osaka, Japan 1 2192 [12]
12 Tamon Honda and Kenta Kobashi June 4, 2006 Northern Navigation 2006 - Day 12 Sapporo, Japan 2 1130 [13]
— Vacated September 25, 2006 — — — —— Vacated due to Kobashi's kidney cancer.
13 Takeshi Morishima (3) and Muhammad Yone (2) December 2, 2006 Winter Navigation 2006 Yokohama, Japan 2 1200 [14]
14 Jun Akiyama (2) and Takeshi Rikio (2) April 1, 2007 Spring Navigation 2007 - Day 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 1653 [15]
— Vacated September 13, 2007 — — — —— Vacated due to Rikio suffering a neck injury.
15 RO&D
(D'Lo Brown and Buchanan)		 October 20, 2007 Autumn Navigation 2007 - Day 8 Kurume, Japan 1 70 [1]
16 Team Ikko
(Naomichi Marufuji (2) and Takashi Sugiura)		 October 27, 2007 Autumn Navigation 2007 - Day 12 Tokyo, Japan 1 2092 [16]
17 Akitoshi Saito (2) and Bison Smith May 23, 2008 NOAH Northern Navigation 2008 - Day 5 Nagoya, Japan 1 4863
18 Kensuke Sasaki and Takeshi Morishima (4) September 21, 2009 Exceeding Our Dreams 2009 - Day 5 Niigata, Japan 1 761
19 Disobey
(Takeshi Rikio (3) and Muhammad Yone (3))		 December 6, 2009 Winter Navigation 2009 - Day 10 Tokyo, Japan 1 1292
20 Bison Smith (2) and Keith Walker April 14, 2010 Spring Navigation 2010 - Day 4 Osaka, Japan 1 1491
— Vacated September 10, 2010 — — — —— Vacated due to Walker not returning to Japan due to the death of his father.
21 Takuma Sano and Yoshihiro Takayama (2) September 18, 2010 Shiny Navigation 2010 - Day 5 Osaka, Japan 1 2734
22 Bad Intentions
(Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson)		 June 18, 2011 New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Dominion 6.18 Osaka, Japan 1 2181
23 Special Assault Team
(Jun Akiyama (3) and Akitoshi Saito (3))		 January 22, 2012 Great Voyage In Osaka 2012 Osaka, Japan 2 1823
24 Magnus and Samoa Joe July 22, 2012 Great Voyage 2012 In Ryogoku Ryōgoku, Japan 1 780
25 No Mercy
(Kenta and Maybach Taniguchi)		 October 8, 2012 Autumn Navigation 2012 Yokohama, Japan 1 180
26 Special Assault Team
(Akitoshi Saito (4) and Go Shiozaki)		 October 26, 2012 Autumn Navigation 2012 - Day 5 Niigata, Japan 1 440
27 Brave
(Naomichi Marufuji (3) and Takashi Sugiura (2))		 December 9, 2012 The Great Voyage In Ryogoku 2012 Vol. 2 Ryōgoku, Japan 2 911
28 Chaos
(Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano)		 March 10, 2013 Great Voyage 2013 In Yokohama Yokohama, Japan 1 1192
29 TMDK
(Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste)		 July 7, 2013 Great Voyage 2013 In Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 1 2023
30 Choukibou-gun
(Maybach Taniguchi (2) and Takeshi Morishima (5))		 January 25, 2014 The First Navigation 2014 - Day 11 Osaka, Japan 1 1261
31 Dangan Yankies
(Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura (3))		 May 31, 2014 Navigation with Breeze 2014 - Day 4 Osaka, Japan 1 2244
32 TMDK
(Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste)		 January 10, 2015 New Year Navigation 2015 Tokyo, Japan 2 320
33 K.E.S.
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)		 February 11, 2015 Great Voyage 2015 in Nagoya Nagoya, Japan 1 47210
34 Naomichi Marufuji (4) and Toru Yano (2) May 28, 2016 Great Voyage 2016 in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1 1796
35 K.E.S.
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)		 November 23, 2016 Global League-sen 2016 Tokyo, Japan 2 100
36 Go Shiozaki (2) and Maybach Taniguchi (3) December 3, 2016 One Night Cruise 2016 in Differ Tokyo, Japan 1 491
37 Kenoh and Masa Kitamiya January 21, 2017 The First Navig. 2017 Osaka, Japan 1 340
— February 24, 2017 The Second Navig. 2017 Tokyo, Japan — Vacated due to Kenoh turning on Kitamiya.
38 Kenoh (2) and Takashi Sugiura (4) March 12, 2017 Great Voyage 2017 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan 1 330 Defeated Masa Kitamiya and Muhammad Yone for the vacant title.
39 Maybach Taniguchi (4) and Naomichi Marufuji (5) April 14, 2017 GTL e no Countdown Tokyo, Japan 1 1342
40 Atsushi Kotoge and Go Shiozaki (3) August 26, 2017 Summer Navig. 2017 Vol. 2 Tokyo, Japan 1 360
41 50 Funky Powers
(Muhammad Yone (4) and Quiet Storm)		 October 1, 2017 Great Voyage 2017 in Yokohama Vol. 2 Yokohama, Japan 1 1612
42 The Aggression
(Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya (2))		 March 11, 2018 Great Voyage 2018 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan 1 490
43 GO-KAI
Go Shiozaki (4) and Kaito Kiyomiya		 April 29, 2018 Great Voyage 2018 in Niigata Yokohama, Japan 1 300
44 The Aggression
(Katsuhiko Nakajima (2) and Masa Kitamiya (3))		 May 29, 2018 Navigation with Breeze 2018 Yokohama, Japan 2 600
45 Naomichi Marufuji (6) and Akitoshi Saito (5) July 28, 2018 12th Global Jr. Heavyweight Tag League Tokyo, Japan 1 1232
— November 28, 2018 — — — Vacated due to Marufuji being sidelined with a shoulder injury.
46 Go Shiozaki (5) and Katsuhiko Nakajima (3) December 7, 2018 Winter Navigation Tokyo, Japan 1 90 Defeat Kenoh and Masa Kitamiya in tournament final to win the vacant titles.
47 Hooligans
(Maybach Taniguchi (5) and Yuji Hino)		 December 16, 2018 Great Voyage in Yokohama Vol. 2 Yokohama, Japan 1 471
48 50 Funky Powers
(Muhammad Yone (5) and Quiet Storm (2))		 February 1, 2019 Navigation for the Future 2019 Tokyo, Japan 2 230
49 AXIZ
(Go Shiozaki (6) and Katsuhiko Nakajima (4))		 February 24, 2019 Navigation for the Progress 2019 Tokyo, Japan 2 1091
50 Sugiura-gun
(Kazma Sakamoto and Takashi Sugiura (5))		 June 13, 2019 Global Junior Tag League 2019 Osaka, Japan 1 140
51 AXIZ
(Go Shiozaki (7) and Katsuhiko Nakajima (5))		 June 27, 2019 Global Junior League 2019 Tokyo, Japan 3 1923
52 Naomichi Marufuji (7) and Masaaki Mochizuki January 5, 2020 Reboot Tokyo, Japan 1 1051
53 Sugiura-gun International
(El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. and René Duprée)		 April 19, 2020 Noah the Spirit Tokyo, Japan 1 1130
— Vacated August 10, 2020 — — — —— Vacated due to neither champion being able to enter Japan to defend due to travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
54 Sugiura-gun
(Takashi Sugiura (6) and Kazushi Sakuraba)		 August 30, 2020 KAWASAKI, GO! 2020 Kawasaki, Japan 1 159+3 Defeated AXIZ (Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima) for the vacant title.

Combined reigns

As of February 5, 2021.

† Indicates the current champions

By team
Rank Team No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith 1 3 486
2 K.E.S.
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)		 2 10 482
3 Jun Akiyama and Akitoshi Saito 2 8 438
4 Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa 2 7 388
5 Takeshi Morishima and Muhammad Yone 2 2 339
6 AXIZ
(Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima)		 3 4 310
7 Team Ikko/Brave
(Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura)		 2 3 300
8 Tamon Honda and Kenta Kobashi 2 2 290
9 Takuma Sano and Yoshihiro Takayama 1 4 273
10 TMDK
(Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste)		 2 3 234
11 Dangan Yankies
(Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura)		 1 4 224
12 Wild II
(Takeshi Morishima and Takeshi Rikio)		 1 4 218
Bad Intentions
(Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson)		 1 1 218
14 50 Funky Powers
(Muhammad Yone and Quiet Storm)		 2 2 184
15 Naomichi Marufuji and Toru Yano 1 6 179
16 Jun Akiyama and Takeshi Rikio 1 3 165
17 Bison Smith and Keith Walker 1 1 149
18 2 Cold Scorpio and Doug Williams 1 0 146
19 Maybach Taniguchi and Naomichi Marufuji 1 2 134
20 Naomichi Marufuji and Minoru Suzuki 1 2 132
21 Disobey
(Takeshi Rikio and Muhammad Yone)		 1 2 129
22 Choukibou-gun
(Maybach Taniguchi and Takeshi Morishima)		 1 1 126
23 Naomichi Marufuji and Akitoshi Saito 1 2 123
24 Chaos
(Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano)		 1 2 119
25 Sugiura-gun †
(Takashi Sugiura and Kazushi Sakuraba)		 1 3 159+
26 Sugiura-gun International
(El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. and René Duprée)		 1 0 113
27 The Aggression
(Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya)		 2 0 109
28 Naomichi Marufuji and Masaaki Mochizuki 1 1 105
29 Magnus and Samoa Joe 1 0 78
30 Kensuke Sasaki and Takeshi Morishima 1 1 76
31 No Fear
(Takao Omori and Yoshihiro Takayama)		 1 0 70
32 Go Shiozaki and Maybach Taniguchi 1 1 49
33 Hooligans
(Maybach Taniguchi and Yuji Hino)		 1 1 47
34 Special Assault Team
(Akitoshi Saito and Go Shiozaki)		 1 0 44
35 Scorpio and Vader 1 0 42
36 Yuji Nagata and Hiroshi Tanahashi 1 1 41
37 Atsushi Kotoge and Go Shiozaki 1 0 36
38 Kenoh and Masa Kitamiya 1 0 34
39 Kenoh and Takashi Sugiura 1 0 33
40 Go Shiozaki and Kaito Kiyomiya 1 0 30
41 No Mercy
(Kenta and Maybach Taniguchi)		 1 0 18
42 Sugiura-gun
(Takashi Sugiura and Kazma Sakamoto)		 1 0 14
43 RO&D
(D'Lo Brown and Buchanan)		 1 0 7

By wrestler
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Akitoshi Saito 5 12 1,091
2 Naomichi Marufuji 7 15 973
3 Takeshi Morishima 5 8 759
4 Takashi Sugiura † 6 10 730+
5 Muhammad Yone 5 6 652
6 Bison Smith 2 4 635
7 Jun Akiyama 3 11 603
8 Takeshi Rikio 3 9 512
9 Lance Archer 2 10 482
Davey Boy Smith Jr.
11 Go Shiozaki 7 5 469
12 Katsuhiko Nakajima 5 4 419
13 Mitsuharu Misawa 2 7 388
Yoshinari Ogawa
15 Maybach Taniguchi 5 5 374
16 Yoshihiro Takayama 2 4 343
17 Toru Yano 2 8 298
18 Tamon Honda 2 2 290
Kenta Kobashi
20 Takuma Sano 1 4 273
21 Shane Haste 2 3 234
Mikey Nicholls
23 Masato Tanaka 1 4 224
24 Karl Anderson 1 1 218
Giant Bernard
26 Scorpio 2 0 188
27 Quiet Storm 2 2 184
28 Keith Walker 1 1 149
29 Doug Williams 1 0 146
30 Masa Kitamiya 2 0 143
31 Minoru Suzuki 1 2 132
32 Takashi Iizuka 1 2 119
33 Kazushi Sakuraba † 1 3 159+
34 El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. 1 0 113
René Duprée
36 Masaaki Mochizuki 1 1 105
37 Magnus 1 0 78
Samoa Joe
39 Kensuke Sasaki 1 1 76
40 Takao Omori 1 0 70
41 Kenoh 2 0 67
42 Yuji Hino 1 1 47
43 Vader 1 0 42
44 Yuji Nagata 1 1 41
Hiroshi Tanahashi
46 Atsushi Kotoge 1 0 36
47 Kaito Kiyomiya 1 0 30
48 Kenta 1 0 18
49 Kazma Sakamoto 1 0 14
50 Buchanan 1 0 7
D'Lo Brown

See also

References
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