GHC_Heavyweight_Championship

GHC Heavyweight Championship

GHC Heavyweight Championship

Professional wrestling championship

The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Heavyweight Championship (Japanese: GHCヘビー級王座, Hepburn: GHC Hebī-kyū Ōza) is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah, which was merged with Japanese promotion DDT to form CyberFight in 2020.[1] It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world titles, alongside the KO-D Openweight Championship in DDT Pro-Wrestling.[2] 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.[3] 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.

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The current champion is Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.. He is the first Mexican-born wrestler to hold the championship, and only the second ever non-Japanese wrestler to win the title since Eddie Edwards in 2017.

History

Inaugural and three-time champion Mitsuharu Misawa

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.[3]

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 originally both counted out, but the match was restarted.

Reigns

As of April 27, 2024, there have been a total of 44 reigns shared between 24 different champions. The current champion is Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., who is in his first reign.

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Combined reigns

As of April 27, 2024.

Four-time champion Takashi Sugiura holds the records for longest combined reign (1,064 days), most defenses in one reign (14), and most combined defenses (23)
Record five-time champion Go Shiozaki
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