GHC Heavyweight Championship

GHC Heavyweight Championship

Kensuke Sasaki wearing the GHC Heavyweight Championship belt in September 2008.

Details

Promotion

Pro Wrestling Noah

Date established

April 15, 2001

Current champion(s)

Katsuhiko Nakajima

Date won

October 23, 2016

Statistics
First champion(s)	Mitsuharu Misawa
Most reigns	Mitsuharu Misawa, Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Morishima, Naomichi Marufuji, Go Shiozaki and Takashi Sugiura (3)
Longest reign	Kenta Kobashi (735 days)
Shortest reign	Yoshihiro Takayama (16 days)
Heaviest champion	Takeshi Morishima (115 kg)
Lightest champion	Kenta (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

Second round

Semifinals

Finals

Mar. 18

Mitsuharu Misawa

Pin

Tokyo

12:26

Apr. 4

Mitsuharu Misawa

Pin

Yoshinari Ogawa

19:44

Mar. 21

Pin

Yoshinari Ogawa

14:18

Apr. 11

Mitsuharu Misawa

Pin

Jun Akiyama

15:05†

Apr. 1

Jun Akiyama

Pin

22:49

Apr. 8

Jun Akiyama

Pin

Tokyo

Takeshi Rikio

4:02

Apr. 2

Takeshi Morishima

Pin

Takeshi Rikio

14:33

Apr. 15

Mitsuharu Misawa

Pin

Tokyo

Yoshihiro Takayama

21:12

Mar. 22

Pin

Tokyo

Yoshihiro Takayama

8:22

Apr. 3

Yoshihiro Takayama

Pin

Kentaro Shiga

7:16

Mar. 30

Pin

Kentaro Shiga

13:06

Apr. 12

Yoshihiro Takayama

DQ

Vader

9:24

Mar. 25

Pin

Vader

10:40

Apr. 6

Vader

Pin

Daisuke Ikeda

7:15

Mar. 29

Pin

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.
01 !1	Mitsuharu Misawa	01 !1	000000002001-04-15-0000April 15, 2001	7002103000000000000♠103	Tokyo, Japan	Navigation for the Victory	01 !1	Defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final.	^[1]
02 !2	Jun Akiyama	01 !1	000000002001-07-27-0000July 27, 2001	7002254000000000000♠254	Tokyo, Japan	Accomplish Our First Navigation	03 !3		^[2]
03 !3	Yoshinari Ogawa	01 !1	000000002002-04-07-0000April 7, 2002	7002153000000000000♠153	Tokyo, Japan	Come and Watch in Ariake	02 !2		^[3]
04 !4	Yoshihiro Takayama	01 !1	000000002002-09-07-0000September 7, 2002	7001160000000000000♠16	Osaka, Japan	Navigation Over the Date Line	00 !0		^[4]
05 !5	Mitsuharu Misawa	01 !2	000000002002-09-23-0000September 23, 2002	7002159000000000000♠159	Tokyo, Japan	Great Voyage	01 !1		^[5]
06 !6	Kenta Kobashi	01 !1	000000002003-03-01-0000March 1, 2003	7002735000000000000♠735	Tokyo, Japan	Navigate for Evolution	13 !13		^[6]^[7]
07 !7	Takeshi Rikio	01 !1	000000002005-03-05-0000March 5, 2005	7002245000000000000♠245	Tokyo, Japan	Navigate for Evolution	03 !3		^[6]
08 !8	Akira Taue	01 !1	000000002005-11-05-0000November 5, 2005	7001780000000000000♠78	Tokyo, Japan	Third Great Voyage	01 !1		^[8]
09 !9	Jun Akiyama	02 !2	000000002006-01-22-0000January 22, 2006	7002230000000000000♠230	Tokyo, Japan	First Navigation	02 !2		^[9]
10 !10	Naomichi Marufuji	01 !1	000000002006-09-09-0000September 9, 2006	7001920000000000000♠92	Tokyo, Japan	Great Voyage	02 !2		^[10]
11 !11	Mitsuharu Misawa	03 !3	000000002006-12-10-0000December 10, 2006	7002448000000000000♠448	Tokyo, Japan	Great Voyage	07 !7		^[11]
12 !12	Takeshi Morishima	01 !1	000000002008-03-02-0000March 2, 2008	7002188000000000000♠188	Tokyo, Japan	Second Navigation	02 !2
13 !13	Kensuke Sasaki	01 !1	000000002008-09-06-0000September 6, 2008	7002176000000000000♠176	Tokyo, Japan	Shiny Navigation	02 !2
14 !14	Jun Akiyama	03 !3	000000002009-03-01-0000March 1, 2009	7002105000000000000♠105	Tokyo, Japan	Second Navigation	01 !1
14.5 !—	Vacated	00 !—	000000002009-06-14-0000June 14, 2009	—	—	—	—	Vacated the title due to herniated discs in his back.
15 !15	Go Shiozaki	01 !1	000000002009-06-14-0000June 14, 2009	7002175000000000000♠175	Fukuoka, Japan	Southern Navigation	01 !1	Defeated Takeshi Rikio for the vacant title.	^[12]
16 !16	Takashi Sugiura	01 !1	000000002009-12-06-0000December 6, 2009	7002581000000000000♠581	Tokyo, Japan	Winter Navigation	14 !14
17 !17	Go Shiozaki	02 !2	000000002011-07-10-0000July 10, 2011	7002196000000000000♠196	Tokyo, Japan	Great Voyage	03 !3
18 !18	Takeshi Morishima	02 !2	000000002012-01-22-0000January 22, 2012	7002371000000000000♠371	Osaka, Japan	Great Voyage 2012 in Osaka	08 !8
19 !19	Kenta	01 !1	000000002013-01-27-0000January 27, 2013	7002343000000000000♠343	Osaka, Japan	Great Voyage 2013 in Osaka	09 !9
20 !20	Takeshi Morishima	03 !3	000000002014-01-05-0000January 5, 2014	7001340000000000000♠34	Tokyo, Japan	New Year Navigation 2014	00 !0
21 !21	Yuji Nagata	01 !1	000000002014-02-08-0000February 8, 2014	7002147000000000000♠147	Tokyo, Japan	The Second Navig. 2014	04 !4
22 !22	Naomichi Marufuji	02 !2	000000002014-07-05-0000July 5, 2014	7002253000000000000♠253	Tokyo, Japan	Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo Vol. 2	06 !6
23 !23	Minoru Suzuki	01 !1	000000002015-03-15-0000March 15, 2015	7002283000000000000♠283	Tokyo, Japan	Great Voyage 2015 in Tokyo	04 !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 !24	Naomichi Marufuji	03 !3	000000002015-12-23-0000December 23, 2015	7001390000000000000♠39	Tokyo, Japan	Destiny 2015	00 !0
25 !25	Takashi Sugiura	02 !2	000000002016-01-31-0000January 31, 2016	7002118000000000000♠118	Yokohama, Japan	Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama	01 !1
26 !26	Go Shiozaki	03 !3	000000002016-05-28-0000May 28, 2016	7001630000000000000♠63	Osaka, Japan	Great Voyage 2016 in Osaka	01 !1
27 !27	Takashi Sugiura	03 !3	000000002016-07-30-0000July 30, 2016	7001850000000000000♠85	Tokyo, Japan	10th NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League	02 !2	This was a lumberjack match.
28 !28	Katsuhiko Nakajima	01 !1	000000002016-10-23-0000October 23, 2016	7001430000000000000♠43+	Yokohama, Japan	Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama Vol. 2	01 !1

Combined reigns

As of December 5, 2016.

†	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	43+
16	Yoshihiro Takayama	1	0	16

See also

References

1 2 3 "NOAH Navigation for the Victory GHC tour results". Green Destiny. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
↑ "NOAH Accomplish Our First Navigation tour results". Green Destiny. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
↑ "NOAH Encountering Navigation tour results". Green Destiny. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
↑ "NOAH Navigation Over the Date Line tour results". Green Destiny. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
↑ "NOAH results, 2002". Green Destiny. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
1 2 "NOAH Navigate for Evolution 2003 tour results". Green Destiny. 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.
↑ "NOAH results, 2005". Green Destiny. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
↑ "NOAH The First Navigation tour results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved 2007-05-07.
↑ "2006 Shiny Navigation tour results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved 2007-05-07.
↑ "2006 NOAH results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved 2007-05-07.
↑ Ayass, Dean (2009-06-17). "Misawa killed by spinal cord injury". The Sun. UK. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
↑ みのる暴挙！美央相手に勝手にＧＨＣ戦. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2015-08-10.

External links

GHC Heavyweight Championship official title history

GHC Heavyweight Champions

Mitsuharu Misawa Jun Akiyama Yoshinari Ogawa Yoshihiro Takayama Kenta Kobashi Takeshi Rikio Akira Taue Naomichi Marufuji Takeshi Morishima Kensuke Sasaki Go Shiozaki Takashi Sugiura Kenta Yuji Nagata Minoru Suzuki Katsuhiko Nakajima (current)

Pro Wrestling Noah

Active	GHC Heavyweight (reigns) GHC Junior Heavyweight (reigns) GHC Tag Team (reigns) GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team (reigns)

Inactive	GHC Openweight Hardcore (reigns)

Miscellaneous

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