AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship

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AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
Suwama, current and seven-time title holder
Suwama, current and seven-time title holder
Data
Title holder Suwama
since March 23, 2020
owner AJPW
Introduced April 18, 1989

The AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (in German AJPW Triple Crown (triple crown, triple award) World Heavyweight Championship ) is the highest wrestling title for individual wrestlers at All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).

history

The title was introduced on April 18, 1989. A "triple crown" is created in wrestling by amalgamating three titles that have roughly the same status. The AJPW had the highest title at that time, the PWF World Heavyweight Championship . This title won on April 18, 1989, the then NWA International Heavyweight Champion Jumbo Tsuruta in a match against Stan Hansen , who was also holder of the NWA United National Championship . With that all three titles belonged to Tsuruta. These were thus united to the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. This made this title the highest single title in Japanese doctoral studies.

The title is one of the most important in the wrestling business and has been held by some international greats. One of the most famous matches was that between Mitsuharu Misawa and Toshiaki Kawada , one of the few matches that was awarded five stars by Dave Meltzer .

After the formation of Pro Wrestling Noah from a large part of the AJPW roster, the title lost some of its prestige, which it was able to regain in the course of the 2000s.

Originally, the Triple Crown consisted of the three individual titles and a trophy. All three belts were given to Giant Baba's widow Motoko Baba in 2012 , who AJPW continued to run after his death. One of the main reasons was the poor condition of all three belts, which over the years had repeatedly been misused as weapons and threatened to break apart. Baba displayed the belts in her home. A title was then created that included motifs from all three belts.

Current title holder

The reigning AJPW Unified Triple Crown Champion Suwama.

The current AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion is Suwama in his seventh reign.

Records

record Record holder unit
Most title wins Suwama 7 times
Longest reign Mitsuharu Misawa 705 days
Shortest reign Terry Gordy 3 days
Oldest title holder Genichiro Tenryu 52 years and 70 days
Youngest title holder Kento Miyahara 26 years and 350 days
Heaviest title holder Akebono 207 kilograms
Easiest title holder Masakatsu Funaki 95 kilograms

List of title holders

# champion No. Days Date of title win place event comment
1 Jumbo Tsuruta 1 48 April 18, 1989 Tokyo , Japan * The title was introduced as the AJPW Unified Triple Crown Championship. Jumbo Tsuruta combined the PWF Heavyweight Championship, the NWA United National Championship and the NWA International Heavyweight Championship to this title and thus became the first title holder
2 Genichiro Tenryu 1 128 June 5th 1989 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
3 Jumbo Tsuruta 2 237 October 11, 1989 Yokohama , Japan Tv show
4th Terry Gordy 1 3 June 5th 1990 Chiba , Japan Houseshow
5 Stan Hansen 1 39 June 8, 1990 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
6th Terry Gordy 2 10 17th July 1990 Ishikawa , Japan Houseshow
Title vacant * * July 27, 1990 * * The title has been declared vacant due to an injury to Terry Gordy.
7th Stan Hansen 2 176 July 27, 1990 Matsumoto , Japan Houseshow Stan Hansen defeated Mitsuharu Misawa for the vacant title.
8th Jumbo Tsuruta 3 374 January 19, 1991 Matsumoto , Japan Tv show
9 Stan Hansen 3 207 January 28, 1992 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
10 Mitsuharu Misawa 1 705 22nd August 1992 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
11 Steve Williams 1 86 July 28, 1994 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
12 Toshiaki Kawada 1 133 October 22, 1994 Tokyo , Japan 22nd Anniversary
13 Stan Hansen 4th 83 March 4, 1995 Tokyo , Japan Tv show
14th Mitsuharu Misawa 2 364 May 26, 1995 Sapporo , Japan Houseshow
15th Akira ropes 1 61 May 24, 1996 Sapporo , Japan Houseshow
16 Kenta Kobashi 1 180 July 24, 1996 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
17th Mitsuharu Misawa 3 466 January 20, 1997 Osaka , Japan Houseshow
18th Toshiaki Kawada 2 42 May 1, 1998 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
19th Kenta Kobashi 2 141 June 12, 1998 Tokyo , Japan Houseshow
20th Mitsuharu Misawa 4th 83 October 31, 1998 Tokyo , Japan Giant Series 1998 II - 26th Anniversary
21st Toshiaki Kawada 3 0 January 22, 1999 Osaka , Japan New Year Giant Series 1999 - Day 16
Title vacant * * January 22, 1999 * * The title was released after Toshiaki Kawada won the title due to an arm injury.
22nd Vader 1 57 March 6, 1999 Tokyo , Japan Excite Series 1999 - Day 11 Vader defeated Akira Taue for the vacant title.
23 Mitsuharu Misawa 5 181 May 2, 1999 Tokyo , Japan Giant Baba Memorial Show
24 Vader 2 120 October 30, 1999 Tokyo , Japan 27th Anniversary
25th Kenta Kobashi 3 94 February 27, 2000 Tokyo , Japan Excite Series 2000 - Day 11
Title vacant * * June 2000 * * Kenta Kobashi left All Japan and went with Mitsuharu Misawa and some other All Japan wrestlers to his new league Pro Wrestling NOAH . That is why the title was declared vacant.
26th Genichiro Tenryu 2 223 October 28, 2000 Tokyo , Japan October Giant Series 2000 - 28th Anniversary - Day 11 Genichiro Tenryu won a tournament for the vacant title, defeating Toshiaki Kawada in the final.
27 Keiji Muto 1 261 June 8, 2001 Tokyo , Japan Super Power Series 2001 - Day 10 Keiji Muto was the first Triple Crown Champion who was not under contract with All Japan.
28 Toshiaki Kawada 4th 32 February 24, 2002 Tokyo , Japan Excite Series 2002 - Day 10 Kensuke Sasaki voluntarily gave up the title after losing a non-title match to Toshiaki Kawada.
Title vacant * * March 28, 2002 * * The title was declared vacant due to a leg injury to Toshiaki Kawada.
29 Genichiro Tenryu 3 197 April 13, 2002 Tokyo , Japan Grand Champion Carnival Genichiro Tenryu defeated Keiji Muto for the vacant title.
30th The Great Muta 2 119 October 27, 2002 Tokyo , Japan Royal Road 30th Anniversary Grand Battle Final
31 Shinya Hashimoto 1 143 February 23, 2003 Tokyo , Japan Excite Series 2003 - Day 10
Title vacant * * July 16, 2003 * * Due to an injury to Shinya Hashimoto, the title has been declared vacant.
32 Toshiaki Kawada 5 528 September 6, 2003 Tokyo , Japan Summer Action Series 2003 II Toshiaki Kawada won a tournament for the vacant title. He defeated Shinjiro Otani in the final.
33 Satoshi Kojima 1 392 February 16, 2005 Tokyo , Japan Realize
34 Taiyo Kea 1 62 July 3, 2006 Tokyo , Japan Crossover 2006 - Day 6
35 Minoru Suzuki 1 357 September 3, 2006 Sapporo , Japan Summer Impact 2006 - Day 8
36 Kensuke Sasaki 1 246 August 26, 2007 Tokyo , Japan Pro-Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 3
37 Suwama 1 152 April 29, 2008 Aichi , Japan Growin 'up 2008 - Day 8
38 The Great Muta 3 168 September 28, 2008 Yokohama , Japan Flashing Tour 2008 - Day 10
39 Yoshihiro Takayama 1 196 March 14, 2009 Tokyo , Japan Pro-Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 7
40 Satoshi Kojima 2 176 September 26, 2009 Yokohama , Japan Flashing Tour 2009 - Day 7
41 Ryoto Hama 1 42 March 21, 2010 Tokyo , Japan Pro-Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 9
42 Minoru Suzuki 2 119 May 2, 2010 Aichi , Japan Growin 'up 2010 - Day 9
43 Suwama 2 420 August 29, 2010 Tokyo , Japan Pro-Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 10
44 Jun Akiyama 1 308 October 23, 2011 Tokyo , Japan Pro-Wrestling Love In Ryogoku Vol. 13
45 Masakatsu Funaki 1 203 August 26, 2012 Tokyo , Japan AJPW 40th Anniversary Year Summer Impact 2012 - Day 9
46 Suwama 3 224 17th March 2013 Tokyo , Japan AJPW Pro-Wrestling Love In Ryogoku 2013 ~ Basic & Dynamic
47 Akebono 1 215 October 27, 2013 Tokyo , Japan Anniversary Tour
Title vacant * * May 30, 2014 * * The title has been declared vacant by Akebono due to health problems.
48 Takao Omori 1 14th 15th June 2014 Tokyo , Japan 2014 Dynamite Series Defeated Jun Akiyama in a match for the vacant title.
49 Suwama 4th 28 June 29, 2014 Sapporo , Japan 2014 Dynamite Series
50 Joe Doering 1 160 July 27, 2014 Tokyo , Japan 2014 Summer Action Series
51 Go Shiozaki 1 138 January 3, 2015 Tokyo , Japan New Year Wars 2015
52 Akebono 2 164 May 21, 2015 Tokyo , Japan 2015 Super Power Series
53 Jun Akiyama 2 62 November 1, 2015 Hirosaki , Japan All Japan Pro Wrestling Charity Hirosaki Tournament
54 Suwama 5 10 2nd January 2016 Tokyo , Japan 2016 New Years Two Days
Title vacant * * January 12, 2016 * * The title was declared vacant after Suwama tore a muscle.
55 Kento Miyahara 1 464 February 12, 2016 Tokyo , Japan 2016 Excite Series Defeated Zeus in a match for the vacant title.
56 Shuji Ishikawa 1 98 May 21, 2017 Tokyo , Japan 2017 Super Power Series
57 Kento Miyahara 2 43 27th August 2017 Tokyo , Japan 2017 summer explosion
58 Suwama 6th 12 October 9, 2017 Tokyo , Japan 2017 Hataage Kinen Series
59 Joe Doring 2 155 October 21, 2017 Yokohama , Japan Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori Debut 25th Anniversary Show
60 Kento Miyahara 3 126 March 25, 2018 Saitama , Japan 2018 Power Dream Series
61 Zeus 1 84 29th July 2018 Osaka , Japan 2018 Summer Action Series
62 Kento Miyahara 4th 519 October 21, 2018 Yokohama , Japan 2018 Raising an Army Memorial Series
63 Suwama 7th 161+ March 23, 2020 Tokyo , Japan 2020 Dream Power Series

statistics

Current champion
rank Wrestlers number Defenses Days in total
1 Mitsuharu Misawa 5 21st 1799
2 Kento Miyahara 4th 10 1152
3 Suwama 7th 9 979+
4th Toshiaki Kawada 5 11 743
5 Satoshi Kojima 2 9 678
6th Jumbo Tsuruta 3 6th 659
7th Genichiro Tenryu 3 4th 548
8th Keiji Mutoh 3 6th 547
9 Stan Hansen 4th 4th 505
10 Minoru Suzuki 2 6th 476
11 Kenta Kobashi 3 5 431
12 Akebono 2 6th 379
13 Jun Akiyama 2 4th 370
14th Joe Doering 2 6th 315
15th Kensuke Sasaki 1 2 247
16 Masakatsu Funaki 1 4th 203
17th Yoshihiro Takayama 1 2 196
18th Big Van Vader 2 1 177
19th Shinya Hashimoto 1 2 171
20th Go Shiozaki 1 2 138
21st Shuji Ishikawa 1 2 98
22nd "Dr. Death “Steve Williams 1 1 86
23 Zeus 1 1 84
24 Taiyō Kea 1 1 62
25th Akira ropes 1 1 61
26th Ryota Hama 1 0 42
27 Takao Omori 1 0 14th
28 Terry Gordy 2 0 13

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NWA International Heavyweight Title. In: wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Alexander Podgorski: 10 Most Prestigious Wrestling Championship Belts Ever. April 5, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
  3. ↑ All Japan returns Triple Crown to Baba's widow. CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database, accessed May 16, 2020 .