GHC Heavyweight Championship
| GHC Heavyweight Championship | |
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 Kensuke Sasaki with the title belt
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| Title holder | Katsuhiko Nakajima |
| since | October 23, 2016 |
| owner | NOAH |
| Introduced | April 15, 2001 |
The GHC Heavyweight Championship (in German GHC (Global Honored Crown) Heavyweight Championship ) is the highest wrestling title for individual wrestlers in the Japanese wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH . The title was introduced on April 15, 2001 and has the status of a world championship as it has also been defended outside of Japan , e.g. B. in the USA . As is common in wrestling, the award is based on a previously determined storyline .
history
The title was introduced on April 15, 2001. It was fought out at the Show Navigation for the Victory - Day 18 in Tokyo in a tournament that the then president and founder of the promotion Mitsuharu Misawa won and thus became the first title holder. He defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in the final. Due to Misawa's popularity, the title quickly gained credibility and prestige over the years. The GHC Heavyweight Championship is considered one of the most respected wrestling titles, both in Japan and abroad. Naomichi Marufuji's title was defended against Nigel McGuiness on September 16, 2006 in New York at Glory by Honor V of the US wrestling promotion Ring of Honor , which earned the title world status . The title is the highest title in doctoral studies and has already been defended in Mexico, England and Germany.
Current title holder
The current title holder is Katsuhiko Nakajima in his first reign. He defeated previous title holder Takashi Sugiura at Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama Vol. 2 on October 23, 2016 in Yokohama .
Title Statistics
Records
| record | Record holder | unit |
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| Most title wins |
Mitsuharu Misawa , Jun Akiyama, Takeshi Morishima, Naomichi Marufuji , Go Shiozaki |
3 times each |
| Longest reign | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 1339+ days |
| Shortest reign | Yoshihiro Takayama | 16 days |
| Oldest title holder | Akira ropes | 44 years and 181 days |
| Youngest title holder | Naomichi Marufuji | 26 years and 350 days |
| Heaviest title holder | Takeshi Morishima | 145 kilograms |
| Easiest title holder | KENTA | 82 kilograms |
List of title holders
| # | champion | No. | Days | Date of title win | place | event | comment |
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| 1 | Mitsuharu Misawa | 1 | 103 | April 15, 2001 | Tokyo , Japan | Navigation for the Victory - Day 18 | The title was introduced as the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Mitsuharu Misawa won a tournament to become the first title holder. He defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in the final. |
| 2 | Jun Akiyama | 1 | 254 | July 27, 2001 | Tokyo , Japan | Accomplish our first Navigation - Day 9 | |
| 3 | Yoshinari Ogawa | 1 | 153 | April 7, 2002 | Tokyo , Japan | Encountering Navigation 2002 - Day 16: Come and watch in Ariake | |
| 4th | Yoshihiro Takayama | 1 | 16 | September 7, 2002 | Osaka , Japan | Navigation over the Date Line 2002 - Day 9 | |
| 5 | Mitsuharu Misawa | 2 | 159 | September 23, 2002 | Tokyo , Japan | Great Voyage 2002 | |
| 6th | Kenta Kobashi | 1 | 735 | March 1, 2003 | Tokyo , Japan | Navigate for Evolution 2003 - Day 9 | |
| 7th | Takeshi Rikio | 1 | 245 | March 5, 2005 | Tokyo , Japan | Navigation for Evolution 2005 - Day 10 | |
| 8th | Akira ropes | 1 | 78 | November 5, 2005 | Tokyo , Japan | 3rd great Voyage 2005 | |
| 9 | Jun Akiyama | 2 | 230 | January 21, 2006 | Tokyo , Japan | First Navigation 2006 - Day 10 | |
| 10 | Naomichi Marufuji | 1 | 92 | September 9, 2006 | Tokyo , Japan | Shiny Navigation 2006 | During his reign, Naomichi Marufuji defended his title against Nigel McGuiness at the Ring of Honor in the USA. This gave the title World status. |
| 11 | Mitsuharu Misawa | 3 | 447 | December 10, 2006 | Tokyo , Japan | Great Voyage 2006 | |
| 12 | Takeshi Morishima | 1 | 188 | March 2, 2008 | Tokyo , Japan | The Second Navigation '08 - Day 8 | |
| 13 | Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | 177 | September 6, 2008 | Tokyo , Japan | Shiny Navigation '08 - Day 9 | |
| 14th | Jun Akiyama | 3 | 105 | March 1, 2009 | Tokyo , Japan | The Second Navigation '09 - Day 7 | |
| - | Title vacant | * | * | June 14, 2009 | * | * | The title was declared vacant due to a disc injury on Jun Akiyama. |
| 15th | Go Shiozaki | 1 | 105 | June 14, 2009 | Fukuoka , Japan | Southern Navigation '09 - Day 7 | Go Shiozaki defeated Takeshi Rikio for the vacant title. |
| 16 | Takashi Sugiura | 1 | 581 | December 6, 2009 | Tokyo , Japan | Winter Navigation '09 - Day 10 | |
| 17th | Go Shiozaki | 2 | 196 | July 10, 2011 | Tokyo , Japan | Great Voyage in Tokyo Vol. 3 | |
| 18th | Takeshi Morishima | 2 | 371 | January 22, 2012 | Osaka , Japan | Great Voyage in Osaka | |
| 19th | KENTA | 1 | 343 | January 27, 2013 | Osaka , Japan | Great Voyage 2013 in Osaka | |
| 20th | Takeshi Morishima | 3 | 34 | 5th January 2014 | Tokyo , Japan | New Year Navigation 2014 | |
| 21st | Yuji Nagata | 1 | 147 | February 8, 2014 | Tokyo , Japan | The Second Navig. 2014 | |
| 22nd | Naomichi Marufuji | 2 | 253 | 5th July 2014 | Tokyo , Japan | Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo Vol. 2 | |
| 23 | Minoru Suzuki | 1 | 283 | March 15, 2015 | Tokyo , Japan | Great Voyage 2015 in Tokyo | |
| 24 | Naomichi Marufuji | 3 | 39 | 23rd December 2015 | Tokyo , Japan | Destiny 2015 | |
| 25th | Takashi Sugiura | 2 | 118 | January 31, 2016 | Yokohama , Japan | Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama | |
| 26th | Go Shiozaki | 3 | 63 | May 28, 2016 | Osaka , Japan | Great Voyage 2016 in Osaka | |
| 27 | Takashi Sugiura | 3 | 85 | July 30, 2016 | Tokyo , Japan | 10th NTV G + Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League | This was a lumberjack match |
| 28 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 1 | 1408+ | October 23, 2016 | Yokohama , Japan | Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama Vol. 2 |