GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
| GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship | |
|---|---|
| Data | |
| Title holder | Hajime Ohara |
| since | January 7, 2017 |
| owner | Pro wrestling NOAH |
| Introduced | June 24, 2001 |
The GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (in German GHC (Global Honored Crown) Junior Heavyweight Championship ) is a wrestling title for individual wrestlers at Pro Wrestling NOAH . The title has the status of a world championship, as it was also defended in the USA and is officially subject to a weight limit of 100 kg (equivalent to 220 American pounds). As is common in wrestling, the award is based on a previously determined storyline .
history
Like the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship from New Japan Pro Wrestling , this title was also introduced for lighter and technically better wrestlers. It was fought in a tournament on June 24, 2001 on the NOAH Navigation to the bright Destination - Day 10 show . Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Juventud Guerrera in the final to become the first title holder. Over time the title has become one of the most respected weight limit wrestling titles in the world due to the entertainment and quality value of the title matches. On May 30, 2003, he also achieved the status of a world championship when the title was defended by then champion Michael Modest at a show of the now closed American promotion Pro Wrestling IRON in Cloverdale , California against Vito Thomaselli. The title has also already been fought at the more well-known US promotion Ring of Honor or the German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling , with which Pro Wrestling NOAH works closely.
Current title holder
The current GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion is Hajime Ohara in his first reign. He defeated Taiji Ishimori on The First Navig. 2017 on January 7, 2017 in Tokyo to win the vacant title.
Records
| record | Record holder | unit |
|---|---|---|
| Most title wins | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 7 times |
| Longest reign | Hajime Ohara | 1263+ |
| Shortest reign | Makoto Hashi & Ricky Marvin | 1 day |
| Oldest title holder | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 40 years |
| Youngest title holder | Katshuhiko Nakajima | 20 years 337 years |
| Heaviest title holder | Takashi Sugiura | 104 kilograms |
| Easiest title holder | Atsushi Kotoge | 72 kilograms |
List of title holders
| # | champion | No. | Days | Date of title win | place | event | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 1 | 117 | June 24, 2001 | Nagoya , Japan | Navigation to the bright destination - Day 10 | The title was introduced as the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Yoshinobu Kanemura won a tournament to become the first title holder. He defeated Juventud Guerrera in the final. |
| 2 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 1 | 51 | October 19, 2001 | Yokohama , Japan | Tug of War 2001 - Day 10 | |
| 3 | Naomichi Marufuji | 1 | 119 | December 9, 2001 | Tokyo , Japan | Navigation in raging ocean 2001 - Day 14 | |
| 4th | Makoto Hashi | 1 | 1 | April 7, 2002 | Tokyo , Japan | Encountering Navigation 2002 - Day 16 - Come and watch in Ariake | |
| Title vacant | * | * | April 8, 2002 | * | * | Makoto Hashi voluntarily gave up the title because he did not recognize the title win due to an injury to Naomichi Marufuji. | |
| 5 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 2 | 308 | May 26, 2002 | Sapporo , Japan | Navigation with Breeze 2002 - Day 14 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru won a tournament to become the new title holder. He defeated KENTA in the final. |
| 6th | Michael Modest | 1 | 166 | March 30, 2003 | Fukuoka , Japan | Encountering Navigation 2003 - Day 7 | During his reign, Michael Modest defended his title in the USA against Vito Thomaselli. As a result, the title received world status |
| 7th | Takashi Sugiura | 1 | 114 | September 12, 2003 | Tokyo , Japan | Navigation over the Date Line 2003 - Day 13 | |
| 8th | Jushin Thunder Liger | 1 | 187 | January 4, 2004 | Tokyo , Japan | NJPW Wrestling World 2004 | |
| 9 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 3 | 374 | July 10, 2004 | Tokyo , Japan | Departure 2004 | |
| 10 | KENTA | 1 | 321 | July 18, 2005 | Tokyo , Japan | Destiny | |
| 11 | Takashi Sugiura | 2 | 202 | June 4, 2006 | Sapporo , Japan | Northern Navigation 2006 - Day 12 | |
| 12 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 2 | 126 | December 23, 2006 | Tokyo , Japan | SEM SEMful Gift in Differ 2006 | |
| 13 | Mushiking Terry | 1 | 182 | April 28, 2007 | Tokyo , Japan | Spring Navigation 2007 - Day 16 | |
| 14th | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 4th | 322 | October 27, 2007 | Tokyo , Japan | Autumn Navigation 2007 - Day 12 | |
| 15th | Bryan Danielson | 1 | 29 | September 14, 2008 | Tokyo , Japan | ROH - The Tokyo Summit | |
| 16 | KENTA | 2 | 121 | October 13, 2008 | Hiroshima , Japan | Autumn Navigation 2008 - Day 5 | |
| 17th | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 1 | 19th | February 11, 2009 | Tokyo , Japan | Kensuku Office Take the Dream Vol. 7 | |
| 18th | KENTA | 3 | 139 | March 1, 2009 | Tokyo , Japan | The second Navigation 2009 - Day 7 | |
| Title vacant | * | * | October 30, 2009 | * | * | Due to a knee injury from KENTA, the title is declared vacant. | |
| 19th | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 5 | 400 | October 31, 2009 | Tokyo , Japan | Autumn Navigation - Day 9 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru won the NOAH Junior Heavyweight League in 2009, whose win was also about the vacant title. He defeated Jushin Thunder Liger in the final. |
| 20th | Kotaro Suzuki | 2 | 292 | 5th December 2010 | Tokyo , Japan | NOAH Winter Navigation 2010 - Day 11 | |
| 21st | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 2 | 8th | September 23, 2011 | Tokyo , Japan | NOAH Shiny Navigation 2011 | |
| Title vacant | * | * | October 2, 2011 | * | * | The title is declared vacant due to a knee injury to Katsuhiko Nakajima. | |
| 22nd | Ricky Marvin | 1 | 1 | October 16, 2011 | Tokyo , Japan | The Navigation Sunday 2011 in Korakuen | Ricky Marvin defeated Satoshi Kajiwara for the vacant title. |
| Title vacant | * | * | October 16, 2011 | * | * | Ricky Marvin gave the title back voluntarily because he wanted to win it from Katsuhiko Nakajima. | |
| 23 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 3 | 163 | November 27, 2011 | Tokyo , Japan | The great Voyage in Tokyo Vol.4 | Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Ricky Marvin for the vacant title. |
| 24 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 6th | 143 | May 9, 2012 | Tokyo , Japan | The Navigation in May 2012 - Day 2 | |
| 25th | Shuji Kondo | 1 | 120 | 29th September 2012 | Tokyo , Japan | The Navigation Saturday 2012 | |
| 26th | Taiji Ishimori | 1 | 405 | January 27, 2013 | Osaka , Japan | Great Voyage 2013 in Osaka | |
| 27 | Daisuke Harada | 1 | 273 | March 8, 2014 | Tokyo , Japan | Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo | |
| 28 | Atsushi Kotoge | 1 | 99 | December 6, 2014 | Tokyo , Japan | Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo Vol. 3 | |
| 29 | Taichi | 1 | 283 | March 15, 2015 | Tokyo , Japan | Great Voyage 2015 in Tokyo | |
| 30th | Taiji Ishimori | 2 | 63 | 23rd December 2015 | Tokyo , Japan | Destiny 2015 | |
| 31 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 7th | 212 | February 24, 2016 | Tokyo , Japan | The Second Navigation 2016 | |
| 32 | Atsushi Kotoge | 2 | 94 | 23rd September 2016 | Tokyo , Japan | Shiny Navig. 2016 | |
| Title vacant | * | * | December 26, 2016 | * | * | Atsushi Kotoge voluntarily returned the title since he switched to the heavyweight division. | |
| 33 | Hajime Ohara | 1 | 1332+ | January 7, 2017 | Tokyo , Japan | The First Navig. 2017 | Beat Taiji Ishimori to win the vacant title. |