GHC Heavyweight Championship

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GHC Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current
champion(s)		 Takeshi Morishima
Date won March 2, 2008
Promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH
Date created April 15, 2001

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 held by junior heavyweights in the past, including Yoshinari Ogawa and former GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Naomichi Marufuji. There have been a total of 9 recognized champions, who have had a combined 12 official reigns.

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[edit] Title history

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Mitsuharu Misawa 1 April 15, 2001 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final on the Navigation for the Victory GHC tour.[1]
Jun Akiyama 1 July 27, 2001 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Accomplish Our First Navigation tour.[2]
Yoshinari Ogawa 1 April 7, 2002 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Come and Watch in Ariake.[3]
Yoshihiro Takayama 1 September 7, 2002 Osaka, Japan Won the title on the Navigation Over the Date Line tour.[4]
Mitsuharu Misawa 2 September 23, 2002 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Great Voyage 2002.[5]
Kenta Kobashi 1 March 1, 2003 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Navigate for Evolution tour.[6]
Takeshi Rikio 1 March 5, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Navigate for Evolution tour.[7]
Akira Taue 1 November 5, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at 3rd Great Voyage.[8]
Jun Akiyama 2 January 22, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the The First Navigation tour.[9]
Naomichi Marufuji 1 September 9, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Shiny Navigation tour.[10]
Mitsuharu Misawa 3 December 10, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Great Voyage 2006. [11]
Takeshi Morishima 1 March 2, 2008 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the The Second Navigation tour.

[edit] 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  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 both counted out, but the match was restarted.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c NOAH Navigation for the Victory GHC tour results. Green Destiny. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  2. ^ NOAH Accomplish Our First Navigation tour results. Green Destiny. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  3. ^ NOAH Encountering Navigation tour results. Green Destiny. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  4. ^ NOAH Navigation Over the Date Line tour results. Green Destiny. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  5. ^ NOAH results, 2002. Green Destiny. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  6. ^ NOAH Navigate for Evolution 2003 tour results. Green Destiny. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  7. ^ NOAH Navigate for Evolution 2003 tour results. Green Destiny. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  8. ^ NOAH results, 2005. Green Destiny. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  9. ^ NOAH The First Navigation tour results (German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  10. ^ 2006 Shiny Navigation tour results (German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  11. ^ 2006 NOAH results (German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.

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