GHC Heavyweight Championship explained

Championshipname:GHC Heavyweight Championship
Currentholder:Kaito Kiyomiya
Won:May 4, 2024
Promotion:CyberFight
Brand:Pro Wrestling Noah
Created:April 15, 2001
Mostreigns:Go Shiozaki (5 reigns)
Firstchamp:Mitsuharu Misawa
Longestreign:Kenta Kobashi (735 days)
Shortestreign:Yoshihiro Takayama (16 days)
Oldest:Keiji Mutoh (58 years, 1 month, 20 days)
Youngest:Kaito Kiyomiya (22 years, 4 months, 26 days)
Heaviest:Takeshi Morishima (145 kg)
Lightest:Kenta (81 kg)

The is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah, which was merged with Japanese promotion DDT to form CyberFight in 2020.[1] It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world titles, alongside the KO-D Openweight Championship in DDT Pro-Wrestling.[2] The title was also defended on Impact Wrestling which has a working relationship with Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on April 15, 2001 when Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a 16-man tournament final. Though its name implies a particular weight class, it has been periodically held by junior heavyweights, including Yoshinari Ogawa, Kenta, Naomichi Marufuji, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh. The current champion is Kaito Kiyomiya, who is in his third reign. He defeated El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. at Wrestle Magic on May 4, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.

History

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.† Akiyama and Misawa were originally both counted out, but the match was restarted.

Reigns

As of,, there have been a total of 45 reigns shared between 24 different champions.

Combined reigns

As of, .

Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerdata-sort-type="number"No. of
reigns
data-sort-type="number"Combined
defenses
data-sort-type="number"Combined days
14 23 1,064
25 11 882
31 13 735
43 9 710
53 12 +
63 10 593
73 6 589
84 10 510
92 11 443
101 9 343
111 4 283
123 4 249
131 3 245
141 4 223
151 2 176
161 2 153
171 4 147
181 2 118
191 2 114
201 1 90
211 1 78
221 1 63
231 0 34
241 0 16

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pollock . John . 2020-07-27 . DDT and Pro Wrestling NOAH merge to form CyberFight . 2024-03-04 . POST Wrestling WWE AEW NXT NJPW Podcasts, News, Reviews . en-US.
  2. Web site: Champions and Championships/GHC Heavyweight Title. Axel. Saalbach. German. June 6, 2021.