GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship explained

Championshipname:GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
Currentholder:Amakusa
Won:July 13, 2024
Promotion:CyberFight
Brand:Pro Wrestling Noah
Created:June 24, 2001
Mostreigns:Yoshinobu Kanemaru (7 reigns)
Firstchamp:Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Longestreign:Taiji Ishimori (405 days)
Shortestreign:Makoto Hashi (1 day)
Oldest:Yoshinari Ogawa
Youngest:Katsuhiko Nakajima

The is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (<100 kg) wrestlers. It was created in 2001 when Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Juventud Guerrera in a 12-man tournament final. In addition to Japan, the title has also been defended in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany., there have been a total of 54 reigns shared between 27 different champions. The current champion is Daga, who is in his first reign.

Tournament

Noah held a 10-man tournament to crown the first champion, held over its month-long, 11-event Navigation for the Bright Destination tour. The tour was held from June 9 through June 24, 2001.[1]

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
17 28 1,876
25 18 909
35 19 765
44 14 724
53 12 685
63 12 566
72 3 316
83 6 298
91 4 283
101 6 252
113 4 191
121 5 188
132 3 177
141 2 166
15Amakusa2 3 +
161 1 147
171 2 140
181 3 120
191 1 119
201 1 106
211 0 47
221 0 43
231 0 30
241 1 29
251 0 11
261 0 1
271 0 <1

Belt design

The standard Championship belt has three plates on a blue leather strap.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NOAH Navigation to the Bright Destination tour results . 2007-10-27 . Green Destiny . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104426/http://noah.puroresufan.com/results/navigationbright01.php . 2007-09-29 .