Championshipname: | GHC National Championship |
Currentholder: | Ulka Sasaki |
Won: | July 13, 2024 |
Promotion: | CyberFight |
Brand: | Pro Wrestling Noah |
Created: | October 3, 2019 |
Mostreigns: | Takashi Sugiura and Kenoh (2 reigns) |
Firstchamp: | Takashi Sugiura |
Longestreign: | Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. (352 days) |
Shortestreign: | Masaaki Mochizuki (16 days) |
Oldest: | Masakatsu Funaki |
Youngest: | Jack Morris |
Heaviest: | Kazuyuki Fujita (115kg (254lb)) |
Lightest: | Hayata (75kg (165lb)) |
The is a professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 3, 2019 and inaugurated on November 2 when Takashi Sugiura defeated Michael Elgin. The title is defended exclusively in Japan. Rather than being another "heavyweight" championship, Noah classifies the title as an openweight title, with both heavyweight and junior heavyweight wrestlers being eligible to challenge for it. The current champion is Hayata who is in his first reign.
In January 2019, LIDET Entertainment took over the ownership of Noah, and on October 3, Riki Choshu announced on behalf of LIDET Entertainment, the creation of the GHC National Championship, with the inaugural champion to be crowned on November 2, 2019, at Noah the Best 2019, in a match between Michael Elgin and Takashi Sugiura.[1] It was later announced that the title would be an openweight title, with both heavyweight and junior heavyweight wrestlers being eligible to challenge for it. The title was scheduled to be defended exclusively in Japan and was part of a plan by LIDET Entertainment to attract a new audience. On November 2, 2019, Sugiura defeated Elgin to become the inaugural GHC National Champion, before losing the title to Katsuhiko Nakajima on May 9, 2020.[2]
As of,, there have been a total of ten reigns between eight different champions. Takashi Sugiura was the first champion. He is also tied with Kenoh for the most reigns with two, and has the longest combined reign at 371 days. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.'s sole reign is the longest at 352 days, while Masaaki Mochizuki's reign is the shortest at 16 days. Jack Morris is the youngest champion at the age of 30 years old, while Masakatsu Funaki was the oldest, winning the title at 52 years old.
Hayata is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Jack Morris at Star Navigation 2024 on April 11, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. He is the first junior heavyweight to hold the title.[3]
As of, .
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 6 | 371 | |
2 | 1 | 6 | 352 | |
3 | 2 | 9 | 299 | |
4 | 1 | 6 | 292 | |
5 | 1 | 3 | 166 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 93 | |
7 | 1 | 2 | 87 | |
8 | † | 1 | 0 | + |
9 | 1 | 0 | 39 | |
10 | 1 | 0 | 16See also
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