The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Junior Heavyweight Championship it's a singles title in NOAH for Junior Heavyweights only (<100 kg/220 lbs). It was created on June 24, 2001 when Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Juventud Guerrera in a tournament final. The title has been defended outside Japan several times, mainly in the USA but also in Europe. All GHC Junior Heavyweight Title matches and contract signings were overseen and introduced by NOAH title commissioner Joe Higuchi until his death in October 2010 and he was replaced by Harley Race.
Tournament
NOAH held a 12-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]
First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
June 16 | Path Finder | 12:15 | ||||||||||||||||
June 9 | Path Finder | Pin | Miyagi | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | Pin | |||||||||||||
June 23 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | Pin | ||||||||||||||||
Tokyo | Kenta Kobayashi | 8:27 | ||||||||||||||||
Tokyo | Tsuyoshi Kikuchi | 13:34 | ||||||||||||||||
June 21 | Tsuyoshi Kikuchi | Pin | ||||||||||||||||
Toyama | BJ Whitmer | 7:12 | ||||||||||||||||
June 24 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | Pin | ||||||||||||||||
Aichi | Juventud Guerrera | 17:17 | ||||||||||||||||
June 17 | Makoto Hashi | 15:02 | ||||||||||||||||
Oyama | Naomichi Marufuji | Pin | ||||||||||||||||
June 23 | Naomichi Marufuji | 19:02 | ||||||||||||||||
June 15 | Satoru Asako | Pin | ||||||||||||||||
Tokyo | Juventud Guerrera | Pin | ||||||||||||||||
Niigata | Matt Murphy | 11:21 | June 20 | Satoru Asako | 11:04 | |||||||||||||
Tokyo | Juventud Guerrera | Pin |
Title History
# | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Location | Length | Defenses | Notes |
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1 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 1 | June 24, 2001 | Nagoya | 117 Days | 2 | Defeated Juventud Guerrera in tournament finals. |
2 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 1 | October 19, 2001 | Yokohama | 51 Days | 1 | |
3 | Naomichi Marufuji | 1 | December 9, 2001 | Tokyo | 119 Days | 1 | |
4 | Makoto Hashi | 1 | April 7, 2002 | Tokyo | 1 Day | 0 | |
— | Vacated | April 8, 2002 | — | Hashi refused the title after winning by referee stoppage due to Marufuji injuring his knee. | |||
5 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 2 | May 26, 2002 | Sapporo | 308 Days | 3 | Defeated KENTA in a tournament final. |
6 | Michael Modest | 1 | March 30, 2003 | Fukuoka | 166 Days | 2 | |
7 | Takashi Sugiura | 1 | September 12, 2003 | Tokyo | 114 Days | 2 | |
8 | Jushin Thunder Liger | 1 | January 4, 2004 | Tokyo | 188 Days | 5 | |
9 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 3 | July 10, 2004 | Tokyo | 373 Days | 5 | |
10 | KENTA | 1 | July 18, 2005 | Tokyo | 321 Days | 6 | |
11 | Takashi Sugiura | 2 | June 4, 2006 | Sapporo | 202 Days | 1 | |
12 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 2 | December 23, 2006 | Tokyo | 126 Days | 2 | |
13 | Mushiking Terry | 1 | April 28, 2007 | Tokyo | 182 Days | 0 | |
14 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 4 | October 27, 2007 | Tokyo | 323 Days | 5 | |
15 | Bryan Danielson | 1 | September 14, 2008 | Tokyo | 29 Days | 1 | |
16 | KENTA | 2 | October 13, 2008 | Hiroshima | 121 Days | 3 | |
17 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 1 | February 11, 2009 | Tokyo | 18 Days | 0 | |
18 | KENTA | 3 | March 1, 2009 | Tokyo | 243 Days | 3 | |
— | Vacated | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to a knee injury. | |
19 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 5 | October 31, 2009 | Tokyo | 400 Days | 6 | Defeated Jushin Thunder Liger in the finals of the Junior Heavyweight League. |
20 | Kotaro Suzuki | 2 | December 5, 2010 | Tokyo | 292 Days | 7 | Previously known as Mushiking Terry. |
21 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 2 | September 23, 2011 | Tokyo | 9 Days | 0 | |
— | Vacated | — | October 2, 2011 | — | — | — | Nakajima was forced to vacate the title after undergoing surgery for acute appendicitis. |
22 | Ricky Marvin | 1 | October 16, 2011 | Tokyo | 0 Days | 0 | Defeated Satoshi Kajiwara |
— | Vacated | — | October 16, 2011 | — | — | — | Marvin vacated the title, declaring that he wanted to earn it by defeating Katsuhiko Nakajima. |
23 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 3 | November 27, 2011 | Tokyo | 164 Days | 4 | Defeated Ricky Marvin. |
24 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 6 | May 9, 2012 | Tokyo | 143 Days | 3 | |
25 | Shuji Kondo | 1 | September 29, 2012 | Tokyo | 120 Days | 3 | |
26 | Taiji Ishimori | 1 | January 27, 2013 | Osaka | 405 Days | 10 | |
27 | Daisuke Harada | 1 | March 8, 2014 | Tokyo | 273 Days | 7 | |
28 | Atsushi Kotoge | 1 | December 6, 2014 | Tokyo | 99 Days | 1 | |
29 | Taichi | 1 | March 15, 2015 | Tokyo | 283 Days | 4 | |
30 | Taiji Ishimori | 2 | December 23, 2015 | Tokyo | 63 Days | 1 | |
31 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 7 | December 23, 2015 | Tokyo | 212 Days | 4 | |
32 | Atsushi Kotoge | 2 | September 23, 2016 | Tokyo | 2765+ | 1 |
Gallery
- ↑ NOAH Navigation to the Bright Destination tour results . Green Destiny. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.Template:Verify credibility