Global Honored Crown was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). The event took place on November 10, 2022, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The event's name refers to the acronym of Noah's governing body, the Global Honored Crown.
The show was headlined by Kaito Kiyomiya defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Timothy Thatcher. The event aired live on AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.
Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the event had some restrictions in attendance, after the Japanese Government lifted the State of Emergency.
Production[]
Background[]
On September 9, 2022, Noah announced that they would promote the Global Honored Crown at the Korakuen Hall on November 10, 2022, with Noah's Executive Director Narihiro Takeda, referring that the event would be held with the purpose of attracting more audience to Noah's Korakuen Hall, following the effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Takeda also announced that the concept of the show would be based on that every championship in the company would be defended.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic[]
On January 29, 2020, Noah also announced that the promotion would celebrate its 20th anniversary in the Ryōgoku Kokugikan which would be later canceled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). On March 30, it was initially announced that some 2020 Global Tag League shows of the tournament, while the April 15 show would be held behind closed doors, being streamed on DDT Universe, due to restrictions made by the Japanese government regarding the 2019-20 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic but it was later announced that the entire tournament would be held behind closed doors and the shows would be streamed on the DDT Universe under NOAH TV name. On April 22, the first show of the NOAH THE SPIRIT 2020 tour was held in an empty TV studio broadcast live on AbemaTV, and the rest of the shows would be canceled including ALL OUT ATTACK 2020 tour. On May 9, NOAH and their sister promotion, DDT started to promote shows at an empty TV studio being broadcast on AbemaTV under NOAH TV name. On July 18, Noah returned to held events with a limited number of fans in attendance at the Korakuen Hall.
Storylines[]
Global Honored Crown featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Kaito Kiyomiya, who defended the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Timothy Thatcher in the main event.
Global Honored Crown was main evented by Kaito Kiyomiya making his second title defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Timothy Thatcher. On October 30, Kiyomiya sucessfully retained the title against Kazuyuki Fujita, following a Frankensteiner. Afterwards, Timothy Thatcher, who was accompanied by his interpreter, Hideki Suzuki, challenged him to a title match, which he accepted. In their predule match, on November 3, Kiyomiya and Thatcher faced each other in a tag team match, where Thatcher scored a direct victory over Kiyomiya, after submitting him, before tauting him afterwards.
Masakatsu Funaki, who defended the GHC National Championship at the event.
On October 30, after sucessfully defending the GHC National Championship, in a post-match interview, Masakatsu Funaki was challenged by El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. to a title match, who pointed himself as the next challenger, with their match being billed as "Japan vs. Mexico" by Funaki.
Also at the event, Takashi Sugiura and Satoshi Kojima sucessfully defended the GHC Tag Team Championship against KONGOH (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh). Afterwards, after being given the permission to use Tamon Honda's "Dead End" finishing move, Akitoshi Saito and his Funky Express stablemate Muhammad Yone, due to being the "two of the funkiest people in the world", they challenged Sugiura and Kojima to a title match, which they accepted.
Ninja Mack, who defended the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against longtime rival Dante Leon at the event.
At the October 30 event, Dante Leon challenged the winner of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship match between HAYATA and Ninja Mack to a title match. Later that night, Mack defeated HAYATA to become the new champion via stoppage, after he dislocated his left shoulder. Both would continue their heated rivalry following a brawl, after a confrontation between the two on November 3, with Mack being Leon first opponent in Noah prior to their match.
In the event, Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka sucessfully defended the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against KONGOH (Hi69 and Tadasuke). Not long after, Hi69 and Tadasuke's KONGOH's stablemate Hajime Ohara and Shuji Kondo, named themselves as their next challengers, before attacking them. In a pre-match, on November 3, Kondo warned Kotoge and Yoshioka to target Ohara's leg, as it was the only chance of defeating them, before scoring a direct a victory over Yoshioka in a eight-man tag team match.
Results[]
| # | Matches | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1P | Kai Fujimura and Yoshiki Inamura defeated Yasutaka Yano and Taishi Ozawa | Tag team match | 10:25 |
| 2 | KONGOH (Hajime Ohara and Shuji Kondo) defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka (c) | Tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | 20:37 |
| 3 | Dante Leon defeated Ninja Mack (c) | Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship | 12:49 |
| 4 | Takashi Sugiura and Satoshi Kojima (c) defeated Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito and Muhammad Yone) | Tag team match for the GHC Tag Team Championship | 22:54 |
| 5 | El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Masakatsu Funaki (c) | Singles match for the GHC National Championship | 13:03 |
| 6 | Kaito Kiyomiya (c) defeated Timothy Thatcher | Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship | 37:27 |
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