Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship

The Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (三冠ヘビー級王座 Sankan Hebīkyū Ōza) is a the top singles championship in the All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) promotion. The title was introduced on April 18, 1989, after Jumbo Tsuruta as the NWA International Heavyweight Champion defeated Stan Hansen, the PWF Heavyweight and NWA United National Champion, to unify the titles.

Overview[]

The championship was established after the unification of its then-flagship title the PWF World Heavyweight Championship, with the NWA United National Championship and the NWA International Heavyweight Championship. The titles were unified on April 18, 1989 when International champion Jumbo Tsuruta defeated the PWF and UN champion Stan Hansen.

Unlike most unified championships, the Triple Crown was originally represented by the three individual belts. The original title belts were returned to All Japan founder Giant Baba's widow Motoko in August 2013 and a new single belt instead of three separate belts was made. The new title belt, which featured three plates representing the three original belts, was unveiled on October 27. One of the plates includes the text "Jumbo Tsuruta Apr. 18 1989", representing the crowning of the inaugural champion.

Title history[]

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Length	Location	Successful defenses	Notes
1	Jumbo Tsuruta	1	April 18, 1989	48 Days	Tokyo	1	Tsuruta, the NWA International Heavyweight Champion, defeated Stan Hansen, the PWF Heavyweight and NWA United National Champion, to unify the titles.
2	Genichiro Tenryu	1	June 5, 1989	128 Days	Tokyo	2
3	Jumbo Tsuruta	2	October 11, 1989	237 Days	Yokohama	2
4	Terry Gordy	1	June 5, 1990	3 Days	Chiba	0
5	Stan Hansen	1	June 8, 1990	39 Days	Tokyo	0
6	Terry Gordy	1	July 17, 1990	10 Days	Kanazawa	0
—	Vacated	—	July 27, 1990	—	—	—	Gordy was hospitalized. The title is vacated as he is hospitalized during a scheduled title defense later that night.
7	Stan Hansen	2	July 27, 1990	176 Days	Matsudo	1	Defeated Mitsuharu Misawa to win the vacant championship.
8	Jumbo Tsuruta	3	January 19, 1991	374 Days	Matsumoto	3
9	Stan Hansen	3	January 28, 1992	207 Days	Chiba	3
10	Mitsuharu Misawa	1	August 22, 1992	705 Days	Tokyo	7
11	Steve Williams	1	July 28, 1994	86 Days	Tokyo	1
12	Toshiaki Kawada	1	October 22, 1994	133 Days	Tokyo	1
13	Stan Hansen	4	March 4, 1995	83 Days	Tokyo	0
14	Mitsuharu Misawa	2	May 26, 1995	364 Days	Sapporo	4
15	Akira Taue	1	May 24, 1996	61 Days	Sapporo	1
16	Kenta Kobashi	1	July 24, 1996	180 Days	Tokyo	2
17	Mitsuharu Misawa	3	January 20, 1997	466 Days	Osaka	8
18	Toshiaki Kawada	2	May 1, 1998	42 Days	Tokyo	0
19	Kenta Kobashi	2	June 12, 1998	141 Days	Tokyo	2
20	Mitsuharu Misawa	4	October 31, 1998	83 Days	Tokyo	0
21	Toshiaki Kawada	3	January 22, 1999	7 Days	Osaka	3
—	Vacated	—	January 29, 1999	—	—	—	Vacated after Kawada fracturedhis right ulna in winning the title.
22	Vader	1	March 6, 1999	57 Days	Tokyo	0	Defeated Akira Taue to win the vacant championship.
23	Mitsuharu Misawa	5	May 2, 1999	181 Days	Yokohama	2
24	Vader	2	October 30, 1999	120 Days	Tokyo	1
25	Kenta Kobashi	3	February 27, 2000	110 Days	Osaka	1
—	Vacated	—	June 16, 2000	—	—	—	Kobashi jumped to Pro Wrestling Noah.
26	Genichiro Tenryu	2	October 28, 2000	223 Days	Tokyo	1	Defeated Toshiaki Kawada in a tournament final.
27	Keiji Mutoh	1	June 8, 2001	261 Days	Tokyo	4
28	Toshiaki Kawada	4	February 24, 2002	32 Days	Tokyo	0
—	Vacated	—	March 28, 2002	—	—	—	Kawada suffered a knee injury.
29	Genichiro Tenryu	3	April 13, 2002	197 Days	Tokyo	1	Defeated Keiji Mutoh to win the vacant championship.
30	The Great Muta	2	October 27, 2002	119 Days	Tokyo	1	Formerly known as Keiji Mutoh.
31	Shinya Hashimoto	1	February 23, 2003	171 Days	Tokyo	2
—	Vacated	—	August 13, 2003	—	—	—	Hashimoto dislocated his right shoulder.
32	Toshiaki Kawada	5	September 6, 2003	529 Days	Tokyo	10
33	Satoshi Kojima	1	February 16, 2005	502 Days	Tokyo	8	Also won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship defeating Hiroyoshi Tenzan in a double title match.
34	Taiyō Kea	1	July 3, 2006	62 Days	Tokyo	1
35	Minoru Suzuki	1	September 3, 2006	357 Days	Sapporo	5
36	Kensuke Sasaki	1	August 26, 2007	247 Days	Tokyo	2
37	Suwama	1	April 29, 2008	152 Days	Nagoya	2
38	The Great Muta	3	September 28, 2008	167 Days	Yokohama	1
39	Yoshihiro Takayama	1	March 14, 2009	196 Days	Tokyo	2
40	Satoshi Kojima	2	September 26, 2009	176 Days	Yokohama	1
41	Ryota Hama	1	March 21, 2010	42 Days	Tokyo	0
42	Minoru Suzuki	2	May 2, 2010	119 Days	Nagoya	1
43	Suwama	2	August 29, 2010	420 Days	Tokyo	5
44	Jun Akiyama	1	October 23, 2011	308 Days	Tokyo	4
45	Masakatsu Funaki	1	August 26, 2012	203 Days	Tokyo	4
46	Suwama	3	March 17, 2013	224 Days	Tokyo	2
47	Akebono	1	October 27, 2013	215 Days	Tokyo	4
—	Vacated	—	May 30, 2014	—	—	—	Vacated due to Akebono being sidelined with health issues.
48	Takao Omori	1	June 15, 2014	14 Days	Tokyo	0	Defeated Jun Akiyama to win the vacant championship.
49	Suwama	4	June 29, 2014	28 Days	Sapporo	0
50	Joe Doering	1	July 27, 2014	160 Days	Tokyo	3
51	Go Shiozaki	1	January 3, 2015	138 Days	Tokyo	2
52	Akebono	2	May 21, 2015	164 Days	Tokyo	2
53	Jun Akiyama	2	May 21, 2015	62 Days	Hirosaki	0
54	Suwama	5	January 2, 2016	10 Days	Tokyo	0
—	Vacated	—	January 12, 2016	—	—	—	Vacated due to Suwama rupturing his achilles tendon.
55	Kento Miyahara	1	February 12, 2016	464 Days	Tokyo	8	Defeated Zeus to win the vacant championship.
56	Shuji Ishikawa	1	May 21, 2017	98 Days	Tokyo	2
57	Kento Miyahara	2	August 27, 2017	43 Days	Tokyo	0
58	Suwama	6	October 9, 2017	12 Days	Tokyo	0
59	Joe Doering	2	October 21, 2017	155 Days	Yokohama	2
60	Kento Miyahara	3	March 25, 2018	126 Days	Saitama	2
61	Zeus	1	July 29, 2018	84 Days	Osaka	1
62	Kento Miyahara	4	October 21, 2018	519 Days	Yokohama	10
63	Suwama	7	March 23, 2020	454 Days	Tokyo	7
—	Vacated	—	June 20, 2021	—	—	—	Vacated due to Suwama testing positive for COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Japan.
64	Jake Lee	1	June 26, 2021	185 Days	Tokyo	3	Defeated Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi in a decision match to win the vacant title. This was a Tomoe Battle.
—	Vacated	—	December 28, 2021	—	—	—	Vacated the title after Lee suffering from broken nose and broken left orbital bone.
65	Kento Miyahara	5	Janaury 23, 2022	147 Days	Tokyo	4	Defeated Ryuki Honda in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
66	Jake Lee	2	June 19, 2022	25 Days	Tokyo	0
67	Suwama	8	July 14, 2022	66 Days	Tokyo	0
68	Kento Miyahara	6	September 18, 2022	154 Days	Tokyo	4
69	Yuji Nagata	1	February 19, 2022	133 Days	Tokyo	3
70	Yuma Aoyagi	1	July 2, 2023	126 Days	Tokyo	5
71	Katsuhiko Nakajima	1	Novmeber 5, 2023	146 Days	Sapporo	4
72	Yuma Anzai	1	March 30, 2024	384+	Tokyo	1

Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship

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