GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship

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GHC Hardcore Championship
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Current championship design
Details
Promotion CyberFight
Brand Pro Wrestling Noah
Date establishedMarch 13, 2004
Current champion(s) Shuji Ishikawa
Date wonMay 4, 2024
Other name(s)
  • GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship
    (2004–2007, 2007–2009)
  • GHC Openweight Hardcore Tag Team Championship (2007)
  • GHC Hardcore Championship
    (2023–present)
Statistics
First champion(s) Jun Akiyama
Most reigns Kentaro Shiga and Kishin Kawabata
(2 reigns)
Longest reign Kishin Kawabata
(322 days)
Shortest reign Masato Tanaka
(35 days)
Oldest champion Masato Tanaka
(50 years, 207 days)
Youngest champion Naomichi Marufuji
(25 years, 20 days)
Heaviest champion Shuji Ishikawa
(130 kg)
Lightest champion Naomichi Marufuji
(90 Kg)

The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Hardcore Championship (Japanese: GHCハードコア王座, Hepburn: GHC Hādokoa Ōza) is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, originally created in 2004 as a singles title known as the Global Hardcore Crown (GHC) Openweight Hardcore Championship (グローバル・ハードコア・クラウン無差別級王座, Gurōbaru Hādokoa Kuraun Musabetsu-kyū Ōza). Colloquially known as the "White GHC" belt due to its white leather strap, the championship was primarily associated with Jun Akiyama during it original run. Most matches contested for the championship were held with a 15-minute time limit and often featured special stipulations chosen by the champion. The championship was first retired in 2009.

Contents

The original title had a total of nine reigns shared between eight different champions. The title brought back in 2023 and given a new name, the GHC Hardcore Championship. The GHC Hardcore Championship has had a total of two reigns shared between two champions. The current titleholder is Ninja Mack who is in his first reign.

History

The Global Hardcore Crown Openweight Hardcore Championship was created in March 2004 when Jun Akiyama declared himself champion as a way to liven up the Pro Wrestling Noah regional tours. [1] In 2007, it was announced that it would be reformed into a tag team title, continuing with the same lineage as the original belt. Later in 2007, it reverted to being a singles championship. Kentaro Shiga, who was the fifth champion before the reforming into a tag team title, was still recognized as such (along with his tag team partner, Kishin Kawabata), even though it was vacated to be put up for grab in a tournament, which they eventually won. [2] On November 19, 2007, Kawabata defeated Shiga to reunify the title. [3] The title was deactivated after ninth champion Kenta Kobashi suffered an injury in December 2009, forcing him to vacate the title.

In October 2023, it was revealed by Nosawa Rongai that Pro Wrestling Noah would bring the belt as the newly created GHC Hardcore Championship with a separate lineage. Masato Tanaka won the revived title on October 23, 2023, at Monday Magic ep. 2, by defeating Ninja Mack. [4]

Reigns

Across the two lineages, there have been a total of eleven reigns shared between ten different champions. The current title holder is Shuji Ishikawa who is in his first reign.

Original version

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1 Jun Akiyama March 13, 2004Navigation Tokyo, Japan 12175Akiyama declared himself the inaugural champion. [1]
2 Naomichi Marufuji October 16, 2004Navigation Against the Current 2004 Tokushima, Japan 11402Marufuji won the match via countout. [5]
3 Muhammad Yone March 5, 2005Navigate for Evolution 2005 Tokyo, Japan 12313 [6]
4 Scorpio October 22, 2005Autumn Navigation '05 Tokushima, Japan 13161 [7]
5 Kentaro Shiga September 3, 2006Shiny Navigation '06 Nagoya, Japan 11673 [8]
6 Kishin Kawabata and Kentaro Shiga February 17, 2007Navigation for Evolution 2007 – Day 2 Tokyo, Japan 12752Defeated Go Shiozaki and Shuhei Taniguchi in a tournament final. This is still Kentaro Shiga's original championship reign. During their reign, the title was billed as GHC Openweight Hardcore Tag Team Championship. [9]
7 Kishin Kawabata November 19, 2007Winter Navigation '07 – Day 4 Niigata, Japan 23224 [10]
8 Makoto Hashi October 6, 2008Autumn Navigation '08 – Day 2 Isesaki, Japan 12452 [11]
9 Kenta Kobashi June 8, 2009Southern Navigation 2009 – Day 3 Hachiōji, Japan 11984 [12]
DeactivatedDecember 23, 2009 Kenta Kobashi vacated the title after suffering an injury. After that the title became inactive.

Revived version

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1 Masato Tanaka October 23, 2023Monday Magic ep. 2 Tokyo, Japan 1350Defeated Ninja Mack to win the reactivated title. [13]
2 Ninja Mack November 27, 2023Monday Magic ep. 4 Tokyo, Japan 11592This was a three-way hardcore match also involving Super Crazy. [14]
3 Shuji Ishikawa May 4, 2024 Wrestle Magic Tokyo, Japan 1205+1This was a hardcore match. [15]

Combined reigns

As of November25, 2024.

Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defences
Combined days
1 Kishin Kawabata 26597
2 Kentaro Shiga 25441
3 Scorpio 11316
4 Makoto Hashi 12245
5 Muhammad Yone 13231
6 Jun Akiyama 15217
7 Shuji Ishikawa 11205+
8 Kenta Kobashi 14198
9 Ninja Mack 12159
10 Naomichi Marufuji 12140
11 Masato Tanaka 1035

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