Global Junior Heavyweight League

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The Global Junior Heavyweight League is a professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by Pro Wrestling Noah. The purpose of the tournament is to determine the promotion's top junior heavyweight wrestler. It was originally designed to be an annual event starting in 2009, but the second tournament did not take place until 2015. The tournament is a two-block round-robin tournament, much like New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament, in which each block's two highest scorers face off in the semifinals. A victory is worth two points, a draw was worth one, and a loss zero; each match has a thirty-minute time limit. Being a professional wrestling tournament, the outcome of the matches and the tournament itself are not determined through pure athletic competition but through pre-determined outcomes to matches. [1]

Contents

List of winners

Global Junior Heavyweight League

Jr. Rumble

2009

The first tournament, named simply Junior Heavyweight League, was held from October 15 to October 31 over nine shows, and featured two blocks of five. Foreign participation included Delirious from Ring of Honor and Jyushin Thunder Liger from New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The winner, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, also won the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Delirious was awarded place in the semifinal because original block A runner-up Kotaro Suzuki had to withdraw with a flu.

Final standings
Block ABlock B
Katsuhiko Nakajima 6 Jyushin Thunder Liger 5
Kotaro Suzuki 5 Yoshinobu Kanemaru 4
Delirious 4 Atsushi Aoki 3
Kenta 3 Taiji Ishimori 2
Ricky Marvin 2 Genba Hirayanagi 0
Block A Delirious Katsuhiko Nakajima Kenta Kotaro Suzuki Ricky Marvin
Delirious —Nakajima (15:05)Delirious (18:54)Suzuki (13:52)Delirious (14:20)
Katsuhiko Nakajima Nakajima (15:05)—Draw (30:00)Draw (30:00)Nakajima (12:07)
Kenta Delirious (18:54)Draw (30:00)—Suzuki (17:28)Kenta (1:59)
Kotaro Suzuki Suzuki (13:52)Draw (30:00)Suzuki (17:28)—Marvin (9:04)
Ricky Marvin Delirious (14:20)Nakajima(12:07)Kenta (1:59)Marvin (9:04)—
Block B Atsushi Aoki Genba Hirayanagi Jyushin Thunder Liger Taiji Ishimori Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Atsushi Aoki —Aoki (13:11)Draw (30:00)Ishimori (13:54)Kanemaru (17:32)
Genba Hirayanagi Aoki (13:11)—Double countout (9:19)Double countout (7:09)Double countout (7:45)
Jyushin Thunder Liger Draw (30:00)Double countout (9:19)—Liger (13:08)Liger (14:45)
Taiji Ishimori Ishimori (13:54)Double countout (7:09)Liger (13:08)—Kanemaru (15:56)
Yoshinobu Kanemaru Kanemaru (17:32)Double countout (7:45)Liger (14:45)Kanemaru (15:56)—
Semifinals Finals
      
A1 Katsuhiko Nakajima Pin
B2 Yoshinobu Kanemaru 10:17
B2 Yoshinobu KanemaruPin
B1 Jyushin Thunder Liger 18:53
B1 Jyushin Thunder Liger Pin
A2 Delirious 10:45

2015

The second tournament, now named Global Junior Heavyweight League, took place from July 18 to August 5, 2015. [1]

Final standings
Block ABlock B
Daisuke Harada 10 Atsushi Kotoge 8
El Desperado 8 Taiji Ishimori 8
Kenoh 8 Bengala 6
Zack Sabre Jr. 8 Hajime Ohara 6
Yoshinari Ogawa 6 Super Crazy 6
Sho Tanaka 2 Taka Michinoku 6
Hitoshi Kumano 0 Genba Hirayanagi 2
Block A Daisuke Harada El Desperado Hitoshi Kumano Kenoh Sho Tanaka Yoshinari Ogawa Zack Sabre Jr.
Daisuke Harada —Harada (5:23)Harada (10:06)Harada (13:29)Harada (8:33)Harada (11:58)Sabre (12:12)
El Desperado Harada (5:23)—Desperado (7:53)Desperado (13:31)Desperado (10:19)Ogawa (1:05)Desperado (11:06)
Hitoshi Kumano Harada (10:06)Desperado (7:53)—Kenoh (9:03)Tanaka (9:01)Ogawa (8:41)Sabre (9:47)
Kenoh Harada (13:29)Desperado (13:31)Kenoh (9:03)—Kenoh (13:50)Kenoh (13:28)Kenoh (7:33)
Sho Tanaka Harada (8:33)Desperado (10:19)Tanaka (9:01)Kenoh (13:50)—Ogawa (3:32)Sabre (10:07)
Yoshinari Ogawa Harada (11:58)Ogawa (1:05)Ogawa (8:41)Kenoh (13:28)Ogawa (3:32)—Sabre (11:46)
Zack Sabre Jr. Sabre (12:12)Desperado (11:06)Sabre (9:47)Kenoh (7:33)Sabre (10:07)Sabre (11:46)—
Block B Atsushi Kotoge Bengala Genba Hirayanagi Hajime Ohara Super Crazy Taiji Ishimori Taka Michinoku
Atsushi Kotoge —Kotoge (8:49)Kotoge (8:36)Ohara (12:41)Crazy (11:05)Kotoge (14:58)Kotoge (10:44)
Bengala Kotoge (8:49)—Hirayanagi (6:22)Bengala (6:15)Bengala (3:24)Ishimori (10:48)Bengala (7:40)
Genba Hirayanagi Kotoge (8:36)Hirayanagi (6:22)—Ohara (8:29)Crazy (5:29)Ishimori (7:44)Michinoku (7:33)
Hajime Ohara Ohara (12:41)Bengala (6:15)Ohara (8:29)—Crazy (10:16)Ishimori (7:15)Ohara (11:31)
Super Crazy Crazy (11:05)Bengala (3:24)Crazy (5:29)Crazy (10:16)—Ishimori (12:27)Michinoku (8:26)
Taiji Ishimori Kotoge (14:58)Ishimori (10:48)Ishimori (7:44)Ishimori (7:15)Ishimori (12:27)—Michinoku (9:07)
Taka Michinoku Kotoge (10:44)Bengala (7:40)Michinoku (7:33)Ohara (11:31)Michinoku (8:26)Michinoku (9:07)—
Final
   
A1 Daisuke HaradaPin
B1 Atsushi Kotoge 16:35

2018

The third tournament took place from September 8 to October 4, 2018. [2]

Final standings
Block ABlock B
Kotaro Suzuki 8 Yo-Hey 8
Daisuke Harada 6 Ikuto Hidaka 7
Hitoshi Kumano 6 Hi69 6
Tadasuke 6 Minoru Tanaka 6
Seiya Morohashi 2 Hayata 3
Hajime Ohara 2 Junta Miyawaki 0
Block A Daisuke Harada Hajime Ohara Hitoshi Kumano Kotaro Suzuki Seiya Morohashi Tadasuke
Daisuke Harada —Harada (19:04)Harada (12:06)Suzuki (16:31)Harada (8:47)Tadasuke (15:31)
Hajime Ohara Harada (19:04)—Kumano (12:24)Ohara (10:11)Morohashi (10:05)Tadasuke (6:54)
Hitoshi Kumano Harada (12:06)Kumano (12:24)—Suzuki (14:33)Kumano (11:52)Kumano (9:59)
Kotaro Suzuki Suzuki (16:31)Ohara (10:11)Suzuki (14:33)—Suzuki (9:19)Suzuki (10:18)
Seiya Morohashi Harada (8:47)Morohashi (10:05)Kumano (11:52)Suzuki (9:19)—Tadasuke (9:53)
Tadasuke Tadasuke (15:31)Tadasuke (6:54)Kumano (9:59)Suzuki (10:18)Tadasuke (9:53)—
Block B Hayata Hi69 Ikuto Hidaka Junta Miyawaki Minoru Tanaka Yo-Hey
Hayata —Hi69 (9:35)Hidaka (11:11)Hayata (4:45)Tanaka (11:33)Draw (12:36)
Hi69 Hi69 (9:35)—Hidaka (14:47)Hi69 (2:49)Hi69 (19:41)Yo-Hey (13:11)
Ikuto Hidaka Hidaka (11:11)Hidaka (14:47)—Hidaka (8:03)Tanaka (12:38)Draw (30:00)
Junta Miyawaki Hayata (4:45)Hi69 (2:49)Hidaka (8:03)—Tanaka (5:55)Yo-Hey (8:02)
Minoru Tanaka Tanaka (11:33)Hi69 (19:41)Tanaka (12:38)Tanaka (5:55)—Yo-Hey (14:57)
Yo-Hey Draw (12:36)Yo-Hey (13:11)Draw (30:00)Yo-Hey (8:02)Yo-Hey (14:57)—
Final
   
A1 Kotaro SuzukiPin
B1 Yo-Hey 17:00

2019

The fourth Global Junior Heavyweight League took place from June 27 to July 27, 2019. [3]

Current standings
Block ABlock B
Tadasuke 8 Hayata 7
Yo-Hey 6 Kotaro Suzuki 7
Yoshinari Ogawa 6 Chris Ridgeway 6
Daisuke Harada 5 Hajime Ohara 4
Minoru Tanaka 5 Hi69 4
Junta Miyawaki 0 Hitoshi Kumano 2
Block A Daisuke Harada Junta Miyawaki Minoru Tanaka Tadasuke Yo-Hey Yoshinari Ogawa
Daisuke Harada —Harada (6:52)Draw (30:00)Tadasuke (15:01)Harada (15:20)Ogawa (9:47)
Junta Miyawaki Harada (6:52)—Tanaka (8:43)Tadasuke (8:57)Yo-Hey (8:57)Ogawa (9:54)
Minoru Tanaka Draw (30:00)Tanaka (8:43)—Tadasuke (10:14)Yo-Hey (12:40)Tanaka (11:33)
Tadasuke Tadasuke (15:01)Tadasuke (8:57)Tadasuke (10:14)—Tadasuke (10:41)Ogawa (13:19)
Yo-Hey Harada (15:20)Yo-Hey (8:57)Yo-Hey (12:40)Tadasuke (10:41)—Yo-Hey (14:14)
Yoshinari Ogawa Ogawa (9:47)Ogawa (9:54)Tanaka (11:33)Ogawa (13:19)Yo-Hey (14:14)—
Block BChris Ridgeway Hajime Ohara Hayata Hi69 Hitoshi Kumano Kotaro Suzuki
Chris Ridgeway —Ohara (9:20)Hayata (14:30)Ridgeway (13:08)Ridgeway (10:01)Ridgeway (8:38)
Hajime Ohara Ohara (9:20)—Hayata (15:59)Ohara (10:20)Kumano (13:35)Suzuki (10:09)
Hayata Hayata (14:30)Hayata (15:59)—Hi69 (11:27)Hayata (11:01)Draw (30:00)
Hi69 Ridgeway (13:08)Ohara (10:20)Hi69 (11:27)—Hi69 (9:39)Suzuki (8:59)
Hitoshi Kumano Ridgeway (10:01)Kumano (13:35)Hayata (11:01)Hi69 (9:39)—Suzuki (10:32)
Kotaro Suzuki Ridgeway (8:38)Suzuki (10:09)Draw (30:00)Suzuki (8:59)Suzuki (10:32)—
Block B Decision Final
      
A1 Tadasuke Pin
B1 Hayata 19:12
B1 Hayata Pin
B2 Kotaro Suzuki 3:13

2020

The 2020 Global Junior Heavyweight League, featuring 4 blocks took place between January 10 and January 30. [4]

Final standings
Block ABlock BBlock CBlock D
Yoshinari Ogawa 4 Dick Togo 4 Hajime Ohara 4 Daisuke Harada 4
Hayata 2 Kotaro Suzuki 4 Atsushi Kotoge 4 Minoru Tanaka 3
Nosawa Rongai 2 Tadasuke 2 Yo-Hey 2 Nio 3
Junta Miyawaki 0 Hao 2 Hitoshi Kumano 2 Chris Ridgeway 2
Block A Hayata Yoshinari
Ogawa 		Nosawa
Rongai 		Junta
Miyawaki
Hayata —Ogawa
(18:33)		Double
Countout
(6:43)		Hayata
(9:48)
Yoshinari
Ogawa 		Ogawa
(18:33)		—Double
Countout
(10:29)		Ogawa
(8:08)
Nosawa
Rongai 		Double
Countout
(6:43)		Double
Countout
(10:29)		—Nosawa
(9:23)
Junta
Miyawaki 		Hayata
(9:48)		Ogawa
(8:08)		Nosawa
(9:23)		—
Block B Kotaro
Suzuki 		Tadasuke Hao Dick
Togo
Kotaro
Suzuki 		—Suzuki
(7:39)		Suzuki
(9:20)		Togo
(15:09)
Tadasuke Suzuki
(7:39)		—Tadasuke
(7:49)		Tadasuke
(12:46)
Hao Suzuki
(9:20)		Tadasuke
(7:49)		—Togo
(9:21)
Dick
Togo 		Togo
(15:09)		Tadasuke
(12:46)		Togo
(9:21)		—
Block C Atsushi
Kotoge 		Yo-Hey Hajime
Ohara 		Hitoshi
Kumano
Atsushi
Kotoge 		—Kotoge
(15:41)		Ohara
(14:20)		Kotoge
(10:56)
Yo-Hey Kotoge
(15:41)		—Ohara
(13:49)		Yo-Hey
(13:53)
Hajime
Ohara 		Ohara
(14:20)		Ohara
(13:49)		—Kumano
(13:39)
Hitoshi
Kumano 		Kotoge
(10:56)		Yo-Hey
(13:53)		Kumano
(13:39)		—
Block D Daisuke
Harada 		Chris
Ridgeway		 Minoru
Tanaka 		Nio
Daisuke
Harada 		—Harada
(10:56)		Draw
(30:00)		Draw
(30:00)
Chris
Ridgeway 		Harada
(10:56)		—Tanaka
(11:34)		Ridgeway
(13:39)
Minoru
Tanaka 		Draw
(30:00)		Tanaka
(11:34)		—Nio
(14:24)
Nio Draw
(30:00)		Ridgeway
(13:39)		Nio
(14:24)		—
Semifinals Finals
      
A1 Yoshinari Ogawa Sub
B1 Dick Togo 8:31
B1 Dick Togo Pin
D1 Daisuke Harada19:43
C1 Hajime Ohara Pin
D1 Daisuke Harada 15:45

2020 (Rumble)

After the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Heavyweight League was replaced with an annual Junior Rumble. The first edition was on 4 October as part of an N-1 Victory 2020 show at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyō, Tokyo and contained 14 participants. They entered strictly every 30 seconds. The winner of this rumble did not receive a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship shot and the reigning champion, Kotaro Suzuki, participated. [5]

EntryWrestlerUnitOrderEliminated byMethodTime of
elimination
1 Daisuke Harada Momo no Seishun11/12 Hayata Over The Top Rope22:00
2 Yo-Hey Full Throttle11/12 Hayata Over The Top Rope22:00
3 Tadasuke Kongo 7 Nioh Over The Top Rope16:22
4 Hayata Stinger 13 Atsushi Kotoge Pinfall 24:32
5 Nosawa Rongai Sugiura-gun 5 Atsushi Kotoge Pinfall 14:59
6 Junta Miyawaki Momo no Seishun6 Tadasuke Pinfall 15:33
7 Yoshinari Ogawa Stinger 1HimselfAbandoned the match.5:49
8 Seiki Yoshioka Full Throttle4 Nosawa Rongai Pinfall 12:59
9 Kaz Hayashi Sugiura-gun 3 Seiki Yoshioka Over The Top Rope12:35
10 Haoh Kongo 9 Hayata Pinfall 18:18
11 Nioh Kongo 10 Daisuke Harada Pinfall 19:47
12 Hajime Ohara Full Throttle2 Kaz Hayashi Pinfall 12:14
13 Kotaro Suzuki Stinger 8 Haoh Pinfall 17:29
14 Atsushi Kotoge Momo no Seishun-WINNER--
Winner: Atsushi Kotoge

2021

The 2021 Noah Junior Rumble was held in an empty Club Citta, Kawasaki, Kanagawa on 26 June, one month before the Noah Jr. Team Game 2021. [6] It was part of Noah Cage War 2021. The Rumble had 15 participants, 1 more than the previous year. The winner, Hayata, successfully defeated Atsushi Kotoge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship the next night.

Haoh, Tadasuke and Nioh all entered at the same time. Hayata & Yoshinari Ogawa entered unofficially and were allowed entry by the referee.

EntryWrestlerUnitOrderEliminated byMethodTime of
elimination
1 Daisuke Harada Seiki gun / Momo no Seishun2 Hayata Over The Top Rope17:26
2 Nosawa Rongai Los Perros del Mal de Japón 1 Yoshinari Ogawa Over The Top Rope17:26
3 Eita Los Perros del Mal de Japón 8 Yoshinari Ogawa Over The Top Rope23:55
4 Seiki Yoshioka Stinger 11 Yo-Hey Over The Top Rope25:25
5 Junta Miyawaki Seiki-gun7 Eita Pinfall 23:13
6 Yo-Hey Los Perros del Mal de Japón 14 Hayata Pinfall 35:00
7-9 Haoh Kongo 4Junta Miyawaki Pinfall 21:11
Tadasuke Kongo 10 Seiki Yoshioka Pinfall 24:51
Nioh Kongo 5Junta MiyawakiOver The Top Rope21:41
10 Hajime Ohara Seiki-gun3 Haoh Pinfall 20:26
11 Yuya Susumu Stinger 9 Tadasuke Pinfall 24:20
12 Ikuto Hidaka Los Perros del Mal de Japón 6 Yuya Susumu Pinfall 22:26
13 Kotaro Suzuki Los Perros del Mal de Japón 13 Hayata Pinfall 26:52
14-15 Hayata Stinger -WINNER--
Yoshinari Ogawa Stinger12 Kotaro Suzuki, Nosawa Rongai & Yo-Hey Over The Top Rope26:01
Winner: Hayata (2)

2022

The 2022 Noah Junior Rumble was part of the N Innovation U-Cup. It was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama on 6 January. Daisuke Harada, the winner, successfully defeated Hayata for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship the next night. [7]

EntryWrestlerUnitOrderEliminated byMethodTime of
elimination
1 Atsushi Kotoge Seiki-gun9 Yo-Hey Pinfall 16:49
2Alejandro Kongo 6 Hajime Ohara Pinfall 14:54
3 Yuya Susumu Stinger 4 Atsushi Kotoge Pinfall 11:13
4 Yo-Hey Los Perros del Mal de Japón 12 Seiki Yoshioka Over The Top Rope20:00
5 Seiki Yoshioka Stinger 13 Kotaro Suzuki Pinfall 20:20
6 Tadasuke Kongo 5Junta MiyawakiOver The Top Rope11:59
7 Junta Miyawaki Seiki-gun8 Haoh Pinfall 16:20
8 Nosawa Rongai Los Perros del Mal de Japón 2 Yoshinari Ogawa Over The Top Rope6:51
9 Yoshinari Ogawa Stinger 3 Nosawa Rongai Over The Top Rope7:42
10 Eita Los Perros del Mal de Japón 1 Nosawa Rongai Over The Top Rope6:49
11 Daisuke Harada Seiki-gun-WINNER--
12 Kotaro Suzuki Los Perros del Mal de Japón 14 Daisuke Harada Pinfall 24:30
13 Haoh Kongo 11 Daisuke Harada Over The Top Rope18:18
14 Nioh Kongo 7Junta Miyawaki Pinfall 14:59
15 Hajime Ohara Seiki-gun10 Seiki Yoshioka Pinfall 17:33
Winner: Daisuke Harada (3)

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