GHC Heavyweight Championship

GHC Heavyweight Championship
Current championship design
Details
PromotionCyberFight
BrandPro Wrestling Noah
Date establishedApril 15, 2001
Current champion(s)Kaito Kiyomiya
Date wonMay 4, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s)Mitsuharu Misawa
Most reignsGo Shiozaki (5 reigns)
Longest reignKenta Kobashi (735 days)
Shortest reignYoshihiro Takayama (16 days)
Oldest championKeiji Mutoh (58 years, 1 month, 20 days)
Youngest championKaito Kiyomiya (22 years, 4 months, 26 days)
Heaviest championTakeshi Morishima (145 kg)
Lightest championKenta (81 kg)

The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Heavyweight Championship (Japanese: GHCヘビー級王座, Hepburn: GHC Hebī-kyū Ōza) is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah, which was merged with Japanese promotion DDT to form CyberFight in 2020.[1] It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world titles, alongside the KO-D Openweight Championship in DDT Pro-Wrestling.[2] The title was also defended on Impact Wrestling which has a working relationship with Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on April 15, 2001 when Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a 16-man tournament final.[3] Though its name implies a particular weight class, it has been periodically held by junior heavyweights, including Yoshinari Ogawa, Kenta, Naomichi Marufuji, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh. The current champion is Kaito Kiyomiya, who is in his third reign. He defeated El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. at Noah Wrestle Magic on May 4, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.

  1. ^ Pollock, John (July 27, 2020). "DDT and Pro Wrestling NOAH merge to form CyberFight". POST Wrestling | WWE AEW NXT NJPW Podcasts, News, Reviews. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Champions and Championships/GHC Heavyweight Title" (in German). Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference victoryghc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).