Tournament
Noah held a 16-man tournament to crown the first champion, held over its month-long, 18-event Navigation for the Victory GHC tour. The tour was held from March 18 through April 15, 2001.[1]
† Akiyama and Misawa were both counted out, but the match was restarted.
Title history
Key
No. |
Overall reign number |
Reign |
Reign number for the specific champion |
Days |
Number of days held |
Defenses |
Number of successful defenses |
+ |
Current reign is changing daily |
No. |
Champion |
Championship change |
Reign statistics |
Notes |
Ref. |
Date |
Event |
Location |
Reign |
Days | Defenses
|
1 |
Mitsuharu Misawa |
April 15, 2001 |
Navigation for the Victory |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7002103000000000000♠103 | 1 |
Defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final. |
[1]
|
2 |
Jun Akiyama |
July 27, 2001 |
Accomplish Our First Navigation |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7002254000000000000♠254 | 3 |
|
[2]
|
3 |
Yoshinari Ogawa |
April 7, 2002 |
Come and Watch in Ariake |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7002153000000000000♠153 | 2 |
|
[3]
|
4 |
Yoshihiro Takayama |
September 7, 2002 |
Navigation Over the Date Line |
Osaka, Japan |
1 |
7001160000000000000♠16 | 0 |
|
[4]
|
5 |
Mitsuharu Misawa |
September 23, 2002 |
Great Voyage |
Tokyo, Japan |
2 |
7002159000000000000♠159 | 1 |
|
[5]
|
6 |
Kenta Kobashi |
March 1, 2003 |
Navigate for Evolution |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7002735000000000000♠735 | 13 |
|
[6][7]
|
7 |
Takeshi Rikio |
March 5, 2005 |
Navigate for Evolution |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7002245000000000000♠245 | 3 |
|
[6][8]
|
8 |
Akira Taue |
November 5, 2005 |
Third Great Voyage |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7001780000000000000♠78 | 1 |
|
[9]
|
9 |
Jun Akiyama |
January 22, 2006 |
First Navigation |
Tokyo, Japan |
2 |
7002230000000000000♠230 | 2 |
|
[10]
|
10 |
Naomichi Marufuji |
September 9, 2006 |
Great Voyage |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7001920000000000000♠92 | 2 |
|
[11]
|
11 |
Mitsuharu Misawa |
December 10, 2006 |
Great Voyage |
Tokyo, Japan |
3 |
7002448000000000000♠448 | 7 |
|
[12]
|
12 |
Takeshi Morishima |
March 2, 2008 |
Second Navigation |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7002188000000000000♠188 | 2 |
|
|
13 |
Kensuke Sasaki |
September 6, 2008 |
Shiny Navigation |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7002176000000000000♠176 | 2 |
|
|
14 |
Jun Akiyama |
March 1, 2009 |
Second Navigation |
Tokyo, Japan |
3 |
7002105000000000000♠105 | 1 |
|
|
— |
Vacated |
June 14, 2009 |
— |
— |
— |
— | — |
Vacated the title due to herniated discs in his back. |
|
15 |
Go Shiozaki |
June 14, 2009 |
Southern Navigation |
Fukuoka, Japan |
1 |
7002175000000000000♠175 | 1 |
Defeated Takeshi Rikio for the vacant title. |
[13]
|
16 |
Takashi Sugiura |
December 6, 2009 |
Winter Navigation |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7002581000000000000♠581 | 14 |
|
|
17 |
Go Shiozaki |
July 10, 2011 |
Great Voyage |
Tokyo, Japan |
2 |
7002196000000000000♠196 | 3 |
|
|
18 |
Takeshi Morishima |
January 22, 2012 |
Great Voyage 2012 in Osaka |
Osaka, Japan |
2 |
7002371000000000000♠371 | 8 |
|
|
19 |
Kenta |
January 27, 2013 |
Great Voyage 2013 in Osaka |
Osaka, Japan |
1 |
7002343000000000000♠343 | 9 |
|
|
20 |
Takeshi Morishima |
January 5, 2014 |
New Year Navigation 2014 |
Tokyo, Japan |
3 |
7001340000000000000♠34 | 0 |
|
|
21 |
Yuji Nagata |
February 8, 2014 |
The Second Navig. 2014 |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7002147000000000000♠147 | 4 |
|
|
22 |
Naomichi Marufuji |
July 5, 2014 |
Great Voyage 2014 in Tokyo Vol. 2 |
Tokyo, Japan |
2 |
7002253000000000000♠253 | 6 |
|
|
23 |
Minoru Suzuki |
March 15, 2015 |
Great Voyage 2015 in Tokyo |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7002283000000000000♠283 | 4 |
On August 9, 2015, Suzuki successfully defended the title against Mio Shirai at a Pro Wrestling Wave event. The defense was not recognized by Noah, who officially only recognize four of his five defenses. |
[14]
|
24 |
Naomichi Marufuji |
December 23, 2015 |
Destiny 2015 |
Tokyo, Japan |
3 |
7001390000000000000♠39 | 0 |
|
|
25 |
Takashi Sugiura |
January 31, 2016 |
Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama |
Yokohama, Japan |
2 |
7002118000000000000♠118 | 1 |
|
|
26 |
Go Shiozaki |
May 28, 2016 |
Great Voyage 2016 in Osaka |
Osaka, Japan |
3 |
7001630000000000000♠63 | 1 |
|
|
27 |
Takashi Sugiura |
July 30, 2016 |
10th NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League |
Tokyo, Japan |
3 |
7001850000000000000♠85 | 2 |
This was a lumberjack match. |
|
28 |
Katsuhiko Nakajima |
October 23, 2016 |
Great Voyage 2016 in Yokohama Vol. 2 |
Yokohama, Japan |
1 |
7002307000000000000♠307 | 7 |
|
|
29 |
Eddie Edwards |
August 26, 2017 |
Summer Navig. 2017 Vol. 2 |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7002118000000000000♠118 | 2 |
First gaijin to win GHC Heavyweight Championship |
|
30 |
Kenoh |
December 22, 2017 |
Winter Navig. 2017 |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7001790000000000000♠79 | 2 |
|
|
31 |
Takashi Sugiura |
March 11, 2018 |
Great Voyage 2018 in Yokohama |
Yokohama, Japan |
4 |
7002219000000000000♠219+ | 6 |
|
|
Combined reigns
As of October 16, 2018.
† |
Indicates the current champion |
References
- 1 2 3 "NOAH Navigation for the Victory GHC tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ↑ "NOAH Accomplish Our First Navigation tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ↑ "NOAH Encountering Navigation tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ↑ "NOAH Navigation Over the Date Line tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ↑ "NOAH results, 2002". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on May 21, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- 1 2 "NOAH Navigate for Evolution 2003 tour results". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ↑ "We are the Champions (as of July 8)". Power Slam Magazine. Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD. August 2003. p. 15. 109.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (March 5, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/05): The Hardy Boyz win WWF tag team gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ↑ "NOAH results, 2005". Green Destiny. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ↑ "NOAH The First Navigation tour results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ↑ "2006 Shiny Navigation tour results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ↑ "2006 NOAH results". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ↑ Ayass, Dean (2009-06-17). "Misawa killed by spinal cord injury". The Sun. UK. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ↑ みのる暴挙!美央相手に勝手にGHC戦. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2015-08-10.