Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship

Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
Suwama holding the original Triple Crown Championship belts in 2010
Details
Promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling
Date established April 18, 1989
Current champion(s) Zeus
Date won July 29, 2018

The Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (三冠ヘビー級王座, Sankan Hebīkyū Ōza) is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship[1] in the Japanese All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion.

History

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 NWA International Heavyweight Champion Jumbo Tsuruta defeated the PWF World Heavyweight and NWA United National Champion Stan Hansen.[2]

Unlike most unified championships, the Triple Crown was originally represented through the continued use of the three individual championship belts. The original title belts were returned to All Japan founder Giant Baba's widow Motoko in August 2013 and a new single title belt incorporating designs from the three original belts was made.[3] The new title belt, which featured three plates representing the three original title belts, was unveiled on October 27.[4] One of the plates includes the text "Jumbo Tsuruta Apr. 18 1989", representing the crowning of the inaugural champion.[5] There have been a total of 27 recognized champions who have had a combined 60 official reigns.

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 DaysDefenses
1 Jumbo Tsuruta April 18, 1989 Champion Carnival tour Tokyo 1 481 Tsuruta, the NWA International Heavyweight Champion, defeated Stan Hansen, the PWF Heavyweight and NWA United National Champion, to unify the titles. [2]
2 Genichiro Tenryu June 5, 1989 Super Power Series tour Tokyo 1 1282   [2]
3 Jumbo Tsuruta October 11, 1989 October Giant Series tour Yokohama 2 2372   [2]
4 Terry Gordy June 5, 1990 Super Power Series tour Chiba 1 30   [2]
5 Stan Hansen June 8, 1990 Super Power Series tour Tokyo 1 390   [2]
6 Terry Gordy July 17, 1990 Summer Action Series tour Kanazawa 2 100   [2][6]
— Vacated July 27, 1990 — — — —— Gordy was hospitalized. The title is vacated as he is hospitalized during a scheduled title defense later that night. [7]
7 Stan Hansen July 27, 1990 Summer Action Series tour Matsudo 2 1761 Defeated Mitsuharu Misawa. [2]
8 Jumbo Tsuruta January 19, 1991 New Year Giant Series tour Matsumoto 3 3743   [2]
9 Stan Hansen January 28, 1992 New Year Giant Series tour Chiba 3 2073   [2]
10 Mitsuharu Misawa August 22, 1992 Summer Action Series II tour Tokyo 1 7057   [2]
11 Steve Williams July 28, 1994 Summer Action Series tour Tokyo 1 861   [2]
12 Toshiaki Kawada October 22, 1994 October Giant Series tour Tokyo 1 1331   [2]
13 Stan Hansen March 4, 1995 Excite Series tour Tokyo 4 830   [2][8]
14 Mitsuharu Misawa May 26, 1995 Super Power Series tour Sapporo 2 3644   [9]
15 Akira Taue May 24, 1996 Super Power Series tour Sapporo 1 611   [10]
16 Kenta Kobashi July 24, 1996 Super Power Series tour Tokyo 1 1802   [11]
17 Mitsuharu Misawa January 20, 1997 New Year Giant Series tour Osaka 3 4668   [12]
18 Toshiaki Kawada May 1, 1998 25th Anniversary Tokyo 2 420   [13]
19 Kenta Kobashi June 12, 1998 Super Power Series tour Tokyo 2 1412   [13][14]
20 Mitsuharu Misawa October 31, 1998 October Giant Series tour Tokyo 4 830   [13]
21 Toshiaki Kawada January 22, 1999 New Year Giant Series tour Osaka 3 70   [7]
— Vacated January 29, 1999 — — — —— Vacated after Kawada fractured his right ulna in winning the title. [7]
22 Vader March 6, 1999 Excite Series tour Tokyo 1 570 Defeated Akira Taue. [7]
23 Mitsuharu Misawa May 2, 1999 Giant Baba Memorial Show Tokyo 5 1812   [7]
24 Vader October 30, 1999 October Giant Series tour Tokyo 2 1201   [7]
25 Kenta Kobashi February 27, 2000 Excite Series tour Tokyo 3 1101 [15]
— Vacated June 16, 2000 — — — —— Kobashi jumped to Pro Wrestling Noah. [7]
26 Genichiro Tenryu October 28, 2000 October Giant Series tour Tokyo 2 2231 Defeated Toshiaki Kawada in a tournament final. [16]
27 Keiji Mutoh June 8, 2001 Super Power Series tour Tokyo 1 2614   [17]
28 Toshiaki Kawada February 24, 2002 Excite Series tour Tokyo 4 320 [7]
— Vacated March 28, 2002 — — — —— Kawada suffered a knee injury. [13]
29 Genichiro Tenryu April 13, 2002 Champion Carnival tour Tokyo 3 1971 Defeated Keiji Mutoh. [18]
30 The Great Muta October 27, 2002 Royal Road 30 Giant Battle Final Tokyo 2 1191 Formerly known as Keiji Mutoh. [19]
31 Shinya Hashimoto February 23, 2003 Excite Series tour Tokyo 1 1712 [7][20]
— Vacated August 13, 2003 — — — —— Hashimoto dislocated his right shoulder. [21][22]
32 Toshiaki Kawada September 6, 2003 Summer Action Series II tour Tokyo 5 52910 Defeated Shinjiro Otani in a tournament final. [23][24]
33 Satoshi Kojima February 16, 2005 Realize tour Tokyo 1 5028 [25]
34 Taiyō Kea July 3, 2006 Crossover tour Tokyo 1 621   [13][26]
35 Minoru Suzuki September 3, 2006 Summer Impact tour Sapporo 1 3575 [13][27]
36 Kensuke Sasaki August 26, 2007 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 3 Tokyo 1 2472   [13][28]
37 Suwama April 29, 2008 Growin' Up tour Nagoya 1 1522  
38 The Great Muta September 28, 2008 Flashing tour Yokohama 3 1671   [29]
39 Yoshihiro Takayama March 14, 2009 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 7 Tokyo 1 1962  
40 Satoshi Kojima September 26, 2009 Flashing tour Yokohama 2 1761   [30]
41 Ryota Hama March 21, 2010 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 9 Tokyo 1 420 [31]
42 Minoru Suzuki May 2, 2010 Growin' Up tour Nagoya 2 1191   [13][32]
43 Suwama August 29, 2010 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 10 Tokyo 2 4205  
44 Jun Akiyama October 23, 2011 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 13 Tokyo 1 3084    
45 Masakatsu Funaki August 26, 2012 Summer Impact tour Tokyo 1 2034 [33]
46 Suwama March 17, 2013 2013 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku: Basic & Dynamic Tokyo 3 2242    
47 Akebono October 27, 2013 Anniversary Tour Tokyo 1 2154
— Vacated May 30, 2014 — — — —— Vacated due to Akebono being sidelined with health issues.
48 Takao Omori June 15, 2014 2014 Dynamite Series Tokyo 1 140 Defeated Jun Akiyama.
49 Suwama June 29, 2014 2014 Dynamite Series Sapporo 4 280    
50 Joe Doering July 27, 2014 2014 Summer Action Series Tokyo 1 1603  
51 Go Shiozaki January 3, 2015 New Year Wars 2015 Tokyo 1 1382    
52 Akebono May 21, 2015 2015 Super Power Series Tokyo 2 1642  
53 Jun Akiyama November 1, 2015 All Japan Pro Wrestling Charity Hirosaki Tournament Hirosaki 2 620   [34]
54 Suwama January 2, 2016 2016 New Years Two Days Tokyo 5 100
— Vacated January 12, 2016 — — — —— Vacated due to Suwama rupturing his achilles tendon.
55 Kento Miyahara February 12, 2016 2016 Excite Series Tokyo 1 4648 Defeated Zeus.
56 Shuji Ishikawa May 21, 2017 2017 Super Power Series Tokyo 1 982
57 Kento Miyahara August 27, 2017 2017 Summer Explosion Tokyo 2 430
58 Suwama October 9, 2017 2017 Hataage Kinen Series Tokyo 6 120
59 Joe Doering October 21, 2017 Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori Debut 25th Anniversary Show Yokohama 2 1553
60 Kento Miyahara March 25, 2018 2018 Power Dream Series Saitama 3 1262
61 Zeus July 29, 2018 2018 Summer Action Series Osaka 1 86+1

List of combined reigns

As of October 23, 2018.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Mitsuharu Misawa5211,799
2 Suwama69818
3 Toshiaki Kawada511743
4 Satoshi Kojima29678
5 Jumbo Tsuruta36659
6 Kento Miyahara310633
7 Genichiro Tenryu34548
8 Keiji Mutoh/The Great Muta36547
9 Stan Hansen44505
10 Minoru Suzuki26476
11 Kenta Kobashi35431
12 Akebono26379
13 Jun Akiyama24370
14 Joe Doering26315
15 Kensuke Sasaki12247
16 Masakatsu Funaki14203
17 Yoshihiro Takayama12196
18 Vader21177
19 Shinya Hashimoto12171
20 Go Shiozaki12138
21 Shuji Ishikawa 1298
22 Steve Williams1186
23 Zeus †1186+
24 Taiyō Kea1162
25 Akira Taue1161
26 Ryota Hama1042
27 Takao Omori1014
28 Terry Gordy2013

See also

References

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