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The Global Honored Crown (GHC) National Championship (Japanese: GHCナショナル王座, Hepburn: GHC Nashonaru Ōza) is a professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 3, 2019 and inaugurated on November 2 when Takashi Sugiura defeated Michael Elgin. The title is defended exclusively in Japan. Rather than being another "heavyweight" championship, Noah classifies the title as an openweight title, with both heavyweight and junior heavyweight wrestlers being eligible to challenge for it.
| GHC National Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current championship design | |||||||||||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | CyberFight | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brand | Pro Wrestling Noah | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 3, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Manabu Soya | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | September 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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In January 2019, LIDET Entertainment took over the ownership of Noah, and on October 3, Riki Choshu announced on behalf of LIDET Entertainment, the creation of the GHC National Championship, with the inaugural champion to be crowned on November 2, 2019, at Noah the Best 2019, in a match between Michael Elgin and Takashi Sugiura.[1] It was later announced that the title would be an openweight title, with both heavyweight and junior heavyweight wrestlers being eligible to challenge for it. The title was scheduled to be defended exclusively in Japan and was part of a plan by LIDET Entertainment to attract a new audience. On November 2, 2019, Sugiura defeated Elgin to become the inaugural GHC National Champion, before losing the title to Katsuhiko Nakajima on May 9, 2020.[2]
As of November 21, 2024, there have been a total of thirteen reigns between eight eleven champions. Takashi Sugiura was the first champion. He is also tied with Kenoh for the most reigns with two, and has the longest combined reign at 371 days. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.'s sole reign is the longest at 352 days, while Masaaki Mochizuki's reign is the shortest at 16 days. Jack Morris is the youngest champion at the age of 30 years old, while Masakatsu Funaki was the oldest, winning the title at 52 years old.
Manabu Soya is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Ulka Sasaki at NOAH Star Navigation on September 14, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.
| 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 | Takashi Sugiura | November 2, 2019 | Noah The Best 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 189 | 4 | Defeated Michael Elgin to win the inaugural title. | [2] |
| 2 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | May 9, 2020 | GHC National Championship: Sugiura vs. Nakajima | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 | 87 | 2 | Officially held at the "Noah Special Arena", situated in an undisclosed location. | [3] |
| 3 | Kenoh | August 4, 2020 | Noah Departure 2020 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 229 | 6 | [4] | |
| 4 | Kazuyuki Fujita | March 21, 2021 | Noah The Infinity 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 39 | 0 | [5] | |
| 5 | Takashi Sugiura | April 29, 2021 | Noah The Glory 2021 | Nagoya, Japan | 2 | 182 | 2 | [6] | |
| 6 | Masaaki Mochizuki | October 28, 2021 | Go On The Demolition Stage 2021 | Kumamoto, Japan | 1 | 16 | 0 | [7] | |
| 7 | Kenoh | November 13, 2021 | Demolition Stage 2021 in Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 2 | 70 | 3 | [8] | |
| 8 | Masakatsu Funaki | January 22, 2022 | Higher Ground 2022 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 292 | 6 | [9] | |
| 9 | Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. | November 10, 2022 | Global Honored Crown 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 352 | 6 | [10] | |
| 10 | Jack Morris | October 28, 2023 | Demolition Stage In Fukuoka | Fukuoka, Japan | 1 | 166 | 3 | [11] | |
| 11 | Hayata | April 11, 2024 | Star Navigation 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 93 | 0 | [12] | |
| 12 | Ulka Sasaki | July 13, 2024 | Noah Destination 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 63 | 0 | [13] | |
| 13 | Manabu Soya | September 14, 2024 | Star Navigation in Tokyo 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 68+ | 2 | [14] | |
As of November 21, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takashi Sugiura | 2 | 6 | 371 |
| 2 | Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. | 1 | 6 | 352 |
| 3 | Kenoh | 2 | 9 | 299 |
| 4 | Masakatsu Funaki | 1 | 6 | 292 |
| 5 | Jack Morris | 1 | 3 | 166 |
| 6 | Hayata | 1 | 0 | 93 |
| 7 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 1 | 2 | 87 |
| 8 | Manabu Soya † | 1 | 2 | 68+ |
| 9 | Ulka Sasaki | 1 | 0 | 63 |
| 10 | Kazuyuki Fujita | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| 11 | Masaaki Mochizuki | 1 | 0 | 16 |
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