GHC Heavyweight Championship

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. It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world titles, alongside the KO-D Openweight Championship in DDT Pro-Wrestling. 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. 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.

GHC Heavyweight Championship
Current championship design
Details
PromotionCyberFight
BrandPro Wrestling Noah
Date establishedApril 15, 2001
Current champion(s)Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.
Date wonFebruary 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 current champion is Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.. He is the first Mexican-born wrestler to hold the championship, and only the second ever non-Japanese wrestler to win the title since Eddie Edwards in 2017.

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