GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship
The Global Honored Crown Openweight Hardcore Championship was a semi-official professional wrestling championship contested in Pro Wrestling Noah. It was originally created in 2004 as a singles title known as the GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship; in 2007 it was announced that it would be reformed into a tag team title, continuing with the same lineage as the original belt. Later in 2007, it reverted to being a singles championship.
The Openweight Hardcore Championship, also known as the Global Hardcore Crown, had a unique stipulation attached to it: if the challenger was smaller than the champion, and lasted for 15 minutes, they would win the title. It could also change hands on a countout.
Kentaro Shiga, who was the 5th champion before the rechristening into a tag team championship, was still recognized as such (along with his tag team partner, Kishin Kawabata), even though it was vacated to be decided in a tournament, which they won.[1]
On November 19, 2007, Kawabata defeated Shiga to reunify the title.[2] The title has remained inactive since June 2010.
Title history
| Wrestler(s) |
Reigns |
Date |
Location |
Notes |
|---|
| Jun Akiyama |
1 |
April 18, 2004 |
Hakata, Japan |
Akiyama declared himself champion. |
| Naomichi Marufuji |
1 |
October 16, 2004 |
Tokushima, Japan |
Marufuji won this match via countout. |
| Muhammad Yone |
1 |
March 5, 2005 |
Tokyo, Japan |
|
| Scorpio |
1 |
October 22, 2005 |
Tokushima, Japan |
|
| Kentaro Shiga |
1 |
September 3, 2006 |
Nagoya, Japan |
|
| GHC Hardcore Tag Team Championship |
| Kishin Kawabata and Kentaro Shiga |
1 |
February 17, 2007 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Defeated Go Shiozaki and Shuhei Taniguchi in a tournament final. This is still Kentaro Shiga's original championship reign. |
| GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship |
| Kishin Kawabata |
2 |
November 19, 2007 |
Niigata, Japan |
|
| Makoto Hashi |
1 |
October 6, 2008 |
Isesaki, Japan |
|
| Kenta Kobashi |
1 |
June 8, 2009 |
Hachiōji, Japan |
|
| Vacated |
N/A |
June 2010 |
N/A |
Kobashi vacates the title after suffering an injury. |
List of individual reigns
| Wrestler(s) |
Days Held |
Date Won |
Date Lost |
|---|
| Kenta Kobashi | 358 | June 8, 2009 | June 2010 |
| Kishin Kawabata | 322 | November 19, 2007 | October 6, 2008 |
| Scorpio | 316 | October 22, 2005 | September 3, 2006 |
| Kishin Kawabata and Kentaro Shiga | 275 | February 17, 2007 | November 19, 2007 |
| Makoto Hashi | 245 | October 6, 2008 | June 8, 2009 |
| Muhammad Yone | 231 | March 5, 2005 | October 22, 2005 |
| Jun Akiyama | 181 | April 18, 2004 | October 16, 2004 |
| Kentaro Shiga | 166 | September 3, 2006 | February 17, 2007 |
| Naomichi Marufuji | 140 | October 16, 2004 | March 5, 2005 |
List of combined reigns
References
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