AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship

AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Jun Akiyama
Date won October 23, 2011
Promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling
Date established April 18, 1989

The AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship is the top professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling. The championship is a unification of the NWA United National Championship, the PWF Heavyweight Championship and the NWA International Heavyweight Championship. Unlike most unified championships, the Triple Crown is represented by the three individual belts. The belts were unified on April 18, 1989 when International champion Jumbo Tsuruta defeated the PWF and UN champion Stan Hansen.[1] There have been a total of 20 recognized champions who have had a combined 44 official reigns.

Contents

Title history

#: Name(s): Reigns: Date: Days Held: Location: Notes:
1 Jumbo Tsuruta 1 April 18, 1989 48 Tokyo, Japan Tsuruta, the NWA International Heavyweight Champion, defeated Stan Hansen, the PWF Heavyweight and NWA United National Champion, to unify the titles.[1]
2 Genichiro Tenryu 1 June 5, 1989 128 Tokyo, Japan [1]
3 Jumbo Tsuruta 2 October 11, 1989 237 Yokohama, Japan [1]
4 Terry Gordy 1 June 5, 1990 3 Chiba, Japan [1]
5 Stan Hansen 1 June 8, 1990 39 Tokyo, Japan [1]
6 Terry Gordy 2 July 17, 1990 10 Kanazawa, Japan [1]
Vacated on July 27, 1990 due to Gordy having a sudden illness.[1]
7 Stan Hansen 2 July 27, 1990 176 Matsudo, Japan Defeated Mitsuharu Misawa.[1]
8 Jumbo Tsuruta 3 January 19, 1991 374 Matsumoto, Japan [1]
9 Stan Hansen 3 January 28, 1992 207 Chiba, Japan [1]
10 Mitsuharu Misawa 1 August 22, 1992 705 Tokyo, Japan [1]
11 Steve Williams 1 July 28, 1994 86 Tokyo, Japan [1]
12 Toshiaki Kawada 1 October 22, 1994 133 Tokyo, Japan [1]
13 Stan Hansen 4 March 4, 1995 83 Tokyo, Japan [1]
14 Mitsuharu Misawa 2 May 26, 1995 364 Sapporo, Japan [2]
15 Akira Taue 1 May 24, 1996 61 Sapporo, Japan [3]
16 Kenta Kobashi 1 July 24, 1996 180 Tokyo, Japan [4]
17 Mitsuharu Misawa 3 January 20, 1997 466 Osaka, Japan [5]
18 Toshiaki Kawada 2 May 1, 1998 42 Tokyo, Japan [6]
19 Kenta Kobashi 2 June 12, 1998 141 Tokyo, Japan [6]
20 Mitsuharu Misawa 4 October 31, 1998 83 Tokyo, Japan [6]
21 Toshiaki Kawada 3 January 22, 1999 7 Osaka, Japan Won the title on the New Year Giant Series tour.[7]
Vacated on January 29, 1999 due to Kawada fracturing his right ulna in winning the title.[7]
22 Vader 1 March 6, 1999 57 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Akira Taue on the Excite Series tour.[7]
23 Mitsuharu Misawa 5 May 2, 1999 181 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Giant Baba Retirement Show.[7]
24 Vader 2 October 30, 1999 120 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the October Giant Series tour.[7]
25 Kenta Kobashi 3 February 27, 2000 110 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Excite Series tour.[8]
Vacated on June 16, 2000 when Kobashi and several others leave AJPW to form Pro Wrestling Noah.[7]
26 Genichiro Tenryu 2 October 28, 2000 223 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Toshiaki Kawada in a tournament final on the October Giant Series tour.[9]
27 Keiji Mutoh 1 June 8, 2001 261 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Super Power Series tour.[10]
28 Toshiaki Kawada 4 February 24, 2002 32 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Excite Series tour.[7]
Vacated on March 28, 2002 due to Kawada suffering a knee injury.[6]
29 Genichiro Tenryu 3 April 13, 2002 197 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Keiji Muto at Grand Champion Carnival.[11]
30 The Great Muta
(formerly Keiji Mutoh)		 2 October 27, 2002 119 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Royal Road 30 Giant Battle Final.[12]
31 Shinya Hashimoto 1 February 23, 2003 171 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Excite Series tour.[7][13]
Vacated on August 13, 2003 due to Hashimoto dislocating his right shoulder.[14][15]
32 Toshiaki Kawada 5 September 6, 2003 529 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Shinjiro Otani in a tournament final on the Summer Action Series II tour.[16][17]
33 Satoshi Kojima 1 February 16, 2005 502 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Realise.[18]
34 Taiyō Kea 1 July 3, 2006 62 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Cross Over tour.[6][19]
35 Minoru Suzuki 1 September 3, 2006 357 Sapporo, Japan Won the title on the Summer Impact tour.[6][20]
36 Kensuke Sasaki 1 August 26, 2007 247 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 3.[6][21]
37 Suwama 1 April 29, 2008 152 Nagoya, Japan Won the title on the Growin' Up tour.
38 The Great Muta 3 September 28, 2008 167 Yokohama, Japan Won the title on the Flashing tour.[22]
39 Yoshihiro Takayama 1 March 14, 2009 196 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 7.
40 Satoshi Kojima 2 September 26, 2009 176 Yokohama, Japan Won the title on the Flashing tour.[23]
41 Ryota Hama 1 March 21, 2010 42 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 9.[24]
42 Minoru Suzuki 2 May 2, 2010 119 Aichi, Japan Won the title on the Growin' Up tour.[6][25]
43 Suwama 2 August 29, 2010 420 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 10.
44 Jun Akiyama 1 October 23, 2011 123+ Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 13.

List of individual reigns

Name(s): Days Held: Date Won: Date Lost:
Mitsuharu Misawa 705 August 22, 1992 July 28, 1994
Toshiaki Kawada 529 September 6, 2003 February 16, 2005
Satoshi Kojima 502 February 16, 2005 July 3, 2006
Mitsuharu Misawa 466 January 20, 1997 May 1, 1998
Suwama 420 August 29, 2010 October 23, 2011
Jumbo Tsuruta 374 January 19, 1991 January 28, 1992
Mitsuharu Misawa 364 May 26, 1995 May 24, 1996
Minoru Suzuki 357 September 3, 2006 August 26, 2007
Keiji Mutoh 261 June 8, 2001 February 24, 2002
Kensuke Sasaki 247 August 26, 2007 April 29, 2008
Jumbo Tsuruta 237 October 11, 1989 June 5, 1990
Genichiro Tenryu 223 October 28, 2000 June 8, 2001
Stan Hansen 207 January 28, 1992 August 22, 1992
Genichiro Tenryu 197 April 13, 2002 October 27, 2002
Yoshihiro Takayama 196 March 14, 2009 September 26, 2009
Mitsuharu Misawa 181 May 2, 1999 October 30, 1999
Kenta Kobashi 180 July 24, 1996 January 20, 1997
Stan Hansen 176 July 27, 1990 January 19, 1991
Satoshi Kojima 176 September 26, 2009 March 21, 2010
Shinya Hashimoto 171 February 23, 2003 August 13, 2003
The Great Muta 167 September 28, 2008 March 14, 2009
Suwama 152 April 29, 2008 September 28, 2008
Kenta Kobashi 141 June 12, 1998 October 31, 1998
Toshiaki Kawada 133 October 22, 1994 March 4, 1995
Genichiro Tenryu 128 June 5, 1989 October 11, 1989
Vader 120 October 30, 1999 February 27, 2000
The Great Muta 119 October 27, 2002 February 23, 2003
Minoru Suzuki 119 May 2, 2010 August 29, 2010
Kenta Kobashi 110 February 27, 2000 June 16, 2000
Steve Williams 86 July 28, 1994 October 22, 1994
Stan Hansen 83 March 4, 1995 May 26, 1995
Mitsuharu Misawa 83 October 31, 1998 January 22, 1999
Taiyō Kea 62 July 3, 2006 September 3, 2006
Akira Taue 61 May 24, 1996 July 24, 1996
Vader 57 March 6, 1999 May 2, 1999
Jumbo Tsuruta 48 April 18, 1989 June 5, 1989
Toshiaki Kawada 42 May 1, 1998 June 12, 1998
Ryota Hama 42 March 21, 2010 May 2, 2010
Stan Hansen 39 June 8, 1990 July 17, 1990
Toshiaki Kawada 32 February 24, 2002 March 28, 2002
Jun Akiyama 123+ October 23, 2011 Current champion
Terry Gordy 10 July 17, 1990 July 27, 1990
Toshiaki Kawada 7 January 22, 1999 January 29, 1999
Terry Gordy 3 June 5, 1990 June 8, 1990
Information current February 23, 2012.

List of reigns by combined length

Rank: Name(s): # of Reigns: Combined Days:
1 Mitsuharu Misawa 5 1,799
2 Toshiaki Kawada 5 743
3 Satoshi Kojima 2 678
4 Jumbo Tsuruta 3 659
5 Suwama 2 572
6 Genichiro Tenryu 3 548
7 Keiji Mutoh/The Great Muta 3 547
8 Stan Hansen 4 505
9 Minoru Suzuki 2 476
10 Kenta Kobashi 3 431
11 Kensuke Sasaki 1 247
12 Yoshihiro Takayama 1 196
13 Vader 2 177
14 Shinya Hashimoto 1 171
15 Steve Williams 1 86
16 Taiyō Kea 1 62
17 Akira Taue 1 61
18 Ryota Hama 1 42
19 Jun Akiyama 1 123+
20 Terry Gordy 2 13
Information current February 23, 2012.

See also

References

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