Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
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Promotion | All Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | April 18, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Shuji Ishikawa | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | May 21, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (三冠ヘビー級王座 Sankan Hebīkyū Ōza) is the top professional wrestling championship in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling.
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.[1]
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.[2] The new title belt, which featured three plates representing the three original title belts, was unveiled on October 27.[3] One of the plates includes the text "Jumbo Tsuruta Apr. 18 1989", representing the crowning of the inaugural champion.[4] There have been a total of 27 recognized champions who have had a combined 56 official reigns.
Title history
No. | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Successful defenses | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | Tsuruta, JumboJumbo Tsuruta | 1 | April 18, 1989 | 48 | Tokyo | Champion Carnival tour | 1 | Tsuruta, the NWA International Heavyweight Champion, defeated Stan Hansen, the PWF Heavyweight and NWA United National Champion, to unify the titles. | [1] |
2 | Tenryu, GenichiroGenichiro Tenryu | 1 | June 5, 1989 | 128 | Tokyo | Super Power Series tour | 2 | [1] | |
3 | Tsuruta, JumboJumbo Tsuruta | 2 | October 11, 1989 | 237 | Yokohama | October Giant Series tour | 2 | [1] | |
4 | Gordy, TerryTerry Gordy | 1 | June 5, 1990 | 3 | Chiba | Super Power Series tour | 0 | [1] | |
5 | Hansen, StanStan Hansen | 1 | June 8, 1990 | 39 | Tokyo | Super Power Series tour | 0 | [1] | |
6 | Gordy, TerryTerry Gordy | 2 | July 17, 1990 | 10 | Kanazawa | Summer Action Series tour | 0 | [1][5] | |
— | Vacated | — | July 27, 1990 | — | — | — | — | Gordy was hospitalized. The title is vacated as he is hospitalized during a scheduled title defense later that night. | [6] |
7 | Hansen, StanStan Hansen | 2 | July 27, 1990 | 176 | Matsudo | Summer Action Series tour | 1 | Defeated Mitsuharu Misawa. | [1] |
8 | Tsuruta, JumboJumbo Tsuruta | 3 | January 19, 1991 | 374 | Matsumoto | New Year Giant Series tour | 3 | [1] | |
9 | Hansen, StanStan Hansen | 3 | January 28, 1992 | 207 | Chiba | New Year Giant Series tour | 3 | [1] | |
10 | Misawa, MitsuharuMitsuharu Misawa | 1 | August 22, 1992 | 705 | Tokyo | Summer Action Series II tour | 7 | [1] | |
11 | Williams, SteveSteve Williams | 1 | July 28, 1994 | 86 | Tokyo | Summer Action Series tour | 1 | [1] | |
12 | Kawada, ToshiakiToshiaki Kawada | 1 | October 22, 1994 | 133 | Tokyo | October Giant Series tour | 1 | [1] | |
13 | Hansen, StanStan Hansen | 4 | March 4, 1995 | 83 | Tokyo | Excite Series tour | 0 | [1][7] | |
14 | Misawa, MitsuharuMitsuharu Misawa | 2 | May 26, 1995 | 364 | Sapporo | Super Power Series tour | 4 | [8] | |
15 | Taue, AkiraAkira Taue | 1 | May 24, 1996 | 61 | Sapporo | Super Power Series tour | 1 | [9] | |
16 | Kobashi, KentaKenta Kobashi | 1 | July 24, 1996 | 180 | Tokyo | Super Power Series tour | 2 | [10] | |
17 | Misawa, MitsuharuMitsuharu Misawa | 3 | January 20, 1997 | 466 | Osaka | New Year Giant Series tour | 8 | [11] | |
18 | Kawada, ToshiakiToshiaki Kawada | 2 | May 1, 1998 | 42 | Tokyo | 25th Anniversary | 0 | [12] | |
19 | Kobashi, KentaKenta Kobashi | 2 | June 12, 1998 | 141 | Tokyo | Super Power Series tour | 2 | [12][13] | |
20 | Misawa, MitsuharuMitsuharu Misawa | 4 | October 31, 1998 | 83 | Tokyo | October Giant Series tour | 0 | [12] | |
21 | Kawada, ToshiakiToshiaki Kawada | 3 | January 22, 1999 | 7 | Osaka | New Year Giant Series tour | 0 | [6] | |
— | Vacated | — | January 29, 1999 | — | — | — | — | Vacated after Kawada fractured his right ulna in winning the title. | [6] |
22 | Vader | 1 | March 6, 1999 | 57 | Tokyo | Excite Series tour | 0 | Defeated Akira Taue. | [6] |
23 | Misawa, MitsuharuMitsuharu Misawa | 5 | May 2, 1999 | 181 | Tokyo | Giant Baba Memorial Show | 2 | [6] | |
24 | Vader | 2 | October 30, 1999 | 120 | Tokyo | October Giant Series tour | 1 | [6] | |
25 | Kobashi, KentaKenta Kobashi | 3 | February 27, 2000 | 110 | Tokyo | Excite Series tour | 1 | [14] | |
— | Vacated | — | June 16, 2000 | — | — | — | — | Kobashi jumped to Pro Wrestling Noah. | [6] |
26 | Tenryu, GenichiroGenichiro Tenryu | 2 | October 28, 2000 | 223 | Tokyo | October Giant Series tour | 1 | Defeated Toshiaki Kawada in a tournament final. | [15] |
27 | Mutoh, KeijiKeiji Mutoh | 1 | June 8, 2001 | 261 | Tokyo | Super Power Series tour | 4 | [16] | |
28 | Kawada, ToshiakiToshiaki Kawada | 4 | February 24, 2002 | 32 | Tokyo | Excite Series tour | 0 | [6] | |
— | Vacated | — | March 28, 2002 | — | — | — | — | Kawada suffered a knee injury. | [12] |
29 | Tenryu, GenichiroGenichiro Tenryu | 3 | April 13, 2002 | 197 | Tokyo | Champion Carnival tour | 1 | Defeated Keiji Mutoh. | [17] |
30 | Great Muta, TheThe Great Muta | 2 | October 27, 2002 | 119 | Tokyo | Royal Road 30 Giant Battle Final | 1 | Formerly known as Keiji Mutoh. | [18] |
31 | Hashimoto, ShinyaShinya Hashimoto | 1 | February 23, 2003 | 171 | Tokyo | Excite Series tour | 2 | [6][19] | |
— | Vacated | — | August 13, 2003 | — | — | — | — | Hashimoto dislocated his right shoulder. | [20][21] |
32 | Kawada, ToshiakiToshiaki Kawada | 5 | September 6, 2003 | 529 | Tokyo | Summer Action Series II tour | 10 | Defeated Shinjiro Otani in a tournament final. | [22][23] |
33 | Kojima, SatoshiSatoshi Kojima | 1 | February 16, 2005 | 502 | Tokyo | Realize tour | 8 | [24] | |
34 | Kea, TaiyōTaiyō Kea | 1 | July 3, 2006 | 62 | Tokyo | Crossover tour | 1 | [12][25] | |
35 | Suzuki, MinoruMinoru Suzuki | 1 | September 3, 2006 | 357 | Sapporo | Summer Impact tour | 5 | [12][26] | |
36 | Sasaki, KensukeKensuke Sasaki | 1 | August 26, 2007 | 247 | Tokyo | Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 3 | 2 | [12][27] | |
37 | Suwama | 1 | April 29, 2008 | 152 | Nagoya | Growin' Up tour | 2 | ||
38 | Great Muta, TheThe Great Muta | 3 | September 28, 2008 | 167 | Yokohama | Flashing tour | 1 | [28] | |
39 | Takayama, YoshihiroYoshihiro Takayama | 1 | March 14, 2009 | 196 | Tokyo | Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 7 | 2 | ||
40 | Kojima, SatoshiSatoshi Kojima | 2 | September 26, 2009 | 176 | Yokohama | Flashing tour | 1 | [29] | |
41 | Hama, RyotaRyota Hama | 1 | March 21, 2010 | 42 | Tokyo | Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 9 | 0 | [30] | |
42 | Suzuki, MinoruMinoru Suzuki | 2 | May 2, 2010 | 119 | Nagoya | Growin' Up tour | 1 | [12][31] | |
43 | Suwama | 2 | August 29, 2010 | 420 | Tokyo | Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 10 | 5 | ||
44 | Akiyama, JunJun Akiyama | 1 | October 23, 2011 | 308 | Tokyo | Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 13 | 4 | ||
45 | Funaki, MasakatsuMasakatsu Funaki | 1 | August 26, 2012 | 203 | Tokyo | Summer Impact tour | 4 | [32] | |
46 | Suwama | 3 | March 17, 2013 | 224 | Tokyo | 2013 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku: Basic & Dynamic | 2 | ||
47 | Akebono | 1 | October 27, 2013 | 215 | Tokyo | Anniversary Tour | 4 | ||
— | Vacated | — | May 30, 2014 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Akebono being sidelined with health issues. | |
48 | Omori, TakaoTakao Omori | 1 | June 15, 2014 | 14 | Tokyo | 2014 Dynamite Series | 0 | Defeated Jun Akiyama. | |
49 | Suwama | 4 | June 29, 2014 | 28 | Sapporo | 2014 Dynamite Series | 0 | ||
50 | Doering, JoeJoe Doering | 1 | July 27, 2014 | 160 | Tokyo | 2014 Summer Action Series | 3 | ||
51 | Shiozaki, GoGo Shiozaki | 1 | January 3, 2015 | 138 | Tokyo | New Year Wars 2015 | 2 | ||
52 | Akebono | 2 | May 21, 2015 | 164 | Tokyo | 2015 Super Power Series | 2 | ||
53 | Akiyama, JunJun Akiyama | 2 | November 1, 2015 | 62 | Hirosaki | All Japan Pro Wrestling Charity Hirosaki Tournament | 0 | [33] | |
54 | Suwama | 5 | January 2, 2016 | 10 | Tokyo | 2016 New Years Two Days | 0 | ||
— | Vacated | — | January 12, 2016 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Suwama rupturing his achilles tendon. | |
55 | Kento Miyahara | 1 | February 12, 2016 | 464 | Tokyo | 2016 Excite Series | 8 | Defeated Zeus. | |
56 | Shuji Ishikawa | 1 | May 21, 2017 | 97+ | Tokyo | 2017 Super Power Series | 1 |
List of combined reigns
As of August 26, 2017.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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1 | Mitsuharu Misawa | 5 | 21 | 1,799 |
2 | Suwama | 5 | 9 | 834 |
3 | Toshiaki Kawada | 5 | 11 | 743 |
4 | Satoshi Kojima | 2 | 9 | 678 |
5 | Jumbo Tsuruta | 3 | 6 | 659 |
6 | Genichiro Tenryu | 3 | 4 | 548 |
7 | Keiji Mutoh/The Great Muta | 3 | 6 | 547 |
8 | Stan Hansen | 4 | 4 | 505 |
9 | Minoru Suzuki | 2 | 6 | 476 |
10 | Kento Miyahara | 1 | 8 | 464 |
11 | Kenta Kobashi | 3 | 5 | 431 |
12 | Akebono | 2 | 6 | 379 |
13 | Jun Akiyama | 2 | 4 | 370 |
14 | Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | 2 | 247 |
15 | Masakatsu Funaki | 1 | 4 | 203 |
16 | Yoshihiro Takayama | 1 | 2 | 196 |
17 | Vader | 2 | 1 | 177 |
18 | Shinya Hashimoto | 1 | 2 | 171 |
19 | Joe Doering | 1 | 3 | 160 |
20 | Go Shiozaki | 1 | 2 | 138 |
21 | Steve Williams | 1 | 1 | 86 |
22 | Shuji Ishikawa † | 1 | 1 | 97+ |
23 | Taiyō Kea | 1 | 1 | 62 |
24 | Akira Taue | 1 | 1 | 61 |
25 | Ryota Hama | 1 | 0 | 42 |
26 | Takao Omori | 1 | 0 | 14 |
27 | Terry Gordy | 2 | 0 | 13 |
See also
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- Champion Carnival
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship
- GHC Heavyweight Championship
- Wrestle-1 Championship
References
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- ↑ 全日「3冠ベルト」を馬場家に返還. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). August 7, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ↑ 曙が諏訪魔を下し、新ベルトとなった三冠王座を奪取!健在だったファンクスにファン歓喜!ドリフは惜しくもアジアタッグに届かず!. Battle News (in Japanese). October 27, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
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- ↑ Hoops, Brian (June 12, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (June 12): AWA 10th anniversary show, Dusty Rhodes in Winnipeg, Clash Of Champions 15". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
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- ↑ "AJPW Champion's Carnival tour results". Shining Road. Archived from the original on 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ↑ "AJPW October Giant Series tour results". Shining Road. Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ↑ Power Slam Staff (August 2003). "We are the Champions (as of July 8)". Power Slam Magazine. Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD. p. 15. 109.
- ↑ "Triple Crown Title". Shining Road. Archived from the original on 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
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- ↑ "AJPW Summer Action Series II tour results". Shining Road. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ↑ Power Slam Magazine Staff (March 2005). "We are the champions (as of February 11)". Power Slam Magazine. Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD. p. 15. 116.
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- ↑ "AJPW Summer Impact tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ↑ "AJPW Summer Impact '07 tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
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- ↑ "All Japan (Akiyama/Funaki) for August 26, 2012". Puroresu Spirit. 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
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External links
- Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship at All-Japan.co.jp
- Wrestling-Titles.com: Triple Crown Heavyweight Title