GHC National Championship


The Global Honored Crown National Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. The title is meant to be defended exclusively in Japan. It was created on November 11, 2019 when Takashi Sugiura defeated Michael Elgin to win the title. The title is styled as an openweight title, with both heavyweight and junior heavyweight wrestlers being able to challenge for it, although the title also serves as a second heavyweight championship for the promotion.

History

On October 3, 2019, on the behalf of Pro Wrestling Noah's owners LIDET Entertainment, Riki Choshu announced the creation of the GHC National Championship. The inaugural champion was crowned on November 2, 2019, at NOAH The Best 2019 ~ Battle Of Aesthetics, in a match between Michael Elgin and Takashi Sugiura. Sugiura went on to defeat Elgin to become the first GHC National Champion, before losing the title to Katsuhiko Nakajima on May 9, 2020.

Title history

Combined reigns

As of, 2020.