Date established April 18, 1989 | Date won February 12, 2016 | |
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Longest reign Mitsuharu Misawa (705 days) | ||
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.
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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.
Unlike most unified championships, the Triple Crown was originally represented through the continued us 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. The new title belt, which featured three plates representing the three original title belts, was unveiled on October 27. One of the plates includes the text "Jumbo Tsuruta Apr. 18 1989", representing the crowning of the inaugural champion. There have been a total of 26 recognized champions who have had a combined 55 official reigns.
List of combined reigns
As of March 24, 2017.
