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{{short description|Professional wrestling championship}}
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
|image            = GHC_Hardcore_Championship.png
|caption          = Current championship design
|championshipname = GHC Hardcore Championship
|currentholder    = [[Hayata (wrestler)|Hayata]]
|won              = June 30, 2025
|created          = March 13, 2004
|promotion        = [[CyberFight]]
|retired          = 
|brand            = [[Pro Wrestling Noah]]
|mostreigns       = [[Kentaro Shiga]] and [[Hikaru Kawabata|Kishin Kawabata]]<br />(2 reigns)
|firstchamp       = [[Jun Akiyama]]
|longestreign     = [[Shuji Ishikawa]]<br />({{age in days|May 4, 2024}} days)
|shortestreign    = [[Masato Tanaka]]<br />(35 days)
|oldest           = [[Masato Tanaka]]<br />({{age in years and days|1973|02|28|2023|09|23}})
|youngest         = [[Naomichi Marufuji]]<br />({{age in years and days|1979|09|26|2004|10|16}})
|heaviest         = [[Shuji Ishikawa]]<br />(130 kg)
|lightest         = [[Naomichi Marufuji]]<br />(90 Kg)
|pastnames        =
* GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship<br />(2004–2007, 2007–2009)
* GHC Openweight Hardcore Tag Team Championship (2007)
* GHC Hardcore Championship<br />(2023–present)
}}

The {{nihongo|'''Global Honored Crown (GHC) Hardcore Championship'''|GHCハードコア王座|GHC Hādokoa Ōza|lead=yes}} is a [[professional wrestling]] [[Championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] created and promoted by the Japanese [[professional wrestling promotion]] [[Pro Wrestling Noah]], originally created in 2004 as a singles title known as the {{nihongo|'''Global Hardcore Crown (GHC) Openweight Hardcore Championship'''|グローバル・ハードコア・クラウン無差別級王座|Gurōbaru Hādokoa Kuraun Musabetsu-kyū Ōza}}. Colloquially known as the "White GHC" belt due to its white leather strap, the championship was primarily associated with [[Jun Akiyama]] during it original run. Most matches contested for the championship were held with a 15-minute time limit and often featured special stipulations chosen by the champion. The championship was first retired in 2009.

The original title had a total of nine reigns shared between eight different champions. The title was brought back in 2023 and given a new name, the GHC Hardcore Championship. The GHC Hardcore Championship has had a total of two reigns shared between two champions. The current titleholder is [[Shuji Ishikawa]] who is in his first reign.

==History==
The Global Hardcore Crown Openweight Hardcore Championship was created in March 2004 when [[Jun Akiyama]] declared himself champion as a way to liven up the [[Pro Wrestling Noah]] regional tours.<ref name=FirstReign>{{Cite web |last=Osano |first=Kagehiro |date=December 20, 2022 |title=Dramatic Dream Column: What was the White GHC belt to the recently crowned EXTREME Champion Akiyama? (Kagehiro Osano) |url=https://www.ddtpro.com/news/19488 |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=[[DDT Pro-Wrestling]]}}</ref> In 2007, it was announced that it would be reformed into a [[Tag team championship|tag team title]], continuing with the same lineage as the original belt. Later in 2007, it reverted to being a singles championship. [[Kentaro Shiga]], who was the fifth champion before the reforming into a tag team title, was still recognized as such (along with his tag team partner, [[Kishin Kawabata]]), even though it was vacated to be put up for grab in a tournament, which they eventually won.<ref name="title lineage">{{cite web|title=Global Hardcore Champion|url=http://www.noah-usa.cc/G%20HARDCORE%20CROWN%20Champ%20sub%20title%20page.html|accessdate=2007-08-17|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716173528/http://www.noah-usa.cc/G%20HARDCORE%20CROWN%20Champ%20sub%20title%20page.html|archivedate=2007-07-16}}</ref> On November 19, 2007, Kawabata defeated Shiga to reunify the title.<ref>{{cite web |title=Green Destiny ~ Supporting Pro Wrestling NOAH |url=http://noah.puroresufan.com/ |accessdate=2007-11-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128033557/http://noah.puroresufan.com/ |archivedate=2007-11-28 }}</ref> The title was deactivated after ninth champion Kenta Kobashi suffered an injury in December 2009, forcing him to vacate the title.

In October 2023, it was revealed by [[Nosawa Rongai]] that Pro Wrestling Noah would bring the belt as the newly created GHC Hardcore Championship with a separate lineage. [[Masato Tanaka]] won the revived title on October 23, 2023, at Monday Magic ep. 2, by defeating [[Ninja Mack]].<ref name="Revival">{{cite web|url=https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/10/09/noah-revives-ghc-hardcore-openweight-title-new-champion-to-be-crowned-on-10-23/|title=NOAH revives GHC Hardcore Openweight Title, new champion to be crowned on 10/23|work=postwrestling.com|first=Andrew|last=Thompson|date=October 9, 2023|access-date=October 10, 2023}}</ref>

==Reigns==
Across the two lineages, there have been a total of eleven reigns shared between ten different champions. The current title holder is [[Shuji Ishikawa]] who is in his first reign.
===Original version===
{{Professional wrestling title history top|defenses=yes}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 1
|champion = [[Jun Akiyama]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2004|03|13}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2004|03|13|2004|10|16}}
|location = [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|defenses = 5
|event    = Navigation
|notes    = Akiyama declared himself the inaugural champion.
|ref      = <ref name=FirstReign />
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 2
|champion = [[Naomichi Marufuji]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2004|10|16}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2004|10|16|2005|03|05}}
|location = [[Tokushima, Tokushima|Tokushima, Japan]]
|defenses = 2
|event    = Navigation Against the Current 2004
|notes    = Marufuji won the match via [[countout]].
|ref      = <ref>{{Cite web |date=October 19, 2004 |title=Pro-Wrestling Noah Match Results |script-title=ja:プロレスリング・ノア　試合結果 |url=http://www.noah.co.jp:80/results.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041019004517/http://www.noah.co.jp:80/results.html |archive-date=October 19, 2004 |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]] |language=ja}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 3
|champion = [[Muhammad Yone]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2005|03|05}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2005|03|05|2005|10|22}}
|location = [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|defenses = 3
|event    = Navigate for Evolution 2005
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{Cite web |date=March 9, 2005 |title=Pro-Wrestling Noah Match Results |script-title=ja:プロレスリング・ノア　試合結果 |url=http://www.noah.co.jp:80/results.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309010256/http://www.noah.co.jp:80/results.html |archive-date=March 9, 2005 |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]] |language=ja}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 4
|champion = [[2 Cold Scorpio|Scorpio]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2005|10|22}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2005|10|22|2006|09|03}}
|location = [[Tokushima, Tokushima|Tokushima, Japan]]
|defenses = 1
|event    = Autumn Navigation '05
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{Cite web |date=October 23, 2005 |title=Pro-Wrestling Noah Official Site |url=http://www.noah.co.jp:80/results.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051023003027/http://www.noah.co.jp:80/results.html |archive-date=October 23, 2005 |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]] |language=ja}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 5
|champion = [[Kentaro Shiga]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2006|09|03}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2006|09|03|2007|02|17}}
|location = [[Nagoya|Nagoya, Japan]]
|defenses = 3
|event    = Shiny Navigation '06
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=7718|title=NOAH Shiny Navigation 2006 - Tag 6 - Event @ Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=September 3, 2006|access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 6
|champion = [[Kishin Kawabata]] and [[Kentaro Shiga]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2007|02|17}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2007|02|17|2007|11|19}}
|location = [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|defenses = 2
|event    = Navigation for Evolution 2007 – Day 2
|notes    = Defeated Go Shiozaki and Shuhei Taniguchi in a tournament final. This is still Kentaro Shiga's original championship reign. During their reign, the title was billed as GHC Openweight Hardcore Tag Team Championship.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=10281|title=NOAH Navigate for Evolution '07 - Tag 2 - Event @ Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=February 17, 2007|access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 7
|champion = [[Hikaru Kawabata|Kishin Kawabata]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|2007|11|19}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2007|11|19|2008|10|06}}
|location = [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata, Japan]]
|defenses = 4
|event    = Winter Navigation '07 – Day 4
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=15020|title=NOAH Winter Navigation '07 - Tag 4 - Event @ Niigata City Gymnasium in Niigata, Japan|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=November 19, 2007|access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 8
|champion = [[Makoto Hashi]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2008|10|06}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2008|10|06|2009|06|08}}
|location = [[Isesaki, Gunma|Isesaki, Japan]]
|defenses = 2
|event    = Autumn Navigation '08 – Day 2
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=29001|title=NOAH Autumn Navigation '08 - Tag 2 - Event @ Isesaki Citizen Gymnasium in Isesaki, Gunma, Japan|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=October 6, 2008|access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 9
|champion = [[Kenta Kobashi]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2009|06|08}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|2009|06|08|2009|12|23}}
|location = [[Hachiōji, Tokyo|Hachiōji, Japan]]
|defenses = 4
|event    = Southern Navigation 2009 – Day 3
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=40147|title=NOAH Southern Navigation 2009 - Tag 3 - Event @ Keio Plaza Hotel Hachioji 5th Floor Hall in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=June 8, 2009|access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|sort number = 9.5
|type     = deactivated
|date     = {{dts|2009|12|23}}
|defenses = yes
|notes    = [[Kenta Kobashi]] vacated the title after suffering an injury. After that the title became inactive.
}}
{{BundleEnd}}

===Revived version===
{{Professional wrestling title history top|active=yes|defenses=yes}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 1
|champion = [[Masato Tanaka]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2023|10|23}}
|days     = {{age in days|October 23, 2023|November 27, 2023}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|defenses = 0
|event    = Monday Magic ep. 2
|notes    = Defeated [[Ninja Mack]] to win the reactivated title.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.noah.co.jp/schedule/492/|work=noah.co.jp|script-title=ja:2023年10月23日（月）MONDAY MAGIC ep2|author=''[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]''|language=ja|access-date=October 23, 2023}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 2
|champion = [[Ninja Mack]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2023|11|27}}
|days     = {{age in days|November 27, 2023|May 4, 2024}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|defenses = 2
|event    = Monday Magic ep. 4
|notes    = This was a [[Hardcore wrestling|three-way hardcore match]] also involving [[Super Crazy]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bodyslam.net/2023/11/28/pro-wrestling-noah-monday-magic-ep-4-results-11-27-2023/|title=Pro Wrestling NOAH Monday Magic Ep 4 Results (11/27/2023)|work=bodyslam.net|first=Lewis|last=Carlan|date=November 27, 2023|access-date=May 4, 2024}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 3
|champion = [[Shuji Ishikawa]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2024|05|04}}
|days     = {{age in days|May 4, 2024|June 30, 2025}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|defenses = 2
|event    = [[Noah Wrestle Magic|Wrestle Magic]]
|notes    = This was a [[Hardcore wrestling|hardcore match]].
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noah.co.jp/schedule/536/ |work=noah.co.jp |title=WRESTLE UNIVERSE PPV LIVE  WRESTLE MAGIC 2024 |author= [[Pro Wrestling Noah]] |language=ja}}</ref>
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number   = 4
|champion = [[Hayata (wrestler)|Hayata]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|2025|06|30}}
|days     = {{age in days|June 30, 2025}}+
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|defenses = 0
|event    = Noah Wrestle Magic 2025
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/2025/06/june-30th-2025.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawLQFDVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEzM1A0WENqT08yVGs4MWNPAR6zkIdjoJrH-Nebrf3nmUOA649HFZeEX-I9zjUm9mdKDWUkk0w6_Ga9pCQlFg_aem_r3UETMwuMBOFs7AcRdueYw |work=projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com |title=~ Results for NOAH [WRESTLE MAGIC/GHC Joshi/Hardcore] ~ News and updates for NJPW [Goto Injured], DRAGONGATE [7/13], DDT [7/13, 7/27] & PURE-J [7/20] |author= [[BushidoRX]] |language=en}}</ref>
}}{{BundleEnd}}

==Combined reigns==
As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|†
|Indicates the current champion
|-
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Rank
!Wrestler
!No. of<br>reigns
!Combined<br>defences
!Combined days
|-
!1 
| {{sortname|Kishin|Kawabata|Hikaru Kawabata}} || 2 || 6 || 597
|-
!2
| {{sortname|Kentaro|Shiga}} || 2 || 5 || 441
|-
!3
| {{sortname|Shuji|Ishikawa}} || 1 || 2 || 422
|-
!4 
| [[2 Cold Scorpio|Scorpio]] || 1 || 1 || 316
|-
!5
| {{sortname|Makoto|Hashi}} || 1 || 2 || 245
|-
!6
| {{sortname|Muhammad|Yone}} || 1 || 3 || 231
|-
!7
| {{sortname|Jun|Akiyama}} || 1 || 5 || 217
|-
!8
| {{sortname|Kenta|Kobashi}} || 1 || 4 || 198
|-
!9
| {{sortname|Ninja|Mack}} || 1 || 2 || 159
|-
!10
| {{sortname|Naomichi|Marufuji}} || 1 || 2 || 140
|-
!11
| {{sortname|Masato|Tanaka}} || 1 || 0 || 35
|-
!12
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{sortname||Hayata|dab=wrestler}} † || 1 || 0 || {{age in days|June 30, 2025}}+
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=141  GHC Hardcore Openweight Championship]

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