Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship

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Title history

The championship was established after the unification of All Japan's 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. From 1989 to 2000, the holder of the Triple Crown was also presented by Nippon TV (AJPW's broadcaster at the time) with a large, globe-shaped trophy bearing the words "World Heavyweight Champion". 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 31 recognized champions who have had a combined 70 official reigns. Six men in history have held the championship for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more: Mitsuharu Misawa, Suwama, Kento Miyahara (who have each achieved the feat twice), Jumbo Tsuruta, Satoshi Kojima and Toshiaki Kawada.

Reigns

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Combined reigns

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Indicates the current champion
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Combined days
1 Script error: No such module "Sort". 5 21 1,799
2 Script error: No such module "Sort". 6 28 1,453
3 Script error: No such module "Sort". 8 16 1,366
4 Script error: No such module "Sort". 5 11 743
5 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 9 678
6 Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 6 659
7 Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 4 548
8 Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 6 547
9 Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 7 505
10 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 6 476
11 Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 5 431
12 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 6 379
13 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 4 370
14 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 6 315
15 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 2 247
16 Jake Lee 2 3 210
17 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 7 205
18 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 4 203
19 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 2 196
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21 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 1 177
22 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 2 171
23 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 4 146
24 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 5 140
25 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 2 138
26 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 3 133
27 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 2 98
28 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1 86
29 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1 84
30 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1 62
31 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 1 61
32 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1 0 57
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References

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Sporting positions
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check All Japan Pro Wrestling's top heavyweight championship
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