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AJPW Triple Crown Championship

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AJPW Triple Crown Championship
Details
Current
champion(s)		 Kensuke Sasaki
Date won August 26 2007
Promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling
Date created April 18 1989

The AJPW Triple Crown Championship is the top professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling. The championship is a unification of the NWA United National Championship, the PWF Heavyweight Championship and the NWA International Heavyweight Championship. Unlike most unified championships, the Triple Crown is represented by the three individual belts. The belts were unified on April 18 1989 when International champion Jumbo Tsuruta defeated the PWF and UN champion Stan Hansen.[1] There have been a total of 16 recognized champions who have had a combined 36 official reigns.

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Title history

Wrestler Times Date Location Notes
Jumbo Tsuruta 1 1989-04-181989-04-18 Tokyo, Japan Tsuruta, the NWA International Heavyweight Champion, defeated Stan Hansen, the PWF Heavyweight and NWA United National Champion, to unify the titles.[1]
Genichiro Tenryu 1 1989-06-051989-06-05 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Jumbo Tsuruta 2 1989-10-111989-10-11 Yokohama, Japan [2]
Terry Gordy 1 1990-06-051990-06-05 Chiba, Japan [2]
Stan Hansen 1 1990-06-081990-06-08 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Terry Gordy 2 1990-07-171990-07-17 Kanazawa, Japan [2]
Vacated (n/a) 1990-07-271990-07-27 (n/a) Vacated due to a sudden illness.[2]
Stan Hansen 2 1990-07-271990-07-27 Matsudo, Japan Defeated Mitsuharu Misawa.[2]
Jumbo Tsuruta 3 1991-01-191991-01-19 Matsumoto, Japan [2]
Stan Hansen 3 1992-01-281992-01-28 Chiba, Japan [2]
Mitsuharu Misawa 1 1992-08-221992-08-22 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Steve Williams 1 1994-07-281994-07-28 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Toshiaki Kawada 1 1994-10-221994-10-22 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Stan Hansen 4 1995-03-041995-03-04 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Mitsuharu Misawa 2 1995-05-261995-05-26 Sapporo, Japan [2]
Akira Taue 1 1996-05-241996-05-24 Sapporo, Japan [2]
Kenta Kobashi 1 1996-07-241996-07-24 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Mitsuharu Misawa 3 1997-01-201997-01-20 Osaka, Japan [2]
Toshiaki Kawada 2 1998-05-011998-05-01 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Kenta Kobashi 2 1998-06-121998-06-12 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Mitsuharu Misawa 4 1998-10-311998-10-31 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Toshiaki Kawada 3 1999-01-221999-01-22 Osaka, Japan Won the title on the New Year Giant Series tour.[3]
Vacated (n/a) 1999-01-291999-01-29 (n/a) Vacated due to Kawada fracturing his right ulna in winning the title.[2]
Vader 1 1999-03-061999-03-06 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Akira Taue on the Excite Series tour.[4]}}
Mitsuharu Misawa 5 1999-05-021999-05-02 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Giant Baba Retirement Show.[5]
Vader 2 1999-10-301999-10-30 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the October Giant Series tour.[6]
Kenta Kobashi 3 2000-02-272000-02-27 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Excite Series tour.[7]
Vacated (n/a) 2000-06-162000-06-16 (n/a) Vacated when Kobashi and several others leave AJPW to form Pro Wrestling NOAH.[2]
Genichiro Tenryu 2 2000-10-282000-10-28 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Toshiaki Kawada in a tournament final on the October Giant Series tour.[8]
Keiji Muto 1 2001-06-082001-06-08 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Super Power Series tour.[9]
Toshiaki Kawada 4 2002-02-242002-02-24 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Excite Series tour.[10]
Vacated (n/a) 2002-03-282002-03-28 (n/a) Vacated due to a knee injury.[1]
Genichiro Tenryu 3 2002-04-132002-04-13 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Keiji Muto at Grand Champion Carnival.[11]
The Great Muta
(formerly Keiji Muto)		 2 2002-10-272002-10-27 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Royal Road 30 Giant Battle Final.[12]
Shinya Hashimoto 1 2003-02-232003-02-23 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Excite Series tour.[13]
Vacated (n/a) 2003-08-132003-08-13 (n/a) Vacated due to Hashimoto dislocating his right shoulder.[2]
Toshiaki Kawada 5 2003-09-062003-09-06 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Shinjiro Otani in a tournament final on the Summer Action Series II tour.[14]
Satoshi Kojima 1 2005-02-162005-02-16 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Realise.[15]
Taiyō Kea 1 2006-07-032006-07-03 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Cross Over tour.[1][16]
Minoru Suzuki 1 2006-09-032006-09-03 Sapporo, Japan Won the title on the Summer Impact tour.[1][17]
Kensuke Sasaki 1 2007-08-262007-08-26 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 3.[1][18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f AJPW Triple Crown Championship title history. Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w AJPW Triple Crown Championship official title history (Japanese). All-Japan.co.jp. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  3. ^ AJPW New Year Giant Series tour results. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  4. ^ AJPW Excite Series 1999 tour results. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  5. ^ AJPW results, 1999. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  6. ^ AJPW October Giant Series 1999 tour results. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  7. ^ AJPW Excite Series 2000 tour results. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  8. ^ AJPW October Giant Series 2000 tour results. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  9. ^ AJPW Super Power Series tour results. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  10. ^ AJPW Excite Series 2002 tour results. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  11. ^ AJPW Champion's Carnival tour results. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  12. ^ AJPW October Giant Series tour results. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  13. ^ AJPW Excite Series 2003 tour results. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  14. ^ AJPW Summer Action Series II tour results. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  15. ^ AJPW results, 2005. Shining Road. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  16. ^ AJPW Cross Over tour results (German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  17. ^ AJPW Summer Impact tour results (German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  18. ^ AJPW Summer Impact '07 tour results (German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.

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