TheGlobal Honored Crown (GHC) National Championship (Japanese:GHCナショナル王座,Hepburn:GHC Nashonaru Ōza) is aprofessional wrestlingchampionship in the JapanesepromotionPro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 3, 2019 and inaugurated on November 2 whenTakashi Sugiura defeatedMichael Elgin. The title is defended exclusively in Japan. Rather than being another "heavyweight" championship, Noah classifies the title as anopenweight title, with both heavyweight and junior heavyweight wrestlers being eligible to challenge for it.
In January 2019, LIDET Entertainment took over the ownership of Noah, and on October 3,Riki Choshu announced on behalf of LIDET Entertainment, the creation of the GHC National Championship, with the inaugural champion to be crowned on November 2, 2019, at Noah the Best 2019, in a match betweenMichael Elgin andTakashi Sugiura.[1] It was later announced that the title would be an openweight title, with both heavyweight and junior heavyweight wrestlers being eligible to challenge for it. The title was scheduled to be defended exclusively in Japan and was part of a plan by LIDET Entertainment to attract a new audience. On November 2, 2019, Sugiura defeated Elgin to become the inaugural GHC National Champion, before losing the title toKatsuhiko Nakajima on May 9, 2020.[2]
As of November 26, 2025, there have been a total of seventeen reigns shared between fourteen champions. Takashi Sugiura was the first champion. He is also tied withKenoh andManabu Soya for the most reigns with two, and has the longest combined reign at 371 days.Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.'s sole reign is the longest at 352 days, whileMasaaki Mochizuki's reign is the shortest at 16 days.Jack Morris is the youngest champion at the age of 30 years old, whileMasakatsu Funaki was the oldest, winning the title at 52 years old.
