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.

Contents


Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Jumbo Tsuruta 1 April 18, 1989 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 June 5, 1989 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Jumbo Tsuruta 2 October 11, 1989 Yokohama, Japan [2]
Terry Gordy 1 June 5, 1990 Chiba, Japan [2]
Stan Hansen 1 June 8, 1990 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Terry Gordy 2 July 17, 1990 Kanazawa, Japan [2]
Vacated July 27, 1990 Vacated due to a sudden illness.[2]
Stan Hansen 2 July 27, 1990 Matsudo, Japan Defeated Mitsuharu Misawa.[2]
Jumbo Tsuruta 3 January 19, 1991 Matsumoto, Japan [2]
Stan Hansen 3 January 28, 1992 Chiba, Japan [2]
Mitsuharu Misawa 1 August 22, 1992 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Steve Williams 1 July 28, 1994 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Toshiaki Kawada 1 October 22, 1994 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Stan Hansen 4 March 4, 1995 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Mitsuharu Misawa 2 May 26, 1995 Sapporo, Japan [2]
Akira Taue 1 May 24, 1996 Sapporo, Japan [2]
Kenta Kobashi 1 July 24, 1996 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Mitsuharu Misawa 3 January 20, 1997 Osaka, Japan [2]
Toshiaki Kawada 2 May 1, 1998 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Kenta Kobashi 2 June 12, 1998 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Mitsuharu Misawa 4 October 31, 1998 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Toshiaki Kawada 3 January 22, 1999 Osaka, Japan Won the title on the New Year Giant Series tour.[3]
Vacated January 29, 1999 Vacated due to Kawada fracturing his right ulna in winning the title.[2]
Vader 1 March 6, 1999 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Akira Taue on the Excite Series tour.[4]
Mitsuharu Misawa 5 May 2, 1999 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Giant Baba Retirement Show.[5]
Vader 2 October 30, 1999 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the October Giant Series tour.[6]
Kenta Kobashi 3 February 27, 2000 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Excite Series tour.[7]
Vacated June 16, 2000 Vacated when Kobashi and several others leave AJPW to form Pro Wrestling NOAH.[2]
Genichiro Tenryu 2 October 28, 2000 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Toshiaki Kawada in a tournament final on the October Giant Series tour.[8]
Keiji Muto 1 June 8, 2001 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Super Power Series tour.[9]
Toshiaki Kawada 4 February 24, 2002 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Excite Series tour.[10]
Vacated March 28, 2002 Vacated due to a knee injury.[1]
Genichiro Tenryu 3 April 13, 2002 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Keiji Muto at Grand Champion Carnival.[11]
The Great Muta
(formerly Keiji Muto)		 2 October 27, 2002 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Royal Road 30 Giant Battle Final.[12]
Shinya Hashimoto 1 February 23, 2003 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Excite Series tour.[13]
Vacated August 13, 2003 Vacated due to Hashimoto dislocating his right shoulder.[2]
Toshiaki Kawada 5 September 6, 2003 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Shinjiro Otani in a tournament final on the Summer Action Series II tour.[14]
Satoshi Kojima 1 February 16, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Realise.[15]
Taiyō Kea 1 July 3, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Cross Over tour.[16]
Minoru Suzuki 1 September 3, 2006 Sapporo, Japan Won the title on the Summer Impact tour.[17]
Kensuke Sasaki 1 August 26, 2007 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 3.[18]

  1. ^ a b c 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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