Post by Nathan Versus on Jan 10, 2006 15:42:33 GMT
The Triple Crown is the top championship in All Japan Pro-Wrestling and one of the recognised World Heavyweight Champions in pro-wrestling. It is made up of three belts; NWA International Heavyweight Championship, NWA United National Heavyweight Championship and PWF Heavyweight Championship.
Triple Crown Champions
1 Jumbo Tsuruta
(April 18th 1989)
Reigining NWA International champion, defeats PWF & NWA United National champion Stan Hansen to unify three titles to form the Triple Crown.
2 Gen'ichiro Tenryu
(June 5th 1989)
3 Jumbo Tsuruta (2)
(October 11th 1989)
4 Terry Gordy
(June 5th 1990)
5 Stan Hansen
(June 8th 1990)
6 Terry Gordy (2)
(July 17th 1990)
Stripped in July 1990 after being hospitalized.
7 Stan Hansen (2)
(July 27th 1990)
Defeats Mitsuharu Misawa for the vacant Championship.
8 Jumbo Tsuruta (3)
(January 19th 1991)
9 Stan Hansen (3)
(January 28th 1992)
10 Mitsuharu Misawa
(August 22nd 1992)
11 Steve Williams
(July 28th 1994)
12 Toshiaki Kawada
(October 22nd 1994)
13 Stan Hansen (4)
(March 4th 1995)
14 Mitsuharu Misawa (2)
(May 26th 1995)
15 Akira Taue
(May 24th 1996)
16 Kenta Kobashi
(July 24th 1996)
17 Mitsuharu Misawa (3)
(January 20th 1997)
18 Toshiaki Kawada (2)
(May 1st 1998)
19 Kenta Kobashi (2)
(June 12th 1998)
20 Mitsuharu Misawa (4)
(October 31st 1998)
21 Toshiaki Kawada (3)
(January 22nd 1999)
Vacates on January 29th 1999 after breaking his right arm in the title match on January 22nd 1999.
22 Vader
(March 6th 1999)
Defeats Akira Taue.
23 Mitsuharu Misawa (5)
(May 2nd 1999)
24 Vader (2)
(October 30th 1999)
25 Kenta Kobashi (3)
(February 27th 2000)
Vacant in June 2000 when Kenta Kobashi leaves the promotion.
26 Gen'ichiro Tenryu (2)
(October 28th 2000)
Defeats Toshiaki Kawada in 8-man tournament final.
27 Keiji Mutoh
(June 8th 2001)
28 Toshiaki Kawada (4)
(February 24th 2002)
Vacates the title on the 28th March 2002 due to a serious knee injury.
29 Gen'ichiro Tenryu (3)
(April 13th 2002)
30 Keiji Mutoh (2)
(October 27th 2002)
31 Shinya Hashimoto
(February 23rd 2003)
32 Toshiaki Kawada (5)
(September 6th 2003)
Defeats Shinjiro Otani in a tournament final.
33 Satoshi Kojima
(February 16th 2005)
34 Taiyo Kea
(July 3rd 2006)
35 Minoru Suzuki
(September 3rd 2006)
Triple Crown Champions
1 Jumbo Tsuruta
(April 18th 1989)
Reigining NWA International champion, defeats PWF & NWA United National champion Stan Hansen to unify three titles to form the Triple Crown.
2 Gen'ichiro Tenryu
(June 5th 1989)
3 Jumbo Tsuruta (2)
(October 11th 1989)
4 Terry Gordy
(June 5th 1990)
5 Stan Hansen
(June 8th 1990)
6 Terry Gordy (2)
(July 17th 1990)
Stripped in July 1990 after being hospitalized.
7 Stan Hansen (2)
(July 27th 1990)
Defeats Mitsuharu Misawa for the vacant Championship.
8 Jumbo Tsuruta (3)
(January 19th 1991)
9 Stan Hansen (3)
(January 28th 1992)
10 Mitsuharu Misawa
(August 22nd 1992)
11 Steve Williams
(July 28th 1994)
12 Toshiaki Kawada
(October 22nd 1994)
13 Stan Hansen (4)
(March 4th 1995)
14 Mitsuharu Misawa (2)
(May 26th 1995)
15 Akira Taue
(May 24th 1996)
16 Kenta Kobashi
(July 24th 1996)
17 Mitsuharu Misawa (3)
(January 20th 1997)
18 Toshiaki Kawada (2)
(May 1st 1998)
19 Kenta Kobashi (2)
(June 12th 1998)
20 Mitsuharu Misawa (4)
(October 31st 1998)
21 Toshiaki Kawada (3)
(January 22nd 1999)
Vacates on January 29th 1999 after breaking his right arm in the title match on January 22nd 1999.
22 Vader
(March 6th 1999)
Defeats Akira Taue.
23 Mitsuharu Misawa (5)
(May 2nd 1999)
24 Vader (2)
(October 30th 1999)
25 Kenta Kobashi (3)
(February 27th 2000)
Vacant in June 2000 when Kenta Kobashi leaves the promotion.
26 Gen'ichiro Tenryu (2)
(October 28th 2000)
Defeats Toshiaki Kawada in 8-man tournament final.
27 Keiji Mutoh
(June 8th 2001)
28 Toshiaki Kawada (4)
(February 24th 2002)
Vacates the title on the 28th March 2002 due to a serious knee injury.
29 Gen'ichiro Tenryu (3)
(April 13th 2002)
30 Keiji Mutoh (2)
(October 27th 2002)
31 Shinya Hashimoto
(February 23rd 2003)
32 Toshiaki Kawada (5)
(September 6th 2003)
Defeats Shinjiro Otani in a tournament final.
33 Satoshi Kojima
(February 16th 2005)
34 Taiyo Kea
(July 3rd 2006)
35 Minoru Suzuki
(September 3rd 2006)
