Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
| Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | All Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | April 18, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Kento Miyahara | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | February 12, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Jumbo Tsuruta |
| Most reigns | Toshiaki Kawada, Mitsuharu Misawa, Suwama (5 reigns) |
| Longest reign | Mitsuharu Misawa (705 days) |
| Shortest reign | Terry Gordy (3 days) |
| Oldest winner | Genichiro Tenryu (52 years) |
| Youngest winner | Kento Miyahara (26 years, 350 days) |
| Heaviest champion | Akebono (210 kg (460 lb)) |
| Lightest champion | Masakatsu Funaki (95 kg (209 lb)) |
The Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (三冠ヘビー級王座 Sankan Hebīkyū Ōza?) is the top professional wrestling championship in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling.
The championship was established after the unification of its 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.
Unlike most unified championships, the Triple Crown was originally represented by the three individual belts. The original title belts were returned to All Japan founder Giant Baba's widow Motoko in August 2013 and a new single title belt instead of three separate title belts was made. The new title belt, which featured three plates representing the three original title belts, was unveiled on October 27. One of the plates includes the text "Jumbo Tsuruta Apr. 18 1989", representing the crowning of the inaugural champion. There have been a total of 26 recognized champions who have had a combined 55 official reigns.
As of January 17, 2017.
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