Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship

Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
Belt in use since October 2013.
Details
PromotionAll Japan Pro Wrestling
Date establishedApril 18, 1989
Current championKento Miyahara
Date wonSeptember 23, 2025
Other names
  • PWF Triple Crown World Heavyweight Championship
  • AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
Statistics
First championJumbo Tsuruta
Most reignsSuwama (8 reigns)
Longest reignMitsuharu Misawa (705 days)
Shortest reignTerry Gordy (3 days)
Oldest championYuji Nagata (54 years, 9 months and 26 days)
Youngest championYuma Anzai (24 years, 10 months and 15 days)
Heaviest championAkebono (210 kg (460 lb))
Lightest championKatsuhiko Nakajima (87 kg (192 lb))

The Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (三冠ヘビー級王座, Sankan Hebīkyū Ōza) is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Japanese All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion. The current champion is Kento Miyahara, who is in his seventh reign.

Title history

The championship was established after the unification of All Japan's 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 through the continued use of the three individual championship belts. From 1989 to 2000, the holder of the Triple Crown was also presented by Nippon TV (AJPW's broadcaster at the time) with a large, globe-shaped trophy bearing the words "World Heavyweight Champion". The original title belts were returned to All Japan founder Giant Baba's widow Motoko in August 2013 and a new single title belt incorporating designs from the three original 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 35 recognized champions who have had a combined 76 official reigns. Six men in history have held the championship for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more: Kento Miyahara (who have each achieved the feat thrice), Mitsuharu Misawa, Suwama (who have each achieved the feat twice), Jumbo Tsuruta, Satoshi Kojima and Toshiaki Kawada.

Reigns

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW)
1 Jumbo Tsuruta April 18, 1989 Champion Carnival tour Tokyo, Japan 1 481 Tsuruta, the NWA International Heavyweight Champion, defeated Stan Hansen, the PWF Heavyweight and NWA United National Champion, to unify the titles.
2 Genichiro Tenryu June 5, 1989 Super Power Series tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1282  
3 Jumbo Tsuruta October 11, 1989 October Giant Series tour Yokohama, Japan 2 2372  
4 Terry Gordy June 5, 1990 Super Power Series tour Chiba, Japan 1 30  
5 Stan Hansen June 8, 1990 Super Power Series tour Tokyo, Japan 1 390  
6 Terry Gordy July 17, 1990 Summer Action Series tour Kanazawa, Japan 2 100  
— Vacated July 27, 1990 — — — —— The title was vacated after Gordy was hospitalized during a scheduled title defense later that night.
7 Stan Hansen July 27, 1990 Summer Action Series tour Matsudo, Japan 2 1761 Defeated Mitsuharu Misawa to win the vacant title.
8 Jumbo Tsuruta January 19, 1991 New Year Giant Series tour Matsumoto, Japan 3 3743  
9 Stan Hansen January 28, 1992 New Year Giant Series tour Chiba, Japan 3 2073  
10 Mitsuharu Misawa August 22, 1992 Summer Action Series II tour Tokyo, Japan 1 7057  
11 Steve Williams July 28, 1994 Summer Action Series tour Tokyo, Japan 1 861  
12 Toshiaki Kawada October 22, 1994 October Giant Series tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1331  
13 Stan Hansen March 4, 1995 Excite Series tour Tokyo, Japan 4 830  
14 Mitsuharu Misawa May 26, 1995 Super Power Series tour Sapporo, Japan 2 3644  
15 Akira Taue May 24, 1996 Super Power Series tour Sapporo, Japan 1 611  
16 Kenta Kobashi July 24, 1996 Super Power Series tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1802  
17 Mitsuharu Misawa January 20, 1997 New Year Giant Series tour Osaka, Japan 3 4668  
18 Toshiaki Kawada May 1, 1998 AJPW 25th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 2 420  
19 Kenta Kobashi June 12, 1998 Super Power Series tour Tokyo, Japan 2 1412  
20 Mitsuharu Misawa October 31, 1998 October Giant Series tour Tokyo, Japan 4 830  
21 Toshiaki Kawada January 22, 1999 New Year Giant Series tour Osaka, Japan 3 70  
— Vacated January 29, 1999 — — — —— Vacated after Kawada fractured his right ulna in winning the title.
22 Big Van Vader March 6, 1999 Excite Series tour Tokyo, Japan 1 570 Defeated Akira Taue to win the vacant title.
23 Mitsuharu Misawa May 2, 1999 Giant Baba Memorial Show Tokyo, Japan 5 1812  
24 Big Van Vader October 30, 1999 October Giant Series tour Tokyo, Japan 2 1201  
25 Kenta Kobashi February 27, 2000 Excite Series tour Tokyo, Japan 3 1101
— Vacated June 16, 2000 — — — —— Title was vacated after Kobashi jumped to Pro Wrestling Noah.
26 Genichiro Tenryu October 28, 2000 October Giant Series tour Tokyo, Japan 2 2231 Defeated Toshiaki Kawada in a tournament final to win the vacated title.
27 Keiji Muto June 8, 2001 Super Power Series tour Tokyo, Japan 1 2614  
28 Toshiaki Kawada February 24, 2002 Excite Series tour Tokyo, Japan 4 320
— Vacated March 28, 2002 — — — —— Title was vacated after Kawada suffered a knee injury.
29 Genichiro Tenryu April 13, 2002 Champion Carnival tour Tokyo, Japan 3 1971 Defeated Keiji Muto to win the vacant title.
30 The Great Muta October 27, 2002 Royal Road 30 Giant Battle Final Tokyo, Japan 2 1191 Formerly known as Keiji Muto.
31 Shinya Hashimoto February 23, 2003 Excite Series tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1712
— Vacated August 13, 2003 — — — —— Title was vacated after Hashimoto dislocated his right shoulder.
32 Toshiaki Kawada September 6, 2003 Summer Action Series II tour Tokyo, Japan 5 52910 Defeated Shinjiro Otani in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
33 Satoshi Kojima February 16, 2005 Realize tour Tokyo, Japan 1 5028  
34 Taiyō Kea July 3, 2006 Crossover tour Tokyo, Japan 1 621  
35 Minoru Suzuki September 3, 2006 Summer Impact tour Sapporo, Japan 1 3575  
36 Kensuke Sasaki August 26, 2007 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 3 Tokyo, Japan 1 2472  
37 Suwama April 29, 2008 Growin' Up tour Nagoya, Japan 1 1522  
38 The Great Muta September 28, 2008 Flashing tour Yokohama, Japan 3 1671  
39 Yoshihiro Takayama March 14, 2009 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 7 Tokyo, Japan 1 1962  
40 Satoshi Kojima September 26, 2009 Flashing tour Yokohama, Japan 2 1761  
41 Ryota Hama March 21, 2010 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 9 Tokyo, Japan 1 420  
42 Minoru Suzuki May 2, 2010 Growin' Up tour Nagoya, Japan 2 1191  
43 Suwama August 29, 2010 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 10 Tokyo, Japan 2 4205  
44 Jun Akiyama October 23, 2011 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 13 Tokyo, Japan 1 3084    
45 Masakatsu Funaki August 26, 2012 Summer Impact tour Tokyo, Japan 1 2034  
46 Suwama March 17, 2013 2013 Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku: Basic & Dynamic Tokyo, Japan 3 2242    
47 Akebono October 27, 2013 Anniversary Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 2154
— Vacated May 30, 2014 — — — —— Vacated due to Akebono being sidelined with health issues.
48 Takao Omori June 15, 2014 2014 Dynamite Series Tokyo, Japan 1 140 Defeated Jun Akiyama to win the vacant title.
49 Suwama June 29, 2014 2014 Dynamite Series Sapporo, Japan 4 280    
50 Joe Doering July 27, 2014 2014 Summer Action Series Tokyo, Japan 1 1603  
51 Go Shiozaki January 3, 2015 New Year Wars 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 1382    
52 Akebono May 21, 2015 2015 Super Power Series Tokyo, Japan 2 1642  
53 Jun Akiyama November 1, 2015 All Japan Pro Wrestling Charity Hirosaki Tournament Hirosaki, Japan 2 620  
54 Suwama January 2, 2016 2016 New Years Two Days Tokyo, Japan 5 100
— Vacated January 12, 2016 — — — —— Vacated due to Suwama rupturing his achilles tendon.
55 Kento Miyahara February 12, 2016 2016 Excite Series Tokyo, Japan 1 4648 Defeated Zeus to win the vacant title.
56 Shuji Ishikawa May 21, 2017 2017 Super Power Series Tokyo, Japan 1 982
57 Kento Miyahara August 27, 2017 AJPW 45th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 2 430
58 Suwama October 9, 2017 2017 Hataage Kinen Series Tokyo, Japan 6 120
59 Joe Doering October 21, 2017 Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori Debut 25th Anniversary Show Yokohama, Japan 2 1553
60 Kento Miyahara March 25, 2018 2018 Power Dream Series Saitama, Japan 3 1262
61 Zeus July 29, 2018 2018 Summer Action Series Osaka, Japan 1 841
62 Kento Miyahara October 21, 2018 2018 Raising An Army Memorial Series Yokohama, Japan 4 51910
63 Suwama March 23, 2020 2020 Dream Power Series Tokyo, Japan 7 4547
— Vacated June 20, 2021 — — — —— Suwama vacated the championship after testing positive for COVID-19.
64 Jake Lee June 26, 2021 Champions Night ~ From The Land Of The Triple Crown Unification Flight To The 50th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 1 1853 Lee defeated Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi in a three-way tomoesen match to win the vacant title.
— Vacated December 28, 2021 — — — —— Jake Lee vacated the championship after suffering an injury.
65 Kento Miyahara January 23, 2022 2022 New Year Wars Tokyo, Japan 5 1474 Defeated Ryuki Honda in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
66 Jake Lee June 19, 2022 AJPW Champions Night 4: 50th Anniversary Tour Tokyo, Japan 2 250
67 Suwama July 14, 2022 AJPW Summer Action Series 2022 Tokyo, Japan 8 660
68 Kento Miyahara September 18, 2022 AJPW 50th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 6 1544
69 Yuji Nagata February 19, 2023 Excite Series - Night 2: Pro-Wrestling Day MANIAx Tokyo, Japan 1 1333
70 Yuma Aoyagi July 2, 2023 Summer Action Series Tokyo, Japan 1 1265
71 Katsuhiko Nakajima November 5, 2023 Giant Series 2023: Hokkaido Edition - Day 6 (Evening Show) Sapporo, Japan 1 1464
72 Yuma Anzai March 30, 2024 Dream Power Series 2024: Day 5 Tokyo, Japan 1 1405
73 Yuma Aoyagi August 17, 2024 Summer Action Wars 2024 Tokyo, Japan 2 792
74 Davey Boy Smith, Jr. November 4, 2024 Giant Series 2024 Sapporo, Japan 1 570
75 Jun Saito December 31, 2024 New Year's Eve 2024 Tokyo, Japan 1 2667
76 Kento Miyahara September 23, 2025 Giant Dream Tokyo, Japan 7 392+9

Combined reigns

As of October 20, 2026.

Seven-time and current champion Kento Miyahara holds the records for most defenses in one reign at 10 (tied with Toshiaki Kawada), most combined defenses at 37 and most combined days at 1,845+ days.
Record eight-time champion Suwama.
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Kento Miyahara †7371,845+
2 Mitsuharu Misawa5211,799
3 Suwama8161,366
4 Toshiaki Kawada511743
5 Satoshi Kojima29678
6 Jumbo Tsuruta36659
7 Genichiro Tenryu34548
8 Keiji Muto/The Great Muta36547
9 Stan Hansen47505
10 Minoru Suzuki26476
11 Kenta Kobashi35431
12 Akebono26379
13 Jun Akiyama24370
14 Joe Doering26315
15 Jun Saito17266
16 Kensuke Sasaki12247
17 Jake Lee23210
18 Yuma Aoyagi27205
19 Masakatsu Funaki14203
20 Yoshihiro Takayama12196
21 Big Van Vader21177
22 Shinya Hashimoto12171
23 Katsuhiko Nakajima14146
24 Yuma Anzai15140
25 Go Shiozaki12138
26 Yuji Nagata13133
27 Shuji Ishikawa1298
28 Steve Williams1186
29 Zeus 1184
30 Taiyō Kea1162
31 Akira Taue1161
32 Davey Boy Smith Jr.1057
33 Ryota Hama1042
34 Takao Omori1014
35 Terry Gordy2013

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