TRIPLE CROWN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

# Wrestler Date Place Special Note
1 Jumbo Tsuruta April 18, 1989 Tokyo, Japan 1
2 Gen'ichiro Tenryu June 6, 1989 Tokyo, Japan  
3 Jumbo Tsuruta(2) October 11, 1989 Yokohama, Japan  
4 Terry Gordy June 5, 1990 Chiba, Japan  
5 Stan Hansen June 8, 1990 Tokyo, Japan  
6 Terry Gordy(2) July 17, 1990 Ishikawa, Japan 2
7 Stan Hansen(2) July 27, 1990 Matsudo, Japan 3
8 Jumbo Tsuruta(3) January 19, 1991 Matsumoto, Japan  
9 Stan Hansen(3) January 28, 1992 Tokyo, Japan  
10 Mitsuharu Misawa August 22, 1992 Tokyo, Japan  
11 Steve Williams July 28, 1994 Tokyo, Japan  
12 Toshiaki Kawada October 22, 1994 Tokyo, Japan  
13 Stan Hansen(4) March 4, 1995 Tokyo, Japan  
14 Mitsuharu Misawa(2) May 26, 1995 Sapporo, Japan  
15 Akira Taue May 25, 1996 Sapporo, Japan  
16 Kenta Kobashi July 24, 1996 Tokyo, Japan  
17 Mitsuharu Misawa(3) January 20, 1997 Osaka, Japan  
18 Toshiaki Kawada(2) May 1, 1998 Tokyo, Japan  
19 Kenta Kobashi(2) June 12, 1998 Tokyo, Japan  
20 Mitsuharu Misawa(4) October 31, 1998 Tokyo, Japan  
21 Toshiaki Kawada(3) January 22, 1999 Osaka, Japan 4
22 Vader March 6, 1999 Tokyo, Japan 5
23 Mitsuharu Misawa(5) May 2, 1999 Tokyo, Japan  
24 Vader(2) October 30, 1999 Tokyo, Japan  
25 Kenta Kobashi(3) February 27, 2000 Tokyo, Japan 6
26 Gen'ichiro Tenryu(2) October 28, 2000 Tokyo, Japan 7
27 Keiji Mutoh June 8, 2001 Tokyo, Japan  
28 Toshiaki Kawada(4) February 24, 2002 Tokyo, Japan 8
29 Gen'ichiro Tenryu(3) April 13, 2002 Tokyo, Japan 9
30 Keiji Mutoh(2) October 27, 2002 Tokyo, Japan  
31 Shinya Hashimoto February 23, 2003 Tokyo, Japan 10
32 Toshiaki Kawada(5) September 6, 2003 Tokyo, Japan 11
33 Satoshi Kojima February 16, 2005Tokyo, Japan 
34 Taiyo Kea July 3, 2006 Tokyo, Japan  
35 Minoru Suzuki September 3, 2006 Sapporo, Japan  

Notes:

1. Jumbo Tsuruta, current NWA(National Wrestling Alliance) International Heavyweight Champion, defeats Stan Hansen, PWF(Pacific Wrestling Federation)Heavyweight and NWA United National Heavyweight Champion, to unify all three titles to become the "Triple Crown" Heavyweight Champion.

2. Terry Gordy was stripped of the title July 1990 after being hospitalized.

3. Stan Hansen defeats Mitsuharu Misawa to win the vacant Triple Crown Championship.

4. 4. The Triple Crown Championship was vacated January 23, 1999 after Toshiaki Kawada breaks his arm after winning the belt.

5. Vader defeats Akira Taue for the vacant title.

6. Title vacant June 2000 when Kobashi leaves promotion.

7. Gen'ichiro Tenryu defeats Toshiaki Kawada in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant title.

8. Title vacant on March 28, 2002.

9. Gen'ichiro Tenryu defeats Keiji Muto to win the title.

10. Title vacant on July 11, 2003 when Shin'ya Hashimoto appears at a Zero One house show with his arm in a sling and said that AJPW should find a new champ.

11. Toshiaki Kawada defeated Shinjiro Otani in a tournament final to win vacant title.