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NJPW’s Satoshi Kojima wins GHC Heavyweight title at CyberFight Festival 2022

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Satoshi Kojima is the new GHC Heavyweight Champion.

Kojima defeated former champion Go Shiozaki in the main event of today’s CyberFight Festival 2022 event at the Saitama Super Arena to win the title for the first time. With the win, he became only the fourth person in history to hold the GHC, IWGP Heavyweight, and Triple Crown titles, joining Yoshihiro Takayama, Kensuke Sasake, and Keiji Mutoh.

After winning the title, Kenoh came out and challenged Kojima for a title match.

This ends Shiozaki’s fifth run with the GHC Heavyweight title after 53 days, defeating Kaito Kiyomiya to win the vacant title back on April 30. The previous champion, Kazuyuki Fujita, vacated the title after testing positive for COVID-19.

Kojima, who is currently affiliated with New Japan Pro Wrestling, has been wrestling in Pro Wrestling NOAH since April. He last wrestled for NJPW as part of the Hyper Battle 2022 tour, teaming with Yuto Nakashima in a losing effort against Kosei Fujita and Yuji Nagata. 

Keiji Mutoh wins GHC Heavyweight title at NOAH Destination 2021

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Keiji Mutoh is the new GHC Heavyweight Champion.

Mutoh pinned Go Shiozaki Friday morning at NOAH’s Destination 2021 in Budokan Hall to win the GHC Heavyweight title for the first time. He pinned Shiozaki following a hurricanrana. This ends Shiozaki’s fourth reign with the championship, which started on January 4, 2020 and lasted for 405 days.

After the match, Kaito Kiyomiya came out and challenged Mutoh to a title match. Kiyomiya won his match earlier in the show, where he teamed with Yoshiki Inamura to defeat Jun Akiyama and Naomichi Marufuji in a generational tag team match.

Other title matches on the show had Kenou defeating Masakatsu Funaki to retain the GHC National title, Seiki Yoshioka defeating Daisuke Harada to win the GHC Junior title for the first time, and HAYATA & Yoshinari Ogawa defeating Ikuto Hidaka and Kotaro Suzuki to retain the GHC Junior Tag Team titles.

NOAH announcned a live attendance number of 4,196 for their return to Budokan Hall.