Global Junior Heavyweight League
Introduction The '''Global Junior Heavyweight League''' is a professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by Pro Wrestling Noah. The purpose of the tournament is to determine the promotion's top junior heavyweight wrestler. It was originally designed to be an annual event starting in 2009, but the second tournament did not take place until 2015.The tournament is a two-block round-robin tournament, much like New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament, in which each block's two highest scorers face off in the semifinals. A victory is worth two points, a draw was worth one, and a loss zero; each match has a thirty-minute time limit. Being a professional wrestling tournament, the outcome of the matches and the tournament itself are not determined through pure athletic competition but through pre-determined outcomes to matches.
List of winners === Global Junior Heavyweight League ===*2009: Yoshinobu Kanemaru*2015: Daisuke Harada*2018: Kotaro Suzuki*2019: Hayata*2020: Daisuke Harada (2)=== Jr. Rumble ===* 2020: Atsushi Kotoge* 2021: Hayata (2)* 2022: Daisuke Harada (3)
2009 The first tournament, named simply Junior Heavyweight League, was held from October 15 to October 31 over nine shows, and featured two blocks of five. Foreign participation included Delirious from Ring of Honor and Jyushin Thunder Liger from New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The winner, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, also won the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Delirious was awarded place in the semifinal because original block A runner-up Kotaro Suzuki had to withdraw with a flu.+Final standings Block A  Block B Katsuhiko Nakajima  6  Jyushin Thunder Liger  5 Kotaro Suzuki  5  Yoshinobu Kanemaru  4 Delirious  4  Atsushi Aoki  3 Kenta  3  Taiji Ishimori  2 Ricky Marvin  2  Genba Hirayanagi  0 Block A  Delirious  Katsuhiko Nakajima  Kenta  Kotaro Suzuki  Ricky Marvin Delirious   Nakajima (15:05)  Delirious (18:54)  Suzuki (13:52)  Delirious (14:20) Katsuhiko Nakajima Nakajima (15:05)    Draw (30:00)  Draw (30:00)  Nakajima (12:07) Kenta Delirious (18:54)  Draw (30:00)    Suzuki (17:28)  Kenta (1:59) Kotaro Suzuki Suzuki (13:52)  Draw (30:00)  Suzuki (17:28)    Marvin (9:04) Ricky Marvin Delirious (14:20)  Nakajima(12:07)  Kenta (1:59)  Marvin (9:04)   Block B  Atsushi Aoki  Genba Hirayanagi  Jyushin Thunder Liger  Taiji Ishimori  Yoshinobu Kanemaru Atsushi Aoki   Aoki (13:11)  Draw (30:00)  Ishimori (13:54)  Kanemaru (17:32) Genba Hirayanagi Aoki (13:11)    Double countout (9:19)  Double countout (7:09)  Double countout (7:45) Jyushin Thunder Liger Draw (30:00) Double countout (9:19)    Liger (13:08)  Liger (14:45) Taiji Ishimori Ishimori (13:54)  Double countout (7:09)  Liger (13:08)    Kanemaru (15:56) Yoshinobu Kanemaru Kanemaru (17:32)  Double countout (7:45)  Liger (14:45)  Kanemaru (15:56)
2015 The second tournament, now named Global Junior Heavyweight League, took place from July 18 to August 5, 2015.+Final standings Block A  Block B Daisuke Harada  10  Atsushi Kotoge  8 El Desperado  8  Taiji Ishimori  8 Kenoh  8  Bengala  6 Zack Sabre Jr.  8  Hajime Ohara  6 Yoshinari Ogawa  6  Super Crazy  6 Sho Tanaka  2  Taka Michinoku  6 Hitoshi Kumano  0  Genba Hirayanagi  2 Block A  Daisuke Harada  El Desperado  Hitoshi Kumano  Kenoh  Sho Tanaka  Yoshinari Ogawa  Zack Sabre Jr. Daisuke Harada   Harada (5:23)  Harada (10:06)  Harada (13:29)  Harada (8:33)  Harada (11:58)  Sabre (12:12) El Desperado Harada (5:23)    Desperado (7:53)  Desperado (13:31)  Desperado (10:19)  Ogawa (1:05)  Desperado (11:06) Hitoshi Kumano Harada (10:06)  Desperado (7:53)    Kenoh (9:03)  Tanaka (9:01)  Ogawa (8:41)  Sabre (9:47) Kenoh Harada (13:29)  Desperado (13:31)  Kenoh (9:03)    Kenoh (13:50)  Kenoh (13:28)  Kenoh (7:33) Sho Tanaka Harada (8:33)  Desperado (10:19)  Tanaka (9:01)  Kenoh (13:50)    Ogawa (3:32)  Sabre (10:07) Yoshinari Ogawa Harada (11:58)  Ogawa (1:05)  Ogawa (8:41)  Kenoh (13:28)  Ogawa (3:32)    Sabre (11:46) Zack Sabre Jr. Sabre (12:12)  Desperado (11:06)  Sabre (9:47)  Kenoh (7:33)  Sabre (10:07)  Sabre (11:46)   Block B  Atsushi Kotoge  Bengala  Genba Hirayanagi  Hajime Ohara  Super Crazy  Taiji Ishimori  Taka Michinoku Atsushi Kotoge   Kotoge (8:49)  Kotoge (8:36)  Ohara (12:41)  Crazy (11:05)  Kotoge (14:58)  Kotoge (10:44) Bengala Kotoge (8:49)    Hirayanagi (6:22)  Bengala (6:15)  Bengala (3:24)  Ishimori (10:48)  Bengala (7:40) Genba Hirayanagi Kotoge (8:36)  Hirayanagi (6:22)    Ohara (8:29)  Crazy (5:29)  Ishimori (7:44)  Michinoku (7:33) Hajime Ohara Ohara (12:41)  Bengala (6:15)  Ohara (8:29)    Crazy (10:16)  Ishimori (7:15)  Ohara (11:31) Super Crazy Crazy (11:05)  Bengala (3:24)  Crazy (5:29)  Crazy (10:16)    Ishimori (12:27)  Michinoku (8:26) Taiji Ishimori Kotoge (14:58)  Ishimori (10:48)  Ishimori (7:44)  Ishimori (7:15)  Ishimori (12:27)    Michinoku (9:07) Taka Michinoku Kotoge (10:44)  Bengala (7:40)  Michinoku (7:33)  Ohara (11:31)  Michinoku (8:26)  Michinoku (9:07)
2018 The third tournament took place from September 8 to October 4, 2018.+Final standings Block A  Block B Kotaro Suzuki  8  Yo-Hey  8 Daisuke Harada  6  Ikuto Hidaka  7 Hitoshi Kumano  6  Hi69  6 Tadasuke  6  Minoru Tanaka  6 Seiya Morohashi  2  Hayata  3 Hajime Ohara  2  Junta Miyawaki  0 Block A  Daisuke Harada  Hajime Ohara  Hitoshi Kumano  Kotaro Suzuki  Seiya Morohashi  Tadasuke Daisuke Harada   Harada (19:04)  Harada (12:06)  Suzuki (16:31)  Harada (8:47)  Tadasuke (15:31) Hajime Ohara Harada (19:04)    Kumano (12:24)  Ohara (10:11)  Morohashi (10:05)  Tadasuke (6:54) Hitoshi Kumano Harada (12:06)  Kumano (12:24)    Suzuki (14:33)  Kumano (11:52)  Kumano (9:59) Kotaro Suzuki Suzuki (16:31)  Ohara (10:11)  Suzuki (14:33)    Suzuki (9:19)  Suzuki (10:18) Seiya Morohashi Harada (8:47)  Morohashi (10:05)  Kumano (11:52)  Suzuki (9:19)    Tadasuke (9:53) Tadasuke Tadasuke (15:31)  Tadasuke (6:54)  Kumano (9:59)  Suzuki (10:18)  Tadasuke (9:53)   Block B  Hayata  Hi69  Ikuto Hidaka  Junta Miyawaki  Minoru Tanaka  Yo-Hey Hayata   Hi69 (9:35)  Hidaka (11:11)  Hayata (4:45)  Tanaka (11:33)  Draw (12:36) Hi69 Hi69 (9:35)    Hidaka (14:47)  Hi69 (2:49)  Hi69 (19:41)  Yo-Hey (13:11) Ikuto Hidaka Hidaka (11:11)  Hidaka (14:47)    Hidaka (8:03)  Tanaka (12:38)  Draw (30:00) Junta Miyawaki Hayata (4:45)  Hi69 (2:49)  Hidaka (8:03)    Tanaka (5:55)  Yo-Hey (8:02) Minoru Tanaka Tanaka (11:33)  Hi69 (19:41)  Tanaka (12:38)  Tanaka (5:55)    Yo-Hey (14:57) Yo-Hey Draw (12:36)  Yo-Hey (13:11)  Draw (30:00)  Yo-Hey (8:02)  Yo-Hey (14:57)
2019 The fourth Global Junior Heavyweight League took place from June 27 to July 27, 2019.+Current standings Block A  Block BTadasuke8Hayata7Yo-Hey6Kotaro Suzuki7Yoshinari Ogawa6Chris Ridgeway6Daisuke Harada5Hajime Ohara4Minoru Tanaka5Hi694Junta Miyawaki0Hitoshi Kumano2 Block A  Daisuke Harada  Junta Miyawaki  Minoru Tanaka  Tadasuke  Yo-Hey  Yoshinari OgawaDaisuke Harada   Harada (6:52)  Draw (30:00)  Tadasuke (15:01)  Harada (15:20)  Ogawa (9:47)Junta MiyawakiHarada (6:52)    Tanaka (8:43)  Tadasuke (8:57)  Yo-Hey (8:57) Ogawa (9:54)Minoru TanakaDraw (30:00)  Tanaka (8:43)   Tadasuke (10:14)  Yo-Hey (12:40)  Tanaka (11:33)Tadasuke Tadasuke (15:01)  Tadasuke (8:57)  Tadasuke (10:14)    Tadasuke (10:41)  Ogawa (13:19)Yo-Hey Harada (15:20)  Yo-Hey (8:57)  Yo-Hey (12:40)  Tadasuke (10:41)    Yo-Hey (14:14)Yoshinari Ogawa Ogawa (9:47)  Ogawa (9:54)  Tanaka (11:33)  Ogawa (13:19)  Yo-Hey (14:14)   Block B  Chris Ridgeway  Hajime Ohara  Hayata  Hi69  Hitoshi Kumano  Kotaro SuzukiChris Ridgeway   Ohara (9:20)  Hayata (14:30)  Ridgeway (13:08)  Ridgeway (10:01)  Ridgeway (8:38)Hajime Ohara Ohara (9:20)    Hayata (15:59)  Ohara (10:20)  Kumano (13:35)  Suzuki (10:09)Hayata Hayata (14:30)  Hayata (15:59)    Hi69 (11:27)  Hayata (11:01)  Draw (30:00)Hi69 Ridgeway (13:08) Ohara (10:20)  Hi69 (11:27)    Hi69 (9:39)  Suzuki (8:59)Hitoshi KumanoRidgeway (10:01)  Kumano (13:35)  Hayata (11:01)  Hi69 (9:39)    Suzuki (10:32)Kotaro Suzuki Ridgeway (8:38)  Suzuki (10:09)  Draw (30:00)  Suzuki (8:59)  Suzuki (10:32)
2020 The 2020 Global Junior Heavyweight League, featuring 4 blocks took place between January 10 and January 30.+Final standings Block A Block B Block C Block D Yoshinari Ogawa  4  Dick Togo  4 Hajime Ohara  4  Daisuke Harada  4 Hayata  2  Kotaro Suzuki  4 Atsushi Kotoge  4  Minoru Tanaka  3 Nosawa Rongai  2  Tadasuke  2  Yo-Hey  2  Nio  3 Junta Miyawaki  0  Hao  2  Hitoshi Kumano  2  Chris Ridgeway  2 Block A  Hayata  YoshinariOgawaNosawaRongai  JuntaMiyawaki Hayata   Ogawa(18:33)  DoubleCountout(6:43)  Hayata(9:48) YoshinariOgawa Ogawa(18:33)    DoubleCountout(10:29)  Ogawa(8:08) NosawaRongaiDoubleCountout(6:43)  DoubleCountout(10:29)   Nosawa(9:23) JuntaMiyawaki Hayata(9:48)  Ogawa(8:08)  Nosawa(9:23)   Block B  KotaroSuzuki  Tadasuke  Hao  DickTogo KotaroSuzuki   Suzuki(7:39)  Suzuki(9:20)  Togo(15:09) Tadasuke Suzuki(7:39)   Tadasuke(7:49) Tadasuke(12:46) Hao Suzuki(9:20)  Tadasuke(7:49)    Togo(9:21) DickTogo Togo(15:09)  Tadasuke(12:46)  Togo(9:21)   Block C  AtsushiKotoge  Yo-Hey  HajimeOhara  HitoshiKumano AtsushiKotoge   Kotoge(15:41)  Ohara(14:20)  Kotoge(10:56) Yo-Hey Kotoge(15:41)    Ohara(13:49)  Yo-Hey(13:53) HajimeOharaOhara(14:20)  Ohara(13:49)    Kumano(13:39) HitoshiKumano Kotoge(10:56)  Yo-Hey(13:53)  Kumano(13:39)   Block D  DaisukeHarada  ChrisRidgeway  MinoruTanaka  Nio DaisukeHarada   Harada(10:56)  Draw(30:00)  Draw(30:00) ChrisRidgeway Harada(10:56)    Tanaka(11:34)  Ridgeway(13:39) MinoruTanaka Draw(30:00)  Tanaka(11:34)    Nio(14:24) Nio Draw(30:00)  Ridgeway(13:39)  Nio(14:24)  === 2020 (Rumble) ===After the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Heavyweight League was replaced with an annual Junior Rumble. The first edition was on 4 October as part of an N-1 Victory 2020 show at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyō, Tokyo and contained 14 participants. They entered strictly every 30 seconds. The winner of this rumble did not receive a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship shot and the reigning champion, Kotaro Suzuki, participated.EntryWrestlerUnitOrderEliminated byMethodTime ofeliminationDaisuke HaradaMomo no Seishun11/12HayataOver The Top Rope22:00Yo-HeyFull Throttle11/12HayataOver The Top Rope22:00TadasukeKongo7NiohOver The Top Rope16:22HayataStinger13Atsushi KotogePinfall24:32Nosawa RongaiSugiura-gun5Atsushi KotogePinfall14:59Junta MiyawakiMomo no Seishun6TadasukePinfall15:33Yoshinari OgawaStinger1HimselfAbandoned the match.5:498Seiki YoshiokaFull Throttle4Nosawa RongaiPinfall12:599Kaz HayashiSugiura-gun3Seiki YoshiokaOver The Top Rope12:3510HaohKongo9HayataPinfall18:1811NiohKongo10Daisuke HaradaPinfall19:4712Hajime OharaFull Throttle2Kaz HayashiPinfall12:1413Kotaro SuzukiStinger8HaohPinfall17:2914Atsushi KotogeMomo no Seishun -WINNER - -'''Winner:''''''Atsushi Kotoge'''
2021 The 2021 Noah Junior Rumble was held in an empty Club Citta, Kawasaki, Kanagawa on 26 June, one month before the Noah Jr. Team Game 2021.It was part of ''Noah Cage War 2021''. The Rumble had 15 participants, 1 more than the previous year. The winner, Hayata, successfully defeated Atsushi Kotoge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship the next night.Haoh, Tadasuke and Nioh all entered at the same time. Hayata & Yoshinari Ogawa entered unofficially and were allowed entry by the referee.EntryWrestlerUnitOrderEliminated byMethodTime ofeliminationDaisuke HaradaSeiki gun / Momo no Seishun2HayataOver The Top Rope17:26Nosawa RongaiLos Perros del Mal de Japón1Yoshinari OgawaOver The Top Rope17:26EitaLos Perros del Mal de Japón8Yoshinari OgawaOver The Top Rope23:55Seiki YoshiokaStinger11Yo-HeyOver The Top Rope25:25Junta MiyawakiSeiki-gun7EitaPinfall23:13Yo-HeyLos Perros del Mal de Japón14HayataPinfall35:00-9HaohKongo4Junta MiyawakiPinfall21:11TadasukeKongo10Seiki YoshiokaPinfall24:51NiohKongo5Junta MiyawakiOver The Top Rope21:4110Hajime OharaSeiki-gun3HaohPinfall20:2611Yuya SusumuStinger9TadasukePinfall24:2012Ikuto HidakaLos Perros del Mal de Japón6Yuya SusumuPinfall22:2613Kotaro SuzukiLos Perros del Mal de Japón13HayataPinfall26:5214-15HayataStinger -WINNER - -Yoshinari OgawaStinger12Kotaro Suzuki, Nosawa Rongai & Yo-HeyOver The Top Rope26:01'''Winner:''''''Hayata''' (2)
2022 The 2022 Noah Junior Rumble was part of the N Innovation U-Cup. It was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama on 6 January. Daisuke Harada, the winner, successfully defeated Hayata for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship the next night.EntryWrestlerUnitOrderEliminated byMethodTime ofeliminationAtsushi KotogeSeiki-gun9Yo-HeyPinfall16:49AlejandroKongo6Hajime OharaPinfall14:54Yuya SusumuStinger4Atsushi KotogePinfall11:13Yo-HeyLos Perros del Mal de Japón12Seiki YoshiokaOver The Top Rope20:00Seiki YoshiokaStinger13Kotaro SuzukiPinfall20:20TadasukeKongo5Junta MiyawakiOver The Top Rope11:59Junta MiyawakiSeiki-gun8HaohPinfall16:208Nosawa RongaiLos Perros del Mal de Japón2Yoshinari OgawaOver The Top Rope6:519Yoshinari OgawaStinger3Nosawa RongaiOver The Top Rope7:4210EitaLos Perros del Mal de Japón1Nosawa RongaiOver The Top Rope6:4911Daisuke HaradaSeiki-gun -WINNER - -12Kotaro SuzukiLos Perros del Mal de Japón14Daisuke HaradaPinfall24:3013HaohKongo11Daisuke HaradaOver The Top Rope18:1814NiohKongo7Junta MiyawakiPinfall14:5915Hajime OharaSeiki-gun10Seiki YoshiokaPinfall17:33'''Winner:''''''Daisuke Harada''' (3)
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