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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.[1]
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.
| 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) | — |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | Pin | |||||||
| B2 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 10:17 | |||||||
| B2 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | Pin | |||||||
| B1 | Jyushin Thunder Liger | 18:53 | |||||||
| B1 | Jyushin Thunder Liger | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Delirious | 10:45 | |||||||
2015
The second tournament, now named Global Junior Heavyweight League, took place from July 18 to August 5, 2015.[1]
| 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) | — |
| Final | ||||
| A1 | Daisuke Harada | Pin | ||
| B1 | Atsushi Kotoge | 16:35 | ||
2018
The third tournament took place from September 8 to October 4, 2018.[2]
| 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) | — |
| Final | ||||
| A1 | Kotaro Suzuki | Pin | ||
| B1 | Yo-Hey | 17:00 | ||
2019
The fourth Global Junior Heavyweight League took place from June 27 to July 27, 2019.[3]
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tadasuke | 8 | Hayata | 7 |
| Yo-Hey | 6 | Kotaro Suzuki | 7 |
| Yoshinari Ogawa | 6 | Chris Ridgeway | 6 |
| Daisuke Harada | 5 | Hajime Ohara | 4 |
| Minoru Tanaka | 5 | Hi69 | 4 |
| Junta Miyawaki | 0 | Hitoshi Kumano | 2 |