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58-668: In 2019, when he was IWGP Intercontinental Champion , Tetsuya Naito declared his intention of making history by becoming the first to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the Intercontinental Championship at the same time. By the end of the year, Jay White , who had won the Intercontinental Championship from Naito, and Kota Ibushi , who was the next challenger for the Heavyweight Championship, also expressed

116-589: A Grand Slam Champion after her win, having also held the NXT Women's Championship . Asuka has to date completed the Women's Triple Crown the fastest, with 486 days between her first qualifying title win and Triple Crown achieving win. WWE's NXT Triple Crown consists of the NXT Championship , NXT North American Championship , and NXT Tag Team Championship . The NXT brand was originally established as

174-635: A decade. Following the first brand extension between 2002 and 2011, the (now defunct) World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE Tag Team Championship became alternate titles that could compose part of WWE's Triple Crown. After the respective unifications of the two world championships and two tag team championships, the only three eligible Triple Crown championships of WWE became the WWE Championship, Intercontinental Championship, and WWE Tag Team Championship (later called

232-595: A developmental territory for WWE's main roster in 2012, was elevated to the third global brand in 2019, but after being rebooted as NXT 2.0 in 2021, was returned to its original status as a developmental brand. Johnny Gargano became the first to be recognized as the NXT Triple Crown Champion, winning his first NXT Championship, and having previously held the NXT North American and NXT Tag Team championships. Adam Cole has completed

290-476: A learning excursion to American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) since February 2010; Hideo Saito , who had been on a similar tour of Puerto Rico 's World Wrestling Council since September 2010; former IWGP Tag Team and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi of No Limit ; NJPW regulars Tama Tonga and Toru Yano , and; American independent worker Dan Maff , who made his first appearance for NJPW during

348-535: A new circuit. To date, A.J. Styles and Eddie Edwards have won the Impact Triple Crown on more than one occasion, and Styles is the only wrestler to hold all of the eligible championships. Kurt Angle completed the Triple Crown the fastest, achieving it in a mere 92 days, between May and August 2007, and is the only wrestler to hold all the required championships at once. Jordynne Grace became

406-766: A suitable accolade for the Triple Crown. It is also unknown if it considers the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship as a part of the accolade, although it is considered part of their Grand Slam. The Ring of Honor (ROH) Triple Crown originally was defined as the ROH World Championship , the ROH World Tag Team Championship , and the ROH World Television Championship . It was later amended so that

464-961: Is a joshi puroresu ( women's professional wrestling ) promotion . Their version consists of the ICE×60/ICE×∞ Championship , the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship and the Triangle Ribbon Championship . Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) is a British wrestling promotion based in Glasgow, Scotland. Their version consists of the ICW World Heavyweight Championship , the ICW Tag Team Championship , and ICW Zero-G Championship . Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW)

522-789: Is a British independent women's professional wrestling promotion. Their version consists of the Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship, Pro-Wrestling: EVE International Championship, and the Pro-Wrestling: EVE Tag Team Championship. Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW) is a United Kingdom based promotion. Their version consists of the British Heavyweight Championship , the Undisputed British Tag Team Championship and

580-554: Is a distinction made to a professional wrestler who has won three of a single promotion's championships ; specifically, a world championship, another singles championship, and a tag team championship. Promotions to officially recognize Triple Crown winners include WWE , All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Ring of Honor (ROH) as well as the defunct promotions World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and Lucha Underground . The All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Triple Crown

638-712: Is an Australian independent professional wrestling promotion founded in October 2010, in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . Their version consists of the MCW Heavyweight Championship, the MCW Tag Team Championship, and MCW Intercommonwealth Championship. Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an independent regional promotion that at various points served as a developmental territory for WWE and Impact Wrestling (with whom OVW

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696-925: Is an Australian independent regional promotion. Their version consists of the EPW Heavyweight Championship , the EPW Tag Team Championship , and the EPW Coastal Championship . Full Impact Pro (FIP) is an independent regional promotion. Their version consists of the FIP World Heavyweight Championship , the FIP Florida Heritage Championship and the FIP Tag Team Championship . Ice Ribbon ( アイスリボン , Aisuribon )

754-967: Is once again currently affiliated). Their version consists of the OVW Heavyweight Championship , the OVW Television Championship and the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship . Philippine Wrestling Revolution (PWR) is an independent promotion based in the Philippines. Their version consists of the PWR Championship , the PWR Tag Team Championship and the Philippine Excellence (PHX) Championship . Pro-Wrestling: EVE (EVE)

812-909: The Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship , the Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship and the Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship . Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an independent regional promotion. Their version consists of the CZW World Heavyweight Championship , the CZW World Tag Team Championship , CZW Wired Championship and CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship . Explosive Pro Wrestling (EPW)

870-602: The ECW World Television Championship and the ECW World Tag Team Championship . ECW was founded in 1992 as Eastern Championship Wrestling until the name was changed to Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1994. While Johnny Hotbody won all three titles before 1994, sources consider Mikey Whipwreck the first Triple Crown Champion. In Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA – known as Impact Wrestling from 2017 to 2023),

928-706: The IWGP Heavyweight Championship , the IWGP Intercontinental Championship and the NEVER Openweight Championship . The NJPW Triple Crown is unique as it consists of three singles championships, instead of a tag team championship in addition to two singles. The IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental championships were retired in 2021, and it is unknown if NJPW considers their replacement, the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship , as

986-796: The NEVER Openweight Championship . On October 3, 2010, American promotion Jersey All Pro Wrestling announced that it had reached an agreement with NJPW to co-promote NJPW's first shows in the United States. NJPW officially announced the NJPW Invasion Tour 2011: Attack on East Coast tour on January 4, 2011, with shows taking place on May 13 in Rahway, New Jersey , May 14 in New York City and May 15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The following day, NJPW added that, during

1044-652: The New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion . "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix ( インターナショナル・レスリング・グラン・プリ , intānashonaru resuringu guran puri ) . The title was officially announced on January 5, 2011, and the Inaugural Champion MVP was crowned on May 15, 2011, during NJPW's first tour of the United States . On March 4, 2021, the championship

1102-481: The World Tag Team Championship . For a span of nearly 18 years, from 1979 up through 1997, these were the only three championships of the company, and a wrestler who won all three championships (not necessarily concurrently) was considered a "Triple Crown Champion". Until the 1990s, the accomplishment was extremely rare, with Pedro Morales remaining the sole Triple Crown winner for more than

1160-824: The AAA Triple Crown the fastest, achieving it in 1,098 days between March 2019 and June 2022. Lucha Underground had three established titles in its promotion, the Lucha Underground Championship , the Gift of the Gods Championship and, uniquely, Trios Championship . Johnny Mundo completed the Lucha Underground Triple Crown the fastest, achieving it in a mere 85 days between January and April 2016. The New Japan Pro-Wrestling Triple Crown consisted of

1218-590: The Intercontinental and Heavyweight Championships were now equals, while Dave Meltzer wrote that Nakamura and Tanahashi made the Intercontinental Championship feel like "the real world title belt". Nakamura regained the title from Tanahashi in another main event match on April 6 at Invasion Attack 2014 . Nakamura's association with the championship continued to 2016, when he successfully defended it against former IWGP Heavyweight Champion A.J. Styles at Wrestle Kingdom 10 . On January 25, 2016, Nakamura

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1276-540: The Men's Tag Team Triple Crown the fastest, with 499 days between their first qualifying title win and Triple Crown achieving win. With his NXT Tag Team Championship win with New Day teammate Xavier Woods , Kofi Kingston became the first (and thus far only) wrestler to have won both the traditional and tag team version of the WWE Triple Crown. In the list below, dates indicate the wrestler's first reign with

1334-708: The NXT Triple Crown the fastest, doing so within 420 days, between April 2018 and June 2019. The NXT UK Triple Crown consisted of the NXT UK Championship , the NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship and the NXT UK Tag Team Championship . Tyler Bate was the only wrestler to achieve the feat, completing it on December 9, 2021, after winning the tag team titles with Trent Seven . He previous became

1392-1188: The ROH World Championship in March 2003, and finally winning the ROH World Television Championship in April 2022. The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Triple Crown consisted of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship , the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (now the WWE United States Championship) and the WCW World Tag Team Championship . When Bret Hart and Goldberg won the WCW World Tag Team Championship, they both became Triple Crown winners at

1450-651: The Raw Tag Team Championship, now the World Tag Team Championship). A total of nine men have won all five eligible championships; Edge , Chris Jericho , Cody Rhodes , Shawn Michaels , Triple H , Kane , Big Show , Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton . Although the United States Championship is the counterpart to the Intercontinental Championship, it has not been designated as an acceptable substitute for

1508-680: The Raw Women's Championship), Women's World Championship (previously known as the SmackDown Women's Championship), and the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship . With the announcement, Bayley - who had won the SmackDown Women's Championship for the first time three days prior - was recognized as the inaugural WWE Women's Triple Crown Champion, after having previously held the Raw and Women's Tag Team championships. Bayley has been referred to as

1566-613: The SmackDown Tag Team Championship, but these wrestlers had already held the required titles in those tiers). At WrestleMania 36 , Braun Strowman won the Universal Championship after previously holding the Intercontinental and Raw Tag Team Championships, but WWE did not recognize him as a Triple Crown winner. Since then, Kevin Owens and Finn Bálor have also completed WWE's Grand Slam with

1624-799: The Triple Crown was an accolade bestowed upon those who won (not necessarily concurrently) all three championships regularly contested in TNA between 2002 and 2007: the NWA World Heavyweight Championship , the TNA X Division Championship , and one-half of the NWA World Tag Team Championship . It was unknown whether or not those who won the NWA World Heavyweight and NWA World Tag Team Championships before or after TNA's acquisition and usage of

1682-777: The Triple Crown, though in 2015, it became a required championship for WWE's Grand Slam . In July 2016, a second brand extension period began and two new titles were introduced: the Universal Championship and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship (now known as the WWE Tag Team Championship). In January 2017, these were designated as acceptable substitutes for their counterpart titles in the Grand Slam, but WWE have not yet confirmed if they are acceptable substitutes for

1740-416: The Triple Crown. Only five wrestlers have become a Triple Crown winner since the new titles were established, and for three of them, although they have held one of the newer titles, their Triple Crown designation is recognized by their previous titles held ( Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns have each held the Universal Championship while Kofi Kingston , The Miz , Jeff Hardy , and Daniel Bryan have each held

1798-410: The United States and Mexico . On May 31, 2013, while on tour with Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), with whom NJPW has a working relationship, Nakamura lost the title to La Sombra . This marked the first time the title had changed hands outside of NJPW. Nakamura regained the title back in NJPW two months later on July 20, and in the process became the first two-time holder of

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1856-406: The Universal championship, but neither is recognized as Triple Crown winners as well. In May 2023, WWE introduced a new version of the World Heavyweight Championship , the lineage of which does not share with the previous WWE World Heavyweight Championship that was retired in 2013. It has not been confirmed if this title would serve as an acceptable substitute for the Triple Crown. CM Punk holds

1914-525: The World Championship and any combination of the Television, Tag Team or ROH Pure Championship would qualify. The ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship is not part of the Triple Crown, but when added to the Triple Crown it forms the ROH Grand Slam. Eddie Edwards completed the ROH Triple Crown the fastest, and Samoa Joe completed it in the longest amount of time. Edwards completed it in 709 days, between April 2009 and March 2011, while Samoa Joe completed it in 6,962 days (19 years and 22 days), first winning

1972-478: The first Knockouts Triple Crown winner after winning the TNA Knockouts World Championship , the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship and the TNA Digital Media Championship - which is an open title for both male and female wrestlers. Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide had eight established titles in its promotion, but recognises the AAA Mega Championship , the AAA Latin American Championship and, World Tag Team Championship as its Triple Crown. Fenix completed

2030-429: The first UK Champion in 2017 (the title was then known as the WWE United Kingdom Championship) and later won the Heritage Cup in May 2021. All American Wrestling (AAW) is an independent regional promotion. Their version consists of the AAW Heavyweight Championship , the AAW Heritage Championship and the AAW Tag Team Championship . Chaotic Wrestling is an independent regional promotion. Their version consists of

2088-401: The first belt design—which had bronze plates on a black strap—for its resemblance to a 10 yen coin and saw it as a mockery of the IWGP. The new design featured gold plates on a white strap. The white strap was unprecedented for the IWGP, and symbolized a clean slate for its holder to add to and define. After Nakamura's departure, the title was most associated with Tetsuya Naito , who held

2146-430: The inaugural World Heavyweight Champion. Ibushi won the match. With the announcement of the new championship was the announcement of a new championship belt. Until the new belt was ready, Ibushi continued to hold the old IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championship belts. The new belt was eventually revealed and presented to the champion Ibushi in a presentation ceremony on March 30, 2021. Its design incorporated

2204-438: The most reigns at two. Zack Sabre Jr. is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated previous champion Tetsuya Naito for the title at King of Pro-Wrestling in Tokyo, Japan on October 14, 2024. As of November 28, 2024. IWGP Intercontinental Championship The IWGP Intercontinental Championship ( IWGPインターコンチネンタル王座 , IWGP intākonchinentaru ōza ) was a professional wrestling championship owned by

2262-469: The past belt designs of the two old titles. As of November 28, 2024, there have been ten reigns shared among eight wrestlers with one vacancy. Kota Ibushi was the inaugural champion. Sanada 's singular reign is the longest at 271 days, while Ibushi's reign is the shortest at 31 days. Tetsuya Naito is the oldest champion when he won it at 41 years old, while Will Ospreay is the youngest, winning it at 27 years old. Naito and Kazuchika Okada are tied with

2320-407: The record for completing the Triple Crown in the shortest amount of time between the first and third title. It took him 203 days between June 2008 and January 2009. The wrestler holding the record for most time between the first and third title is Cody Rhodes , for whom it took 5,963 days between December 2007 and April 2024. The following is a list of WWE Triple Crown winners with dates indicating

2378-472: The record for the longest reign in the title's history at 313 days during his first reign. Tetsuya Naito's second reign of 41 days is the shortest in the title's history. Kota Ibushi was the final champion and had held the championship twice. The standard Championship belt has five plates on a white leather strap. Triple Crown (professional wrestling) The Triple Crown is an accomplishment recognized by various professional wrestling promotions . It

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2436-399: The respective championship. Only tag teams who have completed the triple crown are included, individuals such as Jason Jordan and Chad Gable (who won the NXT and SmackDown Tag Team championships as a team, but won the Raw Tag Team Championship separately) are excluded. On May 22, 2019, a women's Triple Crown was established, consisting of the WWE Women's Championship (previously known as

2494-400: The same desire. After a fan vote, it was decided that Naito, White, Ibushi, and Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada would compete at Wrestle Kingdom 14 on January 4–5, 2020, where one would end up with both titles. Naito achieved the feat to become the first "Double Champion" and the two titles were defended together since (apart from one time). During 2020, Naito said his original intention

2552-405: The same time. Chris Benoit completed the WCW Triple Crown the fastest, completing it in 309 days between March 1999 and January 2000. In WWE (formerly known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation/WWWF and World Wrestling Federation/WWF), the term Triple Crown Champion has traditionally been used to describe a wrestler who has won the WWE Championship , the Intercontinental Championship , and

2610-449: The same time. Sometimes, they were called "Double Championship". On March 4, 2021, one year after Naito's victory, the titles were unified to form the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. During the championship's existence there have been twenty-seven reigns shared among fifteen wrestlers with one vacancy . MVP was the first champion in the title's history. Tetsuya Naito has the most reigns with six. Shinsuke Nakamura holds

2668-434: The second Triple Crown Champion". This indicates that the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and the TNA World Tag Team Championship are part of the existing Triple Crown accolade. The following is a list of TNA Triple Crown winners with dates indicating the wrestler's first reign with the respective championship. Under TNA's definition of the Triple Crown, wrestlers are eligible to win the Triple Crown each time they complete

2726-485: The title belts would qualify for the Triple Crown. In May 2007, TNA lost the rights to the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Tag Team Championship and introduced the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and the TNA World Tag Team Championship . On July 8, 2007, Impact Wrestling (then known as TNA) stated that, should the then- X Division Champion Samoa Joe win the TNA World Tag Team Championship, this would leave him "just one step shy of becoming only

2784-499: The title for a record six times. During his first reign, he began systematically destroying the title belt, forcing NJPW to have it repaired in June 2017. Unlike Nakamura, Naito firmly saw the Heavyweight Championship as the top title, and had no desire for the Intercontinental Championship when he first won it. On January 5, 2020, at Wrestle Kingdom 14 , Tetsuya Naito won the Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships. Both titles keep their individual history, but were defended at

2842-422: The title. Nakamura continued elevating the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, culminating with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship match receiving top billing over the IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at NJPW's biggest annual event, Wrestle Kingdom 8 on January 4, 2014, where former multi-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi became the new champion. Afterwards, Tokyo Sports wrote that

2900-425: The tour, the promotion would introduce the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, with the inaugural champion to be crowned in a tournament taking place over the three shows. Participants for the tournament were announced on April 8, 2011. The list of participants included: former World Wrestling Entertainment performer MVP , who had signed a contract with New Japan in January 2011; Kazuchika Okada , who had been on

2958-424: The tour. On May 6, it was announced that Tonga had suffered an injury which would force him out of the tournament. He was replaced by former TNA and Ring of Honor performer Josh Daniels. On May 15, MVP defeated Yano in the final of the tournament to become the inaugural champion. Through MVP's inaugural reign and the subsequent reigns of Masato Tanaka and Hirooki Goto , the IWGP Intercontinental Championship

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3016-426: The wrestler's first or only reign with the respective championship. Since 2019, WWE has recognized the winners of all three tag team championships currently available (Raw, Smackdown and, since 2013, NXT) as Tag Team Triple Crown winners. The Revival were the first team to complete the Tag Team Triple crown by winning the SmackDown Tag Team Championships in September 2019. The Street Profits has to date completed

3074-434: Was established on September 4, 2022, defined by company CEO Tony Khan as consisting of the AEW World Championship , the AEW World Tag Team Championship and the AEW World Trios Championship . Kenny Omega became the first Triple Crown winner after becoming part of inaugural Trios Championship team at All Out . The Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) Triple Crown consisted of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship ,

3132-404: Was for the titles to be defended separately. He requested for this, or otherwise for the titles to be unified, but no change happened. After Ibushi won the titles from Naito at Wrestle Kingdom 15 on January 4, 2021, he expressed his desire for the titles to be unified. On March 1, 2021, with Ibushi still champion, the unification of the titles to create the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

3190-429: Was largely a midcard title, remaining firmly behind the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Tag Team Championship in importance. However, after Shinsuke Nakamura captured the title from Goto on July 22, 2012, the title began gaining importance. He was already a former three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and his first reign lasted 313 days. Nakamura also made the title international again, defending it in both

3248-438: Was officially announced, with Ibushi as the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion. After the announcement, Ibushi, who was scheduled to face El Desperado at the NJPW 49th Anniversary Show on March 4, 2021 in a non-title match, requested for the match to be for the Double Championship. His request was granted with the title unification delayed until after the match, of which the winner would be final Double Champion and, therefore,

3306-410: Was retired by NJPW after being unified with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to form the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship . The final champion was Kota Ibushi , who was in his second reign at the time of the title's retirement. The title formed what was unofficially called the "New Japan Triple Crown " (新日本トリプルクラウン, Shin Nihon Toripuru Kuraun ) along with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and

3364-430: Was stripped of the title due to his departure from the promotion at the end of the month. From 2012 to 2016, Nakamura held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship five times and defended it at four consecutive Wrestle Kingdom events. The title was also associated with Nakamura as it was he who personally introduced the new title belt design shortly into his first reign in August 2012. He was outspokenly disapproving of

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