World Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)

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|champion = Masato Tanaka

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2007|10|26}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2007|10|26|2008|10|13}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Innovation

|defenses = 6

|notes = Tanaka defeated Takao Omori on October 26, 2007 to win the World Heavyweight Championship of AWA Superstars of Wrestling; Zero1 ended their business relationship with AWA Superstars of Wrestling on December 15, 2007 and the AWA championship was replaced with the Zero1-Max World Heavyweight Championship.
In 2008, the promotion shortened its name to Pro Wrestling Zero1 and the championship's name changed to the "Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship".

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|number = 2

|champion = Yuji Nagata

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2008|10|13}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2008|10|13|2009|02|27}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Destruction '08

|defenses = 3

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|number = 3

|champion = Shinjiro Otani

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2009|02|27}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2009|02|27|2009|03|29}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Wrestler's Belief

|defenses = 2

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|champion = Ryouji Sai

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2009|03|29}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2009|03|29|2009|07|01}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Wrestler's Belief

|defenses = 1

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|champion = Masato Tanaka

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|2009|07|01}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2009|07|01|2009|10|24}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Wrestler's 4

|defenses = 0

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|number = 6

|champion = Toshiaki Kawada

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2009|10|24}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2009|10|24|2010|04|11}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Wrestler's 6: Never Gonna Stop!

|defenses = 3

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|champion = Kohei Sato

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2010|04|11}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2010|04|11|2010|07|11}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Celebration from the Yasukuni Shrine "Yamato Shinshu Chikara Matsuri"

|defenses = 2

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|champion = Bambikiller

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2010|07|11}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2010|07|11|2010|09|09}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = ZERO ONE Knight STAND

|defenses = 0

|notes = [http://www.cagematch.de/hauptseite/?id=1&nr=53558 Cagematch : ZERO1 ZERO-ONE KNIGHT STAND ~ Wasshoi!!] {{in lang|de}}

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|number = 9

|champion = Daisuke Sekimoto

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2010|09|09}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2010|09|09|2011|03|06}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Euro Vintage Action

|defenses = 4

|notes = [http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/discussione.aspx?c=174864&f=174864&idd=9416952 Risultati ZERO1 09/09 (Sekimoto campione WHW) - Puroresu Mission R Newsboard]

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|number = 10

|champion = Ryouji Sai

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|2011|03|06}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2011|03|06|2011|07|03}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = 10th Anniversary

|defenses = 2

|notes = The championship is renamed to the "AWA World Heavyweight Championship" during this reign.

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|number = 11

|champion = The Sheik

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2011|07|03}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2011|07|03|2011|11|06}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Destructive King 7th Anniversary of Death Commemoration

|defenses = 2

|notes = This match was also for The Sheik's NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

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|number = 12

|champion = Kohei Sato

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|2011|11|06}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2011|11|06|2012|02|01}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Yarisugi Forever I

|defenses = 2

|notes = The championship's name reverts back to the "Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship" during this reign.

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|number = 13

|champion = Kamikaze

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2012|02|01}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2012|02|01|2012|03|02}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = ZERO1 Action 2012

|defenses = 0

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|number = 14

|champion = Akebono

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2012|03|02}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2012|03|02|2012|09|11}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = 11th Anniversary Show

|defenses = 2

|notes = {{cite web|url=http://www.puroresuspirit.com/2012/03/02/results-for-march-2-2012/|title=ZERO1, NOAH, Osaka & 19pro Results for March 2, 2012|access-date=2012-03-02}}

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|date = {{dts|2012|09|11}}

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|number = 15

|champion = James Raideen

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2013|08|04}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2013|08|04|2014|03|30}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Fire Festival 2013: Final Day

|defenses = 4

|notes = Defeated Masato Tanaka in the finals of the 2013 Fire Festival to win the vacant title.

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|number = 16

|champion = Kohei Sato

|reign = 3

|date = {{dts|2014|03|30}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2014|03|30|2014|07|06}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = 11th Yamato Shinshu Chikara Matsuri

|defenses = 1

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|number = 17

|champion = Masakatsu Funaki

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2014|07|06}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2014|07|06|2014|09|19}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Wrestle-1's Shōgeki: Impact

|defenses = 1

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|number = 18

|champion = Kohei Sato

|reign = 4

|date = {{dts|2014|09|19}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2014|09|19|2015|11|01}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Tenkaichi Special

|defenses = 4

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|number = 19

|champion = Hideki Suzuki

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2015|11|01}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2015|11|01|2016|03|27}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Live event

|defenses = 2

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|number = 20

|champion = Kohei Sato

|reign = 5

|date = {{dts|2016|03|27}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2016|03|27|2017|03|26}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Live event

|defenses = 3

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|number = 21

|champion = Masato Tanaka

|reign = 3

|date = {{dts|2017|03|26}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2017|03|26|2018|01|01}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = 14th Yamato Shinshu Chikara Matsuri

|defenses = 4

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|number = 22

|champion = Yusaku Obata

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2018|01|01}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2018|01|01|2018|6|3}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Kinga Shinnen

|defenses = 4

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|number = 23

|champion = Masato Tanaka

|reign = 4

|date = {{dts|2018|06|03}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2018|06|03|2018|11|24}}

|location = Sapporo, Japan

|event = Shinsei Zero1 Sapporo First Landing ~ No Gravity Warrior Sugi Sapporo First Visit

|defenses = 0

|notes =

|ref = {{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/zero1shinsei-zero1-sapporo-first-landing-masato-tanaka-se-corona/|title=Zero1:”Shinsei Zero1 Sapporo First Landing” Masato Tanaka se corona|work=superluchas.com|author=Dark Angelita|language=Spanish|date=June 6, 2018|access-date=May 26, 2023}}

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|number = 24

|champion = Daisuke Sekimoto

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|2018|11|24}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2018|11|24|2019|09|14}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = ZERO1 Dream Series ~ Nenotsuki No Jin ~ Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2018

|defenses = 6

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|number = 25

|champion = Yuji Hino

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2019|09|14}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2019|09|14|2020|03|01}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = 16th ZERO1 Tenka-Ichi Championship Decision 2019

|defenses = 4

|notes =

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|number = 26

|champion = Kohei Sato

|reign = 6

|date = {{dts|2020|03|01}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2020|03|01|2020|05|03}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = 19th Anniversary Show

|defenses = 0

|notes =

|ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.wrestling-news.net/zero1-19th-anniversary-show-part-2-results/141903/|title=ZERO1 Results: 19th Anniversary Show Part 2 – Tokyo, Japan (3/8)|work=wrestling-news.net|first=Wayne|last=Daly|date=March 9, 2020|access-date=May 7, 2021}}

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|number = 27

|champion = Chris Vice

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2020|05|03}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2020|05|03|2020|08|27}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Chojin Matsuri In Samurai! TV

|defenses = 2

|notes =

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|number = 28

|champion = Hayato Tamura

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2020|08|27}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2020|08|27|2021|01|01}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = New ZERO1

|defenses = 2

|notes =

|ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.z-1.co.jp/results/detail_522_6.html|script-title=ja:新生ZERO1 2020年08月27日(木) 試合開始19時00分（18時30開場）|work=z-1.co.jp|author=Pro Wrestling Zero1|language=Japanese|date=August 27, 2020|access-date=September 19, 2021}}

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|number = 29

|champion = Masato Tanaka

|reign = 5

|date = {{dts|2021|01|1}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2021|01|1|2021|8|15}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = ZERO1 Happy New Year 2021

|defenses = 1

|notes =

|ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=142667 |title=NAITO TALKS, ZERO1 KICKS OFF THE YEAR, ALL JAPAN, FREEDOMS, NOAH AND MORE FROM JAPAN |publisher=PWInsider.com |date=2021-01-01 |accessdate=2021-11-26}}

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|number = 30

|champion = Takashi Sugiura

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2021|8|15}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2021|8|15|2022|6|04}}

|location = Kawasaki, Japan

|event = Pro Wrestling Noah's Kawasaki GO!

|defenses = 3

|notes = This was a Winner Takes All match, in which Sugiura also defended the GHC National Championship.

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|number = 31

|champion = Masato Tanaka

|reign = 6

|date = {{dts|2022|6|04}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2022|6|04|2023|05|26}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Osu Premium One Team ZERO1 Shinjiro Otani Aid! Get Up As Many Times As You Want

|defenses = 3

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|champion = Chris Vice

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|2023|5|26}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2023|5|26|2024|03|31}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = ZERO1 Fibromyalgia Charity Show

|defenses = 2

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|ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=367770|title=ZERO1 Fibromyalgia Charity Show|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|date=May 26, 2023|access-date=May 26, 2023}}

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|champion = Akitoshi Saito

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2024|03|31}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2024|03|31|2024|07|13}}

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = ZERO1 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Charity Pro Wrestling

|defenses = 3

|notes =

|ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=391664|title=ZERO1 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Charity Pro Wrestling|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|date=March 31, 2024|access-date=March 31, 2024}}

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|number = 34

|champion = Go Shiozaki

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2024|07|13}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2024|07|13}}+

|location = Tokyo, Japan

|event = Noah Destination 2024

|defenses = 3

|notes =

|ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/results/noah-destination-2024-results-713-aj-styles-faces-naomichi-marufuji|title=NOAH Destination 2024 Results (7/13): AJ Styles Faces Naomichi Marufuji|work=fightful.com|first=Corey|last=Brennan|date=July 14, 2024|access-date=July 14, 2024}}

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The standard Championship belt has three plates on a black leather strap.

• GHC Heavyweight Championship
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
• Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
• NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship

{{reflist}}

• [http://zerooneusa.com/titles.shtml ZEROONEUSA.com official championship page]
• [http://wrestling-titles.com/japan/zero-one/01-world-h.html Wrestling-Titles.com title history]
• [http://titlehistories.com/ZERO1_MAX_Heavyweight_Title.htm TitleHistories.com title history]
• [https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=708 World Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)]

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{{S-bef|before=AWA World Heavyweight Championship}}

{{S-ttl|title=Pro Wrestling Zero1's top heavyweight championship| years = 2007–present}}

{{S-aft|after=Current}}

{{S-end}}

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Category:Pro Wrestling Zero1 championships

Category:World heavyweight wrestling championships