The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Hardcore Championship (Japanese: GHCハードコア王座, Hepburn: GHC Hādokoa Ōza) is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, originally created in 2004 as a singles title known as the Global Hardcore Crown (GHC) Openweight Hardcore Championship (グローバル・ハードコア・クラウン無差別級王座, Gurōbaru Hādokoa Kuraun Musabetsu-kyū Ōza).
Most matches contested for the championship were held with a 15-minute time limit and often featured special stipulations chosen by the champion.
[1] In 2007, it was announced that it would be reformed into a tag team title, continuing with the same lineage as the original belt.
In October 2023, it was revealed by Nosawa Rongai that Pro Wrestling Noah would bring the belt as the newly created GHC Hardcore Championship with a separate lineage.
Masato Tanaka won the revived title on October 23, 2023, at Monday Magic ep.