Tetsuya Endo Weighs in on the Current Pro Wrestling NOAH GHC Heavyweight Championship Picture

By: Lewis Carlan

After successfully defending his GHC Heavyweight Title against Kenoh on Nov. 9th at a sold out Korakuen Hall, Tetsuya Naito will now await the winner of an upcoming 60 minute Iron Man Match between Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura to find out who his next challenger will be.

The Iron Man match is set for Dec. 6th inside the famed Korakuen Hall with the winner challenging Naito for the GHC Heavyweight Championship on Dec. 31st at NOAH “THE NEW YEAR” EVE 2026.

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With all the focus on Naito, Kiyomiya & Inamura in terms of the GHC Heavyweight Title picture, another NOAH superstar has chimed in and thrown his hat into the mix as a potential future challenger.

Tetsuya Endo took to X today to release a short but straight to the point statement on how he feels about the current title scenario within NOAH.

From Tetsuya Endo:

“It’s not just the Big Three waiting in the wings”. (Translated via Deepl.com)

Endo, who has been a NOAH regular since Jan. 2025, would like nothing more than to become the GHC Heavyweight Champion for the first time in his career. Over the past two years, Endo has had two shots at becoming the holder of NOAH’s top prize but was unsuccessful each time. His most recent attempt came in June 2026 when he was defeated by then champion Shane Haste.

Now Endo, who is a former GHC National Champion, would like another opportunity.  Endo, who had a terrific showing at the N-1 VICTORY 2026 tournament, could be setting himself up to challenge the winner of the Dec. 31st GHC Heavyweight Title bout between Naito and either Kiyomiya or Inamura. But at this point, it only a speculative thought.

Regardless of it being speculation, the fans would relish a Tetsuya vs. Tetsuya battle for the GHC Heavyweight Title in early 2027 and we could very well be heading in that direction.