Shane Haste Def. Yoshiki Inamura To Become New GHC Heavyweight Champion

There is a new GHC Heavyweight Champion.

Closing out Pro Wrestling NOAH’s ‘Spring Mayhem’ show on May 2nd was a GHC Heavyweight Championship match.

Yoshiki Inamura put the title on the line against Shane Haste. The bout concluded when Haste hit Inamura with the Bomb Valley Death to put him away and become the new GHC Heavyweight Champion.

シェイン・ヘイストが、Yoshiki Inamuraにボムバレーデス！！！

長年置いてきてしまった、夢。

GHCヘビー級王座、初戴冠果たす‼‼‼‼

5.2両国大会はWRESTLE UNIVERSE & ABEMAdeレッスルユニバースで生配信！
▶https://t.co/dpmVMTNnA2
▶https://t.co/hBIluV8CYr#noah_ghc #MAYHEM52 pic.twitter.com/TxfsTKiDyD

— プロレスリング・ノア ｜PRO WRESTLING NOAH (@noah_ghc) May 2, 2026

It was back in March that KENTA informed Inamura that he would be bringing someone with ‘WWE experience’ to NOAH to challenge Inamura for his title.

That individual was Shane Haste, who spent multiple years of his career with NOAH as part of T.M.D.K. with Mikey Nicholls. They are two-time GHC Tag Team Champions. Haste and Nicholls signed with WWE in 2016. Nicholls left the company in 2018 to be with his family in Australia. Haste remained with WWE until 2021, when he was released.

Haste, the new GHC Heavyweight Champion, is a member of the White Raven Squad faction with KENTA, Tetsuya Endo, and HAYATA. After his title win, he told KENTA that he wanted to defend the belt against him in a rematch from 2013 when KENTA bested Haste to retain the GHC Heavyweight Title. KENTA agreed to the bout and expressed to Haste that he’s happy for him.

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🎤悲願のGHCヘビー初戴冠のシェイン・ヘイストが【次期挑戦者にKENTA】を指名‼‼‼
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（※KENTAが同時通訳）
シェイン・ヘイスト「今、私がトップになりました。ありがとう、日本。ありがとう、NOAH。ありがとう、TMDK。White Raven… pic.twitter.com/gBdCLnOgqk

— プロレスリング・ノア ｜PRO WRESTLING NOAH (@noah_ghc) May 2, 2026

Head over to Fightful’s results section for the full results from the show.