The IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IWGPヘビー級王座, IWGP hebī-kyū ōza) was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship [3] owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion.

The inaugural champion was Kota Ibushi.. 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. [2] By the end of the year, Jay White, who had won the Intercontinental Championship from Naito, and Kota Ibushi, who was the ...

1 day ago · Hirooki Goto has finally won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.. It has been nearly two decades since the Japanese star first challenged for the title. He earned multiple shots at the ...

18 hours ago · However, Goto is the first man to win the new version of the Triple Crown due to the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship starting a new lineage back in 2021.

13 hours ago · The newly crowned IWGP World Heavyweight Champion has been in New Japan for over two decades. The 45-year-old has won several singles titles such as the IWGP Intercontinental Championship and the NEVER Openweight title (five times!), but he’s never been able to crack the code on how to win the world title. 🌱THE NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA🌱

Mar 1, 2021 · The IWGP World Heavyweight Championship is a World Title contested in New Japan Pro Wrestling on the Heavyweight brand, by men wrestlers. The championship was first established on March 1, 2021, and the inaugural champion was Kota Ibushi.

The IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (IWGP世界ヘビー級王座, IWGP Sekai hebī-kyū ōza) is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion.

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On this page, you find the full Title History for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.

1 day ago · After years of heartbreak, Hirooki Goto finally achieved his long-awaited dream. In the main event of NJPW’s New Beginning in Osaka on Tuesday morning, Goto defeated Zack Sabre Jr. with two devastating GTRs to claim the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Before the match, a montage played, highlighting Goto’s past failures in his quest for NJPW’s top heavyweight title.