The IWGP Heavyweight Championship is a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The current champion is Yota Tsuji in his second reign. He won the
Tatsumi Fujinami, who (as the Inoki-anointed top star of NJPW) won the Heavyweight title six times between 1988 and 1998.
The original IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt design, used for both the V1 of the defended title belt and the original design of the original title.
Kurt Angle, with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (recognized by NJPW as the "IWGP 3rd Belt Champion") in his left arm
AJ Styles with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in 2014
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling, or simply New Japan, is a Japanese professional-wrestling promotion founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, and based in Nakano, Tokyo. It is currently a subsidiary of
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
…The IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IWGPヘビー級王座, IWGP hebī-kyū ōza) is a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The current champion is Yota Tsuji in his second reign. He won the title by defeating Callum Newman at Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka…
NJPW headquarters in Tokyo
The promotion's founder Antonio Inoki, seen here in 2012.
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