IWGP Heavyweight Championship
TitleCurrent champion: Callum Newman
Reign timeline
| Champion | Won | Lost | Event | Days held | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callum Newman | 2026-04-04 | present | — | — |
1 source
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| Yota Tsuji | 2026-01-04 | 2026-04-04 | — | 90 |
1 source
|
| Konosuke Takeshita | 2025-10-13 | 2026-01-04 | — | 83 |
1 source
|
| Zack Sabre Jr. | 2025-06-29 | 2025-10-13 | — | 106 |
1 source
|
| Hirooki Goto | 2025-02-11 | 2025-06-29 | — | 138 |
1 source
|
| Zack Sabre Jr. | 2024-10-14 | 2025-02-11 | — | 120 |
1 source
|
| Tetsuya Naito | 2024-06-30 | 2024-10-14 | — | 106 |
1 source
|
| Jon Moxley | 2024-04-12 | 2024-06-30 | — | 79 |
1 source
|
| Tetsuya Naito | 2024-01-04 | 2024-04-12 | — | 99 |
1 source
|
| SANADA | 2023-04-08 | 2024-01-04 | — | 271 |
1 source
|
| Kazuchika Okada | 2023-01-04 | 2023-04-08 | — | 94 |
1 source
|
| Jay White | 2022-06-12 | 2023-01-04 | — | 206 |
1 source
|
| Kazuchika Okada | 2022-01-04 | 2022-06-12 | — | 159 |
1 source
|
| Shingo Takagi | 2021-06-07 | 2022-01-04 | — | 211 |
1 source
|
| VACANT | 2021-05-20 | 2021-06-07 | — | 18 |
1 source
|
| Will Ospreay | 2021-04-04 | 2021-05-20 | — | 46 |
1 source
|
| Kota Ibushi | 2021-01-04 | 2021-04-04 | — | 90 |
1 source
|
| Tetsuya Naito | 2020-08-29 | 2021-01-04 | — | 128 |
1 source
|
| EVIL | 2020-07-12 | 2020-08-29 | — | 48 |
1 source
|
| Tetsuya Naito | 2020-01-05 | 2020-07-12 | — | 189 |
1 source
|
| Kazuchika Okada | 2019-04-06 | 2020-01-05 | — | 274 |
1 source
|
| Jay White | 2019-02-11 | 2019-04-06 | — | 54 |
1 source
|
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 2019-01-04 | 2019-02-11 | — | 38 |
1 source
|
| Kenny Omega | 2018-06-09 | 2019-01-04 | — | 209 |
1 source
|
| Kazuchika Okada | 2016-06-19 | 2018-06-09 | — | 720 |
1 source
|
| Tetsuya Naito | 2016-04-10 | 2016-06-19 | — | 70 |
1 source
|
| Kazuchika Okada | 2015-07-05 | 2016-04-10 | — | 280 |
1 source
|
| AJ Styles | 2015-02-11 | 2015-07-05 | — | 144 |
1 source
|
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 2014-10-13 | 2015-02-11 | — | 121 |
1 source
|
| AJ Styles | 2014-05-03 | 2014-10-13 | — | 163 |
1 source
|
| Kazuchika Okada | 2013-04-07 | 2014-05-03 | — | 391 |
1 source
|
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 2012-06-16 | 2013-04-07 | — | 295 |
1 source
|
| Kazuchika Okada | 2012-02-12 | 2012-06-16 | — | 125 |
1 source
|
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 2011-01-04 | 2012-02-12 | — | 404 |
1 source
|
| Satoshi Kojima | 2010-10-11 | 2011-01-04 | — | 85 |
1 source
|
| Togi Makabe | 2010-05-03 | 2010-10-11 | — | 161 |
1 source
|
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 2009-09-27 | 2010-05-03 | — | 218 |
1 source
|
| VACANT | 2009-08-17 | 2009-09-27 | — | 41 |
1 source
|
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 2009-06-20 | 2009-08-17 | — | 58 |
1 source
|
| Manabu Nakanishi | 2009-05-06 | 2009-06-20 | — | 45 |
1 source
|
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 2009-01-04 | 2009-05-06 | — | 122 |
1 source
|
| Keiji Muto | 2008-04-27 | 2009-01-04 | — | 252 |
1 source
|
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 2008-01-04 | 2008-04-27 | — | 114 |
1 source
|
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 2007-10-08 | 2008-01-04 | — | 88 |
1 source
|
| Yuji Nagata | 2007-04-13 | 2007-10-08 | — | 178 |
1 source
|
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | 2006-07-17 | 2007-04-13 | — | 270 |
1 source
|
| VACANT | 2006-07-15 | 2006-07-17 | — | 2 |
1 source
|
| Brock Lesnar | 2005-10-08 | 2006-07-15 | — | 280 |
1 source
|
| Kazuyuki Fujita | 2005-07-18 | 2005-10-08 | — | 82 |
1 source
|
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 2005-05-14 | 2005-07-18 | — | 65 |
1 source
|
| Satoshi Kojima | 2005-02-20 | 2005-05-14 | — | 83 |
1 source
|
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 2004-12-12 | 2005-02-20 | — | 70 |
1 source
|
| Kensuke Sasaki | 2004-10-09 | 2004-12-12 | — | 64 |
1 source
|
| Kazuyuki Fujita | 2004-06-05 | 2004-10-09 | — | 126 |
1 source
|
| VACANT | 2004-06-02 | 2004-06-05 | — | 3 |
1 source
|
| Bob Sapp | 2004-03-28 | 2004-06-02 | — | 66 |
1 source
|
| Kensuke Sasaki | 2004-03-12 | 2004-03-28 | — | 16 |
1 source
|
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 2004-02-15 | 2004-03-12 | — | 26 |
1 source
|
| VACANT | 2004-02-05 | 2004-02-15 | — | 10 |
1 source
|
| Shinsuke Nakamura | 2003-12-09 | 2004-02-05 | — | 58 |
1 source
|
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 2003-11-03 | 2003-12-09 | — | 36 |
1 source
|
| Yoshihiro Takayama | 2003-05-02 | 2003-11-03 | — | 185 |
1 source
|
| Yuji Nagata | 2002-04-05 | 2003-05-02 | — | 392 |
1 source
|
| Tadao Yasuda | 2002-02-16 | 2002-04-05 | — | 48 |
1 source
|
| VACANT | 2002-01-04 | 2002-02-16 | — | 43 |
1 source
|
| Kazuyuki Fujita | 2001-04-09 | 2002-01-04 | — | 270 |
1 source
|
| Scott Norton | 2001-03-17 | 2001-04-09 | — | 23 |
1 source
|
| Kensuke Sasaki | 2001-01-04 | 2001-03-17 | — | 72 |
1 source
|
| VACANT | 2000-10-09 | 2001-01-04 | — | 87 |
1 source
|
| Kensuke Sasaki | 2000-01-04 | 2000-10-09 | — | 279 |
1 source
|
| Genichiro Tenryu | 1999-12-10 | 2000-01-04 | — | 25 |
1 source
|
| Keiji Muto | 1999-01-04 | 1999-12-10 | — | 340 |
1 source
|
| Scott Norton | 1998-09-23 | 1999-01-04 | — | 103 |
1 source
|
| VACANT | 1998-09-21 | 1998-09-23 | — | 2 |
1 source
|
| Masahiro Chono | 1998-08-08 | 1998-09-21 | — | 44 |
1 source
|
| Tatsumi Fujinami | 1998-04-04 | 1998-08-08 | — | 126 |
1 source
|
| Kensuke Sasaki | 1997-08-31 | 1998-04-04 | — | 216 |
1 source
|
| Shinya Hashimoto | 1996-04-29 | 1997-08-31 | — | 489 |
1 source
|
| Nobuhiko Takada | 1996-01-04 | 1996-04-29 | — | 116 |
1 source
|
| Keiji Muto | 1995-05-03 | 1996-01-04 | — | 246 |
1 source
|
| Shinya Hashimoto | 1994-05-01 | 1995-05-03 | — | 367 |
1 source
|
| Tatsumi Fujinami | 1994-04-04 | 1994-05-01 | — | 27 |
1 source
|
| Shinya Hashimoto | 1993-09-20 | 1994-04-04 | — | 196 |
1 source
|
| The Great Muta | 1992-08-16 | 1993-09-20 | — | 400 |
1 source
|
| Riki Choshu | 1992-01-04 | 1992-08-16 | — | 225 |
1 source
|
| Tatsumi Fujinami | 1991-03-04 | 1992-01-04 | — | 306 |
1 source
|
| Big Van Vader | 1991-01-17 | 1991-03-04 | — | 46 |
1 source
|
| Tatsumi Fujinami | 1990-12-26 | 1991-01-17 | — | 22 |
1 source
|
| Riki Choshu | 1990-08-19 | 1990-12-26 | — | 129 |
1 source
|
| Big Van Vader | 1989-08-10 | 1990-08-19 | — | 374 |
1 source
|
| Riki Choshu | 1989-07-12 | 1989-08-10 | — | 29 |
1 source
|
| Salman Hashimikov | 1989-05-25 | 1989-07-12 | — | 48 |
1 source
|
| Big Van Vader | 1989-04-24 | 1989-05-25 | — | 31 |
1 source
|
| VACANT | 1989-04-05 | 1989-04-24 | — | 19 |
1 source
|
| Tatsumi Fujinami | 1988-06-24 | 1989-04-05 | — | 285 |
1 source
|
| VACANT | 1988-05-27 | 1988-06-24 | — | 28 |
1 source
|
| Tatsumi Fujinami | 1988-05-08 | 1988-05-27 | — | 19 |
1 source
|
| VACANT | 1988-05-02 | 1988-05-08 | — | 6 |
1 source
|
| Antonio Inoki | 1987-06-12 | 1988-05-02 | — | 325 |
1 source
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Lineage
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