New Japan Pro Wrestling recently confirmed that the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship was vacated by Will Ospreay. The second holder of the newly inaugurated title, Ospreay was forced to vacate ...

For the 35th time, the G1 Climax tournament commences this weekend, where 20 of NJPW’s best will fight it out for an IWGP ...

In a Japanese TV Asahi exclusive that was unavailable to overseas fans, Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hirooki Goto to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship for the second time in the semi-main event ...

Shingo Takagi has finally won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. In the main event of Dominion 6.6, The Dragon dramatically defeated Kazuchika Okada to win the vacant title.

He teamed with AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland to defeat The Young Bucks in a high-stakes match where The Bucks' status as Executive Vice Presidents was on the line. Ospreay and Strickland were ...

"The IWGP Heavyweight Championship that Ibushi retired though — I'm not saying that people should call me the 'X-ieth Heavyweight Champion' or anything, but I want to hold that belt, until ...

New Japan Pro-Wrestling confirmed back on May 20 that, due to the neck injury he suffered at Wrestling Dontaku weeks prior, Will Ospreay had vacated the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Over ...

“The IWGP Heavyweight Championship was first conceived in 1983 as the award in an annual tournament, before becoming a regularly defended title with Antonio Inoki its first holder on June 12 1987.

Kazuchika Okada beat Kenny Omega at All In on Saturday to merge the Continental and International Championships and become ...

Former two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and two-time All Japan Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima will make his Impact Wrestling debut next week. He will be the fourth star from ...

New Japan Pro-Wrestling is introducing a new championship: the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship. 'In 2024 our presence will grow not just in the UK and the US, but throughout all of Europe ...