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 ...

Professional wrestling is a very physical sport, and it can initially be hard for a smaller wrestler to become the top ...

New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Zack Sabre Jr. will defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Shota Umino. Umino challenged Sabre Jr. to face him after the champion defeated ...

The IWGP Heavyweight Championship may well be the most prestigious championship in the world today. Since 4 January 2011, only four different men have held the famous championship, a fact that ...

The IWGP Heavyweight Championship is arguably the single most prestigious and popular world championship belt in the Pro Wrestling industry today. Legendary homegrown wrestlers, such as the likes ...

Going into the event, NJPW1972.com rolled out an interview with Goto. As the conversation was ongoing, he opened up about his religious beliefs. Goto was asked what led him to his faith and he shared ...

Ever since SANADA defeated Kazuchika Okada to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis, the question has been whether SANADA would have longevity as champion, or turn out to ...

AJ Styles won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship today when he defeated the current champion Kazuchika Okada at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "Wrestling Dontaku" PPV event that aired this morning.

then opted to merge the two in March and create the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. The title’s new design was immediately panned by fans (with many comparisons to WWE’s infamous Divas ...

What the future holds for his rival, Ibushi, remains to be seen as this marked his first officially defence of the newly unified IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Hopefully the pair run it back ...

The company made the decision to deactivate both belts and merge them into a single title known as the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, which will start a new title history with its current ...

At first, I was giggling about the new IWGP belt like “Redbull gave it wings!” But now, I’ve seen others compare it to the old Divas belt and I can’t stop seeing it.