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 ...

Although these wrestlers were on the smaller side, they still won big when it came to heavyweight championships!

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 ...

Saddened to hear about the passing of former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Salman Hashimikov. The 5th holder of the title, ...

With Kosei Fujita winning NJPW's Best of the Super Juniors 32 tournament, he earned a shot at El Desperado's IWGP Junior ...

A new championship, the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, will be awarded to Ibushi on April 4 at the Sakura Genesis event. He’ll defend both titles one more time against IWGP Junior ...

Kenny Omega versus Kazuchika Okada. Winner takes all, Omega’s International Championship and Okada’s Continental Championship ...

Back in March, the title was merged with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to form the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Kota Ibushi was the final wrestler to hold both the IC and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 has employed many legends over the course of its 45-year history, yet there has been only one man to win the IWGP heavyweight championship on seven different occasions.