List of current champions in New Japan Pro-Wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Title reigns are either determined by professional wrestling matches or are awarded to a wrestler, as a result of the culmination of various scripted storylines. There are five active singles championships, two active tag team championships, and one active six-man tag team championship. Six of the eight championships carry the letters "IWGP", after NJPW's governing body, International Wrestling Grand Prix. Twelve wrestlers hold the championships. The list includes the number of times the wrestler has held the title, the date and location of the win, and a description of the winning bout. The following is correct as of October 20, 2018.
Current championships
At the top of NJPW's championship hierarchy is the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, which is held by Kenny Omega, who defeated Kazuchika Okada in a 2 out of 3 falls match on June 9, 2018, at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall.[1]
There are three secondary titles in NJPW, the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, the IWGP United States Championship and the NEVER Openweight Championship.
The IWGP Intercontinental championship is currently held by Chris Jericho, who defeated Tetsuya Naito on June 9, 2018, at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall.[1]
The IWGP United States Championship is held by Cody, who defeated Juice Robinson on September 30, 2018, at Fighting Spirit Unleashed.
The NEVER Openweight Championship is held by Taichi, who defeated Hirooki Goto on September 17, 2018, at Destruction in Beppu[2].
The IWGP Tag Team Championship is held by the Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa), who are in their fourth reign. They won the title by defeating previous champions The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) on September 30, 2018, at Fighting Spirit Unleashed.
There are also two junior heavyweight championships in NJPW.
The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship is held by Kushida, who is in his 6th reign as champion after defeating Marty Scurll after the title was vacated due to a neck injury by Hiromu Takahashi.
The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is held by Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru), who are in the first reign as a team after defeating Roppongi 3k (Sho and Yoh) in a three way match at 46th Anniversary Show. Desperado is in his first individual reign, and Kanemaru his third.
The NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship is held by Bullet Club OG (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Taiji Ishimori) who are in their first reign as a team, after defeating Bullet Club Elite, Marty Scurll and The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) on August 12th 2018, at the G1 Climax Final, in the Budokan.
Champions
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See also
References
- 1 2 "NJPW Dominion live results: Okada vs. Omega, Naito vs. Jericho". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results. 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
- ↑ http://www.njpw.co.jp/152304
- ↑ https://www.njpw.co.jp/165209
- ↑ Renner, Ethan (January 3, 2018). "NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 live results: Okada-Naito, Omega-Jericho". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ "IWGP Heavy tag weight class". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved November 15, 2016.
External links
- Current champions
- Kazuchika Okada's profile on NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi's profile on NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
- Kenny Omega's profile on NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
- Hirooki Goto's profile on NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
- Evil's profile on NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
- Sanada's profile on NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
- Will Ospreay's profile on NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
- Matt Jackson's profile on NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
- Nick Jackson's profile on NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
- Bad Luck Fale's profile on NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
- Tama Tonga's profile on NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
- Tanga Loa's profile on NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)
- Official website
- NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese)