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- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship abstract "The International Wrestling Grand Prix (IWGP) Heavyweight Championship is the top professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). It was created in 1987 with NJPW founder Antonio Inoki defeating Masa Saito in the finals of the annual IWGP tournament.Throughout the history of the championship, several wrestlers have been forced to relinquish the title due to an inability to participate in title defenses. When a wrestler has been injured or unable to compete for other reasons, tournaments have been held to determine the new champion.In 2006, then-champion Brock Lesnar was stripped of the title for being unable to defend it; however, Lesnar claims he was owed money by NJPW and kept the physical belt. He signed with Antonio Inoki's Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) in 2007, losing the championship to Kurt Angle on the inaugural broadcast. Angle later lost the belt in a unification match to the NJPW-recognized champion Shinsuke Nakamura in 2008.Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches featuring wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines or by other scripted circumstances, where wrestlers were awarded the title. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains or fan favorites as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship. The inaugural champion was Antonio Inoki, who beat Masa Saito on June 12, 1987. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tatsumi Fujinami share the record for most reigns with six. Shinya Hashimoto's 489 days is the longest reign in the title's history. Shinsuke Nakamura is the youngest champion at 23 years and 288 days, while Genichiro Tenryu is the oldest champion at 49 years and 311 days. Overall, there have been a total of 25 recognized champions, who have had a combined 59 official reigns.".
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- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship caption "Kazuchika Okada, the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion in his second reign.".
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- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship created "1987-06-12".
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- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship firstchamp Antonio_Inoki.
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- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship heaviest "Big Van Vader".
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- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship mostreigns "Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tatsumi Fujinami".
- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship oldest Genichiro_Tenryu.
- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship promotion New_Japan_Pro_Wrestling.
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- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship won "2013-04-07".
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- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship youngest Shinsuke_Nakamura.
- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship subject Category:Heavyweight_wrestling_championships.
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- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship comment "The International Wrestling Grand Prix (IWGP) Heavyweight Championship is the top professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). It was created in 1987 with NJPW founder Antonio Inoki defeating Masa Saito in the finals of the annual IWGP tournament.Throughout the history of the championship, several wrestlers have been forced to relinquish the title due to an inability to participate in title defenses.".
- IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship label "IWGP Heavyweight Championship".