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IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship

January 05, 2023

The IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (IWGP USヘビー級王座, IWGP US hebī-kyū ōza) is a professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix (インターナショナル・レスリング・グラン・プリ, intānashonaru resuringu guran puri).[3] The current champion is Kenny Omega, who is in his second reign.

IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
The IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship belt
Details
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)
Date establishedMay 12, 2017[1]
Current champion(s)Kenny Omega
Date wonJanuary 4, 2023
Other name(s)
  • IWGP United States Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Kenny Omega[2]
Most reignsHiroshi Tanahashi and Juice Robinson (3 reigns)
Longest reignJon Moxley
(2nd reign, 564 days)
Shortest reignHiroshi Tanahashi
(3rd reign, 13 days)
Oldest championHiroshi Tanahashi
(45 years, 169 days)
Youngest championJay White
(25 years, 110 days)
Heaviest championLance Archer
(124 kg (273 lb))
Lightest championKenta
(85 kg (187 lb))

History

Background

On May 12, 2017, during the third night of the War of the Worlds tour, co-produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), NJPW United States Ambassador George Carroll announced the creation of the IWGP United States Championship.[1][4] The following day, NJPW revealed the title's official name as the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.[5] The title is part of an American expansion plan which NJPW had made public in the months before the announcement. Plans had been made to run extended tours in the United States with California as the base, starting in 2018.[6] The plan was a direct response to WWE taking four wrestlers from NJPW in January 2016.[7] Tetsuya Naito noted how the new title had the same concept as the IWGP Intercontinental Championship,[8] which had been established during NJPW's May 2011 United States tour, promoted in conjunction with Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW).[9] NJPW chairman Naoki Sugabayashi stated that he wanted the title to be defended at future NJPW events in the United States as well as events held by ROH.[10] The title belt was made red to distinguish it from the black IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt and the white IWGP Intercontinental Championship belt.[10] The title has often been defended in non-disqualification/hardcore matches, including at Wrestle Kingdom 12, on night one of Wrestle Kingdom 14, and on night two of Wrestle Kingdom 16.

Inaugural tournament

 
Inaugural champion Kenny Omega

The first champion would be crowned in a single-elimination tournament on the weekend of July 1 and 2, 2017, during NJPW's G1 Special in USA shows in Long Beach, California.[1][4] Jay Lethal was the first participant announced for the tournament on May 12.[1][4] On May 18, Hangman Page was officially added to the tournament.[11] The other six participants as well as the bracket of the tournament, confirmed as a single-elimination tournament, were revealed on June 12.[12][13] Kenny Omega went on to defeat Tomohiro Ishii in the final to become the inaugural champion.[14]

First round
(July 1) 		Semifinals
(July 2) 		Final
(July 2)
         
Michael Elgin Pin
Kenny Omega 22:31[15]
Kenny Omega Pin
Jay Lethal 12:56[2]
Jay Lethal Pin
Hangman Page 08:30[15]
Kenny Omega Pin
Tomohiro Ishii 31:20[2]
Juice Robinson Sub
Zack Sabre Jr. 10:04[15]
Zack Sabre Jr. Pin
Tomohiro Ishii 11:42[2]
Tomohiro Ishii Pin
Tetsuya Naito 15:51[15]

Establishment

Since its creation, the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship has been defended in both Japan and the United States with the first Japanese defense taking place on September 24, 2017, at Destruction in Kobe and the first stateside defense taking place on October 15, 2017, at Global Wars: Chicago.[16][17] After it had been announced in November 2017 that former WWE wrestler Chris Jericho would be challenging for the title at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome, Omega stated that the title had already surpassed the IWGP Intercontinental Championship as the number two championship in NJPW.[18] However, the promotion ranks the title in the second tier, behind both the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships and alongside the NEVER Openweight Championship.[19]

Throughout 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the champion Jon Moxley from traveling to Japan for NJPW events while keeping his commitments with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), with whom he is also contracted. His AEW contract also prevented him from appearing at NJPW's American events. This resulted in the championship not being defended from February 2020 to February 2021, when an arrangement was made between the two promotions to allow Moxley to appear on NJPW's American television show Strong in a title defense.[20]

With AEW and New Japan forming a working relationship, Jon Moxley was permitted to defend the title on AEW's flagship television program, AEW Dynamite. In May 2021, the title was defended in AEW for the first time, with Moxley defeating Yuji Nagata in his fourth title defense. In July 2021 at AEW Fyter Fest Night 1, Moxley retained the championship for his record-setting fifth defense against Impact Wrestling's Karl Anderson. The following week on Night 2 of the event, Lance Archer defeated Moxley for the championship in a Texas Death Match for his second reign.

Reigns

 
Two-time, current and inaugural champion Kenny Omega

As of January 4, 2023, there have been 17 reigns shared among 10 wrestlers with three vacancies. Kenny Omega was the inaugural champion. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Juice Robinson are tied for the record of most reigns with three, while Tanahashi was the first Japanese wrestler to win the title. Jon Moxley holds two records with the title: his second reign is the longest reign at 564 days with five successful defenses, and he is the only wrestler to have held the title for a consecutive year. Tanahashi’s third reign of 13 days is the shortest in the title's history. Tanahashi was the oldest champion when he won it at 45 years old, while Jay White was the youngest champion at 25 years old.

Kenny Omega is the current champion in his second reign. He defeated Will Ospreay on January 4, 2022 at Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Tokyo, Japan.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Kenny Omega July 2, 2017 G1 Special in USA
Night 2 		Long Beach, California, U.S. 1 210 4 Defeated Tomohiro Ishii in the final of an eight-man single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. [2]
2 Jay White January 28, 2018 The New Beginning in Sapporo Sapporo, Japan 1 160 4 [21]
3 Juice Robinson July 7, 2018 G1 Special in San Francisco Daly City, California, U.S. 1 85 1 [22]
4 Cody September 30, 2018 Fighting Spirit Unleashed Long Beach, California, U.S. 1 96 1 [23]
5 Juice Robinson January 4, 2019 Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 2 152 4 [24]
6 Jon Moxley June 5, 2019 Best of the Super Juniors 26 Final Tokyo, Japan 1 130 0 [25]
— Vacated October 14, 2019 — — — — — The championship was vacated after Jon Moxley was unable to wrestle in a scheduled championship defense at King of Pro-Wrestling due to travel issues arising from Typhoon Hagibis. [26]
7 Lance Archer October 14, 2019 King of Pro-Wrestling Tokyo, Japan 1 82 1 Defeated Juice Robinson in a no disqualification match to win the vacant championship. [27]
8 Jon Moxley January 4, 2020 Wrestle Kingdom 14
Night 1 		Tokyo, Japan 2 564 5 This was a Texas Death Match. [28]
9 Lance Archer July 21, 2021 AEW Fyter Fest
Night 2 		Garland, Texas, U.S. 2 24 1 This was a Texas Death Match. [29]
10 Hiroshi Tanahashi August 14, 2021 Resurgence Los Angeles, California, U.S. 1 84 1 [30]
11 Kenta November 6, 2021 Power Struggle Osaka, Japan 1 60 0 [31]
12 Hiroshi Tanahashi January 5, 2022 Wrestle Kingdom 16
Night 2 		Tokyo, Japan 2 45 0 This was a no disqualification match. [32]
13 Sanada February 19, 2022 New Years Golden Series Sapporo, Japan 1 49 0 [33]
— Vacated April 9, 2022 — — — — — The championship was vacated after Sanada suffered a fractured orbital bone.
14 Hiroshi Tanahashi May 1, 2022 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan 3 13 0 Defeated Tomohiro Ishii to win the vacant championship. [34]
15 Juice Robinson May 14, 2022 Capital Collision Washington, D.C., U.S. 3 28 0 This was a fatal four-way match, also involving Jon Moxley and Will Ospreay. [35]
— Vacated June 11, 2022 — — — — — The championship was vacated after Juice Robinson was unable to wrestle in a scheduled championship defense at Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall due to suffering from appendicitis. [36]
16 Will Ospreay June 12, 2022 Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 1 206 4 Defeated Sanada to win the vacant championship. [37]
17 Kenny Omega January 4, 2023 Wrestle Kingdom 17 Tokyo, Japan 2 0+ 0 [38]

Combined reigns

 
Two-time champion Jon Moxley; he has the longest singular reign for the title at 564 days, and he also has the longest combined reign at 694 days

As of January 4, 2023.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined
days
1 Jon Moxley 2 5 694
2 Juice Robinson 3 3 265
3 Kenny Omega † 2 4 210+
4 Will Ospreay 1 4 206
5 Jay White 1 3 160
6 Hiroshi Tanahashi 3 1 142
7 Lance Archer 2 2 106
8 Cody 1 0 96
9 Kenta 1 0 60
10 Sanada 1 0 49

See also

References

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External links

  • Official title history at NJPW.co.jp

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The IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship IWGP USヘビー級王座 IWGP US hebi kyu ōza is a professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the New Japan Pro Wrestling NJPW promotion IWGP is the acronym of NJPW s governing body the International Wrestling Grand Prix インターナショナル レスリング グラン プリ intanashonaru resuringu guran puri 3 The current champion is Kenny Omega who is in his second reign IWGP United States Heavyweight ChampionshipThe IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship beltDetailsPromotionNew Japan Pro Wrestling NJPW Date establishedMay 12 2017 1 Current champion s Kenny OmegaDate wonJanuary 4 2023Other name s IWGP United States ChampionshipStatisticsFirst champion s Kenny Omega 2 Most reignsHiroshi Tanahashi and Juice Robinson 3 reigns Longest reignJon Moxley 2nd reign 564 days Shortest reignHiroshi Tanahashi 3rd reign 13 days Oldest championHiroshi Tanahashi 45 years 169 days Youngest championJay White 25 years 110 days Heaviest championLance Archer 124 kg 273 lb Lightest championKenta 85 kg 187 lb Contents 1 History 1 1 Background 1 2 Inaugural tournament 1 3 Establishment 2 Reigns 3 Combined reigns 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditBackground Edit On May 12 2017 during the third night of the War of the Worlds tour co produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling NJPW and Ring of Honor ROH NJPW United States Ambassador George Carroll announced the creation of the IWGP United States Championship 1 4 The following day NJPW revealed the title s official name as the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship 5 The title is part of an American expansion plan which NJPW had made public in the months before the announcement Plans had been made to run extended tours in the United States with California as the base starting in 2018 6 The plan was a direct response to WWE taking four wrestlers from NJPW in January 2016 7 Tetsuya Naito noted how the new title had the same concept as the IWGP Intercontinental Championship 8 which had been established during NJPW s May 2011 United States tour promoted in conjunction with Jersey All Pro Wrestling JAPW 9 NJPW chairman Naoki Sugabayashi stated that he wanted the title to be defended at future NJPW events in the United States as well as events held by ROH 10 The title belt was made red to distinguish it from the black IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt and the white IWGP Intercontinental Championship belt 10 The title has often been defended in non disqualification hardcore matches including at Wrestle Kingdom 12 on night one of Wrestle Kingdom 14 and on night two of Wrestle Kingdom 16 Inaugural tournament Edit Inaugural champion Kenny Omega The first champion would be crowned in a single elimination tournament on the weekend of July 1 and 2 2017 during NJPW s G1 Special in USA shows in Long Beach California 1 4 Jay Lethal was the first participant announced for the tournament on May 12 1 4 On May 18 Hangman Page was officially added to the tournament 11 The other six participants as well as the bracket of the tournament confirmed as a single elimination tournament were revealed on June 12 12 13 Kenny Omega went on to defeat Tomohiro Ishii in the final to become the inaugural champion 14 First round July 1 Semifinals July 2 Final July 2 Michael ElginPinKenny Omega22 31 15 Kenny OmegaPinJay Lethal12 56 2 Jay LethalPinHangman Page08 30 15 Kenny OmegaPinTomohiro Ishii31 20 2 Juice RobinsonSubZack Sabre Jr 10 04 15 Zack Sabre Jr PinTomohiro Ishii11 42 2 Tomohiro IshiiPinTetsuya Naito15 51 15 Establishment Edit Since its creation the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship has been defended in both Japan and the United States with the first Japanese defense taking place on September 24 2017 at Destruction in Kobe and the first stateside defense taking place on October 15 2017 at Global Wars Chicago 16 17 After it had been announced in November 2017 that former WWE wrestler Chris Jericho would be challenging for the title at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome Omega stated that the title had already surpassed the IWGP Intercontinental Championship as the number two championship in NJPW 18 However the promotion ranks the title in the second tier behind both the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships and alongside the NEVER Openweight Championship 19 Throughout 2020 the COVID 19 pandemic prevented the champion Jon Moxley from traveling to Japan for NJPW events while keeping his commitments with All Elite Wrestling AEW with whom he is also contracted His AEW contract also prevented him from appearing at NJPW s American events This resulted in the championship not being defended from February 2020 to February 2021 when an arrangement was made between the two promotions to allow Moxley to appear on NJPW s American television show Strong in a title defense 20 With AEW and New Japan forming a working relationship Jon Moxley was permitted to defend the title on AEW s flagship television program AEW Dynamite In May 2021 the title was defended in AEW for the first time with Moxley defeating Yuji Nagata in his fourth title defense In July 2021 at AEW Fyter Fest Night 1 Moxley retained the championship for his record setting fifth defense against Impact Wrestling s Karl Anderson The following week on Night 2 of the event Lance Archer defeated Moxley for the championship in a Texas Death Match for his second reign Reigns Edit Two time current and inaugural champion Kenny Omega As of January 4 2023 there have been 17 reigns shared among 10 wrestlers with three vacancies Kenny Omega was the inaugural champion Hiroshi Tanahashi and Juice Robinson are tied for the record of most reigns with three while Tanahashi was the first Japanese wrestler to win the title Jon Moxley holds two records with the title his second reign is the longest reign at 564 days with five successful defenses and he is the only wrestler to have held the title for a consecutive year Tanahashi s third reign of 13 days is the shortest in the title s history Tanahashi was the oldest champion when he won it at 45 years old while Jay White was the youngest champion at 25 years old Kenny Omega is the current champion in his second reign He defeated Will Ospreay on January 4 2022 at Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Tokyo Japan Key No Overall reign numberReign Reign number for the specific championDays Number of days heldDefenses Number of successful defenses Current reign is changing dailyNo Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses1 Kenny Omega July 2 2017 G1 Special in USANight 2 Long Beach California U S 1 210 4 Defeated Tomohiro Ishii in the final of an eight man single elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion 2 2 Jay White January 28 2018 The New Beginning in Sapporo Sapporo Japan 1 160 4 21 3 Juice Robinson July 7 2018 G1 Special in San Francisco Daly City California U S 1 85 1 22 4 Cody September 30 2018 Fighting Spirit Unleashed Long Beach California U S 1 96 1 23 5 Juice Robinson January 4 2019 Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo Japan 2 152 4 24 6 Jon Moxley June 5 2019 Best of the Super Juniors 26 Final Tokyo Japan 1 130 0 25 Vacated October 14 2019 The championship was vacated after Jon Moxley was unable to wrestle in a scheduled championship defense at King of Pro Wrestling due to travel issues arising from Typhoon Hagibis 26 7 Lance Archer October 14 2019 King of Pro Wrestling Tokyo Japan 1 82 1 Defeated Juice Robinson in a no disqualification match to win the vacant championship 27 8 Jon Moxley January 4 2020 Wrestle Kingdom 14Night 1 Tokyo Japan 2 564 5 This was a Texas Death Match 28 9 Lance Archer July 21 2021 AEW Fyter FestNight 2 Garland Texas U S 2 24 1 This was a Texas Death Match 29 10 Hiroshi Tanahashi August 14 2021 Resurgence Los Angeles California U S 1 84 1 30 11 Kenta November 6 2021 Power Struggle Osaka Japan 1 60 0 31 12 Hiroshi Tanahashi January 5 2022 Wrestle Kingdom 16Night 2 Tokyo Japan 2 45 0 This was a no disqualification match 32 13 Sanada February 19 2022 New Years Golden Series Sapporo Japan 1 49 0 33 Vacated April 9 2022 The championship was vacated after Sanada suffered a fractured orbital bone 14 Hiroshi Tanahashi May 1 2022 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka Japan 3 13 0 Defeated Tomohiro Ishii to win the vacant championship 34 15 Juice Robinson May 14 2022 Capital Collision Washington D C U S 3 28 0 This was a fatal four way match also involving Jon Moxley and Will Ospreay 35 Vacated June 11 2022 The championship was vacated after Juice Robinson was unable to wrestle in a scheduled championship defense at Dominion 6 12 in Osaka jo Hall due to suffering from appendicitis 36 16 Will Ospreay June 12 2022 Dominion 6 12 in Osaka jo Hall Osaka Japan 1 206 4 Defeated Sanada to win the vacant championship 37 17 Kenny Omega January 4 2023 Wrestle Kingdom 17 Tokyo Japan 2 0 0 38 Combined reigns Edit Two time champion Jon Moxley he has the longest singular reign for the title at 564 days and he also has the longest combined reign at 694 days As of January 4 2023 Indicates the current championRank Wrestler No ofreigns Combineddefenses Combineddays1 Jon Moxley 2 5 6942 Juice Robinson 3 3 2653 Kenny Omega 2 4 210 4 Will Ospreay 1 4 2065 Jay White 1 3 1606 Hiroshi Tanahashi 3 1 1427 Lance Archer 2 2 1068 Cody 1 0 969 Kenta 1 0 6010 Sanada 1 0 49See also Edit United States portalProfessional wrestling in the United StatesReferences Edit a b c d Currier Joseph May 12 2017 NJPW to crown first IWGP United States Champion in Long Beach Wrestling Observer Newsletter Retrieved May 12 2017 a b c d e G1 Special in USA New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved July 2 2017 Fiorvanti Tim January 2 2017 What to watch for at New Japan Pro Wrestling s Wrestle Kingdom 11 ESPN Archived from the original on January 3 2017 Retrieved May 12 2017 a b c Johnson Mike May 12 2017 New Japan announces new championship unveils belt Pro Wrestling Insider Retrieved May 12 2017 7月のロサンゼルス大会を前に IWGP USヘビー級王座 の新設がアナウンス ROHのリング上でベルトがお披露目 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese May 13 2017 Archived from the original on May 13 2017 Retrieved May 13 2017 Meltzer Dave April 10 2017 April 10 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Wrestlemania 33 review WWE financials more Wrestling Observer Newsletter Campbell California pp 29 31 ISSN 1083 9593 新日本 ７月のロス興行はＷＷＥへ 反撃ののろし Nikkan Sports in Japanese January 5 2017 Retrieved May 12 2017 新日本 内藤ＩＣベルト破壊 ＵＳ王座新設に怒り爆発 Tokyo Sports in Japanese May 19 2017 Retrieved May 19 2017 Johnson Mike January 5 2011 New Japan to institute new belt in United States NYC location and more NJPW in the States news Pro Wrestling Insider Retrieved May 19 2017 a b Fiorvanti Tim July 2 2017 The ultimate guide to New Japan Pro Wrestling s G1 Special in USA shows ESPN Retrieved August 4 2017 G1 Special in USA ロス大会 初日 を 現地時間 7月1日 土 アメリカ国内でAXS TV で生中継 4大タイトル戦 USヘビー級王座決定トーナメントも正式決定 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese May 19 2017 Archived from the original on January 9 2018 Retrieved 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