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IWGP Heavyweight Championship
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The IWGP Heavyweight Championship was established on June 12, 1987, when Antonio Inoki defeated Masa Saito in the IWGP League tournament final to become the inaugural champion, replacing an earlier tournament-only format with a regularly defended world title that grew into the most prestigious heavyweight prize in Japanese wrestling. Over its nearly 34-year run, the physical belt passed through five distinct designs: the simple gold-plate original of 1987, a more ornate crown-profiled second generation debuted in 1997, a short-lived third generation in the early 2000s, and the landmark fourth
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