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IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

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The IWGP World Heavyweight Championship is New Japan Pro-Wrestling's premier singles title, with roots tracing to June 12, 1987, when Antonio Inoki was crowned the inaugural IWGP Heavyweight Champion after winning that year's IWGP League tournament, a title that over nearly 34 years defined careers across three generations of stars — from Tatsumi Fujinami and the Three Musketeers to Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada, whose 720-day fourth reign stands as the longest in the combined lineage. The physical belt evolved through five principal designs over the championship's history: the origina

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