IWGP Intercontinental Championship
IWGP Intercontinental Championship | |
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La Sombra (80 kg (180 lb))[5] |
The IWGP Intercontinental Championship (IWGPインターコンチネンタル王座, IWGP intākonchinentaru ōza) was a
The title formed what was unofficially called the "New Japan Triple Crown" (新日本トリプルクラウン, Shin Nihon Toripuru Kuraun) along with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NEVER Openweight Championship.[9]
History
On October 3, 2010, American promotion
Inaugural championship tournament (2010–2011)
Participants for the tournament were announced on April 8, 2011. The list of participants included: former
- Tournament bracket
Round One (May 13) | Semifinals (May 14) | Final (May 15) | ||||||||||||
MVP | Sub | |||||||||||||
Kazuchika Okada | 12:45[15] | |||||||||||||
MVP | Sub | |||||||||||||
Tetsuya Naito | 10:57[16] | |||||||||||||
Josh Daniels | Pin | |||||||||||||
Tetsuya Naito | 12:28[15] | |||||||||||||
MVP | Sub | |||||||||||||
Toru Yano | 09:27[1][17] | |||||||||||||
Dan Maff | Pin | |||||||||||||
Toru Yano | 10:38[15] | |||||||||||||
Toru Yano | Pin | |||||||||||||
Yujiro Takahashi | 07:47[16] | |||||||||||||
Hideo Saito | Pin | |||||||||||||
Yujiro Takahashi | 08:28[15] |
Nakamura and elevation
Through MVP's inaugural reign and the subsequent reigns of
Nakamura continued elevating the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, culminating with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship match receiving top billing over the IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at NJPW's biggest annual event,
From 2012 to 2016, Nakamura held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship five times and defended it at four consecutive
Naito and unification with Heavyweight Championship
After Nakamura's departure, the title was most associated with Tetsuya Naito, who held the title for a record six times.[46][47] During his first reign, he began systematically destroying the title belt, forcing NJPW to have it repaired in June 2017.[48][49] Unlike Nakamura, Naito firmly saw the Heavyweight Championship as the top title,[50] and had no desire for the Intercontinental Championship when he first won it.[51] On January 5, 2020, at Wrestle Kingdom 14, Tetsuya Naito won the Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships. Both titles keep their individual history, but were defended at the same time. Sometimes, they were called "Double Championship".[52][53] On March 4, 2021, one year after Naito's victory, the titles were unified to form the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.[54]
Reigns
During the championship's existence there have been twenty-seven reigns shared among fifteen wrestlers with one vacancy. MVP was the first champion in the title's history. Tetsuya Naito has the most reigns with six.[23][28][35][55][56] Shinsuke Nakamura holds the record for the longest reign in the title's history at 313 days during his first reign. Tetsuya Naito's second reign of 41 days is the shortest in the title's history. Kota Ibushi was the final champion and had held the championship twice.[8]
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | MVP | May 15, 2011 | Invasion Tour 2011: Attack on East Coast | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | 1 | 148 | 2 | Defeated Toru Yano in an eight–man tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | [1] |
2 | Masato Tanaka | October 10, 2011 | Destruction '11 | Tokyo, Japan
|
1 | 125 | 3 | [18] | |
3 | Hirooki Goto | February 12, 2012 | The New Beginning | Osaka, Japan
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1 | 161 | 2 | [19] | |
4 | Shinsuke Nakamura | July 22, 2012 | Kizuna Road | Yamagata, Japan
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1 | 313 | 8 | [23] | |
5 | La Sombra
|
May 31, 2013 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, Mexico
|
1 | 50 | 1 | This was a two out of three falls match. | [26][57] |
6 | Shinsuke Nakamura | July 20, 2013 | Kizuna Road | Akita, Japan
|
2 | 168 | 3 | [28] | |
7 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | January 4, 2014 | Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan
|
1 | 92 | 1 | [31] | |
8 | Shinsuke Nakamura | April 6, 2014 | Invasion Attack | Tokyo, Japan
|
3 | 76 | 1 | [35] | |
9 | Bad Luck Fale | June 21, 2014 | Dominion 6.21 | Osaka, Japan
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1 | 92 | 1 | [58] | |
10 | Shinsuke Nakamura | September 21, 2014 | Destruction in Kobe | Kobe, Japan
|
4 | 224 | 3 | [59] | |
11 | Hirooki Goto | May 3, 2015 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan
|
2 | 147 | 1 | [60] | |
12 | Shinsuke Nakamura | September 27, 2015 | Destruction in Kobe | Kobe, Japan
|
5 | 120 | 2 | [61] | |
— | Vacated
|
January 25, 2016 | — | Tokyo, Japan
|
— | — | — | Vacated due to Nakamura leaving NJPW for WWE. | [62] |
13 | Kenny Omega | February 14, 2016 | The New Beginning in Niigata | Nagaoka, Japan | 1 | 126 | 1 | Defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the vacant title. | [63] |
14 | Michael Elgin | June 19, 2016 | Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan
|
1 | 98 | 1 | This was a ladder match. | [64] |
15 | Tetsuya Naito | September 25, 2016 | Destruction in Kobe | Kobe, Japan
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1 | 259 | 4 | [65] | |
16 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | June 11, 2017 | Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan
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2 | 230 | 4 | [66] | |
17 | Minoru Suzuki | January 27, 2018 | The New Beginning in Sapporo | Sapporo, Japan
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1 | 92 | 1 | [67] | |
18 | Tetsuya Naito | April 29, 2018 | Wrestling Hinokuni | Kumamoto, Japan
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2 | 41 | 0 | [68] | |
19 | Chris Jericho | June 9, 2018 | Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan
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1 | 209 | 1 | [69] | |
20 | Tetsuya Naito | January 4, 2019 | Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan
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3 | 92 | 1 | This was a no disqualification match. | [70] |
21 | Kota Ibushi | April 6, 2019 | G1 Supercard | New York City, U.S. | 1 | 64 | 1 | [71] | |
22 | Tetsuya Naito | June 9, 2019 | Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan
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4 | 105 | 0 | [72] | |
23 | Jay White | September 22, 2019 | Destruction in Kobe | Kobe, Japan
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1 | 104 | 1 | [73][74] | |
24 | Tetsuya Naito | January 4, 2020 | Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome Night 1 |
Tokyo, Japan
|
5 | 190 | 2 | [75] | |
25 | Evil | July 12, 2020 | Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan
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1 | 48 | 1 | This match was also for Naito's IWGP Heavyweight Championship. | [76] |
26 | Tetsuya Naito | August 29, 2020 | Summer Struggle in Jingu | Tokyo, Japan
|
6 | 128 | 1 | This match was also for Evil's IWGP Heavyweight Championship. | [46][77] |
27 | Kota Ibushi | January 4, 2021 | Wrestle Kingdom 15 in Tokyo Dome Night 1 |
Tokyo, Japan
|
2 | 59 | 4 | This match was also for Naito's IWGP Heavyweight Championship. | [8] |
— | Unified | March 4, 2021 | Anniversary Event | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Unified with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to form the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. | [78] |
Combined reigns
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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1 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 5 | 17 | 901 |
2 | Tetsuya Naito | 6 | 8 | 814 |
3 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | 2 | 5 | 322 |
4 | Hirooki Goto | 2 | 3 | 308 |
5 | Chris Jericho | 1 | 1 | 209 |
6 | MVP | 1 | 2 | 148 |
7 | Kenny Omega | 1 | 1 | 126 |
8 | Masato Tanaka | 1 | 3 | 125 |
9 | Kota Ibushi | 2 | 5 | 123 |
10 | Jay White | 1 | 1 | 104 |
11 | Michael Elgin | 1 | 1 | 98 |
12 | Minoru Suzuki | 1 | 1 | 92 |
Bad Luck Fale | 1 | 0 | 92 | |
14 | La Sombra
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1 | 1 | 50 |
15 | Evil | 1 | 1 | 48 |
Belt design
The standard Championship belt has five plates on a white leather strap.
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