New IWGP Champion

June 9th 2018

Dominion 

Kenny Omega defeats Kazuchika Okada in a no time limit 2 out of 3 falls match to claim his first IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

Okada had held the title for 720 consecutive days after defeating Tetsuya Naito on April 10th 2016 to reclaim the title.

Weekly Pro Wrestling Magazine

May 23rd 2018

Okada  vs  Tanahashi

Magazine Cover of the Week

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2008

AJPW Triple Crown Champion - Suwama

and

IWGP Champion Keiji Muto (The Great Muta) 

2010 G1 Climax Final

August 15th 2010 

Satoshi Kojima won the G1 Climax XX as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

Kojima pinned Tanahashi at the 21 minute mark to win.

New IWGP Tag Team Champions (04/10/2016)

Guerrillas of Destiny 

(Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)

defeated G.B.H. (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) for the IWGP Tag Team titles at Invasion Attack on April 10th 2016 in Tokyo.

New IWGP Heavyweight Champion

Tetsuya Naito

April 10th 2016

defeated Kazuchika Okada at Invasion Attack in Tokyo, Japan to win his first IWGP Heavyweight Title. 

2014 Wrestling Observer Wrestler of the Year

Shinsuke Nakamura

2014 Wrestling Observer Wrestler of the Year

IWGP Champion

Kensuke Sasaki 

5  time IWGP Champion

1997 - 216 days defeated Shinya Hashimoto

2000 - 279 days defeated Genichiro Tenryu

2001 - 72   days defeated Kawada (tournament final)

2004 - 16   days defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan

2004 - 64   days defeated Kazuyuki Fujita

IWGP Champion Kojima

Satoshi Kojima

2 time IWGP Heavyweight Champion

Wrestling Observer 2014 Wrestler of the Year

Shinsuke Nakamura

current IWGP Intercontinental Champion