The IMGP World Heavyweight Championship (Japanese: IMGP世界ヘビー級王座, Hepburn: IMGP Sekai Hebī-kyū Ōza) is an inactive professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion Muscle (マッスル, Massuru), a sub-brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling. IMGP is the acronym of International Muscle Grand Prix and a parody of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix.[1]
| IMGP World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||||||
| Promotion | DDT Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Atsushi Maruyama | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | July 12, 2015 | ||||||||||||||
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The championship was introduced in late 2006 and has been represented by a belt resembling the second IWGP Heavyweight Championship design.[2] Since Atsushi Maruyama won the title in 2015, it has never been defended nor has it been officially deactivated.
History
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Danshoku Dino | September 29, 2006 | Muscle 11 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 96 | 0 | Defeated Antonio Honda and Seiya Morohashi in a three-way match to win the inaugural title. | [2] |
| 2 | Nikkan Lee | January 3, 2007 | Muscle House 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 121 | 0 | First woman to win the title. Ryuji Ito was the scheduled opponent for Danshoku Dino. However, his wife Nikkan Lee (who was the referee for the whole event) replaced him, fearing his recently injured arm was not fully healed yet. | [3] |
| 3 | Norikazu Fujioka | May 4, 2007 | Muscle House 4 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 125 | 0 | [4] | |
| 4 | Kota Ibushi | September 6, 2007 | Muscle 15 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 243 | 1 | [5] | |
| 5 | Sasori | May 6, 2008 | Muscle House 6 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 322 | 1 | [6] | |
| 6 | Tigers Mask | March 24, 2009 | N/A | N/A | 1 | [a] | 0 | [7] | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to unknown circumstances. | |
| 7 | Atsushi Maruyama | July 12, 2015 | Dramatic Dreams! Vol. 2: No Subtitle | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 3,427+ | 0 | Defeated Super Sasadango Machine to win the vacant title. Previously held the title as Tigers Mask. | [8] |
Combined reigns
edit| † | Indicates the current champions |
|---|---|
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
| Rank[1] | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigers Mask/Atsushi Maruyama † | 2 | 0 | ¤3,428+ |
| 2 | Sasori | 1 | 1 | 322 |
| 3 | Kota Ibushi | 1 | 1 | 243 |
| 4 | Norikazu Fujioka | 1 | 0 | 125 |
| 5 | Nikkan Lee | 1 | 0 | 121 |
| 6 | Danshoku Dino | 1 | 0 | 96 |
Footnotes
edit- ^ The date of at least one of the title changes in this reign is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 1 and 2,301 days.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "WK9 101: The Intro". Global Force Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ a b "マッスルマニア 9/29 北沢タウンホール大会その３". Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ "マッスルハウス３ 1/3 後楽園ホールその８". Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ "マッスルハウス４ 2007/5/4 後楽園ホールその２". Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ "マッスル15 9/6北沢タウンホール大会". Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ "マッスルハウス６ 5/6 後楽園ホール大会その９". Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ "Champions and Championships". WrestlingData.com. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ "DDT Dramatic Dreams! Vol. 2 ~ Without Subtitle". WrestlingData.com. Retrieved August 3, 2020.