IMGP World Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionDDT Pro-Wrestling
Date established2006
Current champion(s)Atsushi Maruyama
Date wonJuly 12, 2015
Statistics
First champion(s)Danshoku Dino
Most reignsAtsushi Maruyama
(2 reigns)
Longest reignAtsushi Maruyama
(3,195+ days)
Shortest reignDanshoku Dino
(96 days)
Oldest championAtsushi Maruyama
(39 years, 41 days)
Youngest championKota Ibushi
(25 years, 108 days)

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]

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

Key
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 3,195+ 0 Defeated Super Sasadango Machine to win the vacant title. Previously held the title as Tigers Mask. [8]

Combined reigns

† 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 ¤3,196+
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

  1. ^ 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

References

  1. ^ "WK9 101: The Intro". Global Force Wrestling. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Champions and Championships". WrestlingData.com. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  8. ^ "DDT Dramatic Dreams! Vol. 2 ~ Without Subtitle". WrestlingData.com. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
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