Every IWGP Heavyweight Title Change In Order

Referring to the original IWGP Heavyweight Title, which was in use from 1987-2021. Vacancies are given.

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Event	Date	Champion	Days Held
IWGP Champion Series '87	6/12/1987	Antonio Inoki	325
	5/2/1988	Vacated
Super Fight Series '88	5/8/1988	Tatsumi Fujinami	19
	5/27/1988	Vacated
IWGP Champion Series '88	6/24/1988	Tatsumi Fujinami	285
	4/5/1989	Vacated
Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome	4/24/1989	Big Van Vader	31
Battle Satellite in Osaka Dome	5/25/1989	Salman Hashimikov	48
Summer Fight Series '89	7/12/1989	Riki Choshu	29
Fighting Satellite '89	8/10/1989	Big Van Vader	374
Summer Night Fever II	8/19/1990	Riki Choshu	129
King of Kings	12/26/1990	Tatsumi Fujinami	22
New Year Dash '91	1/17/1991	Big Van Vader	46
Big Fight Series '91	3/4/1991	Tatsumi Fujinami	306
Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome	1/4/1992	Riki Choshu	225
G1 Climax Special '92	8/16/1992	The Great Muta	400
G1 Climax Special '93	9/20/1993	Shinya Hashimoto	196
Battle Line Kyushu	4/4/1994	Tatsumi Fujinami	27
Wrestling Dontaku '94	5/1/1994	Shinya Hashimoto	367
Wrestling Dontaku '95	5/3/1995	Keiji Mutoh	246
Wrestling World '96	1/4/1996	Nobuhiko Takada	116
Battle Formation	4/29/1996	Shinya Hashimoto	489
Final Power Hall in Yokohama	8/31/1997	Kensuke Sasaki	216
Antonio Inoki Retirement Show	4/4/1998	Tatsumi Fujinami	126
Rising the Next Generation in Osaka Dome	8/8/1998	Masahiro Chono	44
	9/21/1998	Vacated
Big Wednesday	9/23/1998	Scott Norton	103
Wrestling World '99	1/4/1999	Keiji Mutoh	340
Battle Final '99	12/10/1999	Genichiro Tenryu	25
Wrestling World '00	1/4/2000	Kensuke Sasaki	279
	10/9/2000	Vacated
Wrestling World '01	1/4/2001	Kensuke Sasaki	72
Hyper Battle '01	3/17/2001	Scott Norton	23
Strong Style '01	4/9/2001	Kazuyuki Fujita	270
	1/4/2002	Vacated
Fighting Spirit '02	2/16/2002	Tadao Yasuda	48
Toukon Special	4/5/2002	Yuji Nagata	392
Ultimate Crush	5/2/2003	Yoshihiro Takayama	185
Yokohama Dead Out	11/3/2003	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	36
Battle Final '03	12/9/2003	Shinsuke Nakamura	58
	2/5/2004	Vacated
Fighting Spirit '04	2/15/2004	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	26
Hyper Battle '04	3/12/2004	Kensuke Sasaki	16
King of Sports	3/28/2004	Bob Sapp	66

Event	Date	Champion	Days Held
	6/2/2004	Vacated
The Crush II	6/5/2004	Kazuyuki Fujita	126
Pro-Wrestlers Be Strongest	10/9/2004	Kensuke Sasaki	64
Battle Final '04	12/12/2004	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	70
New Year Gold Series	2/20/2005	Satoshi Kojima	83
Nexess VI	5/14/2005	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	65
Summer Fight Series '05	7/18/2005	Kazuyuki Fujita	82
Toukon Souzou New Chapter	10/8/2005	Brock Lesnar	280
	7/15/2006	Vacated
Circuit2006 Turbulence	7/17/2006	Hiroshi Tanahashi	270
Circuit2007 New Japan Brave Tour	4/13/2007	Yuji Nagata	178
Explosion '07	10/8/2007	Hiroshi Tanahashi	88
Wrestle Kingdom II	1/4/2008	Shinsuke Nakamura	114
Circuit2008 New Japan Brave Tour	4/27/2008	Keiji Mutoh	252
Wrestle Kingdom III	1/4/2009	Hiroshi Tanahashi	122
Dissidence	5/6/2009	Manabu Nakanishi	45
Dominion 6.20	6/20/2009	Hiroshi Tanahashi	58
	8/17/2009	Vacated
Circuit2009 New Japan Generation Tour	9/27/2009	Shinsuke Nakamura	218
Wrestling Dontaku '10	5/3/2010	Togi Makabe	161
Destruction '10	10/11/2010	Satoshi Kojima	85
Wrestle Kingdom V	1/4/2011	Hiroshi Tanahashi	404
The New Beginning	2/12/2012	Kazuchika Okada	125
Dominion 6.16	6/16/2012	Hiroshi Tanahashi	295
Invasion Attack '13	4/7/2013	Kazuchika Okada	391
Wrestling Dontaku '14	5/3/2014	AJ Styles	163
King of Pro-Wrestling '14	10/13/2014	Hiroshi Tanahashi	121
The New Beginning in Osaka	2/11/2015	AJ Styles	144
Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall	7/5/2015	Kazuchika Okada	280
Invasion Attack '16	4/10/2016	Tetsuya Naito	70
Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall	6/19/2016	Kazuchika Okada	720
Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	6/9/2018	Kenny Omega	209
Wrestle Kingdom XIII	1/4/2019	Hiroshi Tanahashi	38
The New Beginning in Osaka	2/11/2019	Jay White	54
G1 Supercard	4/6/2019	Kazuchika Okada	274
Wrestle Kingdom XIV Night 2	1/5/2020	Tetsuya Naito	189
Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall	7/12/2020	EVIL	48
Summer Struggle in Jingu	8/29/2020	Tetsuya Naito	128
Wrestle Kingdom XV Night 1	1/4/2021	Kota Ibushi	59
	3/4/2021	Unified with IWGP Intercontinental Championship
	1/4/2026	Reactivated
Wrestle Kingdom XX	1/4/2026	Yota Tsuji	N/A