Every IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Change In Order

Following the lineage of the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship that was created when the IWGP Intercontinental and Heavyweight Championships were officially unified in March of 2021.

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Event	Date	Champion	Days Held
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show	3/4/2021	Kota Ibushi	31
Sakura Genesis '21	4/4/2021	Will Ospreay	46
	5/20/2021	Vacated - Champion unable to compete
Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall	6/7/2021	Shingo Takagi	211
Wrestle Kingdom XVI Night 1	1/4/2022	Kazuchika Okada	159
Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall	6/12/2022	Jay White	206

Event	Date	Champion	Days Held
Wrestle Kingdom XVII	1/4/2023	Kazuchika Okada	94
Sakura Genesis '23	4/8/2023	SANADA	271
Wrestle Kingdom XVIII	1/4/2024	Tetsuya Naito	99
Windy City Riot '24	4/12/2024	Jon Moxley	79
Forbidden Door '24	6/30/2024	Tetsuya Naito	106
King of Pro-Wrestling '24	10/14/2024	Zack Sabre Jr.	120
The New Beginning in Osaka	2/11/2025	Hirooki Goto	138
Tanahashi Jam	6/29/2025	Zack Sabre Jr.	106
King of Pro-Wrestling '25	10/13/2025	Konosuke Takeshita	83
Wrestle Kingdom XX	1/4/2026	Yota Tsuji	1
	1/5/2026	Deactivated - Lineage merged with IWGP Heavyweight Championship