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Professional wrestling championship
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
3,216+
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.
^ 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