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.
Title history
Key
No.
Overall reign number
Reign
Reign number for the specific champion
Days
Number of days held
N/A
Unknown information
+
Current reign is changing daily
No.
Champion
Championship change
Reign statistics
Notes
Ref.
Date
Event
Location
Reign
Days
1
Danshoku Dino
September 29, 2006
Muscle 11
Tokyo, Japan
1
96
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
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
[4]
4
Kota Ibushi
September 6, 2007
Muscle 15
Tokyo, Japan
1
243
[5]
5
Sasori
May 6, 2008
Muscle House 6
Tokyo, Japan
1
322
[6]
6
Tigers Mask
March 24, 2009
N/A
N/A
1
[a]
[7]
—
Vacated
N/A
—
—
—
—
Vacated due to unknown circumstances.
7
Atsushi Maruyama
July 12, 2015
Dramatic Dreams! Vol. 2: No Subtitle
Osaka, Japan
2
3,168+
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