IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion
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The IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship belt
(May 2017 — present) |
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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | May 12, 2017 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Kenny Omega | ||||||||||
| Date won | July 2, 2017 | ||||||||||
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IWGP United States Championship
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| First champion(s) | Kenny Omega |
| Longest reign | Kenny Omega (127+ days) |
| Oldest winner | Kenny Omega (33 years, 259 days) |
| Heaviest champion | Kenny Omega (92 kg (203 lb)) |
The IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix. The title was announced on May 12, 2017, with the inaugural champion crowned on the weekend of July 1 and 2, 2017, during NJPW's G1 Special in USA shows in Long Beach, California. The title became NJPW's eighth active championship.
Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won as a result of a match with a predetermined outcome. Kenny Omega is the current and inaugural champion.
On May 12, 2017, during the third night of the War of the Worlds tour, co-produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), NJPW United States Ambassador George Carroll announced the creation of the IWGP United States Championship. The following day, NJPW revealed the title's official name as the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. The title is part of an American expansion plan, which NJPW had made public in the months prior to the announcement. Plans had been made to run extended tours in the United States with California as the base, starting in 2018. The plan was a direct response to WWE taking four wrestlers from NJPW in January 2016.Tetsuya Naito noted how the new title had the exact same concept as the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, which had been established during NJPW's May 2011 U.S. tour, promoted in conjunction with Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW). NJPW chairman Naoki Sugabayashi stated that he wanted the title to be defended at future NJPW events in the U.S. as well as events held by ROH. The title belt was made red to distinguish it from the black IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt and the white IWGP Intercontinental Championship belt.
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