IMGP World Heavyweight Championship
{{short description|Professional wrestling championship}}
{{about|the inactive DDT Pro-Wrestling parody championship|NJPW's top heavyweight title|IWGP World Heavyweight Championship}}
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
| name = IMGP World Heavyweight Championship
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| won = July 12, 2015
| created = 2006
| promotion = DDT Pro-Wrestling
| firstchamp = Danshoku Dino
| currentholder = Atsushi Maruyama
| mostreigns = Atsushi Maruyama
(2 reigns)
| longestreign = Atsushi Maruyama
({{age in days|July 12, 2015}}+ days)
| shortestreign = Danshoku Dino
(96 days)
| oldest = Atsushi Maruyama
({{ayd|June 1, 1976|July 12, 2015}})
| youngest = Kota Ibushi
({{ayd|May 21, 1982|September 6, 2007}})
| heaviest =
| lightest =
| pastnames =
}}
The {{nihongo|IMGP World Heavyweight Championship|IMGP世界ヘビー級王座|IMGP Sekai Hebī-kyū Ōza|lead=yes}} is an inactive professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion {{nihongo|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.{{cite web|title=WK9 101: The Intro|url=http://globalforcewrestling.com/wk9-101-intro/|access-date=2016-02-01|work=Global Force Wrestling|archive-date=2017-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711140329/http://globalforcewrestling.com/wk9-101-intro/|url-status=dead}}
The championship was introduced in late 2006 and has been represented by a belt resembling the second IWGP Heavyweight Championship design.{{cite web|title=マッスルマニア 9/29 北沢タウンホール大会その３|url=http://extremeparty.heteml.net/2006/muscle11-3.htm|access-date=August 3, 2020|work=Extreme Party|language=ja}} Since Atsushi Maruyama won the title in 2015, it has never been defended nor has it been officially deactivated.
History
{{Professional wrestling title history top|active=yes|unknown=yes|defenses=yes}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number = 1
|champion = Danshoku Dino
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|September 29, 2006}}
|days = {{age in days nts|September 29, 2006|January 3, 2007}}
|defenses = 0
|location = Tokyo, Japan
|event = Muscle 11
|notes = Defeated Antonio Honda and Seiya Morohashi in a three-way match to win the inaugural title.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 2
|champion = Nikkan Lee
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|January 3, 2007}}
|days = {{age in days nts|January 3, 2007|May 4, 2007}}
|defenses = 0
|location = Tokyo, Japan
|event = Muscle House 3
|notes = 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.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 3
|champion = Norikazu Fujioka
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|May 4, 2007}}
|days = {{age in days nts|May 4, 2007|September 6, 2007}}
|defenses = 0
|location = Tokyo, Japan
|event = Muscle House 4
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 4
|champion = Kota Ibushi
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|September 6, 2007}}
|days = {{age in days nts|September 6, 2007|May 6, 2008}}
|defenses = 1
|location = Tokyo, Japan
|event = Muscle 15
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 5
|champion = Sasori
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|May 6, 2008}}
|days = {{age in days nts|May 6, 2008|March 24, 2009}}
|defenses = 1
|location = Tokyo, Japan
|event = Muscle House 6
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 6
|champion = Tigers Mask
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|March 24, 2009}}
|days = {{sort|1|{{efn|name=Tigers|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.}}}}
|defenses = 0
|location =
|event =
|notes =
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|sort number = 6.5
|type = vacated
|date =
|defenses = yes
|notes = Vacated due to unknown circumstances.
|ref =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 7
|champion = Atsushi Maruyama
|reign = 2
|date = {{dts|July 12, 2015 }}
|days = {{age in days nts|July 12, 2015}}+
|defenses = 0
|location = Osaka, Japan
|event = Dramatic Dreams! Vol. 2: No Subtitle
|notes = Defeated Super Sasadango Machine to win the vacant title. Previously held the title as Tigers Mask.
}}{{BundleEnd}}
Combined reigns
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|†
|Indicates the current champions |
|---|
| style="background-color:#bbeeff"|¤
|The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Rank{{Ref|3}} | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
| style="background-color:#bbeeff"
!1 |style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|{{sort|Maruyama|Tigers Mask/Atsushi Maruyama}} † | 2 | 0 | ¤{{age in days nts|July 11, 2015}}+ | |
| 2
|{{sort|Sasori|Sasori}} || 1 || 1 || 322 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3
|{{sortname|Kota|Ibushi}} || 1 || 1 || 243 | ||||
| 4
|{{sort|Fujioka|Norikazu Fujioka }} || 1 || 0 || 125 | ||||
| 5
|{{sort|Lee|Nikkan Lee}} || 1 || 0 || 121 | ||||
| 6
|{{sortname|Danshoku|Dino}} || 1 || 0 || 96 |
Footnotes
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See also
{{Portal|Japan}}