History of New Japan's IWGP Heavyweight Title
(8h)
From the origial Annual Tournament to Sasaki's 1st reign and feud against the nWo
History of New Japan's IWGP Heavyweight Title
(8h)
From the origial Annual Tournament to Sasaki's 1st reign and feud against the nWo
| Index | Date | Reign / Defense | Match Description | Notes |
| 1 | ??/??/83 | - / - | Hulk Hogan vs. Killer Khan | 1983 Tournament Match |
| 2 | ??/??/83 | - / - | Akira Maeda vs. Killer Khan | 1983 Tournament Match |
| 3 | ??/??/83 | - / - | Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant | 1983 Tournament Match |
| 4 | ??/??/83 | - / - | Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki | 1983 Tournament Final |
| 5 | ??/??/?? | - / - | Andre The Giant vs. Tatsumi Fujinami | ?? |
| 6 | ??/??/?? | - / - | Dick Murdoch vs. Adrien Adonis | ?? |
| 7 | ??/??/?? | - / - | Andre The Giant vs. Seiji Sakaguchi | ?? |
| 8 | ??/??/?? | - / - | Andre The Giant vs. Riki Choshu | ?? |
| 9 | ??/??/?? | - / - | Akira Maeda vs. Umanoseke Ueda | ?? |
| 10 | ??/??/?? | - / - | Akira Maeda vs. Tatsumi Fujinami | ?? |
| 11 | 05/27/88 | 1 / 1 | Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu | ?? |
| 12 | 06/24/88 | - / - | Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu | For the Vacant title |
| 13 | 06/12/87 | - / - | Vader vs. Masa Saito | Tournament Final |
| 14 | ??/??/?? | - / - | Antonio Inoki vs. Vader | Challenger Match |
| 15 | 08/08/88 | 2 / 2 | (C) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Antonio Inoki | - |
| 16 | 03/16/89 | 2 / 8 | (C) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Jerry Lawler | - |
| 17 | 04/05/89 | - | - | Tatsumi Fujinami vacates the Title |
| 18 | 04/24/89 | - / - | Vader vs. Masahiro Chono | Tournament Quarter-Final |
| 19 | 04/24/89 | - / - | Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Vladimir Berkovich | Tournament Quarter-Final |
| 20 | 04/24/89 | - / - | Buzz Sawyer vs. Victor Zangiev | Tournament Quarter-Final |
| 21 | 04/24/89 | - / - | Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu | Tournament Quarter-Final |
| 22 | 04/24/89 | - / - | Vader vs. Tatsumi Fujinami | Tournament Semi-Final |
| 23 | 04/24/89 | - / - | Shinya Hashimoto vs. Victor Zangiev | Tournament Semi-Final |
| 24 | 04/24/89 | - / - | Vader vs. Shinya Hashimoto | Tournament Final |
| 25 | 05/25/89 | 1 / 1 | (C) Vader vs. Salman Hashimikav | - |
| 26 | 07/12/89 | 1 / 1 | (C) Salman Hashimikav vs. Riki Choshu | - |
| 27 | 08/10/89 | 1 / 1 | (C) Riki Choshu vs. Vader | - |
| 28 | 06/12/90 | 2 / 4 | (C) Vader vs. Stan Hansen | - |
| 29 | 12/26/90 | 2 / 2 | (C) Riki Choshu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami | Fujinami loses to Vader on 01/17/91 |
| 30 | 03/04/91 | 3 / 1 | (C) Vader vs. Tatsumi Fujinami | - |
| 31 | 03/21/91 | 4 / 1 | (C) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ric Flair | STARRCADE 1991 IN TOKYO DOME Show |
| 32 | 11/05/91 | 4 / 3 | (C) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Masahiro Chono | - |
| 33 | 01/04/92 | 4 / 4 | (C) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu | STARRCADE 1992 IN TOKYO DOME Show |
| 34 | 05/17/92 | 3 / 2 | (C) Riki Choshu vs. Keiji Mutoh | - |
| 35 | 06/26/92 | 3 / 3 | (C) Riki Choshu vs. Masahiro Chono | - |
| 36 | 08/16/92 | 3 / 5 | (C) Riki Choshu vs. Great Muta | - |
| 37 | 01/04/93 | 1 / 4 | (C) Great Muta vs. Masahiro Chono | FANTASTIC STORY IN TOKYO DOME 1993 Show |
| 38 | 09/20/93 | 1 / 6 | (C) Great Muta vs. Shinya Hashimoto | - |
| 39 | 12/10/93 | 1 / 1 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Mutoh | - |
| 40 | 12/13/93 | 1 / 2 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Power Warrior | - |
| 41 | 01/04/94 | 1 / 3 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Masahiro Chono | BATTLEFIELD 1994 Show |
| 42 | 04/04/94 | 1 / 5 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami | - |
| 43 | 05/01/94 | 5 / 1 | (C) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Shinya Hashimoto | WRESTLING DONTAKU 1994 Show |
| 44 | 05/03/95 | 2 / 10 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Mutoh | WRESTLING DONTAKU 1995 Show |
| 45 | 06/14/95 | 2 / 1 | (C) Keiji Mutoh vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan | - |
| 46 | 07/13/95 | 2 / 2 | (C) Keiji Mutoh vs. Road Warrior Hawk | - |
| 47 | 09/13/95 | 2 / 3 | (C) Keiji Mutoh vs. Junji Hirata | - |
| 48 | 10/09/96 | 2 / 4 | (C) Keiji Mutoh vs. Nobuhiko Takada | NJPW VS. UWF-I Show |
| 49 | 12/11/95 | 2 / 5 | (C) Keiji Mutoh vs. Shiro Koshinaka | - |
| 50 | 01/04/96 | 2 / 6 | (C) Keiji Mutoh vs. Nobuhiko Takada | WRESTLING WORLD 1996 Show |
| 51 | 04/12/96 | 1 / 2 | (C) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shinya Hashimoto | BATTLE FORMATION 1996 Show |
| 52 | 06/11/96 | 3 / 1 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Satoshi Kojima | - |
| 53 | 07/17/96 | 3 / 2 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Ric Flair | - |
| 54 | 01/04/97 | 3 / 3 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu | WRESTLING WORLD 1997 Show |
| 55 | 02/16/97 | 3 / 4 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki | 1997 FIGHTING SPIRIT Tour (1/26/97 to 2/16/97) |
| 56 | 04/12/97 | - / - | Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa | BATTLE FORMATION 1997 Show. Non Title Match |
| 57 | 05/03/97 | 3 / 5 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa | STRONG STYLE EVOLUTION Show |
| 58 | 06/05/97 | 3 / 6 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Keiji Mutoh | 1997 BEST OF THE SUPER JR. IV Tour (5/16/97 to 6/5/97) |
| 59 | 08/10/97 | 3 / 7 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan | THE FOUR HEAVEN IN NAGOYA DOME Show |
| 60 | 08/31/97 | 3 / 8 | (C) Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kensuke Sasaki | FINAL POWER HALL IN YOKOHAMA Show |
| 61 | 10/31/97 | 1 / 1 | (C) Kensuke Sasaki vs. Masahiro Chono | 1997 NWO TYPHOON Tour(10/10/97 to 10/31/97) |
| 62 | 01/04/98 | 1 / 2 | (C) Kensuke Sasaki vs. Keiji Mutoh | FINAL POWER HALL IN TOKYO DOME Show |