List of current champions in New Japan Pro-Wrestling

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Title reigns are either determined by professional wrestling matches or are awarded to a wrestler, as a result of the culmination of various scripted storylines. There are five active singles championships, two active tag team championships, and one active six-man tag team championship. Six of the eight championships carry the letters "IWGP", after NJPW's governing body, International Wrestling Grand Prix. 12 wrestlers hold the championships. The list includes the number of times the wrestler has held the title, the date and location of the win, and a description of the winning bout. The following is correct as of August 14, 2020.

Current championships

At the top of NJPW's championship hierarchy is the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, held by Evil, who is in his first reign. Evil defeated Tetsuya Naito on July 12, 2020 at Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall.

There are three secondary titles in NJPW, the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, the IWGP United States Championship and the NEVER Openweight Championship.

There are also two junior heavyweight championships in NJPW.

The NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship is held by Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, and Hirooki Goto) who are in their first reign as a team. They won the titles by defeating Kazuchika Okada, SHO, and Toru Yano, on August 9, 2020, at Summer Struggle in Tokyo.[1]

Champions
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Successful
defenses		 Location Notes
IWGP Heavyweight Championship Evil 1 July 12, 2020 33+ 1 Osaka, Japan Defeated Tetsuya Naito at Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Jon Moxley 2 January 4, 2020 223+ 2 Tokyo Defeated Lance Archer at Wrestle Kingdom 14
NEVER Openweight Championship Shingo Takagi 1 February 1, 2020 195+ 3 Sapporo Defeated Hirooki Goto at The New Beginning in Sapporo
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) 1 July 12, 2020 33+ 0 Osaka, Japan Defeated Golden☆Ace (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi) at Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Hiromu Takahashi 3 January 4, 2020 223+ 1 Tokyo Defeated Will Ospreay at Wrestle Kingdom 14
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
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(Yoh and Sho)		 4 January 5, 2020 222+ 2 Tokyo Defeated Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo) at Wrestle Kingdom 14
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Chaos
(Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi)		 1 August 9, 2020 5+ 0 Tokyo Defeated fellow Chaos stablemates Kazuchika Okada, Sho, Toru Yano in the finals of an eight-team tournament at Summer Struggle to win the vacant titles.
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See also

References
  1. Powell, Jason (January 5, 2020). "1/5 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 night two results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Jericho, Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White, Jushin Liger's final match, Jon Moxley vs. Juice Robinson for the IWGP U.S. Title - Pro Wrestling Dot Net". Pro Wrestling Dot Net.
  2. "2020.02.01 The New Beginning in Sapporo night 1". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. February 1, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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