IWGP Heavyweight Champion

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New Japan Pro-Wrestling championship professional wrestling world championship singles championship

The IWGP Heavyweight Champion is the top singles title in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, historically recognized as one of the most prestigious world championships in professional wrestling.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship	2
IWGP Heavyweight Champion canonical	1
IWGP Heavyweight Championship	1
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1987–2021)	1
original IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1983–1987)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2949925 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: IWGP Heavyweight Champion
Context triple: [Brock Lesnar, IWGPChampionship, IWGP Heavyweight Champion]

A. World Heavyweight Champion
The World Heavyweight Champion is the top title in professional boxing’s heavyweight division, historically held by the sport’s most dominant and celebrated fighters.
B. WBA heavyweight title
The WBA heavyweight title is a major world championship in professional boxing's heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Association.
C. WBC heavyweight title
The WBC heavyweight title is one of boxing's most prestigious world championships in the heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.
D. IBF heavyweight title
The IBF heavyweight title is a major world championship in professional boxing sanctioned by the International Boxing Federation, historically held by top heavyweights such as Evander Holyfield.
E. WBA cruiserweight title
The WBA cruiserweight title is a major professional boxing world championship sanctioned by the World Boxing Association for fighters in the cruiserweight division.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: IWGP Heavyweight Champion
Target entity description: The IWGP Heavyweight Champion is the top singles title in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, historically recognized as one of the most prestigious world championships in professional wrestling.

A. World Heavyweight Champion
The World Heavyweight Champion is the top title in professional boxing’s heavyweight division, historically held by the sport’s most dominant and celebrated fighters.
B. WBA heavyweight title
The WBA heavyweight title is a major world championship in professional boxing's heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Association.
C. WBC heavyweight title
The WBC heavyweight title is one of boxing's most prestigious world championships in the heavyweight division, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.
D. IBF heavyweight title
The IBF heavyweight title is a major world championship in professional boxing sanctioned by the International Boxing Federation, historically held by top heavyweights such as Evander Holyfield.
E. WBA cruiserweight title
The WBA cruiserweight title is a major professional boxing world championship sanctioned by the World Boxing Association for fighters in the cruiserweight division.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Japan Pro-Wrestling championship ⓘ professional wrestling world championship ⓘ singles championship ⓘ
acronymMeaning	International Wrestling Grand Prix ⓘ
associatedWithTournament	G1 Climax ⓘ New Japan Cup ⓘ
audienceRegion	Japan ⓘ international ⓘ
beltRepresents	top singles wrestler in NJPW ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
createdBy	New Japan Pro-Wrestling ⓘ
defendedIn	New Japan Pro-Wrestling events ⓘ Tokyo Dome main events ⓘ Wrestle Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW)
determinedBy	bookers of New Japan Pro-Wrestling ⓘ
division	men's singles ⓘ
firstChampion	Antonio Inoki ⓘ
governingBody	International Wrestling Grand Prix ⓘ
hasContestedMatchesType	multi-man matches ⓘ singles matches ⓘ title vs title matches ⓘ
hasPhysicalForm	championship belt ⓘ
hasScriptedNature	match outcomes predetermined ⓘ
hasVersion	IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1987–2021) ⓘ linked to: IWGP Heavyweight Champion original IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1983–1987) ⓘ linked to: IWGP Heavyweight Champion
isPartOf	IWGP championship system ⓘ
isTopTitleOf	New Japan Pro-Wrestling ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
oftenMainEvents	major NJPW shows ⓘ
prestigeLevel	top-tier world title ⓘ
promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling ⓘ
promotionStyle	puroresu ⓘ
recognizedAs	major championship in professional wrestling ⓘ prestigious world championship ⓘ world championship ⓘ
relatedTitle	IWGP Intercontinental Championship ⓘ IWGP World Heavyweight Championship ⓘ NEVER Openweight Championship ⓘ
replacedBy	IWGP World Heavyweight Championship ⓘ linked to: IWGP Heavyweight Champion
shortName	IWGP Heavyweight Championship ⓘ linked to: IWGP Heavyweight Champion
sport	professional wrestling ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
style	strong style ⓘ
titleLineageStart	1987 version ⓘ
typicalDefenses	major tours ⓘ pay-per-view events ⓘ
weightClass	heavyweight ⓘ

How these facts were elicited