IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
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The IWGP World Heavyweight Championship is New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s premier world title, created as the top singles championship and successor to its previous heavyweight crown.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| IWGP Heavyweight Championship | 1 |
| IWGP World Heavyweight Championship canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13212700 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Context triple: [IWGP Heavyweight Champion, relatedTitle, IWGP World Heavyweight Championship]
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A.
IWGP Heavyweight Champion
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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B.
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
The IWGP Intercontinental Championship was a prestigious secondary professional wrestling title in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, often held by top stars and featured in high-profile matches alongside the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
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C.
IWGP championship system
The IWGP championship system is New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s structured hierarchy of titles and governing rules that define its top singles and related championships.
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D.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship is a premier professional wrestling title contested by junior heavyweight wrestlers in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
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E.
IWGP Tag Team Championship
The IWGP Tag Team Championship is a premier professional wrestling tag team title contested in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, recognized as one of the most prestigious tag team championships in Japan.
- 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 World Heavyweight Championship Target entity description: The IWGP World Heavyweight Championship is New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s premier world title, created as the top singles championship and successor to its previous heavyweight crown.
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A.
IWGP Heavyweight Champion
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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B.
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
The IWGP Intercontinental Championship was a prestigious secondary professional wrestling title in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, often held by top stars and featured in high-profile matches alongside the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
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C.
IWGP championship system
The IWGP championship system is New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s structured hierarchy of titles and governing rules that define its top singles and related championships.
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D.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship is a premier professional wrestling title contested by junior heavyweight wrestlers in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
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E.
IWGP Tag Team Championship
The IWGP Tag Team Championship is a premier professional wrestling tag team title contested in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, recognized as one of the most prestigious tag team championships in Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Japan Pro-Wrestling championship
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professional wrestling world championship ⓘ |
| announced | 2021-03 ⓘ |
| beltType | championship belt ⓘ |
| category |
NJPW championships
NERFINISHED
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world heavyweight wrestling championships ⓘ |
| contestedIn |
Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
international NJPW events ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| created | 2021-03 ⓘ |
| createdBy | New Japan Pro-Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendedAtEventSeries |
Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sakura Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrestle Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| determinedBy | scripted professional wrestling matches ⓘ |
| division | heavyweight ⓘ |
| firstChampion | Kota Ibushi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstChampionCrownedAtEvent | Sakura Genesis 2021 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstChampionPromotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling GENERATED ⓘ |
| genderDivision | men's ⓘ |
| globalRecognition | one of the major world titles in professional wrestling ⓘ |
| governingBody | New Japan Pro-Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSinglesDivision | true ⓘ |
| introducedAs | top singles championship of NJPW ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| lineageStart | 2021 ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | International Wrestling Grand Prix World Heavyweight Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguageName | Japanese ⓘ |
| predecessorTitle |
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
NERFINISHED
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IWGP Intercontinental Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryShow | NJPW main events ⓘ |
| promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promotionAcronym | NJPW NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promotionOwner | Bushiroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced |
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
NERFINISHED
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IWGP Intercontinental Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sanctioningFictionalBody | International Wrestling Grand Prix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scripted | true ⓘ |
| shortName | IWGP World Title NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | professional wrestling ⓘ |
| style | puroresu ⓘ |
| successorOfLineage |
IWGP Heavyweight Championship lineage (merged)
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IWGP Intercontinental Championship lineage (merged) ⓘ |
| successorTo | NJPW’s previous top heavyweight crown ⓘ |
| titleHierarchyPosition | top singles title in NJPW ⓘ |
| titleStatus | active ⓘ |
| weightClass | heavyweight ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Description of subject: The IWGP World Heavyweight Championship is New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s premier world title, created as the top singles championship and successor to its previous heavyweight crown.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IWGP Heavyweight Championship