IWGP Heavyweight Champion
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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.
All labels observed (5)
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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Context triple: [Brock Lesnar, IWGPChampionship, IWGP Heavyweight Champion]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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professional wrestling world championship ⓘ singles championship ⓘ |
| acronymMeaning | International Wrestling Grand Prix ⓘ |
| associatedWithTournament |
G1 Climax
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New Japan Cup ⓘ |
| audienceRegion |
Japan
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international ⓘ |
| beltRepresents | top singles wrestler in NJPW ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| createdBy | New Japan Pro-Wrestling ⓘ |
| defendedIn |
New Japan Pro-Wrestling events
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Tokyo Dome main events ⓘ Wrestle Kingdom (NJPW) ⓘ
surface form:
Wrestle Kingdom
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| determinedBy | bookers of New Japan Pro-Wrestling ⓘ |
| division | men's singles ⓘ |
| firstChampion | Antonio Inoki ⓘ |
| governingBody | International Wrestling Grand Prix ⓘ |
| hasContestedMatchesType |
multi-man matches
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singles matches ⓘ title vs title matches ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalForm | championship belt ⓘ |
| hasScriptedNature | match outcomes predetermined ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
IWGP Heavyweight Champion
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1987–2021)
IWGP Heavyweight Champion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
original IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1983–1987)
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| 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
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prestigious world championship ⓘ world championship ⓘ |
| relatedTitle |
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
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IWGP World Heavyweight Championship ⓘ NEVER Openweight Championship ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
IWGP Heavyweight Champion
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
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| shortName |
IWGP Heavyweight Champion
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
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| sport | professional wrestling ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| style | strong style ⓘ |
| titleLineageStart | 1987 version ⓘ |
| typicalDefenses |
major tours
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pay-per-view events ⓘ |
| weightClass | heavyweight ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
this entity surface form:
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
this entity surface form:
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
this entity surface form:
original IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1983–1987)
this entity surface form:
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1987–2021)