Wrestling Champions File [Just Because]

Shingo Takagi - New Japan Pro-Wrestling:

Note: This is in reverse chronological order. 

Also, side-note for those not in the know for how title defences in New Japan work: New Japan tends to space out title defences and build up the defences more often than not. 

For example: a wrestler could win a title in New Japan, Pro Wrestling Noah or All Japan Pro Wrestling for example, and their defences would be built up slowly or the champion would take part in tournaments and multi-man matches during their reign as well, and having maybe 1 defence for a 119+ day reign for example is not as big of an issue, compared to how it often would be for a promotion like WWE. So please bare that in mind.

NEVER Openweight Championship [Reign #4]: Won, rather shockingly(as I found this out 5 days after this happened and didn't know this was a match that was happening), from former "L.I.J." stable mateEvil on April 6th 2024 at NJPW's Sakura Genesis 2024 - He is the current champion.

[Days Held: 47+ Days/Current Champion - Successful Title Defences: 2+].

NEVER Openweight Championship [Reign #3]:  Surprisingly won fromTama Tonga on October 28th 2023 at NJPW Strong's Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2023, just over 2 weeks after Tama had won back the title from David Finlay - Lost The Title Back To: Tama Tonga on January4th 2024 at NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 18 in Tokyo Dome.

[Days Held: 68 Days - Successful Title Defences: 1].

KOPW (King ofPro-Wrestling) Trophy/Championship [Provisional Reign #2]: He became the first provisional champion for 2023(and the first one to win it as a championship belt) on January 5th 2023 atNJPW's New Year Dash!! 2023 by defeating Great-O-Khan, Sho, and Toru Yano in afour-way match.

Side-Note: For those confused, the King of Pro-Wrestling Championship (formerly a trophy from when it was created in 2020 up until it became an official title belt in the beginning of 2023) was something that wrestlers in New Japan Pro-Wrestling would fight over in different matches and stipulations over the course of a year, with an official champion of that year the trophy/title was defended being crowned towards the end of the year in December of that year in a match, and then a new provisional champion for the next year would be crowned at either Wrestle Kingdom or New Year Dash!! at the beginning of the next year.