A full history of all IWGP titles (including the U-30 Openweight Title before it was recognized by the IWGP executive committee) can be found in the New Japan
history section of the site. The intent of this page is a quick and easy reference of IWGP matches for recent times. The current year's (2008) title matches are placed on this page, with upcoming title matches included and other years from the 2000s archived.
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
IWGP Heavyweight Title
(1/4/08 @ Tokyo Dome) Shinsuke Nakamura beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) (23:08) with the Landslide to become the 48th champion.
(2/17/08 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Shinsuke Nakamura (c) beat Kurt Angle (13:55) with a cross armbreaker (1st defense).
(3/30/08 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Shinsuke Nakamura (c) beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (24:44) with a cross armbreaker (2nd defense).
(4/27/08 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Keiji Muto beat Shinsuke Nakamura (c) (22:34) with a moonsault press to become the 49th champion.
(7/21/08 @ Tsukisamu Green Dome) Keiji Muto (c) beat Manabu Nakanishi (23:50) with a moonsault press (1st defense).
IWGP Tag Team Title
(1/4/08 @ Tokyo Dome) Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko (c) beat Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner (12:50) when Bernard pinned Rick after the Magic Killer (5th defense).
(2/17/08 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Togi Makabe & Toru Yano beat Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko (c) (16:30) when Makabe used a top rope King Kong kneedrop on Tomko to become the 51st champions.
(3/9/08 @ Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium) Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Giant Bernard went to a no contest (1st defense).
(4/27/08 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (c) beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takashi Iizuka (15:14) when Makabe used a top rope King Kong kneedrop on Tenzan (1st defense).
(7/21/08 @ Tsukisamu Green Dome) Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (c) beat Giant Bernard & Rick Fuller (18:46) when Yano used the Oni Koroshi on Fuller (2nd defense).
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title
(1/4/08 @ Tokyo Dome) Wataru Inoue (c) beat Christopher Daniels (10:17) with a modified Staggerin' Blow (1st defense).
(1/27/08 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Wataru Inoue (c) beat Ryusuke Taguchi (18:35) with the Oracion Flame (2nd defense).
(4/27/08 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Wataru Inoue (c) beat Christopher Daniels (19:28) with the Oracion Flame (3rd defense).
(7/8/08 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Tiger Mask beat Prince Devitt (12:07) with a Tiger suplex hold to become the 54th champion.
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title
(1/27/08 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Minoru & Prince Devitt beat Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku (c) (21:48) when Devitt used a diving footstomp on Togo to become the 19th champions.
(2/17/08 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA beat Minoru & Prince Devitt (c) (14:55) when Liger used an avalanche-style brainbuster on Devitt to become the 20th champions.
(4/13/08 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA (c) beat Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (18:52) when AKIRA used the Old Boy on Naito (1st defense).
(7/21/08 @ Tsukisamu Green Dome) Minoru & Prince Devitt beat Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA (c) (17:44) when Devitt used a cradle on AKIRA to become the 21st champions.
