NEVER Openweight Championship - NJPW Title History
Shingo Takagi

On this page, you find the full Title History for the NEVER Openweight Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.

The NEVER Openweight Championship is a secondary title contested in New Japan Pro Wrestling, by men wrestlers.

The championship was first established on November 19, 2012, and the inaugural champion was Masato Tanaka.

The title was originally scheduled to be defended exclusively at NEVER events, but this plan was quickly changed. "Openweight" means that both heavyweight and junior heavyweight wrestlers are eligible to challenge for it.

The current champion is Shingo Takagi, who won the title at NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2024 on September 29, 2024, and has been reigning for 67 days.

NEVER Openweight Championship: Title History

  • Promotions History

    Promotionfromto
    Promotion New Japan Pro WrestlingNJPW November 19, 2012Present
  • Championship Names & Belt Designs

    • NEVER Openweight Championship November 19, 2012

NEVER Openweight Championship: Title Reigns

NEVER Openweight Championship: Statistics

Most Number of Reigns

RankWrestlerReigns
6
5
5
4
3
63

Most Combined Days

RankWrestlerDays
514
500+
424
322
314

Longest Reigns

RankWrestlerReignDays
314
252
210
206
194
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