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* '''NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions: VACANT''' since January 24, 2024[[note]]Previous champions Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada, Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi, and Wrestling/TomohiroIshii vacated the championship due to Okada's contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling expiring.[[/note]]

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* '''NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions: VACANT''' since January 24, 2024[[note]]Previous champions Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada, Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi, Wrestling/ToruYano and Wrestling/TomohiroIshii vacated the championship due to Okada's contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling expiring.[[/note]]Boltin Oleg''' since April 14, 2024
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* '''IWGP World Heavyweight Champion: Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito''' since January 4, 2024

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* '''IWGP World Heavyweight Champion: Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito''' Wrestling/JonMoxley''' since January 4, April 12, 2024



* '''IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/BulletClub (Wrestling/{{KENTA}} and Chase Owens)''' since February 11, 2024

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* '''IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/BulletClub (Wrestling/{{KENTA}} [[Wrestling/{{CHAOS}} Bishamon]] (Hirooki Goto and Chase Owens)''' Yoshi-Hashi)''' since February 11, April 6, 2024



* '''NEVER Openweight Champion: Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}''' since January 20, 2024

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* '''NEVER Openweight Champion: Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}''' Wrestling/ShingoTakagi''' since January 20, April 6, 2024



* '''NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo)''' since October 9, 2023
* '''NJPW World Television Champion: Wrestling/MattRiddle''' since February 23, 2024

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* '''NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny (Hikuleo TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and El Phantasmo)''' Shane Haste)''' since October 9, 2023
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* '''NJPW World Television Champion: Wrestling/MattRiddle''' Wrestling/ZackSabreJr''' since February 23, April 12, 2024
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* '''NJPW Strong Women's Champion: Stephanie Vaquer''' since March 10, 2024[[note]]Shared with Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom and Wrestling/CMLL[[/note]]

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* '''NJPW Strong Women's Champion: Stephanie Vaquer''' since March 10, 2024[[note]]Shared with Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom and Wrestling/CMLL[[/note]]and [[Wrestling/{{CMLL}} Consejo Mundial Lucha Libre]] [[/note]]
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* '''NJPW Strong Women's Champion: Stephanie Vaquer''' since March 10, 2024[[note]]Shared with Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom[[/note]]

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* '''NJPW Strong Women's Champion: Stephanie Vaquer''' since March 10, 2024[[note]]Shared with Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom[[/note]]Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom and Wrestling/CMLL[[/note]]
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* '''NJPW Strong Women's Champion: Stephanie Vaquer''' since March 9, 2024[[note]]Shared with Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom[[/note]]

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* '''NJPW Strong Women's Champion: Stephanie Vaquer''' since March 9, 10, 2024[[note]]Shared with Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom[[/note]]
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https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1766697216205594835 new NJPW STRONG Women champion, Stephanie Vaquer during last event Stardom


* '''NJPW Strong Women's Champion: Giulia''' since July 5, 2023[[note]]Shared with Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom[[/note]]

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* '''NJPW Strong Women's Champion: Giulia''' Stephanie Vaquer''' since July 5, 2023[[note]]Shared March 9, 2024[[note]]Shared with Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom[[/note]]
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** Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon: An offshoot of the ''Los Ingobernables'' group from CMLL created by Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito, who joined it during his excursion to Mexico. Since returning in 2015 he has drafted EVIL, Bushi, Sanada, Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi, Shingo Takagi, and Yota Tsuji into the stable. EVIL betrayed LIJ in 2020 and joined Bullet Club, Sanada left in 2022 for Just 5 Guys, and Yota joined in 2023. While starting out as heels, the group has drawn much popularity thanks to their leader, eventually becoming tweeners who can be face or heel as the plot demands much like CHAOS was before them.
** Wrestling/TheUnitedEmpire: Formed in 2020 as The Empire and renamed in January 2021. Led by Will Ospreay, initially joined by Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, and Bea Priestley. As of 2022 the United Empire is comprised of Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, Great O-Khan, Aaron Henare, Francesco Akira, TJP, and Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher).

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** Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon: An offshoot of the ''Los Ingobernables'' group from CMLL created by Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito, who joined it during his excursion to Mexico. Since returning in 2015 he has drafted EVIL, Bushi, Sanada, Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi, Shingo Takagi, Titán, and Yota Tsuji into the stable. EVIL betrayed LIJ in 2020 and joined Bullet Club, Sanada left in 2022 for Just 5 Guys, Guys and Titán joined that same year, and Yota joined in 2023. While starting out as heels, the group has drawn much popularity thanks to their leader, eventually becoming tweeners who can be face or heel as the plot demands much like CHAOS was before them.
** Wrestling/TheUnitedEmpire: Formed in 2020 as The Empire and renamed in January 2021. Led by Will Ospreay, initially joined by Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, and Bea Priestley. As of 2022 2024 the United Empire is comprised of Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, Great O-Khan, Aaron (Aaron) Henare, Francesco Akira, TJP, and Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher).Fletcher), Callum Newman, and Gideon Gray.



** Because of this, the more textbook babyfaces of the promotion have effectively been pulled into a loose makeshift alliance of their own, as whether they simply want to compete to be the best or outright intend to defend the company from all these forces, the faction atmosphere is simply too strong for them not to have to contend with it. At least twice in as many years, a minor-card face has tried to unite them under a particular banner. Wrestling/{{Yoshitatsu}} previously tried to create Hunter Club specifically to counter Bullet Club, but Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin both declined despite being his Six-Man Tag Team Championship partners. The only ones he could get to join the "group" were [[JokeCharacter Captain New Japan]], whose embarrassing lack of success got him voted out by fans on Website/{{Twitter}} and caused him to turn against Tatsu ''to join Bullet Club'', and Wrestling/BillyGunn, who Yoshi recruited as a partner for the World Tag League after becoming a parody of Wrestling/TripleH. The heroes instead eventually gravitated towards Ryusuke Taguchi, officially going under Wrestling/TaguchiJapan after 2017's Wrestle Kingdom 11, with even Yoshitatsu himself joining as soon as he got the chance. Since Bullet Club restructured itself to be more dangerous at the end of 2018, the main unit has also aligned with CHAOS in a mutual alliance to take them on.

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** Because of this, the more textbook babyfaces of the promotion have effectively been pulled into a loose makeshift alliance of their own, as whether they simply want to compete to be the best or outright intend to defend the company from all these forces, the faction atmosphere is simply too strong for them not to have to contend with it. At least twice in as many years, a minor-card face has tried to unite them under a particular banner. Wrestling/{{Yoshitatsu}} previously tried to create Hunter Club specifically to counter Bullet Club, but Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin both declined despite being his Six-Man Tag Team Championship partners. The only ones he could get to join the "group" were [[JokeCharacter Captain New Japan]], whose embarrassing lack of success got him voted out by fans on Website/{{Twitter}} Website/{{Twitter|X}} and caused him to turn against Tatsu ''to join Bullet Club'', and Wrestling/BillyGunn, who Yoshi recruited as a partner for the World Tag League after becoming a parody of Wrestling/TripleH. The heroes instead eventually gravitated towards Ryusuke Taguchi, officially going under Wrestling/TaguchiJapan after 2017's Wrestle Kingdom 11, with even Yoshitatsu himself joining as soon as he got the chance. Since Bullet Club restructured itself to be more dangerous at the end of 2018, the main unit has also aligned with CHAOS in a mutual alliance to take them on.
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** Wrestling/BulletClub: THE ForeignWrestlingHeel stable in New Japan, created by [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Prince Devitt]] in 2013, with other former leaders including third founding member Wrestling/KarlAnderson, Wrestling/AJStyles, and Wrestling/KennyOmega. Their style is primarily influenced by how {{Heel}}s operate in Western promotions, and because of their talent and Western roots has become arguably the most popular faction out of the lot overseas. Currently, Bullet Club is divided into ''five'' subgroups.

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** Wrestling/BulletClub: THE ForeignWrestlingHeel stable in New Japan, created by [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Prince Devitt]] in 2013, with other former leaders including third founding member Wrestling/KarlAnderson, Wrestling/AJStyles, and Wrestling/KennyOmega. Their style is primarily influenced by how {{Heel}}s {{heel}}s operate in Western promotions, and because of their talent and Western roots has become arguably the most popular faction out of the lot overseas. Currently, Bullet Club is divided into ''five'' subgroups.



*** House of Torture is currently led by Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}, and also features Dick Togo, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Though working mainly in NJPW, its members associate with themselves more than with the main stable.
*** Bullet Club Gold works mainly in NJPW partner promotion AEW, and its members also occasionally appear in NJPW Strong in the States. This subgroup is led by Wrestling/JayWhite, and also features Juice Robinson and The Gunns, the tag team of Wrestling/BillyGunn's sons Austin and Colten.
*** ABC, made up of Ace Austin and Chris Bey, appears mainly in Impact and NJPW Strong.
*** An Australian branch, appearing mainly in NJPW's ''Tamashii'' series, consists of Jack Bonza, Lyrebird Luchi, Caveman Ugg, Tome Filip, and Stevie Filip.

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*** House of Torture is currently led by Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}, and also features Dick Togo, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru.Kanemaru, and Jack Perry. Though working mainly in NJPW, its members associate with themselves more than with the main stable.
*** Bullet Club Gold works mainly in NJPW partner promotion AEW, AEW (where it's known as the Bang Bang Gang) and AEW's sister promotion ROH, and its members also occasionally appear in NJPW Strong in the States. This subgroup is led by Wrestling/JayWhite, and also features Juice Robinson and The Gunns, the tag team of Wrestling/BillyGunn's sons Austin and Colten.
*** ABC, made up of Ace Austin and Chris Bey, appears mainly in Impact TNA and NJPW Strong.
*** An Australian branch, appearing mainly in NJPW's ''Tamashii'' series, consists of series and now known as the Rogue Army, features Bad Luck Fale, Jack Bonza, Lyrebird Luchi, Caveman Ugg, Tome Filip, and Stevie Filip.
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* '''IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/BulletClub (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors)''' since February 4, 2024

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* '''IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/BulletClub War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors)''' since February 4, 2024
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Three belts changed hands on the first night of The New Beginning in Sapporo.


* '''IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion: David Finlay''' since January 4, 2024

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* '''IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion: David Finlay''' [[Wrestling/DolphZiggler Nic Nemeth]]''' since January 4, February 23, 2024



* '''IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion: El Desperado''' since January 4, 2024

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* '''IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion: El Desperado''' SHO''' since January 4, February 23, 2024



* '''NEVER Openweight Champion: [[Wrestling/EVILWrestler EVIL]]''' since January 20, 2024

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* '''NEVER Openweight Champion: [[Wrestling/EVILWrestler EVIL]]''' Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}''' since January 20, 2024



* '''NJPW World Television Champion: Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi''' since January 4, 2024

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* '''NJPW World Television Champion: Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi''' Wrestling/MattRiddle''' since January 4, February 23, 2024
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new IGWP tag team champions


* '''IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo)''' since January 4, 2024

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* '''IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny (Hikuleo Wrestling/BulletClub (Wrestling/{{KENTA}} and El Phantasmo)''' Chase Owens)''' since January 4, February 11, 2024
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* '''IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: [[Wrestling/TheUnitedEmpire Catch 2/2]] (TJP & Francesco Akira)''' since January 4, 2024

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* '''IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: [[Wrestling/TheUnitedEmpire Catch 2/2]] (TJP & Francesco Akira)''' Wrestling/BulletClub (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors)''' since January February 4, 2024



* '''NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada, Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi & Wrestling/TomohiroIshii''' since May 3, 2023

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* '''NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions: VACANT''' since January 24, 2024[[note]]Previous champions Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada, Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi & Wrestling/TomohiroIshii''' since May 3, 2023Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi, and Wrestling/TomohiroIshii vacated the championship due to Okada's contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling expiring.[[/note]]
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* '''NEVER Openweight Champion: [[Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny Tama Tonga]]''' since January 4, 2024

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* '''NEVER Openweight Champion: [[Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny Tama Tonga]]''' [[Wrestling/EVILWrestler EVIL]]''' since January 4, 20, 2024



** '''Provisional 2024 champion: Wrestling/TaijiIshimori''' since January 5, 2024

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** '''Provisional 2024 champion: Wrestling/TaijiIshimori''' Great-O-Khan''' since January 5, 20, 2024
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Wrestle Kingdom went back to one night this year.


The company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various pro wrestling promotions around the world, including [[Wrestling/{{CMLL}} Consejo Mundial Lucha Libre]], [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling and various other pro wrestling promotions. It even worked with MMA promotion PRIDE Fighting Championships. Their biggest yearly event is the show at the Tokyo Dome on January 4, Japan's equivalent to ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'', which has been known since 2007 as ''Wrestle Kingdom''. (In recent years, WK had added a second night in Tokyo, and added a third night on January 8, 2022 in Yokohama. However, NJPW returned to a two-night format for 2023, with the first on the traditional January 4 date in Tokyo, and the second night again being held in Yokohama, but not until January 21.)

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The company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various pro wrestling promotions around the world, including [[Wrestling/{{CMLL}} Consejo Mundial Lucha Libre]], [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling and various other pro wrestling promotions. It even worked with MMA promotion PRIDE Fighting Championships. Their biggest yearly event is the show at the Tokyo Dome on January 4, Japan's equivalent to ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'', which has been known since 2007 as ''Wrestle Kingdom''. (In recent years, WK In the late 2010s and early 2020s, it had added a second night in Tokyo, and added a third expanded to two nights (and for one year three), with the first night on January 8, 2022 in Yokohama. However, NJPW 4, but returned to a two-night its original one-night format for 2023, with the first on the traditional January 4 date in Tokyo, and the second night again being held in Yokohama, but not until January 21.)
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"Triple Crown" was just a name for the person who got all three belts. The championships themselves are still defended seperately. Tonight, Eddie is only defending the Continental Crown against Trent, not the other two titles. It was only during the Continental Classic specifically that Eddie was defending them collectively.



* '''NJPW Strong Openweight Champion: Wrestling/EddieKingston''' since July 5, 2023[[note]]Since AEW's ''Worlds End'' show on December 30, 2023, defended alongside the AEW Continental Championship and ROH World Championship as the American Triple Crown Championship.[[/note]]

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* '''NJPW Strong Openweight Champion: Wrestling/EddieKingston''' since July 5, 2023[[note]]Since AEW's ''Worlds End'' show on December 30, 2023, defended alongside the AEW Continental Championship and ROH World Championship as the American Triple Crown Championship.[[/note]]2023
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** '''Provisional 2024 champion:''' To be determined at ''New Year Dash!!'' on January 5, 2024

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** '''Provisional 2024 champion:''' To be determined at ''New Year Dash!!'' on champion: Wrestling/TaijiIshimori''' since January 5, 2024
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Correction: The provisional KOPW champ will be determined at New Year's Dash!! Also, the NJPW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champs are a United Empire subgroup, Catch 2/2.


* '''IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/TheUnitedEmpire ([=TJP=] & Francesco Akira)''' since January 4, 2024

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* '''IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/TheUnitedEmpire ([=TJP=] [[Wrestling/TheUnitedEmpire Catch 2/2]] (TJP & Francesco Akira)''' since January 4, 2024



** '''Provisional 2024 champion:''' To be determined at ''Wrestle Kingdom 18'' on January 4, 2024

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** '''Provisional 2024 champion:''' To be determined at ''Wrestle Kingdom 18'' ''New Year Dash!!'' on January 4, 5, 2024
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* '''IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo)''' since June 4, 2024

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* '''IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo)''' since June January 4, 2024
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* '''IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion: Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi''' since January 4, 2023
* '''IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: [=TJP=] & Francesco Akira''' since January 4, 2024

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* '''IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion: Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi''' El Desperado''' since January 4, 2023
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* '''IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: [=TJP=] Wrestling/TheUnitedEmpire ([=TJP=] & Francesco Akira''' Akira)''' since January 4, 2024
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Guerrilla of Destiny are both tag team IGWP and STRONG tag team championships, not Bishamon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling


* '''IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: [[Wrestling/{{Chaos}} Bishamon]] (Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi)''' since June 4, 2023

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* '''IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: [[Wrestling/{{Chaos}} Bishamon]] (Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi)''' Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo)''' since June 4, 20232024



* '''NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions: [[Wrestling/{{Chaos}} Bishamon]] (Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi)''' since January 4, 2024

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* '''NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions: [[Wrestling/{{Chaos}} Bishamon]] (Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi)''' Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo)''' since January 4, 2024October 9, 2023
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There confusion, Bishamon aren't IGWP and Strong Tag Team Championships, Are Hikuleo and El Phantasmo the champions.
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* '''IWGP World Heavyweight Champion: SANADA''' since April 8, 2023

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* '''IWGP World Heavyweight Champion: SANADA''' Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito''' since April 8, 2023January 4, 2024

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* '''IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Champion[[note]]Known as the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship until August 13, 2023[[/note]]: Wrestling/WillOspreay''' since June 25, 2023
** This championship will be replaced by the new '''IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship''' at ''Wrestle Kingdom 18'' on January 4, 2024.

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* '''IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Champion[[note]]Known as the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship until August 13, 2023[[/note]]: Wrestling/WillOspreay''' since June 25, 2023
** This championship will be replaced by the new
'''IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship''' at ''Wrestle Kingdom 18'' on Champion: David Finlay''' since January 4, 2024.2024
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* '''NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny (Hikuleo & El Phantasmo)''' since October 9, 2023

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* '''NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Wrestling/GuerrillasOfDestiny (Hikuleo Champions: [[Wrestling/{{Chaos}} Bishamon]] (Hirooki Goto & El Phantasmo)''' Yoshi-Hashi)''' since October 9, 2023January 4, 2024

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