List of NEVER Openweight Champions

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Four-time and current champion Shingo Takagi SHINGO TAKAGI 2020.02.20.jpg
Four-time and current champion Shingo Takagi

The NEVER Openweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. NEVER is an acronym of the terms "New Blood", "Evolution", "Valiantly", "Eternal", and "Radical" and was a NJPW-promoted series of events, which featured younger up-and-coming talent and outside wrestlers not signed to the promotion. [1] [2] The project was officially announced on July 12, 2010, [2] and held its first event on August 24, 2010. [3]

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There have been 43 reigns shared among 22 wrestlers with one vacancy. Masato Tanaka was the first champion in the title's history. He also holds the record for the longest reign in the title's history at 314 days during his only reign. Tomohiro Ishii has the most reigns, with six. Michael Elgin's only reign of 8 days is the shortest in the title's history. Minoru Suzuki is the oldest champion when he won it at 52 years old while Will Ospreay is the youngest champion at 25 years old.

Shingo Takagi is the current champion in his fourth reign. He defeated Evil at Sakura Genesis in Tokyo, Japan on April 6, 2024.

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1 Masato Tanaka November 19, 2012 Shodai NEVER Musabetsu Kyu Oza Kettei Tournament Final Tokyo, Japan 13144Tanaka defeated Karl Anderson in the finals of a sixteen-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. [4]
2 Tetsuya Naito September 29, 2013 Destruction Kobe, Japan 11352Naito's Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate was also on the line. [5]
3 Tomohiro Ishii February 11, 2014 The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka, Japan 11384 [6]
4 Yujiro Takahashi June 29, 2014Kizuna Road 2014 Tokyo, Japan 11061 [7]
5 Tomohiro Ishii October 13, 2014 King of Pro-Wrestling Tokyo, Japan 2831 [8]
6 Togi Makabe January 4, 2015 Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 1410 [9]
— Vacated February 14, 2015—————The title was vacated due to Makabe being sidelined with influenza. [10]
7 Tomohiro Ishii February 14, 2015 The New Beginning in Sendai Sendai, Japan 3740Ishii defeated Tomoaki Honma to win the vacant title. [11]
8 Togi Makabe April 29, 2015 Wrestling Hinokuni Mashiki, Japan 21662 [12]
9 Tomohiro Ishii October 12, 2015 King of Pro-Wrestling Tokyo, Japan 4841 [13]
10 Katsuyori Shibata January 4, 2016 Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 11203 [14]
11 Yuji Nagata May 3, 2016 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan 1470 [15]
12 Katsuyori Shibata June 19, 2016 Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 21393 [16]
13 Evil November 5, 2016 Power Struggle Osaka, Japan 1100 [17]
14 Katsuyori Shibata November 15, 2016Wrestling World 2016 in Singapore Singapore 3500 [18]
15 Hirooki Goto January 4, 2017 Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 11133 [19]
16 Minoru Suzuki April 27, 2017Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2017: Aki no Kuni Sengoku Emaki Hiroshima, Japan 12524 [20]
17 Hirooki Goto January 4, 2018 Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 21563This was a hair vs. hair match. [21]
18 Michael Elgin June 9, 2018 Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 180This was a three-way match also including Taichi. [22]
19 Hirooki Goto June 17, 2018Kizuna Road 2018 Tokyo, Japan 3921 [23]
20 Taichi September 17, 2018 Destruction in Beppu Beppu, Japan 1470 [24]
21 Hirooki Goto November 3, 2018 Power Struggle Osaka, Japan 4360 [25]
22 Kota Ibushi December 9, 2018 World Tag League Iwate, Japan 1260 [26]
23 Will Ospreay January 4, 2019 Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 1921Ospreay is the only junior heavyweight to win the title. [27]
24 Jeff Cobb April 6, 2019 G1 Supercard New York City, U.S. 1270Cobb's ROH World Television Championship was also on the line. [28]
25 Taichi May 3, 2019 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan 2370 [29]
26 Tomohiro Ishii June 9, 2019 Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 5830 [30]
27 Kenta August 31, 2019 Royal Quest London, England 11272 [31]
28 Hirooki Goto January 5, 2020 Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome
Night 2		 Tokyo, Japan 5270 [32]
29 Shingo Takagi February 1, 2020 The New Beginning in Sapporo Sapporo, Japan 12103 [33]
30 Minoru Suzuki August 29, 2020 Summer Struggle in Jingu Tokyo, Japan 2700 [34] [35]
31 Shingo Takagi November 7, 2020 Power Struggle Osaka, Japan 2841 [36] [37]
32 Hiroshi Tanahashi January 30, 2021 The New Beginning in Nagoya Nagoya, Japan 1931 [38] [39]
33 Jay White May 3, 2021 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan 11941 [40]
34 Tomohiro Ishii November 13, 2021 Battle in the Valley San Jose, California, U.S. 6520Had Ishii lost, he could never challenge for the NEVER Openweight Championship again. [41]
35 Evil January 4, 2022 Wrestle Kingdom 16
Night 1		 Tokyo, Japan 21172 [42]
36 Tama Tonga May 1, 2022 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan 1420 [43]
37 Karl Anderson June 12, 2022 Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 12062 [44]
38 Tama Tonga January 4, 2023 Wrestle Kingdom 17 Tokyo, Japan 21191 [45]
39 David Finlay May 3, 2023 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan 11591 [46]
40 Tama Tonga October 9, 2023 Destruction in Ryōgoku Tokyo, Japan 3190 [47]
41 Shingo Takagi October 28, 2023 Fighting Spirit Unleashed Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 3681 [48]
42 Tama Tonga January 4, 2024 Wrestle Kingdom 18 Tokyo, Japan 4160 [49]
43 Evil January 20, 2024 The New Beginning In Nagoya Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 3771This was a Lumberjack match. [50]
44 Shingo Takagi April 6, 2024 Sakura Genesis Tokyo, Japan 462+2 [51]

Combined reigns

As of June7, 2024.

Inaugural champion Masato Tanaka holds the record for longest reign at 314 days Masato Tanaka.jpg
Inaugural champion Masato Tanaka holds the record for longest reign at 314 days
Record six-time champion and longest combined reigning title holder at 514 days, Tomohiro Ishii. Tomohiro Ishii 2016.JPG
Record six-time champion and longest combined reigning title holder at 514 days, Tomohiro Ishii.
†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
defenses		Combined
days
1 Tomohiro Ishii 66514
2 Shingo Takagi †47424+
3 Hirooki Goto 57424
4 Minoru Suzuki 24322
5 Masato Tanaka 14314
6 Katsuyori Shibata 36309
7 Togi Makabe 22207
8 Karl Anderson 12206
9 Evil 33204
10 Tama Tonga 41196
11 Jay White 11194
12 David Finlay 11159
13 Tetsuya Naito 12135
14 Kenta 12127
15 Yujiro Takahashi 11106
16 Hiroshi Tanahashi 1193
17 Will Ospreay 1192
18 Taichi 2084
19 Yuji Nagata 1047
20 Jeff Cobb 27
21 Kota Ibushi 26
22 Michael Elgin 8

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