NJPW- Complete List of Current Champions/Titleholders 2022
Check out the list of current New Japan Pro-Wrestling(NJPW) Champions/Title Holders, date on which they won the current title and reign number.
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Jay White
- Date Won: June 12, 2022
- Event: NJPW Dominion 6.12
- Match: vs Kazuchika Okada
- Reign No: 2
- Days Held: 176+
Jay White ended Kazuchika Okada’s IWGP World Heavyweight Championship title reign at NJPW Dominion 6.12.
IWGP Women’s Championship – KAIRI
- Date Won: November 20, 2022
- Event: NJPW Historic X-over 2022
- Match: KAIRI vs Mayu Iwatani
- Reign No: TBD
- Days Held: TBD
KAIRI defeated Mayu Itawani in the final of IWGP Women’s Championship tournament final at Historic X-Over 2022 event to become the inaugural champion.
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship -Will Ospreay
- Date Won: June 12, 2022
- Event: NJPW Dominion 6.12
- Match: vs Sanada
- Reign No: 3
- Days Held: 176+
Will Ospreay won the vacant IWGP US Heavyweight title by defeating Sanada at NJPW Dominion 6.12. The title was vacated after NJPW stripped Juice Robinson.
NEVER Openweight Championship – Karl Anderson
- Date Won: June 12, 2022
- Event: NJPW Dominion 6.12
- Match: vs Tama Tonga
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 176+
Karl Anderson defeated Tama Tonga NJPW NJPW Dominion 6.12 to win the NEVER Openweight title.
NJPW Strong Openweight Championship – Fred Rosser
- Date Won: 15 May 2022
- Event: NJPW Strong Collison
- Match: vs Tom Lawler
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 205+
Fred Rosser defeated Tom Lawler at NJPW Strong Collison tapings to win NJPW Strong Opeweight Championship.
NJPW World Television Championship – TBD
The first NJPW World Television Champion will be crowned at Wrestle Kingdom 17 in the tournament final match between Zack Sabre Jr. and Ren Narita.
IWGP Tag Team Championship – FTR(Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)
- Date Won: 26 June 2022
- Event: NJPW Dominion 6.12
- Match: vs United Empire(Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) and Roppongi Vice(Trent Baretta & Rocky Romero)
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 162+
FTR became the unified ROH & IWGP World Tag Team Champions at Forbidden Door after defeating United Empire(Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) and Roppongi Vice(Trent Baretta & Rocky Romero) in a three-way match.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – Taiji Ishimori
- Date Won: 01 May 2022
- Event: NJPW Dontaku 2022
- Match: vs El Desperado
- Reign No: 3
- Days Held: 218+
Taiji Ishimori defated El Desperado at NJPW Dontaku 2022 to win IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – TJP & Francesco Akira
- Date Won: June 20, 2022
- Event: New Japan Road
- Match: vs Master Wato and Rysuke Taguchi
- Reign No: 1,1
- Days Held: 168+
TJP and Francisco Akira defeated Master Wato and Rysuke Taguchi at June 20 event of New Japan Road to win the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles.
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship – House of Torture (Evil, Sho & Yujiro Takahashi)
- Date Won: September 23, 2022
- Event: NJPW New Japan Burning Spirit
- Match: vs Yoshi Hashi, YHO & Hirooki Goto
- Reign No: 2
- Days Held: 73+
House of Torture defeated Yoshi Hashi, YHO & Hirooki Goto at NJPW New Japan Burning Spirit to win the 6-man title.
NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship – Motor City Machine Gun(Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
- Date Won: October 28, 2022
- Event: NJPW Rumble on 44th Street
- Match: vs Aussie Open(Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) and Kevin Knight & DKC
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 38+
Motor City Machine Guns became the second Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions after defeating Aussie Open and Kevin Knight & DKC in three-way tag team match at Rumble on 44th Street event.
King of Pro-Wrestling 2022 – Shingo Takagi
- Date Won: April 25, 2022
- Event: Golden Fight Series
- Match: vs Taichi
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 224+
Shingo Takagi defeated Taichi at Golden Fight Series event on April 25 to win the KOPW 2022 interim title.
