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#2. IWGP World Championship - Antonio Inoki
The IWGP World Championship was introduced in 1987 with a 14-man tournament set up to crown the first champion. The tournament consisted of two blocks of seven wrestlers each with the winners from each block advancing to the title match. This tournament would later develop to become what is now known as the NJPW G1 Climax.
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The competitors of the 1987 edition included the likes of Scott Hall and the Barbarian, but was won by Japanese legend, Antonio Inoki. Inoki won block A and went on to meet Masa Saito in the final match. The match lasted nearly 15 minutes and had Inoki go over via pin.
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Both Inoki and Saito were prominent stars in Japan, with Inoki beating Bob Backlund in 1979 for the WWF Championship - a title change that WWE does not recognise. Saito would have success in the States, becoming an AWA World Heavyweight Champion, though he never captured the IWGP title belt.
Inoki would hold the World Championship for 325 days before relinquishing the title due to a foot injury. With Inoki also being the owner of NJPW, it was hardly surprising that he booked himself to become the biggest star in Japan.
