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The '''[[NEVER Openweight Championship]]''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[Championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] owned by the [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] (NJPW) [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]]. NEVER stands for "New Blood", "Evolution", "Valiantly", "Eternal", and "Radical" and was a [[NEVER|NJPW-promoted series of events]], which featured younger up-and-coming talent and outside wrestlers not signed to the promotion. The project was officially announced on July 12, 2010, and held its first event on August 24, 2010.
 
 
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been fifteen reigns shared among nine wrestlers with one [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Vacant|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 {{age in days|month1=11|day1=19|year1=2012|month2=09|day2=29|year2=2013}} days. [[Takaaki Watanabe|Evil]]'s only reign of {{age in days|month1=11|day1=05|year1=2016|month2=11|day2=15|year2=2016}} days is the shortest in the title's history. [[Tomohiro Ishii]] holds the record for most reigns with the title, being a four-time champion. [[Minoru Suzuki]] is the current champion in his first reign, having defeated [[Hirooki Goto]] for the title on April 27, 2017, at Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2017: Aki no Kuni Sengoku Emaki.
 
 
 
==Title history==
 
==Title history==
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
|align="center"|'''#'''
 
|Order in reign history
 
|-
 
|align="center"|'''Reign'''
 
|The reign number for the specific wrestler listed
 
|-
 
|align="center"|'''Event'''
 
|The event in which the title was won
 
|-
 
|align="center"|'''Successful defenses'''
 
|The number of successful defenses the champion had during his reign
 
|-
 
|align="center"| —
 
|Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
 
|-
 
|align="center"| N/A
 
|The information is not available or is unknown
 
|-
 
|align="center"| '''+'''
 
|Indicates the current reign is changing daily
 
|}
 
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=98% style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=98% style="text-align:center;"
 
!width=0%| #
 
!width=0%| #
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!width=12%|Location
 
!width=12%|Location
 
!width=20%|Event
 
!width=20%|Event
!width=0%|Successful defenses
 
 
!width=60% class="unsortable"|Notes
 
!width=60% class="unsortable"|Notes
 
|-
 
|-
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|1
 
|1
 
|November 19, 2012
 
|November 19, 2012
  +
|314
|{{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=19|year1=2012|month2=09|day2=29|year2=2013}}
 
 
|Tokyo|[[Tokyo]]
 
|Tokyo|[[Tokyo]]
 
|Shodai NEVER Musabetsu Kyu Oza Kettei Tournament Final|''[[NEVER (professional wrestling)#NEVER: Shodai NEVER Musabetsu Kyu Oza Kettei Tournament Final|Shodai NEVER Musabetsu Kyu Oza Kettei Tournament Final]]''
 
|Shodai NEVER Musabetsu Kyu Oza Kettei Tournament Final|''[[NEVER (professional wrestling)#NEVER: Shodai NEVER Musabetsu Kyu Oza Kettei Tournament Final|Shodai NEVER Musabetsu Kyu Oza Kettei Tournament Final]]''
|4
 
 
|align="left"|Tanaka defeated [[Karl Anderson]] in the finals of a sixteen-man tournament to become the inaugural champion.
 
|align="left"|Tanaka defeated [[Karl Anderson]] in the finals of a sixteen-man tournament to become the inaugural champion.
 
|-
 
|-
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|1
 
|1
 
|September 29, 2013
 
|September 29, 2013
  +
|135
|{{age in days nts|month1=09|day1=29|year1=2013|month2=02|day2=11|year2=2014}}
 
|[[Kobe]]
+
|[[Kobe|Kobe, Japan]]
|[[Destruction 2013]]
+
|[[NJPW Destruction 2013]]
|2
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
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|1
 
|1
 
|February 11, 2014
 
|February 11, 2014
  +
|138
|{{age in days nts|month1=02|day1=11|year1=2014|month2=06|day2=29|year2=2014}}
 
|[[Osaka]]
+
|[[Osaka|Osaka, Japan]]
|[[The New Beginning in Osaka 2014]]
+
|[[NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka]]
|4
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
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|1
 
|1
 
|June 29, 2014
 
|June 29, 2014
  +
|106
|{{age in days nts|month1=06|day1=29|year1=2014|month2=10|day2=13|year2=2014}}
 
|[[Tokyo]]
+
|[[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|Kizuna Road 2014
+
|[[NJPW Kizuna Road 2014 - Night 2]]
|1
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
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|2
 
|2
 
|[[October 13]], 2014
 
|[[October 13]], 2014
  +
|83
|{{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=13|year1=2014|month2=01|day2=04|year2=2015}}
 
|[[Tokyo]]
+
|[[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|[[King of Pro-Wrestling 2014]]
+
|[[NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014]]
|1
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
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|1
 
|1
 
|[[January 4]], 2015
 
|[[January 4]], 2015
  +
|41
|{{age in days nts|month1=01|day1=04|year1=2015|month2=02|day2=14|year2=2015}}
 
|[[Tokyo]]
+
|[[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|[[January 4 Dome Show#Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome]]
+
|[[Wrestle Kingdom IX]]
|0
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-style="background-color:#e3e3e3"
 
|-style="background-color:#e3e3e3"
  +
|—
| —
 
 
|Vacated
 
|Vacated
  +
|—
| —
 
 
|February 14, 2015
 
|February 14, 2015
  +
|0
|{{age in days nts|month1=02|day1=14|year1=2015|month2=02|day2=14|year2=2015}}
 
  +
|—
| —
 
  +
|—
| —
 
| —
 
 
|align="left"|The title was vacated due to Makabe being sidelined with influenza.
 
|align="left"|The title was vacated due to Makabe being sidelined with influenza.
 
|-
 
|-
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|3
 
|3
 
|February 14, 2015
 
|February 14, 2015
  +
|74
|{{age in days nts|month1=02|day1=14|year1=2015<!-- |month2=|day2=|year2= -->}}+
 
|[[Sendai]]
+
|[[Sendai|Sendai, Japan]]
|[[The New Beginning in Sendai]]
+
|[[NJPW The New Beginning In Sendai]]
|0
 
 
|align="left"|Ishii defeated [[Tomoaki Honma]] to win the vacant title.
 
|align="left"|Ishii defeated [[Tomoaki Honma]] to win the vacant title.
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!8
!{{sort|08|8}}
 
|{{sort|Makabe|[[Togi Makabe]]}}
+
|[[Togi Makabe]]
  +
|2
|{{sort|02|2}}
 
  +
|April 29, 2015
|{{dts|link=off|2015|04|29}}
 
  +
|166
|{{age in days nts|month1=04|day1=29|year1=2015|month2=10|day2=12|year2=2015}}
 
  +
|[[Kumamoto|Kumamoto, Japan]]
|{{sort|Mashiki|[[Mashiki, Kumamoto|Mashiki]]}}
 
|{{sort|Wrestling Hinokuni|''[[Wrestling Hinokuni#2015|Wrestling Hinokuni]]''}}
+
|[[NJPW Wrestling Hinokuni]]
|{{sort|02|2}}
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!9
!{{sort|09|9}}
 
|{{sort|Ishii|[[Tomohiro Ishii]]}}
+
|[[Tomohiro Ishii]]
  +
|4
|{{sort|04|4}}
 
  +
|October 12, 2015
|{{dts|link=off|2015|10|12}}
 
  +
|84
|{{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=12|year1=2015|month2=01|day2=04|year2=2016}}
 
|{{sort|Tokyo|[[Tokyo]]}}
+
|[[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|{{sort|King Of Pro Wrestling|[[King of Pro-Wrestling (2015)|King of Pro-Wrestling]]}}
+
|[[NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling 2015]]
|{{sort|01|1}}
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!10
!{{sort|10|10}}
 
|{{sort|Shibata|[[Katsuyori Shibata]]}}
+
|[[Katsuyori Shibata]]
  +
|1
|{{sort|01|1}}
 
  +
|January 4, 2016
|{{dts|link=off|2016|01|04}}
 
  +
|120
|{{age in days nts|month1=01|day1=04|year1=2016|month2=05|day2=03|year2=2016}}
 
|{{sort|Tokyo|[[Tokyo]]}}
+
|[[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|{{sort|Wrestle Kingdom 10|[[Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome]]}}
+
|[[Wrestle Kingdom X]]
|{{sort|03|3}}
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!11
!{{sort|11|11}}
 
|{{sort|Nagata|[[Yuji Nagata]]}}
+
|[[Yuji Nagata]]
  +
|1
|{{sort|01|1}}
 
  +
|May 3, 2016
|{{dts|link=off|2016|05|03}}
 
  +
|47
|{{age in days nts|month1=05|day1=03|year1=2016|month2=06|day2=19|year2=2016}}
 
|{{sort|Fukuoka|[[Fukuoka]]}}
+
|[[Fukuoka|Fukuoka, Japan]]
|{{sort|Wrestling Dontaku 2016|[[Wrestling Dontaku 2016]]}}
+
|[[NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016]]
|{{sort|00|0}}
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!12
!{{sort|12|12}}
 
|{{sort|Shibata|[[Katsuyori Shibata]]}}
+
|[[Katsuyori Shibata]]
  +
|2
|{{sort|02|2}}
 
  +
|June 19, 2016
|{{dts|link=off|2016|06|19}}
 
  +
|139
|{{age in days nts|month1=06|day1=19|year1=2016|month2=11|day2=05|year2=2016}}
 
|{{sort|Osaka|[[Osaka]]}}
+
|[[Osaka|Osaka, Japan]]
|{{sort|Dominion 6.19|[[Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall]]}}
+
|[[NJPW Dominion 6.19]]
|{{sort|03|3}}
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!13
!{{sort|13|13}}
 
  +
|[[EVIL]]
|{{sort|Evil|[[Takaaki Watanabe|Evil]]}}
 
  +
|1
|{{sort|01|1}}
 
  +
|November 5, 2016
|{{dts|link=off|2016|11|05}}
 
  +
|10
|{{age in days nts|month1=11|day1=05|year1=2016|month2=11|day2=15|year2=2016}}
 
|{{sort|Osaka|[[Osaka]]}}
+
|[[Osaka|Osaka, Japan]]
|{{sort|Power Struggle|[[Power Struggle (2016)|Power Struggle]]}}
+
|[[NJPW Power Struggle 2016]]
|{{sort|00|0}}
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
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|November 15, 2016
 
|November 15, 2016
 
|50
 
|50
|[[Singapore]]
+
|[[Singapore|Singapore, China]]
|Wrestling World 2016 in Singapore
+
|[[NJPW Wrestling World In Singapore 2016]]
|0
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
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|January 4, 2017
 
|January 4, 2017
 
|113
 
|113
|[[Tokyo]]
+
|[[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|[[Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome]]
+
|[[Wrestle Kingdom XI]]
|{{sort|03|3}}
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
!15
+
!16
 
|[[Minoru Suzuki]]
 
|[[Minoru Suzuki]]
 
|1
 
|1
 
|April 27, 2017
 
|April 27, 2017
 
|252
 
|252
|[[Hiroshima]]
+
|[[Hiroshima|Hiroshima, Japan]]
|Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2017: Aki no Kuni Sengoku Emaki.
+
|Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2017: Aki no Kuni Sengoku Emaki
|4
 
 
|align="left"|
 
|align="left"|
 
|-
 
|-
!16
+
!17
 
|[[Hirooki Goto]]
 
|[[Hirooki Goto]]
 
|2
 
|2
 
|January 4, 2018
 
|January 4, 2018
  +
|156
|{{age in days nts|month1=01|day1=4|year1=2018}}+
 
|[[Tokyo]]
+
|[[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|[[Wrestle Kingdom 12 |Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome]]
+
|[[Wrestle Kingdom 12]]
  +
|This was a Hair vs. Hair match.
|2
 
|This was a Hair vs. Hair match.
 
|}
 
 
==List of combined reigns==
 
As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!18
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|†
 
  +
|[[Michael Elgin]]
|Indicates the current champion
 
  +
|1
  +
|June 9, 2018
  +
|8
  +
|[[Osaka|Osaka, Japan]]
  +
|[[NJPW Dominion 6.9.18 In Osaka-Jo Hall]]
  +
|This was a three-way match, also involving [[Taichi Ishikari|Taichi]].
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!19
|'''<1'''
 
  +
|[[Hirooki Goto]]
|Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day
 
|}
+
|3
  +
|June 17, 2018
 
  +
|92
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  +
|[[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
!Rank
 
  +
|[[NJPW Kizuna Road 2018 - Night 2]]
!Wrestler
 
  +
|
!No. of reigns
 
!Combined<br />defenses
 
!Combined<br />days
 
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!20
!{{sort|01|1}}
 
|[[Tomohiro Ishii]]
+
|[[Taichi Ishikari|Taichi]]
  +
|1
|{{sort|04|4}}
 
  +
|September 17, 2018
|{{sort|06|6}}
 
  +
|47
|{{sort|379|379}}
 
  +
|[[Beppu]]
  +
|[[NJPW Destruction In Beppu 2018]]
  +
|
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!21
!{{sort|02|2}}
 
|[[Masato Tanaka]]
+
|[[Hirooki Goto]]
  +
|4
|{{sort|01|1}}
 
  +
|November 3, 2018
|{{sort|04|4}}
 
  +
|36
|{{sort|314|314}}
 
  +
|[[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
  +
|[[NJPW Power Struggle 2018]]
  +
|
 
|-
 
|-
!3
+
!22
|[[Minoru Suzuki]]
+
|[[Kota Ibushi]]
 
|1
 
|1
  +
|December 9, 2018
|4
 
|252
+
|26
  +
|[[Iwate, Iwate|Iwate, Japan]]
  +
|NJPW World Tag League 2018 - Night 18
  +
|
 
|-
 
|-
!4
+
!23
|[[Katsuyori Shibata]]
+
|[[Will Ospreay]]
  +
|1
|{{sort|03|3}}
 
  +
|January 4, 2019
|{{sort|06|6}}
 
  +
|92
|{{sort|309|309}}
 
  +
|[[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
  +
|[[Wrestle Kingdom 13]]
  +
|
 
|-
 
|-
!5
+
!24
|[[Togi Makabe]]
+
|[[Jeff Cobb]]
  +
|1
|{{sort|02|2}}
 
  +
|April 6, 2019
|{{sort|02|2}}
 
  +
|27
|{{sort|207|207}}
 
  +
|[[New York City, New York|New York City, NY]]
  +
|[[ROH-NJPW G1 Supercard 2019]]
  +
|Jeff Cobb's [[ROH World Television Championship]] was also on the line in a winner take all championship match with Will Ospreay.
 
|-
 
|-
!6
+
!25
|[[Tetsuya Naito]]
+
|[[Taichi]]
  +
|2
|{{sort|01|1}}
 
  +
|May 3, 2019
|{{sort|02|2}}
 
  +
|37
|{{sort|135|135}}
 
  +
|[[Fukuoka|Fukuoka, Japan]]
  +
|[[NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Night 1]]
  +
|
 
|-
 
|-
!7
+
!26
|[[Hirooki Goto]]
+
|[[Tomohiro Ishii]]
  +
|5
|{{sort|02|2}}
 
  +
|June 9, 2019
|{{sort|06|6}}
 
  +
|83
|{{sort|113|113}}
 
  +
|[[Osaka|Osaka, Japan]]
  +
|[[NJPW Dominion 6.9.19 In Osaka-Jo Hall]]
  +
|
 
|-
 
|-
!8
+
!27
|[[Yujiro Takahashi]]
+
|[[Hideo Itami|Kenta]]
  +
|1
|{{sort|01|1}}
 
  +
|August 31, 2019
|{{sort|01|1}}
 
  +
|127
|{{sort|106|106}}
 
  +
|[[London]], [[England]]
  +
|[[NJPW Royal Quest]]
  +
|
 
|-
 
|-
!9
+
!28
|[[Yuji Nagata]]
+
|[[Hirooki Goto]]
  +
|5
|{{sort|01|1}}
 
  +
|January 5, 2020
|{{sort|00|0}}
 
  +
|{{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=5|year1=2020}}+
|{{sort|047|47}}
 
  +
|Tokyo, Japan
|-
 
  +
|[[Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Night 2]]
!10
 
  +
|
|[[Takaaki Watanabe|Evil]]
 
|1
 
|0
 
|10
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
==See also==
 
*[[New Japan Pro Wrestling]]
 
*[[IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship]]
 
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.njpw.co.jp/data/list_category.php?cat=7 Official title history at New Japan Pro Wrestling.co.jp]
 
*[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/never-op.html Title history at Wrestling-Titles.com]
 
 
[[Category:Champion history]]
 
[[Category:Champion history]]

Revision as of 17:10, 5 January 2020

Title history

# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held
Location Event Notes
1 Masato Tanaka 1 November 19, 2012 314 Tokyo Shodai NEVER Musabetsu Kyu Oza Kettei Tournament Final Tanaka defeated Karl Anderson in the finals of a sixteen-man tournament to become the inaugural champion.
2 Tetsuya Naito 1 September 29, 2013 135 Kobe, Japan NJPW Destruction 2013
3 Tomohiro Ishii 1 February 11, 2014 138 Osaka, Japan NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka
4 Yujiro Takahashi 1 June 29, 2014 106 Tokyo, Japan NJPW Kizuna Road 2014 - Night 2
5 Tomohiro Ishii 2 October 13, 2014 83 Tokyo, Japan NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014
6 Togi Makabe 1 January 4, 2015 41 Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom IX
Vacated February 14, 2015 0 The title was vacated due to Makabe being sidelined with influenza.
7 Tomohiro Ishii 3 February 14, 2015 74 Sendai, Japan NJPW The New Beginning In Sendai Ishii defeated Tomoaki Honma to win the vacant title.
8 Togi Makabe 2 April 29, 2015 166 Kumamoto, Japan NJPW Wrestling Hinokuni
9 Tomohiro Ishii 4 October 12, 2015 84 Tokyo, Japan NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling 2015
10 Katsuyori Shibata 1 January 4, 2016 120 Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom X
11 Yuji Nagata 1 May 3, 2016 47 Fukuoka, Japan NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
12 Katsuyori Shibata 2 June 19, 2016 139 Osaka, Japan NJPW Dominion 6.19
13 EVIL 1 November 5, 2016 10 Osaka, Japan NJPW Power Struggle 2016
14 Katsuyori Shibata 3 November 15, 2016 50 Singapore, China NJPW Wrestling World In Singapore 2016
15 Hirooki Goto 1 January 4, 2017 113 Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom XI
16 Minoru Suzuki 1 April 27, 2017 252 Hiroshima, Japan Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2017: Aki no Kuni Sengoku Emaki
17 Hirooki Goto 2 January 4, 2018 156 Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom 12 This was a Hair vs. Hair match.
18 Michael Elgin 1 June 9, 2018 8 Osaka, Japan NJPW Dominion 6.9.18 In Osaka-Jo Hall This was a three-way match, also involving Taichi.
19 Hirooki Goto 3 June 17, 2018 92 Tokyo, Japan NJPW Kizuna Road 2018 - Night 2
20 Taichi 1 September 17, 2018 47 Beppu NJPW Destruction In Beppu 2018
21 Hirooki Goto 4 November 3, 2018 36 Tokyo, Japan NJPW Power Struggle 2018
22 Kota Ibushi 1 December 9, 2018 26 Iwate, Japan NJPW World Tag League 2018 - Night 18
23 Will Ospreay 1 January 4, 2019 92 Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom 13
24 Jeff Cobb 1 April 6, 2019 27 New York City, NY ROH-NJPW G1 Supercard 2019 Jeff Cobb's ROH World Television Championship was also on the line in a winner take all championship match with Will Ospreay.
25 Taichi 2 May 3, 2019 37 Fukuoka, Japan NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Night 1
26 Tomohiro Ishii 5 June 9, 2019 83 Osaka, Japan NJPW Dominion 6.9.19 In Osaka-Jo Hall
27 Kenta 1 August 31, 2019 127 London, England NJPW Royal Quest
28 Hirooki Goto 5 January 5, 2020 1566+ Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Night 2