Upvoted: Since it’s now 2018 in Japan, Kazuchika Okada has become the first person in history to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for a full calendar year (Jan 1 – Dec 31) via /r/SquaredCircle


Since it’s now 2018 in Japan, Kazuchika Okada has become the first person in history to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for a full calendar year (Jan 1 – Dec 31)

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I believe the closest someone came to holding the title for a full calendar year prior to this is Tanahashi in 2011 where he held the title from January 4th past the end of the year.

Congratulations to the Rainmaker!

Submitted December 31, 2017 at 02:18PM by Darnobar
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