The IWGP U-30 Championship was a professional wrestling championship in New Japan Pro Wrestling for wrestlers under the age of 30. It was proposed as part of a tournament called the G2 U-30 Climax by Hiroshi Tanahashi, who ended up winning the tournament in April 2003. The U-30 Championship became officially recognized as an IWGP title in November 2004. After Tanahashi vacated the title on June 7, 2006 to focus on the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, the U-30 Championship was deemphasized and soon deactivated.

[edit] Title history

Wrestler	Reigns	Date	Location	Notes
Hiroshi Tanahashi	1	April 23, 2003	Hiroshima, Japan	Defeated Shinya Makabe in a tournament final.
Shinsuke Nakamura	1	January 4, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title at Toukon Festival ~ Wrestling World 2005.
Vacated by company request on May 1, 2005.
Hiroshi Tanahashi	2	June 18, 2005	Kyoto, Japan	Defeated Toru Yano in a tournament final.
Vacated by Tanahashi on June 7, 2006 to focus on the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

[edit] External links

• Wrestling-Titles.com: IWGP U-30 Open-weight Title

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