The IWGP Intercontinental Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix . The title was officially announced on January 5, 2011, and the Inaugural Champion MVP was crowned on May 15, 2011, during NJPW's first tour of the United States. On March 4, 2021, the championship was physically retired by NJPW after being unified with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to form the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, with the title being officially retired on January 6, 2026 following the IWGP World Championship's reigns being merged back into the IWGP Heavyweight's, those reigns also being retroactively merged with the Intercontinental Championship's history as well. The final champion was Yota Tsuji, who was in his first reign at the time of the title's retirement.