Hirooki Goto (後藤洋央紀, Gotō Hiroōki; born June 25, 1979) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is...

longest at 271 days, while Ibushi's reign is the shortest at 31 days. Hirooki Goto had the most successful defenses of the title at seven and was the oldest...

Heavyweight Championship or IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, with Hirooki Goto being the last to accomplish this by defeating Zack Sabre Jr. for the...

three-time NEVER Openweight Champion, one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion (with Hirooki Goto), and one-time winner of the New Japan Cup (in 2017). He is also a former...

IWGP Tag Team Champion, with Hirooki Goto; as well as being a former NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with Hirooki Goto and Tomohiro Ishii, a team...

Shiozaki. He would also wrestle main eventers such as Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto and Tajiri and—despite losing all of his big matches—he was becoming...

Finlay, Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Shota Umino vs. Shingo Takagi, Hirooki Goto vs. Yuya Uemura". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. "2024.07.23 G1 Climax 34". New...

and was replaced by Satoshi Kojima. On July 5, NJPW announced that Hirooki Goto had sustained an elbow injury during his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship...

in the promotion on May 20, 2012, when he unsuccessfully challenged Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship in the main event of a show...

Japan's "Resolution 09" with two High Fly Flows. His next opponent was Hirooki Goto, whom he defeated on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2009 with a High Fly...

eight-man tag team competition bout. The fourth match saw Ryusuke Taguchi, Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi picked up a victory over Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan...

by an arm wrench, before delivering the small package is used by Hirooki Goto as Goto Ni Shiki. In this pinning maneuver, the attacking wrestler has the...

Anderson and Gallows were defeated in the finals of the tournament by Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata. On January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9, Omega...

and Kazuchika Okada defeated Hirooki Goto in the main event to make his third successful title defense and invited Goto to join the stable, but he refused...

faction originally consisted of himself, Minoru, Milano Collection A.T., Hirooki Goto, Giant Bernard, Travis Tomko and Prince Devitt. Low Ki was later added...

G1/World Tag League, having won it in 2009 with Bernard, in 2012 with Hirooki Goto, and in 2013 with Doc Gallows. He also wrestled for Southern California–based...

sixth event to be held under the Sakura Genesis name. The main event saw Hirooki Goto defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against the 2025 New Japan...

leaving NJPW. In a press conference that same day, Newman challenged Hirooki Goto to a title match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestling...

announced on AEW's social media that the winner of Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto at NJPW's Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall would be the other competitor...

MVP's inaugural reign and the subsequent reigns of Masato Tanaka and Hirooki Goto, the IWGP Intercontinental Championship was largely a midcard title,...

27, 2015). "NJPW Destruction In Kobe results: Shinuske Nakamura vs. Hirooki Goto I-C title bout, Nakamura vs. Bad Luck Fale". Wrestling Observer Newsletter...

to have won it twice; Hirooki Goto, Yuji Nagata, Kazuchika Okada, and Zack Sabre Jr. have since also become two-time winners. Goto is both the only three-time...

reign. The show featured a double main event. In the first main bout, Hirooki Goto wrestled Zack Sabre Jr. into a double double pinfall, thus securing the...

of matches. The event started with the preshow New Japan Ranbo won by Hirooki Goto by last eliminating Great-O-Khan to become the number one contender for...

wrestling tag team consisting of Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi. They currently perform in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where Goto is a former IWGP World Heavyweight...

2025). "NJPW "Redzone in Hiroshima" results (4/26): Vetter's review of Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi vs. Great-O-Khan and Callum Newman for the vacant IWGP...

(May 10, 2025). "NJPW "Resurgence" results (5/9): Vetter's review of Hirooki Goto vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Mercedes...

Retrieved 2023-11-13. NJPW. "Hirooki Goto – 後藤洋央紀 – CHAOS | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". NJPW. Retrieved 2019-04-05. "Hirooki Goto Wins The Never Openweight...

pinned NEVER Openweight Champion Hirooki Goto in an eight-man tag team match. This led to Sabre unsuccessfully challenging Goto for the title on 9 April at...

the GWF World Championship 6 NJPW New Year Dash!! Tokyo, Japan Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Rocky Romero, Yoh, and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Robbie...