Inoki Genome Federation

Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) is a promotion in Japan founded by Antonio Inoki in 2007.

History
Antonio Inoki left New Japan Pro Wrestling, a promotion he founded in 1972, to start the IGF. Inoki carried over to IGF his National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) accreditation, making IGF the official Japanese territory of the NWA.

The first IGF show was held on June 29, 2007 at the Sumo Hall in Tokyo. The card was completely changed at the last minute, resulting in the 8,426 fans in attendance not knowing who or what they were going to see outside of the main event of Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar.

Shinichi Suzukawa was scheduled to face Bob Sapp in an IGF special rules Heavyweight bout on December 31, 2010, at K-1 Dynamite!! 2010. The fight was to be held under MMA rules, but the fighters wouldn't be wearing gloves. Closed-fist strikes would have been allowed, but palm strikes wouldn't have been permitted. The event was to air on HDNet in North America. However, the fight was canceled due to a last-minute contract dispute but the Japanese audience in attendance were told by the promoter involved in the contract dispute that Sapp “had lost his will to fight.” In 2011 the company gave a gift to Kim Jong Il, leader of North Korea. In August 2014, IGF held two shows in Pyongyang, North Korea.

On December 29, 2014, IGF announced a deal with PPTV to bring its programming to Chinese audiences.

Roster

 * Atsushi Sawada
 * Black Tiger V
 * Crusher Kawaguchi
 * Daichi Hashimoto
 * Erik Hammer
 * Kazuyuki Fujita
 * Keisuke Okuda
 * Kendo Kashin
 * Kevin Kross
 * Knux
 * Mason Williams
 * Minowaman
 * Mitsuyoshi Nakai
 * Montanha Silva
 * Naoya Ogawa
 * Raj Singh
 * Shinichi Suzukawa
 * Shinya Aoki
 * Shogun Okamoto
 * Wang Bin

Notable alumni

 * Alexander Kozlov
 * Bobby Lashley
 * Daijiro Matsui
 * Harry Smith
 * Hideki Suzuki
 * Hikaru Sato
 * Jerome Le Banner
 * Kurt Angle
 * Mirko Cro Cop
 * Peter Aerts
 * Shodai Tiger Mask
 * Tatsumi Fujinami
 * Yoshiaki Fujiwara
 * Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima


 * Guests
 * Abdullah the Butcher
 * The Destroyer
 * Dory Funk, Jr.
 * Stan Hansen
 * Tiger Jeet Singh
 * Supervisor
 * Billy Robinson

IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF version)
See: IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF)