World's Strongest Tag Determination League
The World's Strongest Tag Team League (Sekai Saikyo Taggu Rigu), more commonly known in the West as the Real World Tag Team League , is a professional wrestling tournament run yearly by All Japan Pro Wrestling since 1977. The tournament is usually run on the first weeks of December. The first tournament was actually called the Open Tag League, but it was renamed to its present name the following year.
The name "Real World Tag League" was a mistranslation by AJPW promoter Giant Baba; "saikyo" in Japanese means "strongest," not "real", but Baba used Engrish for promotional material.
Winners
- 1977: Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk
- 1978: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta
- 1979: Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk
- 1980: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta
- 1981: Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
- 1982: Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk
- 1983: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen
- 1984: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu
- 1985: Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase
- 1986: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu
- 1987: Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu
- 1988: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy
- 1989: Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu
- 1990: Terry Gordy & Steve Williams
- 1991: Terry Gordy & Steve Williams
- 1992: Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada
- 1993: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi
- 1994: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi
- 1995: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi
- 1996: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
- 1997: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
- 1998: Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama
- 1999: Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama
- 2000: Mike Rotundo & Steve Williams
- 2001: Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea
- 2002: Taiyo Kea & Satoshi Kojima
- 2003: Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima
- 2004: Taiyo Kea & Jamal
- 2005: Team 3-D