IWGP Tag Team Championship
| IWGP Tag Team Championship | |
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 The Briscoe Brothers as IWGP Tag Team Champions (2016).
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| Title holder | Golden ☆ Ace (Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi ) |
| since | February 21, 2020 |
| owner | NJPW |
| Introduced | December 12, 1985 |
The IWGP Tag Team Championship (in German IWGP (International Wrestling Grand Prix) Team Championship ) is the highest wrestling title for tag teams at New Japan Pro Wrestling. The title has the status of a world championship, as it was also defended in the USA. As is common in wrestling, the award is based on a previously determined storyline.
history
The IWGP Tag Team Championship was fought in a tournament on December 12, 1985 as part of a house show in Sendai . Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujimani were able to win this to become the first titleholders. They defeated the then President Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in the final. Since then, the title of the tallest tag team title of the PhD is He gained over the years prestige and the status of a world championship when the title on June 14, 1991. WCW Clash of the Champions 15 - Knock Florida USA in Knoxville , Tennessee from the Steiner Brothers was defended against Hiroshi Hase and Masa Chono in the USA . But the title was not only defended in World Championship Wrestling, but also in the American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.
Just like the highest title for individual wrestlers at New Japan, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship , the IWGP Tag Team Championship has not been spared controversy. On October 30, 2005, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura for their fifth title reign. However, the title was not defended for months, which is why New Japan introduced a provisional Tag Team title to fill the gap a little. On June 2, 2006 this was awarded to Wild Child, consisting of Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Ohiri, who won a three-way tag team match against Giant Bernand and Travis Tomko and Yuji Nagata and Naofumi Yamamato. On September 20, 2006, Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan were revoked because of disputes on their team. As a result, Wild Child were awarded the title as provisional Tag Team Champions a week later on September 28, 2006.
Another controversy involved winning the British Invasion title, consisting of Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams. They won the IWGP Tag Team Championship at the tapings for the weekly TV show TNA Impact broadcast by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on August 21, 2009 by Team 3D , consisting of Brother Ray and Brother Devon. But New Japan refused to recognize the title change and continued to list Team 3D as champions. Not until a week later did they declare the title change to be valid in an official press release and officially recognize British Invasion as IWGP Tag Team Champions.
Title holder
The current titleholders are Golden ☆ Ace , consisting of Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi , in their first reign as a tag team. They defeated the previous titleholders, the Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) on February 21, 2020 at New Japan Road in Tokyo .
Title Statistics
| record | Record holder | unit |
|---|---|---|
| Most title reigns - Tag Team | TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) |
6 times each |
| Most title reigns - individual | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 12 times |
| Longest reign | Bad Intensions ( Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson ) | 564 days |
| Shortest reign | Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka | 6 days |
| Oldest title holder | Genichiro Tenryu | 48 years and 163 days |
| Youngest title holder | Brutus Magnus | 22 years and 256 days |
| Heaviest title holder | Big, Bad & Dangerous ( Big van Vader (170 kg) and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow ) (164 kg) | 334 kilograms |
| Lightest title holder | Michiyoshi Ohara (105 kg) and Tatsuhito Goto (95 kg) | 200 kilograms |
List of title holders
| # | Champions | No. | Days | Date of title win | place | event | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kengu Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami | 1 | 236 | October 12, 1985 | Sendai , Japan | Houseshow | Beat Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final. |
| 2 | Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido | 1 | 49 | 5th August 1986 | Tokyo , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 3 | Kengu Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami | 2 | 135 | September 23, 1986 | Tokyo , Japan | Houseshow | |
| * | Title vacant | * | * | 5th February 1987 | * | * | Kengu Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami gave up their titles after separating as a tag team. |
| 4th | Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka | 1 | 6th | March 20, 1987 | Tokyo , Japan | Houseshow | Keiji Muto and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada for the vacant title. |
| 5 | Akira Maeda (2) & Nobuhiko Takada | 1 | 159 | March 26, 1987 | Osaka , Japan | Inoki Toukon Live II | |
| 6th | Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 1 | 129 | September 1, 1987 | Fukuoka , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 7th | Kengu Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami | 3 | 154 | January 8, 1988 | Takayama , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 8th | Masa Saito & Riki Choshu | 1 | 279 | June 10, 1988 | Hiroshima , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 9 | George Takano & Super Strong Machine | 1 | 119 | March 16, 1989 | Yokohama , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 10 | Riki Choshu (2) & Takayuki Iizuka | 1 | 69 | July 13, 1989 | Tokyo , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 11 | Masa Saito (2) & Shinya Hashimoto | 1 | 219 | September 20, 1989 | Osaka , Japan | Super Power Battle in Osaka | |
| 12 | Keiji Muto (2) & Masahiro Chono | 1 | 188 | April 27, 1990 | Tokyo , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 13 | Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | 55 | November 1, 1990 | Tokyo , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 14th | Hiro Saito & Super Strong Machine (2) | 1 | 70 | December 26, 1990 | Hamamatsu , Japan | King of Kings | |
| 15th | Hiroshi Hase (2) & Kensuke Sasaki | 2 | 15th | March 6, 1991 | Nagasaki , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 16 |
Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner The Steiner Brothers |
1 | 229 | March 21, 1991 | Tokyo , Japan | WCW / NJPW Starrcade 1991 | During their reign, the Steiner Brothers defended the title against Hiroshi Hase and Masa Chono in the USA. As a result, the title achieved world status. |
| 17th | Hiroshi Rabbit (3) & Keiji Muto (3) | 1 | 117 | 5th November 1991 | Tokyo , Japan | Houseshow | Scott Norton replaced the injured Scott Steiner. |
| 18th | Big Van Vader & Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow Big, Bad and Dangerous |
1 | 117 | March 1, 1992 | Yokohama , Japan | 20th Anniversary Show | |
| 19th |
Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner The Steiner Brothers |
2 | 149 | June 26, 1992 | Tokyo , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 20th | Scott Norton & Tony Halme | 1 | 22nd | November 22, 1992 | Tokyo , Japan | Battle Zone Space I | |
| 21st |
Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior (3) The Hell Raisers |
1 | 234 | December 14, 1992 | Osaka , Japan | Final Battle '92 | |
| 22nd |
Hercules Hernandez & Scott Norton The Jurassic Powers |
1 | 152 | 5th August 1993 | Tokyo , Japan | G1 Climax 1993 | |
| 23 |
Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior (4) The Hell Raisers |
2 | 325 | 4th January 1994 | Tokyo , Japan | Battlefield | |
| 24 | Hiroshi Rabbit (4) & Keiji Muto (4) | 2 | 162 | November 25, 1994 | Iwate , Japan | Battle Final - Day 3 | |
| * | Title vacant | * | * | May 6, 1995 | * | * | Keiji Muto won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship . For this reason he gave up the IWGP Tag Team Championship, so that the title became vacant. |
| 25th |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono (2) Team Wolf |
1 | 25th | June 12, 1995 | Osaka , Japan | Houseshow | Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono defeated Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto for the vacant title. |
| * | Title vacant | * | * | July 7, 1995 | * | * | Due to a death in the family of Masahiro Chono, he did not take part in a show, which is why the title was declared vacant. |
| 26th | Junji Hirata (3) & Shinya Hashimoto (2) | 1 | 335 | July 13, 1995 | Sapporo , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 27 | Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (2) | 1 | 34 | June 12, 1996 | Osaka , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 28 |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2) & Masahiro Chono (3) Team Wolf |
2 | 172 | July 16, 1996 | Sapporo , Japan | Houseshow | |
| 29 | Kengu Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami | 4th | 98 | 4th January 1997 | Tokyo , Japan | Wrestling World 1997 | |
| 30th | Kensuke Sasaki (2) & Riki Choshu (2) | 1 | 21st | April 12, 1997 | Tokyo , Japan | Battle Formation 1997 | |
| 31 | Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima | 1 | 99 | May 3, 1997 | Osaka , Japan | Strong style revolution | |
| 32 | Kensuke Sasaki (3) & Kazuo Yamazai (2) | 2 | 70 | August 10, 1997 | Nagoya , Japan | The Four Heavens in Nagoya Dome | |
| 33 |
Keiji Muto (5) & Masahiro Chono (4) new World order |
2 | 200 | October 19, 1997 | Hyogo , Japan | nWo Typhoon - Day 7 | |
| * | Title vacant | * | * | May 7, 1998 | * | * | The title was declared vacant due to a knee injury to Keiji Muto. |
| 34 |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3) & Masahiro Chono (5) Team Wolf ( new World order ) |
3 | 40 | June 5, 1998 | Tokyo , Japan | Houseshow | Team Wolf won a tournament for the vacant title. They defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka in the final. |
| 35 | Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka (2) | 1 | 78 | July 15, 1998 | Sapporo , Japan | Summer Struggle 1998 - Day 17 | |
| 36 |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan (4) & Satoshi Kojima (2) TenKoji |
1 | 77 | January 4, 1999 | Tokyo , Japan | Wrestling World 1999 | |
| 37 | Kensuke Sasaki (2) & Shiro Koshinaka (3) | 1 | 97 | March 23, 1999 | Amagasaki , Japan | Hyper Battle 1999 - Day 16 | |
| 38 |
Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto Mad Dogs ( new World order ) |
1 | 62 | June 27, 1999 | Shizuoka , Japan | Summer Struggle 1999 - Day 3 | |
| 39 | Manabu Nakanishi (2) & Yuji Nagata | 1 | 327 | August 28, 2000 | Tokyo , Japan | Jingu Climax | |
| 40 |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan (5) & Satoshi Kojima (3) TenKoji |
2 | 430 | July 20, 2000 | Sapporo , Japan | Summer Struggle 2000 - Day 20 | |
| 41 | Osamu Nishimura & Tatsumi Fujinami (5) | 1 | 35 | September 23, 2001 | Osaka , Japan | G1 World 2001 - Day 11 | |
| 42 | Keiji Mutoh (6) and Taiyo Kea | 1 | 97 | October 28, 2001 | Fukuoka , Japan | Survival 2001 - Day 12 - Fighting Destiny in Fukuoka | This match was also about the AJPW Tag Team Championship. |
| * | Title vacant | * | * | February 2, 2002 | * | * | Keiji Muto left New Japan and went to All Japan. This led to the title becoming vacant. |
| 43 |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan (6) & Masahiro Chono (6) Team Wolf (Team 2000) |
4th | 446 | March 24, 2002 | Hyogo , Japan | Hyper Battle 2002 - Day 11 | Team Wolf won a tournament for the vacant title. They defeated Mabanu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata in the final. |
| 44 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie | 1 | 184 | June 13, 2003 | Tokyo , Japan | Crush | |
| 45 | Hiroyoshi Tenzan (7) & Osamu Nishimura (2) | 1 | 49 | December 14, 2003 | Nagoya , Japan | Battle Final 2003 - Day 15 | |
| 46 |
Yoshihiro Takayama & Minoru Suzuki GURENTAI |
1 | 293 | February 1, 2004 | Sapporo , Japan | Fighting Spirit - Day 3 | |
| * | Title vacant | * | * | November 21, 2004 | * | * | The title has been declared vacant due to an injury to Yoshihiro Takayama. |
| 47 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (2) & Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | 324 | December 11, 2004 | Osaka , Japan | Battle Final 2004 - Day 12 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Kensuke Sasaki and Minoru Suzuki for the vacant title |
| 48 |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8) & Masahiro Chono (7) Team Wolf |
5 | 329 | October 30, 2005 | Hyogo , Japan | Toukon Series - Day 8 | |
| * | Title vacant | * | * | September 24, 2006 | * | * | Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan did not defend the title for a long time, which is why a provisional Tag Team title was created. After disputes in the team, the title was declared vacant. |
| 49 |
Manabu Nakanishi (3) & Takao Omori Wild Child |
1 | 164 | September 28, 2006 | * | * | The NJPW Office awarded Wild Child the title as they had previously been recognized as Provisional IWGP Tag Team Champions. |
| 50 |
Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko RISE |
1 | 343 | March 11, 2007 | Aichi , Japan | 35th Anniversary Tour - Circuit 2007 New Japan Evolution - New Japan Cup 2007 - Day 6 | |
| 51 |
Togi Makabe & Toru Yano Great Bash Heel |
1 | 321 | February 17, 2008 | Tokyo , Japan | Circuit 2008 New Japan ISM - Day 8 | |
| 52 |
Brother Devon & Brother Ray Team 3D |
1 | 199 | January 4, 2009 | Tokyo , Japan | Wrestle Kingdom III | |
| 53 |
Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams British Invasion |
1 | 89 | July 21, 2009 | Orlando , FL , USA | TNA Impact | This was a tables match. Aired on July 30, 2009. New Japan only recognized this title change after a week, before Team 3D was officially listed. |
| 54 |
Brother Devon & Brother Ray Team 3D |
2 | 78 | October 18, 2009 | Orange County , CA , USA | TNA Bound for Glory (2009) | This match was also about the TNA World Tag Team Championship , which was held by the Main Event Mafia ( Booker T & Scott Steiner ). This was a 4 Way-Tag Team Full Metal Mayhem match in which Beer Money Inc. (Robert Roode & James Storm) were also involved. |
| 55 |
Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro Takahashi No Limit |
1 | 119 | January 4, 2010 | Tokyo , Japan | Wrestle Kingdom IV | |
| 56 | Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata (2) Blue Justice Army |
1 | 47 | May 3, 2010 | Fukuoka , Japan | Wrestling Dontaku 2010 | |
| 57 |
Giant Bernard (2) & Karl Anderson Bad Intensions |
1 | 564 | June 19, 2010 | Osaka , Japan | Dominion 6.19 | This was a three way elimination tag team match in which No Limit were also involved. |
| 58 |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan (9) & Satoshi Kojima (4) TenKoji |
3 | 120 | 4th January 2012 | Tokyo , Japan | Wrestle Kingdom VI | |
| 59 | Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano (2) CHAOS |
3 | 44 | May 3, 2012 | Fukuoka , Japan | NJPW 40th Anniversary - Wrestling Dontaku 2012 | |
| * | Title vacant | * | * | June 16, 2012 | * | * | After a double count out, the title was declared vacant. |
| 60 |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan (10) & Satoshi Kojima (5) TenKoji |
4th | 78 | July 22, 2012 | Yamagata , Japan | NJPW 40th Anniversary - Tour Kizuna Road 2012 - Day 11 | TenKoji defeat CHAOS consisting of Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano to win the vacant title |
| 61 |
Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer Suzuki-gun / Killer Elite Squad |
1 | 207 | October 8, 2012 | Tokyo , Japan | NJPW 40th Anniversary - King of Pro-Wrestling | |
| 62 |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11) & Satoshi Kojima (6) TenKoji |
5 | 190 | May 3, 2013 | Fukuoka , Japan | Wrestling Dontaku 2013 | This was a 4 way tag team match in which CHAOS (Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano) and Muscle Orchestra (Strong Man & Manabu Nakanishi) were also involved. |
| 63 |
Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer Killer Elite Squad |
2 | 56 | November 9, 2013 | Osaka , Japan | Power Struggle 2013 | This was a 3 way tag team match in which the team of Rob Conway and Jax Dane were also involved. This match was also about the NWA World Tag Team Championship . The Killer Elite Squad won the title in the second pinfall. |
| 64 |
Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson (2) BULLET CLUB |
1 | 365 | 4th January 2014 | Tokyo , Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 8 | |
| 65 |
Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata Meiyu Day |
1 | 38 | 4th January 2015 | Tokyo , Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 9 | |
| 66 |
Doc Gallows (2) & Karl Anderson (3) BULLET CLUB |
2 | 53 | February 11, 2015 | Osaka , Japan | The New Beginning in Osaka 2015 | |
| 67 |
Matt Taven & Michael Bennett The Kingdom |
1 | 91 | April 5, 2015 | Tokyo , Japan | Invasion Attack 2015 | |
| 68 |
Doc Gallows (3) & Karl Anderson (4) BULLET CLUB |
3 | 183 | 5th July 2015 | Osaka , Japan | Dominion 7.5 at Osaka-jo Hall | |
| 69 |
Togi Makabe (2) & Tomoaki Honma Great Bash Heel |
1 | 97 | 4th January 2016 | Tokyo , Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 10 | |
| 70 |
Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa Guerrillas Of Destiny |
1 | 70 | April 10, 2016 | Tokyo , Japan | Invasion Attack 2016 | |
| 71 |
Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe The Briscoe Brothers |
1 | 113 | 19th June 2016 | Osaka , Japan | Dominion 6:19 in Osaka-jo Hall | |
| 72 |
Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa Guerrillas Of Destiny |
2 | 86 | October 10, 2016 | Tokyo , Japan | King of Pro Wrestling | |
| 73 |
Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano (3) Chaos |
1 | 61 | 4th January 2017 | Tokyo , Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 11 | This was a 3 way tag team match, in which the Great Bash Heel team (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) was involved. |
| 74 |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan (12) & Satoshi Kojima (7) TenKoji |
6th | 34 | March 6, 2017 | Tokyo , Japan | Hataage Kinenbi | |
| 75 |
Hanson & Raymond Rowe War Machine |
1 | 63 | April 9, 2017 | Tokyo , Japan | Sakura Genesis 2017 | |
| 76 |
Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa Guerrillas of Destiny |
3 | 20th | June 11, 2017 | Osaka , Japan | Dominion 11/6 | |
| 77 |
Hanson & Raymond Rowe War Machine |
2 | 85 | July 1, 2017 | Long Beach , California , USA | G1 special in USA | |
| 78 |
Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer Killer Elite Squad |
3 | 102 | September 24, 2017 | Kobe , Japan | Destruction in Kobe | This was a 3 way tornado tag team match in which the Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) were also involved. |
| 79 |
EVIL & SANADA Los Ingobernables de Japon |
1 | 156 | 4th January 2018 | Tokyo , Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 12 | |
| 80 |
Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson The Young Bucks |
1 | 113 | June 9, 2018 | Osaka , Japan | Dominion 6.9 | |
| 81 |
Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa Guerrillas of Destiny |
4th | 96 | September 30, 2018 | Long Beach , California , USA | Fighting Spirit Unleashed | |
| 82 |
EVIL & SANADA Los Ingobernables de Japon |
2 | 50 | 4th January 2019 | Tokyo , Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 13 | This was a 3 way tornado tag team match in which The Young Bucks ( Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson ) were also involved. |
| 83 |
Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa Guerrillas of Destiny |
5 | 315 | February 23, 2019 | Tokyo , Japan | ROH / NJPW Honor Rising - Day 2 | |
| 84 |
David Finlay & Juice Robinson FinJuice |
1 | 28 | 4th January 2020 | Tokyo , Japan | Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Day 1 | |
| 85 |
Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa Guerillas of Destiny |
6th | 20th | February 1, 2020 | Atlanta , Georgia , USA | The new beginning in USA 2020 | |
| 86 |
Kota Ibushi (1) & Hiroshi Tanahashi (3) Golden ☆ Ace |
1 | 192+ | February 21, 2020 | Tokyo , Japan | New Japan Road |