World Tag Team Championship (AJPW)

World Tag Team Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Akebono and Yutaka Yoshie
Date won March 22, 2015
Date established June 10, 1988
Promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling

The World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling. It was created on June 10, 1988 as a unification of two previous tag team titles in All Japan; the PWF Tag Team Championship, and the NWA International Tag Team Championship; when the PWF champions Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated NWA champions The Road Warriors.[1] As with the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, it is symbolized by four belts, two for each wrestler, representing the former PWF and NWA titles. It is currently the top of two tag team titles in AJPW, along with the secondary All Asia Tag Team Championship. There have been a total of 48 recognized individual champions and 46 recognized teams, who have had a combined 69 official reigns.


Title history

Reigns

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
Wrestler Name (#) The number represents the individual reigns of a wrestler when this is distinct from the tag team's reign.
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Wrestlers Reigns Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Gorin Konbi
(Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu)
1 June 10, 198849 Tokyo, Japan Tsuruta & Yatsu, the PWF Tag Team Champions, defeated NWA International champions The Road Warriors to unify the titles.[1]
2 Fuchin Gyorai
(Terry Gordy & Stan Hansen)
1 July 29, 19882 Takasaki, Japan [2]
3 Gorin Konbi
(Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu)
2 July 31, 198829 Hakodate, Japan [2]
4 Ryugenhou
(Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu)
1 August 29, 19881 Tokyo, Japan [2]
5 Gorin Konbi
(Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu)
3 August 30, 198881 Osaka, Japan [2]
Vacated on November 19, 1988 so the title could be decided in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[1]
6 Fuchin Gyorai
(Terry Gordy & Stan Hansen)
2 December 16, 198851 Tokyo, Japan Won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[2]
7 Gorin Konbi
(Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu)
4 February 2, 1989 159 Kansas City, Missouri, United States [1]
8 Ryukanhou
(Stan Hansen (3) & Genichiro Tenryu (2))
1 July 11, 1989 11 Sapporo, Japan [2]
9 Gorin Konbi
(Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu)
5 July 22, 198990 Kanazawa, Japan [2]
10 Ryukanhou
(Stan Hansen (4) & Genichiro Tenryu (3))
2 October 20, 198940 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Vacated on November 29, 1989 so the title could be decided in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[1]
11 Ryukanhou
(Stan Hansen (5) & Genichiro Tenryu (4))
3 December 6, 1989 90 Tokyo, Japan Won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[2]
12 Satsujin Gyorai
(Terry Gordy (3) & Steve Williams (1))
1 March 6, 1990135 Tokyo, Japan [2]
13 The Great Kabuki & Jumbo Tsuruta (6) 1 July 19, 1990 8 Takefu, Japan [2]
Vacated on July 30, 1990 due to Kabuki leaving AJPW for SWS.[1]
14 Satsujin Gyorai
(Terry Gordy (4) & Steve Williams(2))
2 December 7, 1990 132 Tokyo, Japan Won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[2]
15 Stan Hansen (6) & Danny Spivey 1 April 18, 1991 79 Tokyo, Japan [2]
16 Satsujin Gyorai
(Terry Gordy (5) & Steve Williams (3))
3 July 6, 1991 18 Yokosuka, Japan [2]
17 Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Misawa 1 July 24, 1991135 Kanazawa, Japan [2]
Vacated on December 6, 1991 so the title could be decided in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[1]
18 Satsujin Gyorai
(Terry Gordy (6) & Steve Williams)
4 December 6, 199189 Tokyo, Japan Won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[2]
19 Akira Taue & Jumbo Tsuruta (7) 1 March 4, 1992254 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Vacated on November 13, 1992 so the title could be decided in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[1]
20 Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Misawa 2 December 4, 199257 Tokyo, Japan Won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[2]
21 Satsujin Gyorai
(Terry Gordy (7) & Steve Williams (5))
5 January 30, 1993110 Chiba, Japan [2]
22 The Holy Demon Army
(Toshiaki Kawada (3) & Akira Taue (2))
1 May 20, 1993106 Sapporo, Japan [2]
23 Ted DiBiase & Stan Hansen (7) 1 September 3, 1993 71 Tokyo, Japan [2]
Vacated in November 13, 1993 so the title could be decided in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[1]
24 Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (3) 1 December 3, 1993351 Tokyo, Japan Won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[2]
Vacated in November 1994 so the title could be decided in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[1]
25 Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (4) 2 December 10, 1994181 Tokyo, Japan Won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[2]
26 The Holy Demon Army
(Toshiaki Kawada (4) & Akira Taue (3))
2 June 9, 1995229 Tokyo, Japan [2]
27 Gary Albright & Stan Hansen (8) 1 January 24, 199627 Matsumoto, Japan [2]
28 The Holy Demon Army
( Toshiaki Kawada (5) & Akira Taue (4))
3 February 20, 199693 Morioka, Japan [2]
29 Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa (5) 1 May 23, 1996105 Sapporo, Japan [2]
30 Johnny Ace & Steve Williams (6) 1 September 5, 1996134 Tokyo, Japan [2]
31 The Holy Demon Army
(Toshiaki Kawada (6) & Akira Taue (5))
4 January 17, 1997130 Matsumoto, Japan [2]
32 G.E.T.
(Johnny Ace (2) & Kenta Kobashi (3))
1 May 27, 199759 Sapporo, Japan [2]
33 T.O.P.
(Gary Albright (2) & Steve Williams (7))
1 July 25, 1997 71 Tokyo, Japan [2]
34 G.E.T.
(Johnny Ace (3) & Kenta Kobashi (4))
2 October 4, 1997113 Nagoya, Japan [2]
35 The Holy Demon Army
(Toshiaki Kawada (7) & Akira Taue (6))
5 January 25, 1998347 Yokohama, Japan [2]
36 Jun Akiyama (2) & Kenta Kobashi (5) 1 January 7, 1999153 Hidaka, Japan New Year Giant Series tour.[3]
37 Johnny Ace (4) & Bart Gunn 1 June 9, 199944 Sendai, Japan Super Power Series tour.[4]
38 No Fear
( Takao Ōmori & Yoshihiro Takayama)
1 July 23, 199933 Tokyo, Japan Summer Action Series tour. Also hold the All Asia Tag Team Championship.[5]
39 Mitsuharu Misawa (6) & Yoshinari Ogawa 1 August 25, 1999 59 Hiroshima, Japan Summer Action Series II tour Was also for Ōmori & Takayama's All Asia title.[6]
40 Jun Akiyama (3) & Kenta Kobashi (6) 2 October 23, 1999 120 Nagoya, Japan October Giant Series tour.[7]
41 Vader & Steve Williams (8) 1 February 20, 200058 Kobe, Japan Excite Series tour.[8]
Vacated on April 7, 2000 due to Vader fracturing his left arm.[2]
42The Holy Demon Army
(Toshiaki Kawada (8) & Akira Taue (7))
6June 9, 20007Tokyo, JapanSuper Power Series tourDefeated Takao Ōmori & Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final.[9]
Vacated on June 16, 2000 due to Taue and several others leaving AJPW to form Pro Wrestling Noah.[2]
43Taiyō Kea & Johnny Smith1January 14, 2001 191Tokyo, JapanNew Year Giant Series tourDefeated Masanobu Fuchi & Toshiaki Kawada[10]
44Yoji Anjo & Genichiro Tenryu (5)1July 14, 2001 100Tokyo, JapanSummer Action Series tour.[11]
45 Taiyō Kea (2) & Keiji Mutoh 1 October 22, 2001268 Niigata, Japan October Giant Series tour.[12]
46 KroniK
(Brian Adams & Bryan Clark)
1 July 17, 200285 Osaka, Japan Summer Action Series tour.[13]
Vacated on October 10, 2002 due to Adams becoming a professional boxer.[1]
47 Taiyō Kea (3) & Satoshi Kojima 1 December 6, 2002153 Tokyo, Japan Won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[2]
Vacated on May 8, 2003 due to inactivity.[1]
48 Arashi & Keiji Mutoh (2) 1 June 8, 2003224 Yokohama, Japan Super Power Series tourDefeated Satoshi Kojima & Jimmy Yang in a tournament final.[14][15]
49 Kojikaz
(Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima (2))
1 January 18, 2004146 Osaka, Japan New Year Giant Series tour.[16][17]
50 Kendo Kashin & Yuji Nagata 1 June 12, 2004188 Nagoya, Japan Crossover tour.[18]
Vacated on December 12, 2004 due to inactivity.[1][2]
51 Jamal & Taiyō Kea (4) 1 January 16, 2005323 Osaka, Japan New Year Shining Series tourDefeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie [19]
Vacated on December 5, 2005 due to Jamal leaving AJPW for WWE.[20]
52 Toshiaki Kawada (9) & Taiyō Kea (5) 1 February 17, 2007190 Tokyo, Japan Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku vol. 2Defeated RO'Z & Suwama[21]
53 Voodoo Murders
(Satoshi Kojima (3) & TARU)
1 August 26, 2007 130 Tokyo, Japan Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku vol. 3[22]
54Joe Doering & Keiji Mutoh (3)1January 3, 2008 177Tokyo, JapanNew Year Shining Series tour.[23]
55Taiyō Kea (6) & Minoru Suzuki1June 28, 2008554Osaka, JapanCrossover tour.
56Masakatsu Funaki & Keiji Mutoh (4)1January 3, 2010 65Tokyo, JapanNew Year Shining Series tour.
Vacated on March 9, 2010 due to Mutoh suffering a knee injury which required surgery.[1]
57Taiyō Kea (7) & Akebono1July 4, 2010217Osaka, Japan Crossover tourDefeated Suwama and Ryota Hama
58Voodoo Murders
(Joe Doering (2) & KONO)
1February 6, 2011 117Tokyo, Japan
Vacated on June 3, 2011, when All Japan Pro Wrestling suspends KONO.
59The Great Muta (5) & KENSO1June 19, 2011 126Tokyo, Japan Defeated Akebono & Ryota Hama for the vacant titles. [24]
60The Black Family
(Dark Cuervo and Dark Ozz)
1October 23, 2011 149Tokyo, Japan
61Get Wild
(Manabu Soya and Takao Ōmori (2))
1March 20, 201261Tokyo, Japan
62Joe Doering (3) and Seiya Sanada1May 20, 2012 28Fukuoka, Japan
63Get Wild
(Manabu Soya (2) and Takao Ōmori (3))
2June 17, 2012135Tokyo, Japan
Vacated on October 30, 2012, in Tokyo in time for the 2012 World's Strongest Tag Determination League.[2]
64Get Wild
(Manabu Soya (3) and Takao Ōmori (4))
3November 30, 2012107Tokyo, JapanWon the World's Strongest Tag Determination League, defeating Joe Doering and Suwama in the finals.
65Burning
(Go Shiozaki and Jun Akiyama (4))
1March 17, 2013219Tokyo, Japan
66 Evolution
(Suwama (1) and Joe Doering (4))
1October 22, 2013249Niigata, Japan
67 Wild Burning
(Jun Akiyama (5) and Takao Ōmori (5))
1June 28, 2014117Sapporo, Japan
Vacated on October 23, 2014, in Tokyo in time for the 2014 World's Strongest Tag Determination League.
68 Wild Burning
(Jun Akiyama (6) and Takao Ōmori (6))
2December 6, 2014106Tokyo, JapanWon the World's Strongest Tag Determination League, defeating Go Shiozaki and Kento Miyahara in the finals.
69 Akebono (2) and Yutaka Yoshie1March 22, 201533+Fukuoka, Japan

List of combined reigns

By team

Rank Team No. of reigns Combined days
1 Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 6 912
2 Taiyō Kea & Minoru Suzuki 1 554
3 Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa 2 531
4 Terry Gordy & Steve Williams 5 484
5 Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu 5 408
6 Jamal & Taiyō Kea 1 323
7 Manabu Soya and Takao Ōmori 3 303
8 Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi 2 273
9 Taiyō Kea & Keiji Mutoh 1 268
10 Akira Taue & Jumbo Tsuruta 1 254
11 Joe Doering and Suwama 1 249
12 Arashi & Keiji Mutoh 1 224
13 Jun Akiyama and Takao Ōmori 2 223
14 Go Shiozaki and Jun Akiyama 1 219
15 Taiyō Kea & Akebono 1 217
16 Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Misawa 2 192
17 Toshiaki Kawada & Taiyō Kea 1 190
18 Kendo Kashin & Yuji Nagata 1 183
19 Taiyō Kea & Johnny Smith 1 181
20 Joe Doering & Keiji Mutoh 1 177
21 Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi 2 172
22 Taiyō Kea & Satoshi Kojima 1 153
23 Dark Cuervo and Dark Ozz 1 149
24 Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima 1 146
25 Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu 3 141
26 Johnny Ace & Steve Williams 1 134
27 Satoshi Kojima & Taru 1 130
28 The Great Muta & Kenso 1 126
29 Joe Doering & KONO 1 117
30 Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa 1 105
31 Yoji Anjo & Genichiro Tenryu 1 100
32 Brian Adams & Bryan Clark 1 85
33 Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey 1 79
34 Gary Albright & Steve Williams 1 71
35 Ted DiBiase & Stan Hansen 1 70
36 Masakatsu Funaki & Keiji Mutoh 1 65
37 Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa 1 59
38 Terry Gordy & Stan Hansen 2 50
39 Vader & Steve Williams 1 47
40 Johnny Ace & Bart Gunn 1 44
41 Takao Ōmori & Yoshihiro Takayama 1 33
42 Joe Doering and Seiya Sanada 1 28
43 Gary Albright & Stan Hansen 1 27
44 The Great Kabuki & Jumbo Tsuruta 1 11
45 Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu 1 1
46 Akebono and Yutaka Yoshie 1 33+
Information current as of April 24, 2015.

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1 Taiyō Kea 7 1885
2 Toshiaki Kawada 9 1294
3 Akira Taue 7 1166
4 Kenta Kobashi 6 976
5 Mitsuharu Misawa 6 887
6 Keiji Mutoh/The Great Muta 5 860
7 Jun Akiyama 6 820
8 Steve Williams 8 736
9 Jumbo Tsuruta 7 673
10 Joe Doering 4 571
11 Takao Ōmori 6 559
12 Minoru Suzuki 1 554
13 Terry Gordy 7 534
14 Satoshi Kojima 3 429
15 Yoshiaki Yatsu 5 408
16 Stan Hansen 8 367
17 Johnny Ace 4 350
18 Jamal 1 323
19. Manabu Soya 3 303
20 Suwama 1 249
21 Genichiro Tenryu 5 242
22 Arashi 1 224
23. Go Shiozaki 1 219
24 Akebono 2 250+
25 Kendo Kashin 1 183
25 Yuji Nagata 1 183
27 Johnny Smith 1 181
28. Dark Cuervo 1 149
28. Dark Ozz 1 149
30 Kaz Hayashi 1 146
31 Taru 1 130
32 Kenso 1 126
33 KONO 1 117
34 Yoji Anjo 1 100
35 Gary Albright 2 98
36 Brian Adams 1 85
36 Bryan Clark 1 85
38 Danny Spivey 1 79
39 Ted DiBiase 1 70
40 Masakatsu Funaki 1 65
41 Yoshinari Ogawa 1 59
42 Vader 1 47
43 Bart Gunn 1 44
44 Yoshihiro Takayama 1 33
45 Seiya Sanada 1 28
46 The Great Kabuki 1 11
47 Ashura Hara 1 1
48 Yutaka Yoshie 1 33+
Information current as of April 24, 2015.

See also

References

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