IWGP Tag Team Championship

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IWGP Tag Team Championship
The IWGP Tag Team Championship belts
Details
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)
Date establishedDecember 12, 1985[1]
Current champion(s)Bullet Club (Kenta and Chase Owens)
Date wonMay 4, 2024
Other name(s)
  • IWGP Tag Team Championship (1985–present)
  • IWGP World Tag Team Championship (name used by ROH and TNA)
  • IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (name used by AEW)
Statistics
First champion(s)
Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka (6 days)
Oldest championGenichiro Tenryu (48 years, 5 months and 13 days)
Youngest championBrutus Magnus (22 years, 8 months and 15 days)

The IWGP Tag Team Championship (IWGPタッグ王座, IWGP taggu ōza) is a

promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of the NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix (インターナショナル・レスリング・グラン・プリ, intānashonaru resuringu guran puri). The title was introduced on December 12, 1985 at an NJPW live event.[1] The IWGP Tag Team Championship is one of two weight-specific tag team titles contested for in NJPW; the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is also sanctioned by NJPW.[2] According to NJPW's official website, the IWGP Tag Team Championship is considered the "IWGP Heavyweight [Tag] Class", while the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as the "IWGP Jr. Tag Class".[2] Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Title changes usually happen at NJPW-promoted events; although the title has only changed hands twice at a non-NJPW event,[3]
it has been defended in several other promotions.

History

Before the IWGP championship system was created, New Japan Pro-Wrestling featured the

World Wrestling Federation
(WWF), which was abandoned when the WWF working relationship ended.

The inaugural champions were Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami, who defeated Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi in the final of a tournament to win the championship on December 12, 1985, at an NJPW live event.[1] In addition to NJPW, the IWGP Tag Team Championship was also contested in the United States-based promotions World Championship Wrestling (WCW) (now defunct) in the early 1990s, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2009,[4] and in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in 2005.[5]

On October 30, 2005, in

Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko in a Three-Way Match to become the first interim champions. NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki stripped Tenzan & Chono of the IWGP Tag Team Championship on September 20, 2006, after Tenzan & Chono ceased teaming. Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori, who defeated Koshinaka & Makabe on July 17, 2006 to become the interim champions, were recognized as the IWGP Tag Team Champions on September 28, 2006 by NJPW.[7]

In 2009,

Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams as the current IWGP Tag Team Champions, making the reign official.[3][12]

Reigns

Main article: List of IWGP Tag Team Champions

Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka
's only reign is the shortest, at six days. Currently, Bad Intentions' only reign has the most defenses, with ten. There are 20 reigns shared between 18 teams that are tied for the fewest successful defenses, with zero. Overall, there have been 99 reigns shared between 87 wrestlers.

Fukuoka, Japan
.

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ a b c "IWGP Tag Team Championship history: Reign 1". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). NJPW.co. Archived from the original on 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  2. ^ a b "IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship history". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). NJPW.co. Archived from the original on 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  3. ^ a b Martin, Adam (2009-08-12). "More on TNA and New Japan issues". Wrestleview. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  4. ^ Martin, Adam (2009-04-19). "Lockdown PPV results - 4/19/09". Wrestleview. Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  5. ^ Súper Luchasstaff (2006-01-03). "2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). pp. 20–21. issue 140.
  6. ^ a b "IWGP Tag Team Championship history: Reign 48". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). NJPW.co. Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  7. ^ "IWGP Tag Team Championship history: Reign 49". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). NJPW.co. Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  8. ^ Martin, Adam (2009-07-22). "Spoilers: 7/21 TNA Impact TV tapings". Wrestleview. Archived from the original on 2009-07-25. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  9. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original
    on June 11, 2016. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  10. Canadian Online Explorer. 2009-08-06. Archived from the original on 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2009-08-13. The British Invasion's IWGP World Team Team Title victory over Team 3D on last week's TNA iMPACT! is not being recognized by New Japan Pro Wrestling. Team 3D will continue to defend the titles in Japan.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
    )
  11. ^ Martin, Adam (2009-08-05). "New Japan on title change in TNA". Wrestleview. Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  12. ^ Martin, Adam (2009-08-10). "New Japan changes stance on tag titles". Wrestleview. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-15.

External links

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