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International Wrestling Grand Prix
Tag Team Championship
(December 12, 1985 - Present)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami Dec 12, 1985 -- -- 236 days
Kimura & Fujinami defeated Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi in the finals of a tournament at the 1985 I.W.G.P. Tag Team League. Kimura & Fujinami were substituting for Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka who no-showed the final match of the tournament. Officially recognized on January 5, 1986.
Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido Aug 5, 1986 -- -- 49 days
Tatsumi Fujinami [2] & Kengo Kimura [2] Sep 23, 1986 -- -- 135 days
** Vacated ** Feb 5, 1987 -- --
The titles are vacated after Fujinama & Kimura split up.
Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka Mar 20, 1987 -- -- 6 days
Mutoh & Koshinaka defeated Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada in the finals of a 7-team tournament for the vacant title.
Akira Maeda [2] & Nobuhiko Takada Mar 26, 1987 -- -- 159 days
Kazuo Yamazaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara Sep 1, 1987 -- -- 139 days
Kengo Kimura [3] & Tatsumi Fujinami [3] Jan 18, 1988 -- -- 144 days
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu Jun 10, 1988 -- -- 279 days
The Super Strong Machine & George Takano Mar 16, 1989 -- -- 119 days
Riki Choshu [2] & Takayuki Iizuka Jul 13, 1989 -- -- 69 days
Masa Saito [2] & Shinya Hashimoto Sep 20, 1989 -- -- 219 days
Keiji Mutoh [2] & Masahiro Chono Apr 27, 1990 -- -- 188 days
Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki Nov 1, 1990 -- -- 55 days
Hiro Saito & The Super Strong Machine [2] Dec 26, 1990 -- -- 70 days
Hiroshi Hase [2] & Kensuke Sasaki [2] Mar 6, 1991 -- -- 15 days
Steiner Brothers:
Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner
Mar 21, 1991 -- --
** Vacated ** 1991 -- --
The titles are vacated due to the injury of Scott Steiner, date unknown.
Hiroshi Hase [3] & Keiji Mutoh [3] Nov 5, 1991 -- -- 117 days
Hase & Mutoh defeated Rick Steiner & Scott Norton for the vacant titles.
Big Van Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow Mar 1, 1992 -- -- 117 days
Steiner Brothers:
Rick Steiner [2] & Scott Steiner [2]
Jun 26, 1992 -- -- 149 days
Scott Norton & Tony Halme Nov 22, 1992 -- -- 22 days
Hell Raisers:
Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior [3]
Dec 14, 1992 -- -- 234 days
Jurassic Power:
Hercules Hernández & Scott Norton [2]
Aug 5, 1993 -- -- 152 days
Hell Raisers:
Hawk [2] & Power Warrior [4]
Jan 4, 1994 -- -- 325 days
Hiroshi Hase [4] & Keiji Mutoh [4] Nov 25, 1994 -- -- 167 days
** Vacated ** May 11, 1995 -- --
Mutoh vacates the title after winning the I.W.G.P. Heavyweight Championship.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono [2] Jun 12, 1995 -- -- 26 days
** Vacated ** Jul 8, 1995 -- --
The titles are vacated after Chono is unable to appear at an event on July 7 due to the death of his father.
Junji Hirata [3] & Shinya Hashimoto [2] Jul 13, 1995 -- -- 335 days
Kazuo Yamazaki [2] & Takashi Iizuka [2] Jun 12, 1996 -- -- 34 days
Hiroyoshi Tenzan [2] & Masahiro Chono [3] Jul 16, 1996 -- -- 172 days
Kengo Kimura [4] & Tatsumi Fujinami [4] Jan 4, 1997 -- -- 98 days
Kensuke Sasaki [5] & Riki Choshu [3] Apr 12, 1997 -- -- 21 days
Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi May 3, 1997 -- -- 99 days
Kensuke Sasaki [6] & Kazuo Yamazaki [3] Aug 10, 1997 -- -- 70 days
Keiji Mutoh [5] & Masahiro Chono [4] Oct 19, 1997 -- -- 200 days
** Vacated ** May 7, 1998 -- --
The titles are vacated due to the knee injury of Keiji Motuh.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan [3] & Masahiro Chono [5] Jun 5, 1998 -- -- 40 days
Tenzan & Chono defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka in the finals of a 6-team tournament for the vacant titles.
Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka [2] Jul 15, 1998 -- -- 173 days
Hiroyoshi Tenzan [4] & Satoshi Kojima [2] Jan 4, 1999 -- -- 77 days
Kensuke Sasaki [7] & Shiro Koshinaka [3] Mar 22, 1999 -- -- 97 days
Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto Jun 27, 1999 -- -- 62 days
Manabu Nakanishi [2] & Yuji Nagata Aug 28, 1999 -- -- 327 days
Hiroyoshi Tenzan [5] & Satoshi Kojima [3] Jul 20, 2000 -- -- 430 days
Osamu Nishimura & Tatsumi Fujinami [5] Sep 23, 2001 -- -- 35 days
Keiji Mutoh [6] & Taiyo Kea Oct 28, 2001 -- -- 96 days
** Vacated ** Feb 1, 2002 -- --
The titles are vacated when Mutoh leaves N.J.P.W.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan [6] & Masahiro Chono [6] Mar 24, 2002 -- -- 446 days
Tenzan & Chono defeated Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi in the finals of a 7-team tournament for the vacant titles.
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie Jun 13, 2003 -- -- 184 days
Hiroyoshi Tenzan [7] & Osamu Nishimura [2] Dec 14, 2003 -- -- 49 days
Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama Feb 1, 2004 -- -- 282 days
** Vacated ** Nov 9, 2004 -- --
The N.W.A. orders the titles be vacated due to the injury of Yoshihiro Takayama. Although Takayama refuses and gives the belt to Kensuke Sasaki, the titles are still declared vacant.
Hiroshi Tanahashi [2] & Shinsuke Nakamura Dec 11, 2004 Battle Final Osaka, Japan 323 days
Hiroyoshi Tenzan [8] & Masahiro Chono [7] Oct 30, 2005 -- -- 245 days
Shiro Koshinaka [4] & Togi Makabe Jul 2, 2006 -- -- 88 days
Koshinaka & Makabe defeated Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko in a 4-team tournament to become the provisional champions when Chono is injured.
Manabu Nakanishi [3] & Takao Ohmori Sep 28, 2006 -- -- 164 days
Nakanishi & Ohmori defeated Koshinaka & Makabe to become provisional champions. N.J.P.W. President Simon Kelly strips Chono & Tenzan of their titles on September 20 after they split up. Nakanishi & Ohmori are recognized as champions on September 28.
Super Nova & Travis Tomko Mar 11, 2007 -- -- 343 days
Togi Makabe [2] & Toru Yano Feb 17, 2008 -- -- 322 days
Team 3D:
Brother Devon & Brother Ray
Jan 4, 2009 -- -- 207 days
British Invasion:
Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams
Jul 30, 2009 -- -- 80 days
Team 3D:
Brother Devon [2] & Brother Ray [2]
Oct 18, 2009 -- -- 78 days
This was a 4-Way Full Metal Mayhem match which also included the champions Magnus & Williams, Beer Money Inc. and Booker T & Scott Steiner. This match was also contested for the T.N.A. World Tag Team Championship, won by Magnus & Williams.
No Limit:
Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro Takahashi
Jan 4, 2010 -- -- 119 days
This was a 3-way hardcore match which also involved the champions Team 3D and Anderson & Bernard.
Blue Justice Army:
Wataru Inoue & Yuji Nagata [2]
May 3, 2010 -- -- 47 days
Bad Intentions:
Super Nova [2] & Karl Anderson
Jun 19, 2010 -- -- 564 days
Ten-Koji:
Hiroyoshi Tenzan [9] & Satoshi Kojima [4]
Jan 4, 2012 -- -- 120 days
Chaos:
Takashi Iizuka [3] & Toru Yano [2]
May 3, 2012 -- -- 48 days
** Held-Up ** Jun 20, 2012 -- --
The titles were held-up after a controversial match against Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kajima).
Tencozy:
Hiroyoshi Tenzan [10] & Satoshi Kojima [5]
Jul 22, 2012 -- -- 78 days
Killer Elite Squad:
Davey Boy Smith Jr. & El Centurión
Oct 8, 2012 King of Pro-Wre… Tokyo, Japan 207 days
Tencozy:
Hiroyoshi Tenzan [11] & Satoshi Kojima [6]
May 3, 2013 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan 190 days
This was a four-way match, which included the champions, Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer), Chaos (Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano) and Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man).
Killer Elite Squad:
Davey Boy Smith Jr. [2] & El Centurión [2]
Nov 9, 2013 Power Struggle Osaka, Japan 56 days
Bullet Club:
Shinjiro Otani & Karl Anderson [2]
Jan 4, 2014 Wrestle Kingdom Tokyo, Japan 365 days
Meiyu Tag:
Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata
Jan 4, 2015 Wrestle Kingdom Tokyo, Japan 38 days
Bullet Club:
Shinjiro Otani [2] & Karl Anderson [3]
Feb 11, 2015 The New Beginning Osaka, Japan 53 days
The Kingdom:
Matt Taven & Michael Bennett
Apr 5, 2015 Invasion Attack Tokyo, Japan 91 days
Bullet Club:
Shinjiro Otani [3] & Karl Anderson [4]
Jul 5, 2015 Dominion Osaka, Japan 183 days
Great Bash Heel:
Togi Makabe [3] & Tomoaki Honma
Jan 4, 2016 Wrestle Kingdom Tokyo, Japan 97 days
Guerrillas of Destiny:
Tama Tonga & The Assassin
Apr 10, 2016 Invasion Attack Tokyo, Japan 70 days
Briscoe Brothers:
Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe
Jun 19, 2016 Dominion Osaka, Japan 113 days
Guerrillas of Destiny:
Tama Tonga [2] & The Assassin [2]
Oct 10, 2016 King of Pro-Wre… Tokyo, Japan 86 days
Chaos:
Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano [3]
Jan 4, 2017 Wrestle Kingdom Tokyo, Japan 61 days
This was a 3-way match which also included G.B.H. (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
Tencozy:
Hiroyoshi Tenzan [12] & Satoshi Kojima [7]
Mar 6, 2017 -- -- 34 days
War Machine:
Hanson & Raymond Rowe
Apr 9, 2017 Sakura Genesis Tokyo, Japan 63 days
Guerrillas of Destiny:
Tama Tonga [3] & Tanga Loa
Jun 11, 2017 Dominion Osaka, Japan 20 days
War Machine:
Hanson [2] & Raymond Rowe [2]
Jul 1, 2017 G1 Special in USA Long Beach, USA 85 days
Killer Elite Squad:
Davey Boy Smith Jr. [3] & Lance Archer
Sep 24, 2017 -- -- 102 days
This was a three-way tornado tag team match, which also included Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa).
Los Ingobernables de Japon:
EVIL & SANADA
Jan 4, 2018 Wrestle Kingdom Tokyo, Japan 156 days
The Young Bucks:
Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
Jun 9, 2018 Dominion Osaka, Japan 113 days
Guerrillas of Destiny:
Tama Tonga [4] & Tanga Loa [2]
Sep 30, 2018 Fighting Spirit… Los Angeles, USA 96 days
Los Ingobernables de Japon:
EVIL [2] & SANADA [2]
Jan 4, 2019 Wrestle Kingdom Tokyo, Japan 50 days
Guerrillas of Destiny:
Tama Tonga [5] & Tanga Loa [3]
Feb 23, 2019 Honor Rising Tokyo, Japan 315 days
FinJuice:
David Finlay & Juice Robinson
Jan 4, 2020 Wrestle Kingdom Tokyo, Japan 28 days
Guerrillas of Destiny:
Tama Tonga [6] & Tanga Loa [4]
Feb 1, 2020 The New Beginning Sapporo, Japan 20 days
Golden☆Ace:
Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi [3]
Feb 21, 2020 -- -- 142 days
Dangerous Tekkers:
Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.
Jul 12, 2020 Dominion Osaka, Japan 176 days
Guerrillas of Destiny:
Tama Tonga [7] & Tanga Loa [5]
Jan 4, 2021 Wrestle Kingdom Tokyo, Japan 148 days
Dangerous Tekkers:
Taichi [2] & Zack Sabre Jr. [2]
Jun 1, 2021 -- -- 40 days
Los Ingobernables de Japon:
Tetsuya Naito [2] & SANADA [3]
Jul 11, 2021 -- -- 14 days
Dangerous Tekkers:
Taichi [3] & Zack Sabre Jr. [3]
Jul 25, 2021 Wrestle Grand Slam Tokyo, Japan 163 days
Bishamon:
Hirooki Goto [2] & Yoshi-Hashi
Jan 4, 2022 Wrestle Kingdom Tokyo, Japan 95 days
United Empire:
Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb
Apr 9, 2022 Hyper Battle Tokyo, Japan 22 days
General's Jewel:
Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens
May 1, 2022 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan 42 days
United Empire:
Great-O-Khan [2] & Jeff Cobb [2]
Jun 12, 2022 Dominion Osaka, Japan 14 days
FTR:
Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler
Jun 26, 2022 Forbidden Door Chicago, USA 192 days
This was a Winner Take All three-way match, which also included Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta). FTR's ROH World Tag Team Championship was also on the line.
Bishamon:
Hirooki Goto [3] & Yoshi-Hashi [2]
Jan 4, 2023 Wrestle Kingdom Tokyo, Japan 94 days
Aussie Open:
Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher
Apr 8, 2023 Sakura Genesis Tokyo, Japan 43 days
** Vacated Due To Injury ** May 21, 2023 Resurgence Los Angeles, USA
Vacated due to injury to Mark Davis
Bishamon:
Hirooki Goto [4] & Yoshi-Hashi [3]
Jun 4, 2023 Dominion Osaka, Japan 214 days
Defeated House of Torture (Evil & Yujiro Takahashi) and United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare) in a three-way tag team match to win the vacant titles. The match was also disputed for the vacant Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
Guerrillas of Destiny:
El Phantasmo & Hikuleo
Jan 4, 2024 Wrestle Kingdom Tokyo, Japan 38 days
Bullet Club:
Chase Owens [2] & KENTA
Feb 11, 2024 The New Beginning Osaka, Japan 55 days
Bishamon:
Hirooki Goto [5] & Yoshi-Hashi [4]
Apr 6, 2024 Sakura Genesis Tokyo, Japan 28 days
Bullet Club:
Chase Owens [3] & KENTA [2]
May 4, 2024 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan 36 days
TMDK [The Mighty Don't Kneel]:
Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste
Jun 9, 2024 Dominion Osaka, Japan 148 days
Won a 4-way tornado tag team elimination "Winners Take All" match that included the STRONG Openweight Tag Team Champions, Guerrillas of Destiny, and Bishamon.
United Empire:
Great-O-Khan [3] & Henare
Nov 4, 2024 Power Struggle Osaka, Japan 53 days