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New Japan Pro Wrestling
International Wrestling Grand Prix
Tag Team Championship
(December 12, 1985 - Present)
International Wrestling Grand Prix
Tag Team Championship
(December 12, 1985 - Present)
| Won By: | Date: | Event: | Location: | Reign: |
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| Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami | Dec 12, 1985 | -- | -- | 236 days |
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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.
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| Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido | Aug 5, 1986 | -- | -- | 49 days |
| Tatsumi Fujinami [2] & Kengo Kimura [2] | Sep 23, 1986 | -- | -- | 135 days |
| ** Vacated ** | Feb 5, 1987 | -- | -- | |
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The titles are vacated after Fujinama & Kimura split up.
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| Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka | Mar 20, 1987 | -- | -- | 6 days |
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Mutoh & Koshinaka defeated Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada in the finals of a 7-team tournament for the vacant title.
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| 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 | -- | -- | |
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The titles are vacated due to the injury of Scott Steiner, date unknown.
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| Hiroshi Hase [3] & Keiji Mutoh [3] | Nov 5, 1991 | -- | -- | 117 days |
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Hase & Mutoh defeated Rick Steiner & Scott Norton for the vacant titles.
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| 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 | -- | -- | |
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Mutoh vacates the title after winning the I.W.G.P. Heavyweight Championship.
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| Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono [2] | Jun 12, 1995 | -- | -- | 26 days |
| ** Vacated ** | Jul 8, 1995 | -- | -- | |
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The titles are vacated after Chono is unable to appear at an event on July 7 due to the death of his father.
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| 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 | -- | -- | |
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The titles are vacated due to the knee injury of Keiji Motuh.
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| Hiroyoshi Tenzan [3] & Masahiro Chono [5] | Jun 5, 1998 | -- | -- | 40 days |
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Tenzan & Chono defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka in the finals of a 6-team tournament for the vacant titles.
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| 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 | -- | -- | |
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The titles are vacated when Mutoh leaves N.J.P.W.
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| Hiroyoshi Tenzan [6] & Masahiro Chono [6] | Mar 24, 2002 | -- | -- | 446 days |
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Tenzan & Chono defeated Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi in the finals of a 7-team tournament for the vacant titles.
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| 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 | -- | -- | |
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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.
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| 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 |
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Koshinaka & Makabe defeated Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko in a 4-team tournament to become the provisional champions when Chono is injured.
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| Manabu Nakanishi [3] & Takao Ohmori | Sep 28, 2006 | -- | -- | 164 days |
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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.
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| 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 |
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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.
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| No Limit: Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro Takahashi |
Jan 4, 2010 | -- | -- | 119 days |
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This was a 3-way hardcore match which also involved the champions Team 3D and Anderson & Bernard.
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| 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 | -- | -- | |
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The titles were held-up after a controversial match against Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kajima).
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| 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 |
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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).
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| 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 |
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This was a 3-way match which also included G.B.H. (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
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| 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 |
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This was a three-way tornado tag team match, which also included Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa).
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| 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 |
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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.
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| 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 | |
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Vacated due to injury to Mark Davis
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| Bishamon: Hirooki Goto [4] & Yoshi-Hashi [3] |
Jun 4, 2023 | Dominion | Osaka, Japan | 214 days |
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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
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| 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 |
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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.
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| United Empire: Great-O-Khan [3] & Henare |
Nov 4, 2024 | Power Struggle | Osaka, Japan | 51 days |