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Unified World Tag Team Championship
(June 10, 1988 - Present)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu Jun 10, 1988 -- -- 49 days
Tsuruta & Yatsu, the reigning P.W.F. World Tag Team Champions, defeated the Road Warriors, the reigning N.W.A. Internation Tag Team Champions, to unify the titles into the A.J.P.W. Unified World Tag Team Championship, also known as the Double Cup Tag Team Championship.
Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy Jul 29, 1988 -- -- 2 days
Jumbo Tsuruta [2] & Yoshiaki Yatsu [2] Jul 31, 1988 -- -- 29 days
Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara Aug 29, 1988 -- -- 1 day
Jumbo Tsuruta [3] & Yoshiaki Yatsu [3] Aug 30, 1988 -- -- 81 days
** Vacated ** Nov 19, 1988 -- --
Tsuruta & Yatsu vacate the titles for the 1988 Annual Real World Tag Team Championship Tournament.
Stan Hansen [2] & Terry Gordy [2] Dec 16, 1988 -- -- 48 days
Jumbo Tsuruta [4] & Yoshiaki Yatsu [4] Feb 2, 1989 -- -- 159 days
Stan Hansen [3] & Genichiro Tenryu [2] Jul 11, 1989 -- -- 11 days
Jumbo Tsuruta [5] & Yoshiaki Yatsu [5] Jul 22, 1989 -- -- 90 days
Stan Hansen [4] & Genichiro Tenryu [3] Oct 20, 1989 -- -- 40 days
** Vacated ** Nov 29, 1989 -- --
Hansen & Tenryu vacate the titles for the 1989 Annual Real World Tag Team Championship Tournament.
Stan Hansen [5] & Genichiro Tenryu [4] Dec 6, 1989 -- -- 90 days
Steve Williams & Terry Gordy [3] Mar 6, 1990 -- -- 135 days
Jumbo Tsuruta [6] & The Great Kabuki Jul 19, 1990 -- -- 11 days
** Vacated ** Jul 30, 1990 -- --
The titles are vacated when Kabuki signs to S.W.S.
Steve Williams [2] & Terry Gordy [4] Dec 7, 1990 -- -- 132 days
Williams & Gordy win the annual Real World Tag Team Championship tournament.
Dan Spivey & Stan Hansen [6] Apr 18, 1991 -- -- 79 days
Steve Williams [3] & Terry Gordy [5] Jul 6, 1991 -- -- 18 days
Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada Jul 24, 1991 -- -- 135 days
** Vacated ** Dec 6, 1991 -- --
Misawa & Kawada vacate the titles for the 1991 Annual Real World Tag Team Championship Tournament.
Steve Williams [4] & Terry Gordy [6] Dec 6, 1991 -- -- 0 days
-- Dec 6, 1991 -- CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS UNCLEAR -- Mar 4, 1992 --
Akira Taue & Jumbo Tsuruta [7] Mar 4, 1992 -- -- 254 days
** Vacated ** Nov 13, 1992 -- --
Taue & Tsuruta vacate the titles for the 1992 Annual Real World Tag Team Championship Tournament. Tsuruta does not participate in the tournament due to liver problems.
Mitsuharu Misawa [2] & Toshiaki Kawada [2] Dec 4, 1992 -- -- 57 days
Steve Williams [5] & Terry Gordy [7] Jan 30, 1993 -- -- 110 days
Akira Taue [2] & Toshiaki Kawada [3] May 20, 1993 -- -- 106 days
Stan Hansen [7] & Ted DiBiase Sep 3, 1993 -- -- 91 days
** Vacated ** Dec 3, 1993 -- --
Hansen & Dibiase vacate the titles for the 1993 Annual Real World Tag Team Championship Tournament.
Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa [3] Dec 3, 1993 -- -- 362 days
** Vacated ** Nov 30, 1994 -- --
Kobashi & Misawa vacate the titles for the 1994 Annual Real World Tag Team Championship Tournament.
Kenta Kobashi [2] & Mitsuharu Misawa [4] Dec 10, 1994 -- -- 181 days
Akira Taue [3] & Toshiaki Kawada [4] Jun 9, 1995 -- -- 229 days
Gary Albright & Stan Hansen [8] Jan 24, 1996 -- -- 27 days
Akira Taue [4] & Toshiaki Kawada [5] Feb 20, 1996 -- -- 93 days
Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa [5] May 23, 1996 -- -- 105 days
Johnny Ace & Steve Williams [6] Sep 5, 1996 -- -- 134 days
Akira Taue [5] & Toshiaki Kawada [6] Jan 17, 1997 -- -- 130 days
Johnny Ace [2] & Kenta Kobashi [3] May 27, 1997 -- -- 59 days
Gary Albright [2] & Steve Williams [7] Jul 25, 1997 -- -- 71 days
Johnny Ace [3] & Kenta Kobashi [4] Oct 4, 1997 -- -- 113 days
Akira Taue [6] & Toshiaki Kawada [7] Jan 25, 1998 -- -- 347 days
Jun Akiyama [2] & Kenta Kobashi [5] Jan 7, 1999 -- -- 153 days
Bart Gunn & Johnny Ace [4] Jun 9, 1999 -- -- 44 days
Takao Ohmori & Yoshihiro Takayama Jul 23, 1999 -- -- 33 days
Mitsuharu Misawa [6] & Yoshinari Ogawa Aug 25, 1999 -- -- 59 days
Jun Akiyama [3] & Kenta Kobashi [6] Oct 23, 1999 -- -- 120 days
Vader & Steve Williams [8] Feb 20, 2000 -- -- 41 days
** Vacated ** Apr 1, 2000 -- --
The titles are vacated in April of 2000 due to the injury of Vader, date unknown.
Akira Taue [7] & Toshiaki Kawada [8] Jun 9, 2000 -- -- 21 days
Taue & Kawada defeated Ohmori & Takayama in the finals of a 4-team tournament for the vacant title.
** Vacated ** Jun 30, 2000 -- --
The titles are vacated after Taue leaves the promotion.
Johnny Smith & Taiyo Kea Jan 14, 2001 -- -- 181 days
Genichiro Tenryu [5] & Yoji Anjoh Jul 14, 2001 -- -- 100 days
Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea [2] Oct 22, 2001 -- -- 268 days
Brian Adams & Bryan Clarke Jul 17, 2002 -- -- 85 days
** Vacated ** Oct 10, 2002 -- --
Adams & Clarke vacate the titles after Adams becomes a pro boxer.
Satoshi Kojima & Taiyo Kea [3] Dec 6, 2002 -- -- 153 days
** Vacated ** May 8, 2003 -- --
Arashi & Keiji Mutoh [2] Jun 8, 2003 -- -- 224 days
Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima [2] Jan 18, 2004 -- -- 146 days
Kendo KaShin & Yuji Nagata Jun 12, 2004 -- -- 187 days
** Vacated ** Dec 16, 2004 -- --
The titles are vacated due to not defending the title within the last 6 months.
Jamal & Taiyo Kea [4] Jan 16, 2005 -- -- 364 days
** Vacated ** Jan 15, 2006 -- --
The titles are vacated after Jamal leaves the promotion in January of 2006, date unknown.
Taiyo Kea [5] & Toshiaki Kawada [9] Feb 17, 2007 -- -- 190 days
Satoshi Kojima [3] & TARU Aug 26, 2007 -- -- 130 days
Joe Doring & Keiji Mutoh [3] Jan 3, 2008 -- -- 6172 days