World Tag Team Championship (AJPW) explained

Championshipname:World Tag Team Championship
Currentholder:Saito Brothers (Jun Saito and Rei Saito)
Won:March 30, 2024
Promotion:All Japan Pro Wrestling
Created:June 10, 1988
Mostreigns:As individual:
Toshiaki Kawada (9)
As team:
Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue (6)
Firstchamp:Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu
Longestreign:Taiyō Kea and Minoru Suzuki (554 days)
Shortestreign:Ashura Hara and Genichiro Tenryu (1 day)
Oldest:Genichiro Tenryu
Youngest:Ryuki Honda
Heaviest:Akebono (462 lbs)
Pastnames:AJPW World Tag Team Championship

The is a professional wrestling World 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 99 reigns shared between 65 different teams consisting of 70 distinctive champions. The current champions are Saito Brothers (Jun Saito and Rei Saito) who are in their second reign as a team as well as individually.

Combined reigns

As of, .

Indicates the current champion

By team

RankTeamNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1The Holy Demon Army
6 10 912
2Violent Giants
4 12 762
31 4 554
42 4 532
5Satsujin Gyorai
5 3 484
6The Big Guns
4 7 414
7Gorin Konbi
5 9 408
8NEXTREAM/Zen Nisshin Jidai
2 7 364
9RO&D
1 3 323
10Get Wild
3 5 303
11Wild Burning
3 5 297
123 5 280
132 3 273
14Saito Brothers †
2 7 +
151 2 268
161 2 254
17Evolution
1 4 249
Runaway Suplex
1 3 249
191 4 224
20Burning
1 3 219
211 3 217
222 1 192
231 3 191
241 1 190
251 0 188
261 1 177
27G.E.T.
2 0 172
281 0 153
29The Black Family
1 2 149
30Kojikaz
1 1 146
31Xceed
1 3 145
32Ryukanhou
3 0 141
331 1 134
34Voodoo Murders
1 0 130
35Gungnir Of Anarchy
1 4 126
1 1 126
371 1 121
38Voodoo Murders
1 3 117
391 2 105
401 2 100
411 1 97
42Kongo
1 2 86
43KroniK
1 1 85
441 2 79
451 1 71
Voodoo Murders
1 0 71
T.O.P.
1 1 71
481 0 65
491 0 59
501 0 58
1 0 58
52Fuchin Gyorai
2 0 50
531 0 45
541 0 44
55Twin Towers
1 1 36
561 1 34
57No Fear
1 0 33
581 0 28
591 0 27
601 0 22
611 0 21
621 0 20
63Nextream
1 1 15
641 0 8
65Ryugenhou
1 0 1

By wrestler

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
data-sort-type="number"Combined days
17 16 1,896
28 20 1,365
39 12 1,294
47 12 1,166
56 7 977
67 13 894
76 7 888
85 8 860
95 13 798
108 5 747
117 11 670
127 11 633
134 6 571
141 4 554
155 10 551
165 8 535
177 3 534
183 1 429
193 7 422
204 7 414
215 9 408
22Manabu Soya4 7 389
232 7 375
248 3 368
252 6 364
264 1 350
271 3 323
283 5 280
3 5 280
30Jun Saito2 7 +
Rei Saito2 7 +
322 3 262
335 2 242
341 4 224
352 2 218
361 3 191
372 1 188
1 0 188
1 0 188
401 2 149
1 2 149
421 1 146
431 0 130
441 4 126
1 1 126
461 2 100
472 1 98
481 1 97
491 2 86
501 1 85
1 1 85
521 2 79
532 1 73
541 1 71
551 0 65
561 0 59
571 0 58
581 0 45
591 0 44
601 1 36
611 1 34
621 0 33
631 0 28
641 0 22
651 0 21
1 0 21
671 0 20
681 1 15
691 0 8
701 0 1

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship title history. 2007-07-23. Wrestling-Titles.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20070808083746/http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html. 8 August 2007 . live.