FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship explained

Championshipname:FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship
Promotion:Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Created:December 9, 1991
Mostreigns:W*ING Kanemura/Yukihiro Kanemura (5 reigns)
Firstchamp:Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto
Longestreign:The Headhunters (Headhunter A and Headhunter B)
(391 days)
Shortestreign:Koji Nakagawa and Gedo
(3 days)
Pastnames:WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Championship
Titleretired:June 16, 1999

The FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship was a tag team hardcore wrestling championship contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.

Title history

Names

NameYears
WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team ChampionshipDecember 9, 1991 - September 19, 1992
FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team ChampionshipJanuary 18, 1994 - June 13, 1999

Reigns

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1Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto1December 9, 1991150Tokyo, JapanFMWOnita and Goto defeated Grigory Verichev and Koba Kurtanidze in the finals of a World's Strongest Tag Team Tournament to become the first WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Champions.[1]
2Sabu and Horace Boulder1May 7, 199217Tokyo, JapanFMW
3Tarzan Goto
and Grigory Verichev
1May 25, 1992Tokyo, JapanFMW
AbandonedSeptember 19, 1992Yokohama, Kanagawa3rd Anniversary ShowThe title was abandoned after the 3rd Anniversary Show.
4Big Titan and The Gladiator1January 18, 199493Saitama, JapanFMWThe title was re-installed as FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship. Titan and Gladiator defeated Atsushi Onita and Katsutoshi Niiyama in a tournament final to win the vacant title.[2] [3]
5Mr. Pogo and Hisakatsu Oya1April 21, 1994101Aomori, JapanFMW
6Atsushi Onita and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga1July 31, 1994Yokohama, JapanFMW
VacatedOctober 1994FMWThe title was vacated when Onita and Matsunaga split up.
7W*ING Alliance
1October 28, 1994119Tokyo, JapanFMWPogo and Gladiator defeated Atsushi Onita and Mr. Gannosuke for vacant title.
8Atsushi Onita and Mr. Gannosuke1February 24, 199511Tokyo, JapanFMW
9W*ING Alliance
1March 7, 199559Iwate, JapanFMW
10Lethal Weapon
1May 5, 1995123Kawasaki, Japan6th Anniversary Show
11Daisuke Ikeda and Yoshiaki Fujiwara1September 5, 1995107Sapporo, JapanGrand Slam Tour
12Lethal Weapon
1December 21, 199515Yokohama, JapanYear End Spectacular
13The Faces of Dead
1January 5, 199685Tokyo, JapanFMW
14The Headhunters
1March 30, 1996391Tokyo, JapanFMW
15W*ING Alliance
1April 25, 1997118Osaka, JapanFighting Creation Tour
16Funk Masters of Wrestling
1August 21, 199759Yokosuka, JapanSuper Dynamism Tour
17ZEN
1October 19, 1997Sendai, JapanPower Splash Tour
VacatedNovember 1997Onita and Kanemura were stripped of the title due to Onita's inactivity.
18ZEN/Team No Respect
1November 28, 1997121Tokyo, JapanScramble Survivor TourDefeated Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka for the vacant title.
19Team No Respect
1March 29, 199819Niigata, JapanWinning Road Tour
20Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka1April 17, 199840Sapporo, JapanFuyuki Army
21Team No Respect
1May 27, 1998152Fukuoka, JapanNeo FMW
211October 26, 1998Chiba, JapanFuyuki Army
VacatedJanuary 1999Title vacated due to Ikeda's health problems.
22Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda1May 3, 199941Nagoya, JapanStrongest Tag League TourDefeated Hayabusa and Kodo Fuyuki in an eight-team round-robin tournament final for vacant title.
23Team No Respect
1June 13, 19993Okayama, JapanMaking of a New Legend Tour
RetiredJune 16, 1999Chiba, JapanMaking of a New Legend TourThe title was replaced with the WEW World Tag Team Championship.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . Japan: WWA Martial Arts Tag Team Title . 2000 . 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . Japan: FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title . 2000 . 0-9698161-5-4.
  3. Web site: Pro wrestling history (01/18): Ivan Koloff defeats Bruno Sammartino for WWWF title . January 18, 2019 . January 18, 2019 . . Brian . Hoops.