Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (Zero1) Explained

Championshipname:Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Currentholder:M2J (Kengo Mashimo and Naka Shunma)
Won:March 20, 2024
Promotion:Pro Wrestling Zero1
New Wrestling Alliance
Created:June 14, 2001
Firstchamp:Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda
Longestreign:Masato Tanaka and Zeus (419 days)
Shortestreign:Steve Corino and Mike Rapada
Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa (3 days)
Oldest:Taru
Pastnames:NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship

The Intercontinental Tag Team Championship,[1] also known as the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship, is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1, typically reserved for (but not exclusive to) heavyweight (>100kg (200lb)) wrestlers. It was created on June 14, 2001, three months after then Pro Wrestling Zero-One's creation, when Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda (though Zero1 has since ceased to recognize both their reign as well as the following reign by Steve Corino and Mike Rapada)[2] [3] [4] defeated Yuki Ishikawa and Katsumi Usuda.[5] The championship was created when Zero-One was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA); since Zero-One departed from the NWA in late 2004, the NWA does not recognize or sanction it, though it retains the NWA initials. It is one of two tag team titles currently active in Zero1, along with the Blast King Tag Team Championship, a specialty title defended exclusively in explosion matches. There have been a total of 56 recognized individual champions and 45 recognized teams, who have had a combined 49 official reigns.

Combined reigns

As of, .

Indicates the current champion
¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest length is considered.

By team

RankTeamNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1Emblem
2 7 459
21 4 419
3Stepbrother Tag
1 4 399
4Dangan Yankees
1 6 397
52 5 367
6Kubota Brothers
1 6 365
71 4 334
8ZERO64
1 1 330
91 4 315
10Junya Matsunaga and Takafumi 1 2 301
111 3 298
121 2 280
131 1 268
14Wild Child
1 2 257
151 2 253
16M2J †
1 2 +
171 2 232
181 3 203
192 3 183
20Aibo Tag
1 1 138
211 2 135
221 1 125
23Ryoji Sai and Osamu Namiguchi 1 1 123
241 3 120
251 5 119
261 1 115
271 1 114
281 1 109
291 0 101
30Taru and Chris Vice 1 0 100
311 0 95
32Mr. Wrestling 3 and Charles Evans 1 0 94
33Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato 1 1 93
341 0
35Junya Matsunaga and Tsugutaka Sato 1 3 79
361 2 75
1 1 75
381 0 73
391 0 62
40OH-gun
2 1 53
411 1 33
421 0 28
431 0 25
441 0 20
451 0 16
461 1 6
471 0 3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pro Wrestling ZERO1 official results archives. 2007-07-10. ZERO-ONE-MAX.com. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070726155754/http://www.zero-one-max.com/results_archives.html. 2007-07-26.
  2. Web site: Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE results, 2001. 2007-07-11. Strong Style Spirit . https://web.archive.org/web/20070620110449/http://www.puroresufan.com/other/zero-one/results01.php . 2007-06-20.
  3. Web site: NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship title history. 2007-07-11. TitleHistories.com. 2008-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720162157/http://www.titlehistories.com/ZERO1_MAX_Intercontinental_Tag_Team_Titles.htm. dead.
  4. Web site: NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship title history. 2007-07-11. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2011-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110816110332/http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/zero-one/nnwa-ic-t.html. dead.
  5. Web site: NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship official title history. 2007-07-11. ZEROONEUSA.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060514234337/http://zerooneusa.com/title_ictag.shtml. 2006-05-14.