Championshipname: | WWF International Tag Team Championship |
Promotion: | World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation (WWWF/WWF) New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) |
Created: | June 1, 1969 (original) May 24, 1985 (second) |
Titleretired: | 1972 (original) October 31, 1985 (second) |
Mostreigns: | As tag team (2 reigns):
As individual (3 reigns):
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Firstchamp: | Rising Suns (Mitsu Arakawa and Toru Tanaka) |
Finalchamp: | Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura |
Longestreign: | The Mongols (Bepo and Geeto Mongol) (1st reign, 368 days) |
Shortestreign: | Bruno Sammartino and The Battman (0 days) |
Oldest: | Tarzan Tyler |
Youngest: | Bepo |
Heaviest: | The Mongols (Bepo and Geto Mongol) (563 lbs combined) |
Lightest: | Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami (463 lbs combined) |
Pastnames: |
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The WWF International Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship in the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1969 to 1972 and in the renamed World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro-Wrestling for a short time in 1985.
Over the championship's 16-year history, there were eight reigns between seven teams composed of 13 individual champions. The Rising Suns (Mitsu Arakawa and Toru Tanaka) were the inaugural champions. As a team, The Mongols(Bepo and Geeto) has the most reigns at two times, while individually, Geeto has the most reigns at three times. The Mongols' first reign was the longest at 368 days, while Bruno Sammartino and Dominic DeNucci's reign was the shortest at 14 days. Tarzan Tyler was the oldest champion at 43 years old, while Bepo was the youngest at 22 years old.
Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami were the final champions with a reign that lest for 159 days, before the title was deactivated for the second time in its history.
Name | Years | |
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WWWF International Tag Team Championship | June 1, 1969 – 1972 | |
WWF International Tag Team Championship | May 24, 1985 – October 31, 1985 |
Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | 2 | 501 | |
2 | 1 | 190 | |
3 | 1 | 188 | |
4 | 1 | 159 | |
5 | 1 | 36 | |
6 | 1 | 14 | |
1 | 14 |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | 3 | 698 | |
2 | 2 | 501 | |
3 | 1 | 190 | |
1 | 190 | ||
5 | 2 | 188 | |
6 | 1 | 185 | |
7 | 1 | 159 | |
1 | 159 | ||
9 | 1 | 36 | |
1 | 36 | ||
11 | 2 | 14 | |
1 | 14 | ||
1 | 14 | ||