Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship
Professional wrestling tag team championship
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The Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship (WRESTLE-1タッグチャンピオンシップ, Wrestle-1 Taggu Chanpionshippu) was a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Wrestle-1 (W-1) promotion. The title was announced on September 22, 2014, in conjunction with the start of a tournament to crown the first Wrestle-1 Champion. In Japanese the title's name includes the katakana term for "championship", Chanpionshippu (チャンピオンシップ), derived from the English language instead of the more common kanji term Ōza (王座).[6]
| Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship belt (November 2014 — Present) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Wrestle-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | November 30, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | April 1, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been eighteen reigns shared among sixteen teams and twenty one wrestlers.
History
Championship tournament
On September 22, 2014, during the second day of a tournament to determine the inaugural Wrestle-1 Champion, it was announced that Wrestle-1 would also be introducing its own tag team championship.[6][7][8] Through Wrestle-1's relationship with American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), the promotion had previously presented a match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship.[9][10] The first Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions would be crowned in the "First Tag League Greatest" round-robin tournament taking place between November 15 and 30, 2014.[6] The two blocks containing the ten participating teams were revealed on November 3.[11][12][13] The teams were later given official team names on November 14.[14] In the tournament, a win was worth two points, a draw one point and a loss zero points. The top two teams from each block advanced to the semifinals and the winners wrestled in the tournament final to determine the inaugural champions.[11] On November 27, Seiki Yoshioka pulled out of the tournament with a knee injury, forcing his team to forfeit their final match in the tournament.[15][16] On November 30, Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo) defeated the new Wild order (Akira and Manabu Soya) in the finals to win the tournament and become the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions.[1][17][18]
| A | B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrestlers | Score | Wrestlers | Score |
| Masayuki Kono and Tajiri (Desperado) | 8 | Kai and Ryota Hama (Akatenrou) | 6 |
| Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo (Team 246) | 6 | Akira and Manabu Soya (new Wild order) | 5 |
| Jiro Kuroshio and Masakatsu Funaki (Ikemen Samurai) | 4 | Minoru Tanaka and Seiki Yoshioka (Too Sharp) | 4 |
| Taiyō Kea and Yasufumi Nakanoue (Sunrise) | 2 | Hiroshi Yamato and Seiya Sanada (Seiya to Hiroshi) | 4 |
| Mazada and Nosawa Rongai (Tokyo Gurentai) | 0 | Koji Doi and Yusuke Kodama (Novus) | 1 |
| A | Kuroshio Funaki | Hayashi Kondo | Kono Tajiri | Mazada Nosawa | Kea Nakanoue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuroshio Funaki |
X | Hayashi Kondo (12:10)[19] | Kono Tajiri (10:52)[20] | Kuroshio Funaki (09:55)[21] | Kuroshio Funaki (12:38)[22] |
| Hayashi Kondo |
Hayashi Kondo (12:10)[19] | X | Kono Tajiri (14:46)[21] | Hayashi Kondo (06:28)[23] | Hayashi Kondo (13:28)[20] |
| Kono Tajiri |
Kono Tajiri (10:52)[20] | Kono Tajiri (14:46)[21] | X | Kono Tajiri (03:35)[22] | Kono Tajiri (09:18)[23] |
| Mazada Nosawa |
Kuroshio Funaki (09:55)[21] | Hayashi Kondo (06:28)[23] | Kono Tajiri (03:35)[22] | X | Kea Nakanoue (07:54)[19] |
| Kea Nakanoue |
Kuroshio Funaki (12:38)[22] | Hayashi Kondo (13:28)[20] | Kono Tajiri (09:18)[23] | Kea Nakanoue (07:54)[19] | X |
| B | Akira Soya | Yamato Sanada | Kai Hama | Doi Kodama | Tanaka Yoshioka |
| Akira Soya |
X | Draw (30:00)[20] | Kai Hama (16:22)[19] | Akira Soya (09:52)[21] | Akira Soya (14:46)[23] |
| Yamato Sanada |
Draw (30:00)[20] | X | Yamato Sanada (17:08)[21] | Draw (30:00)[23] | Tanaka Yoshioka (15:50)[22] |
| Kai Hama |
Kai Hama (16:22)[19] | Yamato Sanada (17:08)[21] | X | Kai Hama (12:05)[22] | Kai Hama (forfeit)[15] |
| Doi Kodama |
Akira Soya (09:52)[21] | Draw (30:00)[23] | Kai Hama (12:05)[22] | X | Tanaka Yoshioka (10:20)[19] |
| Tanaka Yoshioka |
Akira Soya (14:46)[23] | Tanaka Yoshioka (15:50)[22] | Kai Hama (forfeit)[15] | Tanaka Yoshioka (10:20)[19] | X |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | Kono and Tajiri | Pin | |||||||
| B2 | Akira and Soya | 09:15[1] | |||||||
| Akira and Soya | Pin | ||||||||
| Hayashi and Kondo | 26:05[1] | ||||||||
| B1 | Kai and Hama | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Hayashi and Kondo | 11:37[1] | |||||||
Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo) |
November 30, 2014 | First Tag League Greatest | Tokyo | 1 | 224 | 7[24] | Hayashi and Kondo defeated Akira and Manabu Soya in the finals of a ten-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. | [1][17][18] |
| 2 | new Wild order (Jun Kasai and Manabu Soya) |
July 12, 2015 | Symbol | Tokyo | 1 | 138 | 2[25] | [24][26][27] | |
| 3 | TriggeR (Masayuki Kono and Shuji Kondo (2)) |
November 27, 2015 | Autumn Bout | Tokyo | 1 | 100 | 0[28] | [25][29] | |
| 4 | Real Desperado (Kazma Sakamoto and Yuji Hino) |
March 6, 2016 | Trans Magic | Sendai | 1 | 94 | 2[30] | [28] | |
| 5 | Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi | June 8, 2016 | Outbreak | Tokyo | 1 | 51 | 1[31] | [30][32] | |
| 6 | new Wild order (Jun Kasai and Manabu Soya) |
July 29, 2016 | Symbol | Tokyo | 2 | 22 | 0 | [31][33] | |
| — | Vacated | August 20, 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to Soya being sidelined with a shoulder injury. | [34][35] |
| 7 | Kaz Hayashi (2) and Kotaro Suzuki | September 18, 2016 | 3rd Anniversary | Tokyo | 1 | 183 | 3[36] | Hayashi and Kondo defeated "brother" Yasshi and Shuji Kondo to win the vacant title. | [37][38][39] |
| 8 | New Era (Koji Doi and Kumagoro) |
March 20, 2017 | Trans Magic | Tokyo | 1 | 45 | 1[40] | [36] | |
| 9 | Masayuki Kono (2) and Takanori Ito | May 4, 2017 | Triumph | Tokyo | 1 | 51 | 1[41] | [40][42] | |
| 10 | New Era (Koji Doi and Kumagoro) |
June 24, 2017 | Outbreak | Yokohama | 2 | 70 | 1[43] | [41] | |
| 11 | Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi (3) and Shuji Kondo (3)) |
September 2, 2017 | 2017 Puroresu Love in Yokohama | Yokohama | 2 | 78 | 1[44] | [43] | |
| 12 | New Era (Koji Doi and Kumagoro) |
November 19, 2017 | Autumn Bout | Chiba | 3 | 150 | 1[45] | [46] | |
| 13 | new Wild order (Manabu Soya (3) and Akira) |
April 18, 2018 | 2018 Cherry Blossom | Tokyo | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Enfant Terribles (Kumaarashi (4) and Shotaro Ashino (1)) |
May 6, 2018 | 2018 Triumph | Tokyo | 1 | 47 | 0 | Arashi previously known as Kumagoro. | |
| 15 | Jiro Kuroshio and Masato Tanaka | June 22, 2018 | 2018 Triumph | Tokyo | 1 | 50 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Shuji Kondo (4) and Koji Doi (4) | August 11, 2018 | 2018 Flashing Summer | Tokyo | 1 | 173 | 3 | ||
| — | Vacated | January 31, 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated. | |
| 17 | Masayuki Kono (3) and Alejandro | March 21, 2019 | Wrestle Wars 2019 | Tokyo | 1 | 82 | 2 | Kono and Alejandro defeated Kaz Hayashi and Pegaso Iluminar to win the vacant title. | [47] |
| 18 | Shuji Kondo (5) and Seigo Tachibana | June 11, 2019 | 2019 Outbreak Tour | Tokyo | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| — | Vacated | June 28, 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to Tachibana suffering an injury. | |
| 19 | Enfant Terribles (Shotaro Ashino (2) and Yusuke Kodama) |
August 1, 2019 | 2019 Flashing Summer Tour | Tokyo | 1 | 227 | 3 | Ashino and Kodama defeated Shuji Kondo and Manabu Soya to win the vacant titles. | |
| 20 | Daiki Inaba and Koji Doi (5) | March 15, 2020 | Wrestle Wars 2020 | Tokyo | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| — | Deactivated | April 1, 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Deactivated when Wrestle-1 closed. | |
Combined reigns
As of April 19, 2026
| † | Indicates the current champions |
By team
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo) |
2 | 8 | 302 |
| 2 | New Era (Koji Doi and Kumagoro) |
3 | 3 | 265 |
| 3 | Enfant Terribles (Shotaro Ashino and Yusuke Kodama) |
1 | 3 | 227 |
| 4 | Kaz Hayashi and Kotaro Suzuki | 1 | 3 | 183 |
| 5 | Shuji Kondo and Koji Doi | 1 | 3 | 173 |
| 6 | new Wild order (Jun Kasai and Manabu Soya) |
2 | 2 | 160 |
| 7 | TriggeR (Masayuki Kono and Shuji Kondo) |
1 | 0 | 100 |
| 8 | Real Desperado (Kazma Sakamoto and Yuji Hino) |
1 | 2 | 94 |
| 9 | Masayuki Kono and Takanori Ito | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| 10 | Masayuki Kono and Alejandro | 1 | 2 | 82 |
| 11 | Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| 12 | Jiro Kuroshio and Masato Tanaka | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| 13 | Enfant Terribles (Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino) |
1 | 0 | 47 |
| 14 | new Wild order (Manabu Soya and Akira) |
1 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Shuji Kondo and Seigo Tachibana | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Daiki Inaba and Koji Doi | 1 | 0 | 17 |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shuji Kondo | 5 | 11 | 592 |
| 2 | Koji Doi | 5 | 6 | 455 |
| 3 | Kumagoro/Kumaarashi | 4 | 3 | 312 |
| 4 | Kaz Hayashi | 3 | 11 | 302 |
| 5 | Shotaro Ashino | 2 | 3 | 274 |
| 6 | Yusuke Kodama | 1 | 3 | 227 |
| 7 | Masayuki Kono | 3 | 3 | 223 |
| 8 | Kotaro Suzuki | 1 | 3 | 183 |
| 9 | Manabu Soya | 3 | 2 | 178 |
| 10 | Jun Kasai | 2 | 2 | 160 |
| 11 | Kazma Sakamoto | 1 | 2 | 94 |
| Yuji Hino | 1 | 2 | 94 | |
| 13 | Alejandro | 1 | 2 | 82 |
| 14 | Takanori Ito | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| Yasufumi Nakanoue | 1 | 1 | 51 | |
| Yuji Okabayashi | 1 | 1 | 51 | |
| 17 | Jiro Kuroshio | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Masato Tanaka | 1 | 0 | 50 | |
| 19 | Akira | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| 20 | Seigo Tachibana | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Daiki Inaba | 1 | 0 | 17 | |