2AW Tag Team Championship

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2AW Tag Team Championship
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Current design of the titles (2022present)
Details
Promotion Active Advance Pro Wrestling
Date establishedFebruary 14, 2020
Current champion(s)Starlight Dreamers (Ayame Sasamura and Kotaro Yoshino)
Date wonAugust 25, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s)Ayato Yoshida and Tank Nagai
Most reignsAs a team (2 reigns):

As an individual (3 reigns):

Longest reignTakuro Niki & Tatsuya Hanami (224 days)
Shortest reign Ayato Yoshida & Tank Nagai (40 days)
Oldest champion Kengo Mashimo (42 years, 67 days)
Youngest championTakuro Niki (21 years, 317 days)

The 2AW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion Active Advance Pro Wrestling. There have been a total of fifteen reigns shared between fourteen different teams consisting of eighteen distinctive champions. The current title holders are Starlight Dreamers (Ayame Sasamura and Kotaro Yoshino) who are in their first reign as a team. [1]

Contents

Title history

There have been a total of fifteen reigns shared between fourteen different teams consisting of eighteen distinctive champions. The first champions were Ayato Yoshida and Tank Nagai. Yoshida, Kengo Mashimo and Tatsuya Hanami hold the record for the most individual reigns with three each, while Kengo Mashimo and Tatsuya Hanami hold the record for the most reigns as a team with two. The current champions are Starlight Dreamers (Ayame Sasamura and Kotaro Yoshino) who won the titles at 2AW Grand Slam In TKP Garden City Chiba in Tokyo, Japan.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
<1Reign lasted less than a day
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1 Ayato Yoshida and Tank Nagai February 14, 20202AW Tokyo, Japan 1400Defeated Kyu Mogami & Minoru Fujita in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. [2]
2Chango and Kaji Tomato March 25, 20202AW GRAND SLAM In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1763 [3]
3Tempest
(Ayumu Honda and Taishi Takizawa)
June 9, 20202AW GRAND SLAM In Samurai! TV Chiba, Japan 1540 [4]
4 Kengo Mashimo and Tatsuya HanamiAugust 2, 20202AW GRAND SLAM In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1753 [5]
5The Andrew Kingdom
(Shigehiro Irie and The Andrew King Takuma)
October 16, 20202AW GRAND SLAM In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 11071 [6]
6 Kengo Mashimo and Tatsuya HanamiJanuary 31, 20212AW Grand Slam In 2AW Square Chiba, Japan 2
(2, 2)
2105 [7]
7Toll Glänz
(Kotaro Yoshino and Tank Nagai)
August 29, 20212AW Grand Slam In TKP Garden City Chiba Chiba, Japan 1
(1, 2)
772 [8]
8The Rule
(Ayato Yoshida and The Andrew King Takuma)
November 14, 20212AW Grand Slam in TKP Garden City Chiba Chiba, Japan 1
(2, 2)
1013 [9]
9 Voodoo Murders
(Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama)
February 23, 20222AW Infinity ~ 2022 Winter Chiba, Japan 1460 [10]
10The Rule
(Ayato Yoshida and Excilio)
April 10, 2022ZERO1 Osu Premium Show ZERO1 20th & 21st Anniversary Pro Wrestling Tokyo, Japan 1
(3, 1)
1542 [11]
11Koen
(Takuro Niki and Tatsuya Hanami)
September 11, 20222AW Grand Slam In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 3)
2244 [12]
12Daiju Wakamatsu and Taishi Takizawa April 23, 20232AW Grand Slam In 2AW Square Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 2)
911 [13]
13Bug's Mutation
(Ayumu Honda and Chango)
July 23, 20232AW Grand Slam In 2AW Square Tokyo, Japan 1
(2, 2)
1332This was a three-way tag team match also involving Kazma Sakamoto and Kengo Mashimo. [14]
14MJ2
(Kengo Mashimo and Naka Shunma)
December 3, 20232AW Grand Slam In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1
(3, 1)
2668 [15]
15Starlight Dreamers
(Ayame Sasamura and Kotaro Yoshino)
August 25, 20242AW Grand Slam In TKP Garden City Chiba Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 2)
22+0Sasamura became the first ever female wrestler to win the titles. [16]

Combined reigns

As of September16, 2024.

Indicates the current champion
RankTeamNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Kengo Mashimo and Tatsuya Hanami28285
2MJ2
(Kengo Mashimo and Naka Shunma)
18266
3Koen
(Takuro Niki and Tatsuya Hanami)
14224
4The Rule
(Ayato Yoshida and Excilio)
12154
5Bug's Mutation
(Ayumu Honda and Chango)
12133
6The Andrew Kingdom
(Shigehiro Irie and The Andrew King Takuma)
11107
7The Rule
(Ayato Yoshida and The Andrew King Takuma)
13101
8Daiju Wakamatsu and Taishi Takizawa 1191
9Toll Glänz
(Kotaro Yoshino and Tank Nagai)
1277
10Chango and Kaji Tomato 1376
11Tempest
(Ayumu Honda and Taishi Takizawa)
1054
12 Voodoo Murders
(Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama)
1046
13 Ayato Yoshida and Tank Nagai 1040
14Starlight Dreamers †
(Ayame Sasamura and Kotaro Yoshino)
1022+

By wrestler

Record tied three-time champion as individual, Ayato Yoshida. AyatoYoshida0619 2016.jpg
Record tied three-time champion as individual, Ayato Yoshida.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Kengo Mashimo 316551
2Tatsuya Hanami312509
3 Ayato Yoshida 35296
4Naka Shunma18266
5Takuro Niki14224
6Chango25209
7The Andrew King Takuma24208
8Ayumu Honda22187
9Excilio12154
10 Taishi Takizawa 21145
11 Tank Nagai 22117
12 Shigehiro Irie 11107
13Kotaro Yoshino †2299+
14Daiju Wakamatsu1191
15 Kaji Tomato 1376
16Chris Vice1046
Yoshikazu Yokoyama 1046
18 Ayame Sasamura1022+

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