FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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Promotion | Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Cho Sento Puroresu FMW | ||||||||||
Date established | May 5, 1996 | ||||||||||
Date retired | October 27, 2016 | ||||||||||
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The FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship was a championship in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. It was initially active from May 1996 until May 1999. [1] The title was abandoned by Shoichi Arai on November 20, 1998 and presented to the departing Atsushi Onita as a tribute to Onita for founding FMW and taking the company to a major level. The title was replaced in July 1999 with the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship. [1]
On October 30, 2015, it was announced that the FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship will be reactivated for the newly-resurrected FMW promotion. The new champions were determined on December 22. The title was again deactivated in October 2016.
No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | Puerto Rican Army (Super Leather, Headhunter A and Headhunter B) | 1 | May 5, 1996 | 54 | Kawasaki, Japan | 7th Anniversary Show | Defeated The Gladiator, Hisakatsu Oya and Horace Boulder to win the title | [1] |
2 | Masato Tanaka, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda | 1 | June 28, 1996 | 141 | Tokyo, Japan | FMW | [1] | |
3 | Funk Masters of Wrestling (Hisakatsu Oya, Headhunter A (2) and Headhunter B (2)) | 1 | November 16, 1996 | 125 | Osaka, Japan | FMW | [1] | |
4 | Fuyuki-Gun (Kodo Fuyuki, Jado and Gedo) | 1 | March 21, 1997 | 109 | Sendai, Japan | FMW | [1] | |
Vacant | N/A | July 8, 1997 | N/A | N/A | [1] | |||
5 | Funk Masters of Wrestling (The Gladiator, Hisakatsu Oya (2) and Mr. Gannosuke) | 1 | August 5, 1997 | 26 | Sapporo, Japan | FMW | Defeated Kodo Fuyuki and Jado and Gedo for the vacant title | [1] |
6 | Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka (2) and Koji Nakagawa (2) | 1 | August 31, 1997 | 44 | Yokohama, Japan | FMW | [1] | |
7 | ZEN (Atsushi Onita, Tetsuhiro Kuroda (2) and Hido) | 1 | October 14, 1997 | 67 | Sapporo, Japan | FMW | [1] | |
8 | Hayabusa (2), Masato Tanaka (3) and Hisakatsu Oya (3) | 1 | December 20, 1997 | 27 | Osaka, Japan | Super Extreme Wrestling War tour | [1] | |
9 | Team No Respect (Mr. Gannosuke (2), Yukihiro Kanemura and Jado (2)) | 1 | January 16, 1998 | 28 | Yokkaichi, Japan | FMW | [1] | |
10 | ZEN (Atsushi Onita (2), Koji Nakagawa (3) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (3)) | 1 | February 13, 1998 | 81 | Chiba, Japan | FMW | [1] | |
11 | Team No Respect (Kodo Fuyuki (2), Yukihiro Kanemura (2) and Hido (2)) | 1 | May 5, 1998 | 27 | Wakayama, Japan | FMW | [1] | |
Vacant | June 1, 1998 | Osaka, Japan | Neo FMW tour | [1] | ||||
12 | Team No Respect (Kodo Fuyuki (3), Koji Nakagawa (3) and Yukihiro Kanemura (3)) | 1 | June 1, 1998 | 172 | Osaka, Japan | Neo FMW tour | Defeated Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka and Hisakatsu Oya for the vacant title. | [1] |
Vacant | N/A | November 20, 1998 [1] | N/A | Title retired. | [1] | |||
13 | Atsushi Onita (3), Masato Tanaka (4), and Hideki Hosaka | 1 | December 22, 2015 | 33 | Tokyo, Japan | 25+2 Anniversary Series Origin Return - Day 3 | Defeated NOSAWA Rongai, Raijin Yaguchi, and Tomohiko Hashimoto in a decision match for the re-activated titles. | |
14 | W*ING Kanemura (4), Raijin Yaguchi, and Tomohiko Hashimoto | 1 | January 24, 2016 | 33 | Tokyo, Japan | Everyday Battle In The City | Wing Kanemura previously known as Yukihiro Kanemura | [1] |
15 | Atsushi Onita (4), Hideki Hosaka (2), and Sean Guinness | 1 | February 26, 2016 | 244 | Tokyo, Japan | For Whom The Glory Is - Day 2 | Defeated Yaguchi, Nosawa Rongai and Sabu. This was a Barbed Wire Board, Barricade Mats Scramble Bunkhouse Tornado Lumberjack, Certified Weapon OK and Grossing 7,000,000 Yen Contention Death Match. | |
Deactivated | N/A | October 27, 2016 | N/A | Title deactivated and replaced with the FMW World Street Fight 8-Man Tag Team Championship. | [2] |
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