NWA International Tag Team Championship (disambiguation)

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The NWA International Tag Team Championship is a name used by several championships that were or currently are under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s supervision:

National Wrestling Alliance company

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling organization. Formed in 1948, it was for a time the most-recognized brand and largest governing body in professional wrestling. Under the control of the NWA Board of Directors, the organization acted as a governing body for the NWA's national territory system which recognized one world champion, participated in talent exchanges and collectively protected the territorial integrity of member promotions.

This was a regional NWA championship based in Japan. For the version of this title that was promoted in NWA All Star Wrestling in Canada, see NWA International Tag Team Championship.

All Japan Pro Wrestling Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972

All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW/AJP) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972.

The World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling. It was created on June 10, 1988 as a unification of two previous tag team titles in All Japan; the PWF Tag Team Championship, and the NWA International Tag Team Championship; when the PWF champions Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated NWA champions The Road Warriors. As with the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, it is symbolized by four belts, two for each wrestler, representing the former PWF and NWA titles. It is currently the top of two tag team titles in AJPW, along with the secondary All Asia Tag Team Championship. There have been a total of 60 recognized individual champions and 53 recognized teams, who have had a combined 82 official reigns.

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