UWA World Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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Promotion | El Dorado Wrestling Kohaku Wrestling Wars Michinoku Pro Wrestling Union Pro Wrestling Universal Wrestling Association Big Japan Pro Wrestling (current) | ||||||||||
Date established | 1982 | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Aijin Tag (Masato Kamino and Takato Nakano) | ||||||||||
Date won | September 11, 2024 | ||||||||||
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The UWA World Tag Team Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995. [1] After the UWA's closing, the title was inactive until 2008, when El Dorado Wrestling revived the title. On March 26, 2008, Kagetora and Kota Ibushi won the title in Tokyo, Japan at El Dorado's Eye of the Treasure event, defeating Mazada and Nosawa. [2] It has since been defended in several promotions, including Kohaku Wrestling Wars, Michinoku Pro Wrestling and Union Pro Wrestling. There have been a total of 30 reigns shared between 22 different teams consisting of 41 distinctive champions. The current champions are Gaina and Taro Nohashi who are in their third reign as a team. [3]
As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. [lower-alpha 1] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, [lower-alpha 2] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, [lower-alpha 3] or leaving the company. [lower-alpha 4]
No. | Overall reign number |
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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 |
N/A | Unknown information |
(NLT) | Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed |
† | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
Universal Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
1 | Riki Choshu and Gran Hamada | August 1, 1982 | UWA Live Event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 1 | [lower-alpha 5] | 1 [lower-alpha 6] | Defeated Baby Face and El Canek to become the inaugural champions. | [8] | |
— | Vacated | 1985(NLT) | — | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons, abandoned by the UWA at this time | ||
2 | Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) | March 10, 1991 | UWA Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 75 | 2 | Defeated Perro Aguayo and Gran Hamada to win the vacant championship | [8] | |
3 | Gran Hamada (2) and Perro Aguayo | June 13, 1991 | UWA Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 220 | 0 | [8] | ||
— | Vacated | January 19, 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated on January 19, 1992, after Perro Aguayo began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre on a regular basis | [8] | |
4 | Gran Hamada (3) and Kendo | January 19, 1992 | UWA Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | <1 | 0 | Defeated Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) to win the vacant championship. | [8] | |
5 | Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) | January 19, 1992 | UWA Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 161 | 3 | [8] | ||
6 | The Can-Am Express (Dan Kroffat and Doug Furnas) | June 28, 1992 | UWA Live Event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 1 | 133 | 3 | [8] | ||
7 | Los Villanos (Villano IV and Villano V) | November 8, 1992 | UWA Live Event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 1 | 119 | 2 | [8] | ||
† | The Can-Am Express (Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat) | March 7, 1993 | UWA Live Event | Naucalpan, Mexico | — | [lower-alpha 7] | 2 | [8] | ||
† | Los Villanos (Villano IV and Villano V) | April 1993(NLT) | UWA Live Event | Mexico | — | [lower-alpha 8] | N/A | [8] | ||
— | Deactivated | 1995(NLT) | — | — | — | — | — | The UWA Closed and the titles were abandoned. | [8] | |
† | Los Rayos Tapatío (Rayo Tapatío I and Rayo Tapatío II) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Los Rayos Tapatío began defending a title they claimed was the UWA World Tag Team Championship around 2000. They held the Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship and could possibly have made this claim to allow them to defend a championship outside of the Distrito Federal . It was never confirmed that they had physical possession of the original UWA title belts. | [9] | |
† | Los Villanos (Villano IV and Villano V) | 2004(NLT) | — | — | [lower-alpha 9] | N/A | Los Villanos began defending the UWA title again no later than 2004, at this point it was not sanctioned by a promotion but Los Villanos personal championship | [10] | ||
8 | Emilio Charles Jr. and Scorpio Jr. | April 7, 2004 | Live event | Acapulco, Mexico | 1 | 7 | 0 | [10] | ||
9 | Los Villanos (Villano IV and Villano V) | April 14, 2004 | Live event | Acapulco, Mexico | 2 | [lower-alpha 10] | N/A | [10] | ||
— | Deactivated | October 26, 2006 | — | Pachuca, Mexico | — | — | — | Last known title defense for Los Villanos. After this the UWA title belts were not seen in Mexico again | [11] | |
10 | Tokyo Gurentai ( Nosawa Rongai and Mazada) | 2008(NLT) | N/A | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 11] | 0 | Nosawa and Mazada proclaimed themselves as UWA World Tag Team Champions, claiming they had defeated Los Rayos Tapatío in July 2000 to win the championship. At this point the championship became the tag title for El Dorado Wrestling. | ||
Pro-Wrestling El Dorado | ||||||||||
11 | Kagetora and Kota Ibushi | March 26, 2008 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [lower-alpha 12] | 1 | [2] | ||
— | Vacated | 2008(NLT) | — | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated due to inactivity. | ||
12 | Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga) | November 25, 2008 | Face Busta Vol. 12 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 8 | 0 | Defeated Jumping Kid Okimoto and Kagetora at Face Busta Vol. 12 in a decision match. | ||
13 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu) | December 3, 2008 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 497 | N/A | |||
Kohaku Pro-Wrestling Wars | ||||||||||
14 | Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga) | April 14, 2010 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 252 | N/A | |||
15 | Masamune and Minoru Fujita | December 22, 2010 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 344 | ||||
16 | Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga) | December 1, 2011 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 667 | N/A | |||
† | Ikuto Hidaka and Menso-re Oyaji | November 29, 2012 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | — | 228 | N/A | Unrecognized by Michinoku Pro Wrestling. | ||
† | Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga) | July 15, 2013 | Live event | Osaka, Japan | — | 205 | N/A | Unrecognized by Michinoku Pro Wrestling. | ||
17 | Hiroki and Yasu Urano | February 5, 2014 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 81 | 1 | |||
Union Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||
18 | Hiroshi Fukuda and Men's Teioh | April 27, 2014 | Live event | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 126 | 2 | |||
19 | Fuma and Isami Kodaka | August 31, 2014 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 146 | 3 | |||
20 | Masato Shibata and Shuji Ishikawa | January 24, 2015 | Live event | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 144 | 1 | |||
21 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu) | June 17, 2015 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 359 | 0 | |||
Michinoku Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||
22 | Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita (2) | June 10, 2016 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 463 | 2 | This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship. | ||
23 | Super Stars (Ayumu Gunji and Rui Hyugaji) | September 16, 2017 | Live event | Yahaba, Japan | 1 | 183 | 1 | This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship. | ||
24 | Gaina and Taro Nohashi | March 18, 2018 | Konzen Ittai | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 251 | 2 | This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship. | ||
25 | Bad Boy (Ken45° and Kengo) | November 24, 2018 | Sendai 2 Days | Yahaba, Japan | 1 | 163 | 2 | This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship. | ||
26 | Gaina and Taro Nohashi | May 6, 2019 | Golden Week Series 2019 | Yahaba, Japan | 2 | 39 | 0 | This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship. | ||
27 | Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita (3) | June 14, 2019 | Michinoku 2019 Tokyo Conference Vol. 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 127 | 1 | This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship. | [12] | |
28 | Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2 | October 19, 2019 | Michinoku 2019 Tokyo Conference Vol. 6 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 563 | 2 | This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship. Formerly held the title under the name Speed Of Sounds (Hercules Senga and Tsutomu Oosugi). | [13] | |
29 | Skull & Bones (Jinsei Shinzaki and The Great Sasuke) | May 4, 2021 | Michinoku Pro Golden Week Tour 2021 | Yahaba, Japan | 1 | 152 | 2 | This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship. | ||
30 | Gaina and Taro Nohashi | October 3, 2021 | Michinoku Pro Dojo Pro-Wrestling | Kobe, Japan | 3 | 245 | 2 | [14] | ||
Big Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
31 | Hub and Eisa8 | June 5, 2022 | BJW Perfect Style 2022 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 251 | 3 | [15] | ||
32 | Kohei Kinoshita and Yasshi | February 11, 2023 | BJW Osaka Surprise 64 ~ Glory Members 2023 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 316 | 3 | [16] | ||
33 | Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga) | December 24, 2023 | BJW Osaka Surprise 70 ~ Big Thanksgiving 2023 | Osaka, Japan | 5 | 77 | 0 | [17] | ||
34 | Kaji Tomato and Kota Sekifuda | March 10, 2024 | BJW Osaka Surprise 71 ~ Shikyosotei no Jin | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 185 | 4 | [18] | ||
35 | Aijin Tag (Masato Kamino and Takato Nakano) | September 11, 2024 | BASARA Tsukamoto & Nakatsu Anniversary Festival | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 2+ | 0 | [19] |
As of September13, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain. |
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