UWA World Tag Team Championship

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UWA World Tag Team Championship
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Kohei Kinoshita with one of the titles around his waist in 2023
Details
PromotionEl Dorado Wrestling
Kohaku Wrestling Wars
Michinoku Pro Wrestling
Union Pro Wrestling
Universal Wrestling Association
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (current)
Date established1982
Current champion(s) Tomato Kaji and Kota Sekifuda
Date wonMarch 10, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s) Riki Choshu and Gran Hamada
Most reignsAs a team (5 reigns):

As an individual (5 reigns):

Longest reignLos Villanos (Villano IV and Villano V) (925–1,441 days)
Shortest reign Gran Hamada and Kendo (<1 day)

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 34 reigns shared between 23 different teams consisting of 43 distinctive champions. The current champions are Gaina and Taro Nohashi who are in their third reign as a team. [3]

Contents

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]

Title history

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
N/AUnknown information
(NLT)Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed
Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
<1Reign lasted less than a day
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
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 752Defeated 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 2200 [8]
Vacated  January 19, 1992The 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 <10Defeated 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 1613 [8]
 6  The Can-Am Express
(Dan Kroffat and Doug Furnas)
 June 28, 1992 UWA Live Event Naucalpan, Mexico  1 1333 [8]
 7 Los Villanos
(Villano IV and Villano V)
 November 8, 1992 UWA Live Event Naucalpan, Mexico  1 1192 [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/ALos 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 70 [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  Nosawa Rongai and Mazada  2008(NLT) N/AN/A 1  [lower-alpha 11] 0Nosawa 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 00 [2]
 12 Steel City Boyz
(Ryan Mitchell and Josh Hardy)
 March 26, 2008 Live Event Tokyo, Japan  1 2449Defeated Kota IBushi and Kagetora the same night to win the championship.
 13 Speed of Sounds
(Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga)
 November 25, 2008 Face Busta Vol. 12 Tokyo, Japan  1 80Defeated Jumping Kid Okimoto and Kagetora & reigning champs Steel City Boyz at Face Busta Vol. 12 in a decision match.
 14  The Brahman Brothers
(Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu)
 December 3, 2008 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 497N/A
Kohaku Pro-Wrestling Wars
 15 Speed of Sounds
(Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga)
 April 14, 2010 Live event Tokyo, Japan  2 252N/A
 16 Masamune and Minoru Fujita  December 22, 2010 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 344
 17 Speed of Sounds
(Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga)
 December 1, 2011 Live event Tokyo, Japan  3 667N/A
  Ikuto Hidaka and Menso-re Oyaji  November 29, 2012 Live event Tokyo, Japan  — 228N/AUnrecognized by Michinoku Pro Wrestling.
 Speed of Sounds
(Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga)
 July 15, 2013 Live event Osaka, Japan  — 205N/AUnrecognized by Michinoku Pro Wrestling.
 18  Hiroki and Yasu Urano  February 5, 2014 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 811
Union Pro-Wrestling
 19 Hiroshi Fukuda and Men's Teioh  April 27, 2014 Live event Yokohama, Japan  1 1262
 20 Fuma and Isami Kodaka  August 31, 2014 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 1463
 21  Masato Shibata and Shuji Ishikawa  January 24, 2015 Live event Yokohama, Japan  1 1441
 22  The Brahman Brothers
(Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu)
 June 17, 2015 Live event Tokyo, Japan  2 3590
Michinoku Pro-Wrestling
 23  Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita (2) June 10, 2016 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 4632This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.
 24 Super Stars
(Ayumu Gunji and Rui Hyugaji)
 September 16, 2017 Live event Yahaba, Japan  1 1831This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.
 25  Gaina and Taro Nohashi  March 18, 2018 Konzen Ittai Sendai, Japan  1 2512This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.
 26 Bad Boy
(Ken45° and Kengo)
 November 24, 2018 Sendai 2 Days Yahaba, Japan  1 1632This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.
 27  Gaina and Taro Nohashi  May 6, 2019 Golden Week Series 2019 Yahaba, Japan  2 390This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.
 28  Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita (3) June 14, 2019 Michinoku 2019 Tokyo Conference Vol. 3 Tokyo, Japan  2 1271This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship. [12]
 29  Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2  October 19, 2019 Michinoku 2019 Tokyo Conference Vol. 6 Tokyo, Japan  4 5632This 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]
 30 Jinsei Shinzaki and The Great Sasuke  May 4, 2021 Michinoku Pro Golden Week Tour 2021 Yahaba, Japan  1 1522This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.
 31  Gaina and Taro Nohashi  October 3, 2021 Michinoku Pro Dojo Pro-Wrestling Kobe, Japan  3 2452 [14]
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
 32 Hub and Eisa8 June 5, 2022 BJW Perfect Style 2022 Osaka, Japan  1 2513 [15]
 33 Kohei Kinoshita and Yasshi  February 11, 2023 BJW Osaka Surprise 64 ~ Glory Members 2023 Osaka, Japan  1 3163 [16]
 34 Speed of Sounds
(Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga)
 December 24, 2023BJW Osaka Surprise 70 ~ Big Thanksgiving 2023 Osaka, Japan  5 770 [17]
 35 Tomato Kaji and Kota Sekifuda  March 10, 2024BJW Osaka Surprise 71 Osaka, Japan  1 22+1 [18]

Combined reigns

As of April1, 2024.

Indicates the current champion
¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain.

By team

RankTeamNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1Speed of Sounds/Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2
(Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga)
51,567
2Los Villanos
(Villano IV and Villano V)
21,044¤
3 The Brahman Brothers
(Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu)
20856
4 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita 23590
5 Gaina and Taro Nohashi 34535
6 Masamune and Minoru Fujita 1N/A¤344
7Kohei Kinoshita and Yasshi 13316
8 Hub and Eisa813251
9The Steel City Boyz
(Josh Hardy and Ryan Mitchell )
19244
10 Gran Hamada and Perro Aguayo 10220
11Super Stars
(Ayumu Gunji and Rui Hyugaji)
11183
12Bad Boy
(Ken45° and Kengo)
12163
13Los Cowboys
(Silver King and El Texano)
13161
14 Jinsei Shinzaki and The Great Sasuke 12152
15 Fuma and Isami Kodaka 13146
16 Masato Shibata and Shuji Ishikawa 11144
17 The Can-Am Express
(Dan Kroffat and Doug Furnas)
13133
18 Hiroshi Fukuda and Men's Teioh 12126
19 Hiroki and Yasu Urano 1181
20Los Brazos
(Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)
1275
21 Tomato Kaji and Kota Sekifuda 1122+
22 Emilio Charles Jr. and Scorpio Jr. 107
23 Gran Hamada and Kendo10<1
24 Kagetora and Kota Ibushi 10 [lower-alpha 12] ¤
Nosawa Rongai and Mazada 10 [lower-alpha 13] ¤
Riki Choshu and Gran Hamada 11 [lower-alpha 14] ¤

By wrestler

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Hercules Senga/Yapper Man #1 51,567
Tsutomu Oosugi/Yapper Man #2 51,567
3 Villano IV 21,044¤
Villano V 21,044¤
5 Minoru Fujita 3907
6 Brahman Kei 20856
Brahman Shu 20856
8 Ikuto Hidaka 23563
9 Gaina 34535
Taro Nohashi 34535
11 Masamune 1N/A¤344
12Kohei Kinoshita13316
Yasushi Tsujimoto 13316
14 Hub 13251
Eisa813251
16 Gran Hamada 31220¤
17 Perro Aguayo 10220
18Ayumu Gunji11183
Rui Hyugaji11183
20 Ken45° 12163
Kengo12163
22 Silver King 13161
El Texano 13161
24 Jinsei Shinzaki 12152
The Great Sasuke 12152
26 Fuma 13146
Isami Kodaka 13146
28 Masato Shibata 11144
Shuji Ishikawa 11144
30 Dan Kroffat 13133
Doug Furnas 13133
32 Hiroshi Fukuda 12126
Men's Teioh 12126
34 Hiroki 1181
Yasu Urano 1181
36 Brazo de Oro 1275
Brazo de Plata 1275
38 Tomato Kaji 1122+
Kota Sekifuda 1122+
40 Emilio Charles Jr. 107
Scorpio Jr. 107
41Kendo10<1
42 Kagetora 11 [lower-alpha 15] ¤
Kota Ibushi 11 [lower-alpha 16] ¤
Mazada 10 [lower-alpha 17] ¤
Nosawa Rongai 10 [lower-alpha 18] ¤
Riki Choshu 11 [lower-alpha 19] ¤

Footnotes

  1. Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters" [4]
  2. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart" [5]
  3. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson" [6]
  4. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA." [7]
  5. The exact date on which the championship was abandoned is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 884 and 1,248 days.
  6. There was only recorded defense which took place on September 19, 1982 against Perro Aguayo and Sangre Chicana. The exact number of defenses in this reign is unknown.
  7. The exact date on which The Can-Am Connection lost the championship is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 25 and 54 days.
  8. The exact date on which Los Villanos won the championship is unknown and the exact date the UWA Closed is uncertain, which means the title reign lasted between 611 and 1,004 days.
  9. The exact date on which Los Villanos started defending the championship again is unknown, which means the continued title reign lasted between 1 and 3,659 days.
  10. The exact date on which Los Villanos stopped promoting the vacated the championship is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 925 and 1,441 days.
  11. It is most likely that Mazada and Nosawa made up the story of winning the championship to legitimize their claim.
  12. The exact date on which the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 243 days.
  13. It is most likely that Mazada and Nosawa made up the story of winning the championship to legitimize their claim.
  14. The exact date on which the championship was abandoned is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 884 and 1,248 days.
  15. The exact date on which the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 243 days.
  16. The exact date on which the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 243 days.
  17. It is most likely that Mazada and Nosawa made up the story of winning the championship to legitimize their claim.
  18. It is most likely that Mazada and Nosawa made up the story of winning the championship to legitimize their claim.
  19. The exact date on which the championship was abandoned is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 884 and 1,248 days.

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