UWA World Trios Championship

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UWA World Trios Championship
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Daiki Shimomura with one of the titles
Details
Promotion
Date established1984
Current champion(s)Aagan Iisou
(Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and Toru Owashi)
Date wonOctober 24, 2021
Statistics
First champion(s) Black Man, Kung Fu and Kato Kung Lee
Most reignsLos Villanos
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)
(5 reigns)
Longest reignAagan Iisou
(Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and Toru Owashi)
(1,102 days)
Shortest reign Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa Rongai
(1 day)

The UWA World Trios Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995. [1] Since then, the championship has been defended in various promotions in Japan.

Contents

As it is a professional wrestling championship, the championship is 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]

The current champions are Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and Toru Owashi).

History

After the UWA's closing, the title was inactive for many years before being recycled as trios belts for the Toryumon Japan promotion. The titles fell back into disrepair due to Último Dragón leaving Toryumon and taking the name with him, causing the then-Toryumon workers to create Dragon Gate, where they created new belts for the new company. After leaving Toryumon Japan, the titles ended up in the hands of its descendant promotion El Dorado and the Mexico based Toryumon Gym. Neither group promoted shows on a regular basis, which produced two unsuccessful attempts to relaunch the championship. In 2007, El Dorado revived the title again. In 2008 El Dorado Wrestling folded and the title moved to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where it was active until 2012, the final champions were Harashima, Toru Owashi and Yukihiro Abe. On August 30, 2015, it was announced that the title would be revived by the Wrestle-1 promotion on October 9. [6] The title has since moved to Big Japan Pro Wrestling and DDT's Pro-Wrestling Basara sub-group.

Reigns

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
Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
Universal Wrestling Association (UWA)
 1 Los Fantásticos
(Black Man, Kung Fu and Kato Kung Lee)
 March 18, 1984 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  1  [lower-alpha 5] 2Defeated Los Cadetos del Espacio (El Solar, Super Astro and Ultraman) to become the first champions. [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from April to December, 1984.
 2  Los Misioneros de la Muerte
(Negro Navarro, El Signo and El Texano)
 1984 Live event N/A 1  [lower-alpha 5] 3 [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from 1984 to 1985.
 Los Brazos
(El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)
 1985 Live event   [lower-alpha 5] 0Unclear if they defeated Los Misioneros de la Muerte to win the championship [lower-alpha 6] [8]
 Los Villanos
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)
 July 21, 1985 Live event   [lower-alpha 5] 3 [lower-alpha 6] [8]
Championship history is unrecorded from July 21, 1985 to April 24, 1987.
 3  Los Misioneros de la Muerte
(Negro Navarro, El Signo and El Texano)
 April 24, 1987 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  2  [lower-alpha 5] 0Defeated Los Villanos (Villano III, Villano IV and Villano V). [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from April 24, 1987 to August 14, 1987.
 4 Los Brazos
(El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)
 August 14, 1987 Live event Panama  1 2900Defeated El Baron, Celestial and El Tauru. [lower-alpha 6]
 5 Los Villanos
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)
 May 30, 1988 Live event Puebla, Mexico  1  [lower-alpha 5] 3 [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from May 30, 1988 to April 23, 1989.
 6 El Triángulo de la Muerte
(Kahoz, Rambo and Zandokan)
 April 23, 1989 Live event Mexico City  1 1190Defeated Los Brazos. [lower-alpha 6] [9]
 7 Los Brazos
(El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)
 August 20, 1989 Live event N/A 2 2100 [lower-alpha 6]
 8 El Triángulo de la Muerte
(Kahoz, Rambo and Zandokan)
 March 18, 1990 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  2 880 [lower-alpha 6]
 9 Los Villanos
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)
 June 24, 1990 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  2 1190 [lower-alpha 6]
 10 Los Brazos
(El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)
 October 21, 1990 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  3 720 [lower-alpha 6]
 11 Los Villanos
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)
 January 1, 1991 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  3 962 [lower-alpha 6]
 12  The Hawaiian Beasts
(Fatu, Great Kokina and The Samoan Savage)
 April 7, 1991 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  1 540 [lower-alpha 6]
 13 Los Villanos
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)
 May 31, 1991 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  4 2756 [lower-alpha 6]
 14  Los Misioneros de la Muerte
(Black Power II, Negro Navarro and El Signo)
 March 1, 1992 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  1
(1, 3, 3)
 4556 [lower-alpha 6]
 15 El Engendro, Shu El Guerrero and Scorpio Jr.  May 30, 1993 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  1 2093 [lower-alpha 6]
 16  Los Misioneros de la Muerte
(El Texano, Negro Navarro and El Signo)
 December 21, 1993 Live event Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico  3
(1, 4, 4)
 1601 [lower-alpha 6]
 17 El Engendro, Shu El Guerrero and Scorpio Jr.  May 30, 1994 Live event Puebla, Mexico  2 70 [lower-alpha 6]
 18  Los Misioneros de la Muerte
(Negro Navarro, Rocky Santana and El Signo)
 June 6, 1994 Live event Puebla, Mexico  1
(5, 1, 5)
 1180
 19 Shu El Guerrero, Scorpio Jr. and Villano V  October 2, 1994 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  1
(3, 3, 5)
 70 [lower-alpha 6]
  Los Misioneros de la Muerte
(Negro Navarro, Rocky Santana and El Signo)
 October 9, 1994 Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  220 [lower-alpha 6]
 Karloff Lagarde Jr., Perro Silva and Principe Maya October 31, 1994 Live event Tulancingo, Mexico   [lower-alpha 5] 0 [lower-alpha 6]
Deactivated November 1995Championship abandoned when UWA closed [lower-alpha 6]
Toryumon Japan
 20 Crazy-Max
(Cima, Suwa and Big Fuji)
 May 18, 2001 Live event Mexico City  1 512Defeated Apolo Dantés, Valentin Mayo and Negro Navarro after the title was revived by Toryumon Japan.
 21 M2K
(Darkness Dragon, Yasushi Kanda and Susumu Mochizuki)
 July 8, 2001 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 110
 22 Crazy-Max
(Cima, Suwa and Big Fuji)
 July 19, 2001 Live event Kagoshima, Japan  2 260
 23 Dragon Kid, Magnum Tokyo and Ryo Saito  August 14, 2001 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 752Defeated Crazy-Max and Darkness Dragon, Yasushi Kanda and Masaaki Mochizuki in a three-way match.
 24 M2K
(Darkness Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Mochizuki)
 October 28, 2001 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1
(2, 1, 2)
 720
 25 Crazy-Max
(Cima, Big Fuji and Taru)
 January 8, 2002 Live event Tokyo, Japan  3
(3, 3, 1)
 2434
 26 Italian Connection
(Milano Collection A.T., Yossino and "brother" Yassini)
 September 8, 2002 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 800
 27 Crazy-Max
(Cima, Suwa and Big Fuji)
 November 27, 2002 Live event Tokyo, Japan  4
(4, 3, 4)
 1702
 28Do Fixer
(Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka)
 May 16, 2003 Live event Kobe, Japan  1
(1, 2, 3)
 440
 29 Shin M2K
(Kenichiro Arai, Dragon Kid and Masaaki Mochizuki)
 June 29, 2003 IVrt Aniversario Kobe, Japan  1
(1, 2, 3)
 622
 30 Italian Connection
(Milano Collection A.T., Condotti Shuji and Yossino)
 August 30, 2003 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1
(2, 1, 2)
  [lower-alpha 7] 0Defeated Shin M2K (Kenichiro Arai, Dragon Kid and Masaaki Mochizuki), Crazy-Max (Cima, Suwa and Don Fujii) and Do Fixer (Genki Horiguchi, Magnum Tokyo and Susumu Yokosuka) in a four-way elimination match.
Vacated  September 2003Championship vacated when the team split up.
 31 Hagure Gundam/Aagan Iisou
(Toru Owashi, Condotti Shuji and Yassini)
 September 20, 2003 Live event Kyoto, Japan  1
(1, 2, 2)
 2323Defeated Milano Collection A.T., Anthony W. Mori and Yossino.
 32 Kenichiro Arai, Dragon Kid and Second Doi  May 9, 2004 Live event Shimonoseki, Japan  1
(2, 3, 1)
 282
Vacated  June 6, 2004Championship vacated after a match against Milano Collection A.T., Anthony W. Mori and Yossino ended in a no contest
Deactivated 2004 Último Dragón left Toryumon and took the promotion's name with him; successor promotion Dragon Gate establishes the Open the Triangle Gate Championship as a successor.
 33 Gedo, Jado and Katsushi Takemura  September 9, 2004 Toryumon X Final Tokyo, Japan  1  [lower-alpha 8] 0Defeated Taiji Ishimori, Shu and Kei Sato
Vacated N/AChampionship vacated for undocumented reasons
 34 Los Salseros Japoneses
(Takayasu Fukuda, Pineapple Hanai and Takeshi Minamino)
 May 14, 2005 Toryumon Mexico 8th Anniversary Mexico City  1 3850Defeated Solar I, Ultraman and Ultraman Jr. [10]
  Maguro Ooma , Shu Sato and Kei Sato  June 3, 2006 Michinoku Pro Live event Tokyo, Japan   [lower-alpha 8] N/A
Vacated N/AChampionship vacated for undocumented reasons.
Pro-Wrestling El Dorado
 35 Hell's Demons
(Takuya Sugawara, Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei)
 August 9, 2007 Perfect Treasure Tokyo, Japan  1 1422Defeated Kagetora, Hercules Oosenga and Toru Owashi. [11]
Vacated  December 29, 2007Championship vacated after the team split up at I Was Born to Love Treasure. [12]
 36 Nobutaka Araya, Toru Owashi and Takuya Sugawara  February 27, 2008 Game of Treasure Tokyo, Japan  1
(1, 2, 2)
 2090Defeated Hell's Demons (Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Go). [13]
 37 The Italian Four Horsemen
(Francesco Togo, Piza Michinoku and Antonio Honda)
 December 29, 2008 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 3353Defeated Men's Teioh, Danshoku Dino and Yuhi Sato in a tournament final.
DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT)
 38 Belt Hunter×Hunter
(Danshoku Dino, Hikaru Sato and Masa Takanashi)
 November 29, 2009 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 560Defeated Antonio Honda, Francesco Togo and Piza Michinoku; DDT assumes control of the championship.
 39 Tokyo Gurentai
(Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa Rongai)
 January 24, 2010 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 1051
 40 Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Takoyakida  May 9, 2010 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1 281
 41 Ebessan (III), Kanjyuro Matsuyama and Kuishinbo Kamen  June 6, 2010 Live event Osaka, Japan  1 60
 42 Tokyo Gurentai
(Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa Rongai)
 June 12, 2010 Live event Osaka, Japan  2 10
 43  Hikaru Sato , Keisuke Ishii and Yoshihiko June 13, 2010 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1
(2, 1, 1)
 420
 44 Great Kojika, Mr. #6 and Riho  July 25, 2010 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2010 Tokyo, Japan  1 1010This was a three-way match also involving the team of Kudo, Yasu Urano and Antonio Honda. This match was also for the Jiyūgaoka 6-Person Tag Team Championship and the Sea Of Japan 6-Person Tag Team Championship.
 45 Shit Heart♥Foundation
(Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga)
 November 3, 2010 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1
(3, 1, 1)
 530
 46 Disaster Box
(Harashima, Toru Owashi and Yukihiro Abe)
 December 26, 2010 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1
(1, 3, 1)
  [lower-alpha 8] 0
Vacated N/A
Wrestle-1 (W-1)
 47 Jackets
(Jiro Kuroshio, Seiki Yoshioka and Yasufumi Nakanoue)
 October 9, 2015 Fan Appreciation Day Tokyo, Japan  1 250Defeated new Wild order (Akira, Jun Kasai and Kumagoro), after the title was revived by Wrestle-1.
 48 Real Desperado
(Kazma Sakamoto, Koji Doi and Nosawa Rongai)
 November 3, 2015 Autumn Bout Nagoya, Japan  1
(1, 1, 3)
 240
 49 Jackets
(Jiro Kuroshio, Seiki Yoshioka and Yasufumi Nakanoue)
 November 27, 2015 Autumn Bout Tokyo, Japan  2 410
Vacated  January 7, 2016Title vacated due to Yoshioka being sidelined following cecum surgery and being unable to attend a title defense set for January 10, 2016. [14]
 50 Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka and Tajiri  January 31, 2016 Sunrise Tokyo, Japan  1 1804Defeated Jackets (Jiro Kuroshio, Seiki Yoshioka and Yasufumi Nakanoue) to win the vacant title.
 51 Andy Wu, Daiki Inaba and Seiki Yoshioka  July 29, 2016 Symbol Tokyo, Japan  1
(1, 1, 3)
 1333
 52 Jun Kasai, Nosawa Rongai and Shuji Kondo  December 9, 2016 Shining Winter Tokyo, Japan  1
(1, 4, 3)
 750
 53 New Era
(Daiki Inaba, Kohei Fujimura and Yusuke Kodama)
 February 22, 2017 W-Impact Tokyo, Japan  1
(2, 1, 1)
 461 [15]
 54 Kaz Hayashi, Masayuki Kono and Shuji Kondo  April 9, 2017 Cherry Blossom Sapporo, Japan  1
(2, 1, 4)
 70
 55 New Era
(Andy Wu, Koji Doi and Kumagoro)
 April 16, 2017The Golden Battle in Kobe FOP Kobe, Japan  1
(2, 2, 1)
 200
 56 Kaz Hayashi, Manabu Soya and Shuji Kondo  May 6, 2017 Triumph Gifu, Japan  1
(3, 1, 5)
 291
 57 Jay Freddie, Jiro Kuroshio and Kumagoro  June 4, 2017 Outbreak Kimitsu, Japan  1
(1, 3, 2)
 140
 58 Ganseki Tanaka, Manabu Soya and Nosawa Rongai  June 18, 2017 Outbreak Shimizu, Japan  1
(1, 2, 5)
 922
 59 New Era
(Jiro Kuroshio, Koji Doi and Kumagoro)
 September 18, 2017 Wrestle-1 4th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan  1
(4, 3, 3)
 330
 60 Enfants Terribles
(Seigo Tachibana, Shotaro Ashino and Yusuke Kodama)
 October 21, 2017 Updraft Tsuchiura, Japan  1
(1, 1, 2)
 422 [16]
 61 New Era
(Koji Doi, Kumagoro and Takanori Ito)
 December 2, 2017 Shining Winter Yokohama, Japan  1
(4, 4, 1)
 1024 [17]
 62 Tokyo Gurentai
(Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa Rongai)
 March 14, 2018 Trans Magic Tokyo, Japan  3
(1, 1, 6)
 3592Left Wrestle-1 while champions. [18]
Vacated March 8, 2019Title vacated due to a "lack of defenses". [19]
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW)
 63 Sento Minzoku
(Daiki Shimomura, Isami Kodaka and Ryuichi Sekine)
 July 21, 2019 Osaka Surprise 42: Strong World 2019 Osaka, Japan  1 552Defeated Banana Senga, Tsutomu Oosugi and Yuki Ishikawa when titles are revived by Big Japan Pro Wrestling. [20]
(DDT) DDT Pro-Wrestling: Pro-Wrestling Basara
 64 Takato Nakano, Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasu Urano  September 14, 2019  Basara 105: The 2nd Fox Prince Tokyo, Japan  1 1054 [21]
 65 Sparky
(Ryota Nakatsu, Naoki Tanizaki and Akiyori Takizawa)
 December 28, 2019  Basara 115: All Things In Nature Tokyo, Japan  1 581 [22]
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW)
66Viva México Cabrones
(Billyken Kid, Masamune, and Tsubasa)
February 24, 2020Osaka Surprise 48: Sennen no Wadachi Osaka, Japan 14964 [23]
67 Andy Wu, Hub and Ultimate Spider Jr.July 4, 2021Osaka Surprise 52: Proud Ruler 2021 Osaka, Japan 1
(3, 1, 1)
360 [24]
68Sento Minzoku
(Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita and Daiki Shimomura)
August 9, 2021Osaka Surprise 53: Zero Gravity 2021 Osaka, Japan 1
(2, 4, 2)
630 [25]
Vacated October 11, 2021
Pro-Wrestling Basara
69Aagan Iisou
(Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and Toru Owashi)
October 24, 2021Basara 173: Futō Fukutsu Tokyo, Japan 1
(6, 3, 4)
1,102+0Defeated Sento Minzoku (Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita and Daiki Shimomura) to win the vacant titles. [26]

Combined reigns

As of October30, 2024.

By wrestler

Indicates the current champion
¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
1 Toru Owashi4¤1,543+
2 Takuya Sugawara31,453+
3 Shuji Kondo61,444+
4 El Signo 5841¤
Negro Navarro 6841¤
6 Nosawa Rongai 6655
7Black Power II2611
8 El Brazo 3572¤
Brazo de Oro 3572¤
Brazo de Plata 3572¤
11 Minoru Fujita/Fujita 4528
12 Villano I 5500¤
Villano IV 5500¤
Villano V 5500¤
15Billyken Kid1496
Masamune 1496
Tsubasa 1496
18 Cima 4490
Big Fujii 4490
20 Masada 3465
21 Mango Fukuda 1385
Pineapple Hanai 1385
Takeshi Minamino 1385
24 Francesco Togo 1335
Piza Michinoku 1335
Antonio Honda 1335
27 Yassini/"brother" Yasshi 2312
28 Suwa 3247
29 Taru 1243
30 Seiki Yoshioka 3223
Scorpio Jr. 3223
Shu El Guerrero3223
33 Kaz Hayashi 3216
34El Engendro2216
35Nobutaka Araya1209
36Kahoz2197
Rambo2197
Zandokan2197
39 Dragon Kid 3194
40 Andy Wu 3189
41 Minoru Tanaka 1180
Tajiri 1180
43 Koji Doi 4179
Daiki Inaba 2179
45Kumagoro4169
46 Hikaru Sato 3151
47 Brahman Kei 1142
Brahman Shu 1142
49 Jiro Kuroshio 4137
50 Masaaki Mochizuki 3134
51 Susumu Yokosuka 3127
52 Manabu Soya 2121
55 Kenichiro Arai 2119
Ryo Saito 2119
53 Daiki Shimomura 2118
Isami Kodaka 2118
Rocky Santana1118
58 Takato Nakano 1105
Takumi Tsukamoto 1105
Yasu Urano 1105
61Takanori Ito1102
62 Great Kojika 1101
Riho 1101
Mr. #61101
65Ganseki Tanaka192
66 Yusuke Kodama 288
67 Darkness Dragon 283
68 Milano Collection A.T. 280¤
Yossino 280¤
70 Jun Kasai 175
Magnum Tokyo 175
72 Yasufumi Nakanoue 266
73Akiyori Takizawa158
Naoki Tanizaki 158
Ryota Nakatsu 158
76 Danshoku Dino 156
Masa Takanashi 156
78 Ryuichi Sekine 155
79 Fatu 154
Great Kokina 154
The Samoan Savage 154
82 Michael Nakazawa 153
Tomomitsu Matsunaga 153
84 Kohei Fujimura 146
Yusuke Kodama 146
86 Genki Horiguchi 144
87 Shotaro Ashino 142
Seigo Tachibana 142
Keisuke Ishii 142
Yoshihiko142
91 Hub 136
Ultimate Spider Jr.136
93 Atsushi Kotoge 128
Daisuke Harada 128
Second Doi 128
Takoyakida 128
97Jay Freddie114
98 Yasushi Kanda 111
99 Masayuki Kono 17
100Ebessan (III)16
Kanjyuro Matsuyama 16
Kuishinbo Kamen 16
103 Black Man 1 [lower-alpha 5]
Gedo 1 [lower-alpha 8]
Harashima 1 [lower-alpha 8]
Jado 1 [lower-alpha 8]
Katsushi Takemura 1 [lower-alpha 8]
Kato Kung Lee1 [lower-alpha 5]
Kung Fu 1 [lower-alpha 5]
Yukihiro Abe1 [lower-alpha 8]

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" [2]
  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" [3]
  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" [4]
  4. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA." [5]
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Due to sparse record keeping in Mexico at the time no documentation of the date the championship changed hands is found and is too uncertain to calculate.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Duncan & Will (2000) p. 399, Chapter: MEXICO: UWA World Tag Team Title [Flores, Mora] [7]
  7. The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 1 day and 21 days.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, the length of the reign is too uncertain to calculate.

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The KO-D6-Man Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) promotion. The current champions are Smile Squash.

Tokyo Gurentai is a professional wrestling stable, currently made up of Fujita, Kikuzawa, Mazada, and Nosawa Rongai. The group was formed in 2000 by Kikuzawa, Mazada and Nosawa and has since appeared for Japan's four biggest promotions; All Japan Pro Wrestling, Dragon Gate, New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah, as well as several larger independent promotions such DDT Pro-Wrestling, Diamond Ring, Kaientai Dojo, Osaka Pro Wrestling and Wrestling New Classic (WNC), while also regularly producing their own independent events. The stable has also made appearances for promotions in Mexico and the United States. Currently the stable is working most notably for Wrestle-1. "Gurentai", denoting "hoodlums", is one of the three principal member categories of the yakuza crime syndicate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship</span> Professional wrestling championship

The BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the Japanese Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) promotion. It is one of two heavyweight championships promoted by BJW, the other being the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship. The two titles symbolize the two sides of BJW; the Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship the hardcore wrestling side and the World Strong Heavyweight Championship the strong style side. The title has a lower weight limit of 96 kg (212 lb). Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been nineteen reigns shared among eleven different wrestlers. Hideyoshi Kamitani is the current champion in his second reign.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isami Kodaka</span> Japanese professional wrestler (born 1981)

Isami Kodaka is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro-Wrestling Basara (Basara). He originally started his career in the Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) promotion in July 2002, but later left the promotion to become a freelancer, before signing with Union Pro Wrestling in 2005. Through Union Pro's working relationship, Kodaka also began working for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), where he adopted his current, hardcore wrestling-based style. Kodaka remained affiliated with Union Pro until the promotion folded in October 2015, after which he became a founding member of Pro-Wrestling Basara (Basara).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hideki Suzuki</span> Japanese professional wrestler (born 1980)

Hideki Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestler and catch wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yuji Okabayashi</span> Japanese wrestler (born 1982)

Yuji Okabayashi is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division, but is on an indefinite absence. Known as "The Golem", he has been working in BJW since his debut in June 2008, and is best known as part of a tag team with Daisuke Sekimoto, with whom he has held the BJW Tag Team Championship, All Japan Pro Wrestling's (AJPW) World Tag Team and All Asia Tag Team Championships and DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT)'s KO-D Tag Team Championship. As a singles wrestler, he is notably a four-time BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion.

Yasufumi Nakaue is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Yasufumi Nakanoue, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division, where he was the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion. He started his career in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and has also worked for Wrestle-1 (W-1), where he is a former one-time Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champion and a two-time UWA World Trios Champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andy Wu (wrestler)</span> Japanese professional wrestler

Andy Wu is a Japanese professional wrestler who worked for Wrestle-1 until its closure in 2020. He is currently a freelancer.

Yuko Miyamoto is a Japanese professional wrestler. He originally started his career in Wrestling Marvelous Future in August 2003, but later left the promotion and in 2004, signed with Dark Pro-Wrestling 666 (666). Miyamoto has since appeared in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship</span> Professional wrestling trios tag team championship

Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling six-man tag team championship owned by the Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) promotion. The title was created on August 4, 2012. As the name suggests, the title is usually defended in the Yokohama shopping street area. The title was first announced in May 2012 and the first champions were crowned when the team of Kazuki Hashimoto, Takumi Tsukamoto and Yuji Okabayashi defeated Yoshihito Sasaki, Shinya Ishikawa and Masashi Otani in a six-man tag team match.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryuichi Sekine</span> Japanese professional wrestler

Ryuichi Sekine is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the professional wrestling promotion Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hub (wrestler)</span> Japanese professional wrestler

Yuto Kigawa is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name Hub, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), DDT Pro Wrestling (DDT), and Osaka Pro Wrestling (OPW).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daiki Shimomura</span> Japanese professional wrestler

Daiki Shimomura is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotion DDT Pro Wrestling (DDT).

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