WEW World Tag Team Championship

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WEW World Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
World Entertainment Wrestling
Apache Pro-Wrestling Army
A-Team
Date establishedJune 16, 1999
Current championsIori and Kosaku Tonosaki
Date wonJune 22, 2025
Statistics
First champions Team No Respect (Koji Nakagawa and Gedo)
Most reignsIndividual: Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Tomohiko Hashimoto (10 reigns each)
Team: Kintaro Kanemura and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (3 reigns)

The WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) World Tag Team Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship formerly contested in the Japanese promotions Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, World Entertainment Wrestling and Apache Pro-Wrestling Army, and currently contested in A-Team. The title is sometimes called the FMW/WEW World Tag Team Championship. [1]

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Title history

No:Wrestler:Reigns:Date:Days held:Location:Event:Notes:
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
1 Team No Respect
(Koji Nakagawa and Gedo)
1June 16, 199953 Chiba, Japan Making of a New Legend tourNakagawa and Gedo defeated Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda for the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship on June 13, 1999. The title was replaced by the new WEW World Tag Team Championship on June 16.
2 Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Hisakatsu Oya 1August 8, 1999115 Tokyo, Japan FMW
3 Mr. Gannosuke and H 1December 1, 199986 Osaka, Japan Making of a New Legend VI tour
4 Kyoko Inoue and Kodo Fuyuki 1February 25, 200036 Tokyo, Japan Cluster Battle tourKyoko Inoue was the first female to hold the title.
5 Team No Respect
(Koji Nakagawa and Gedo)
2April 1, 200057Winning Road tour Yokosuka, Japan
VacatedMay 28, 2000 Tokyo, Japan Neo FMW tourThe title was vacated after Koji Nakagawa turned on his partners during a WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship defense against Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue and Chocoball Mukai.
6 Jado and Gedo (3)1July 14, 200014 Takamatsu, Japan King of Fight II tourDefeat H and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to win the vacant titles.
7 Masao Inoue and Yoshinobu Kanemaru 1July 28, 200025 Tokyo, Japan King of Fight II tour
8 Tamon Honda and Naomichi Marufuji 1August 22, 2000123 Tokyo, Japan One Night NavigationTitle change occurs in Pro Wrestling Noah.
9 Shin Fuyuki-Gun
(Kodo Fuyuki (2) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (2))
1December 23, 200015 Tokyo, Japan Grand VoyageTitle change occurs in Pro Wrestling Noah. Aired on tape delay on
10Complete Players
(Masato Tanaka and Gedo (4))
1January 7, 200145 Tokyo, Japan New Year Generation tour
VacatedFebruary 21, 2001The title was vacated due to Masato Tanaka and Gedo leaving FMW.
11 GOEMON (3) and Onryo 1May 5, 2001123 Kawasaki, Japan 12th Anniversary Show: Kawasaki Legend Defeated Nova and Super Crazy to win the vacant titles. GOEMON formerly held the title as Koji Nakagawa.
12 Mr. Gannosuke (2) and Mammoth Sasaki 1September 5, 200134 Sapporo, Japan Super Dynamism tour
13 Hayabusa (2) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (3)1October 9, 200127 Tokyo, Japan Power Splash tour
VacatedNovember 5, 2001 Tokyo, Japan Scramble Survivor tourThe title was vacated after Hayabusa suffered a career-ending injury against Mammoth Sasaki on October 22, 2001.
14 Mr. Gannosuke (3) and Mammoth Sasaki (2)2November 23, 2001<1 Yokohama, Japan Scramble Survivor tourDefeated Biomonster DNA and Dr. Luther to win the vacant titles.
VacatedNovember 23, 2001 Yokohama, Japan Scramble Survivor tour Mr. Gannosuke and Mammoth Sasaki split up to vacate the titles.
15 Tetsuhiro Kuroda (4) and Mr. Gannosuke (4)1December 21, 200116 Tokyo, Japan FMWKuroda and Gannosuke defeated Kintaro Kanemura and Mammoth Sasaki in a tournament to win the vacant titles.
VacatedJanuary 6, 2002 Tokyo, Japan FMWThe titles were vacated after Mr. Gannosuke suffered an injury.
16 Kodo Fuyuki (3) and The Sandman 1February 4, 200211 Tokyo, Japan FMWFuyuki and Sandman defeated Sabu and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to win the vacant titles.
VacatedFebruary 15, 2002The titles were retired after FMW closed.
World Entertainment Wrestling
17 Takashi Sasaki and GENTARO 1August 23, 2002200 Tokyo, Japan WEWDefeat Taka Michinoku and Hi69 to revive the titles in WEW.
18 Kintaro Kanemura and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (5)1March 11, 200351 Tokyo, Japan WEW
RetiredMay 1, 2003The title was retired after WEW closed.
Apache Army
19 Tetsuhiro Kuroda (6) and Onryo (2)1March 12, 2005 [Note 1] Chiba, Japan Kintaro Kanemura FestivalDefeat Takashi Sasaki and Gentaro to revive the titles in Apache Army. Titles are later vacated.
20 Takashi Sasaki (2) and BADBOY Hido 1August 6, 200649 Tokyo, Japan Apache ProDefeated Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Jun Kasai in a tournament final for the vacant titles.
21 Jun Kasai and Tomoaki Honma 1September 24, 2006149 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro 3rd Anniversary Show
VacatedFebruary 20, 2007The titles were vacated when the team split up.
22 Jun Kasai (2) and Jaki Numazawa 1June 24, 200791 Tokyo, Japan Form of ChallengeDefeated Gentaro and The W*INGer for the vacant titles.
23 Gentaro (2) and The W*INGer 1September 23, 2007207 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro
24 Nosawa and Mazada 1April 17, 2008388 Tokyo, Japan Tetsuhiro Kuroda Festival
VacatedMay 10, 2009 Mie, Japan XWFThe titles were vacated after May 10, 2009.
25 Kohei Sato and Kamikaze 1September 6, 2009711 Osaka, Japan Wrestler's Kohei Sato and KAMIKAZE defeated Magnitude Kishiwada and Koichiro Kimura for the vacant title. The title change took place in Pro Wrestling Zero1.
26 Kintaro Kanemura (2) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (7)2August 18, 201141 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro
27 Hiroki and Yusaku Obata 1September 28, 2011179 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro
28 Manjimaru and Takeshi Minamino 1March 25, 201232 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro
29 Daisaku Shimoda and Kazushi Miyamoto 1April 26, 201235 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro
30 Kengo Nishimura and Tomohiko Hashimoto 1May 31, 2012113 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro
31 Kotaro Nasu and Masato Shibata 1September 21, 201222 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro
32 Shoichi Ichimiya and Tomohiko Hashimoto (2)1October 13, 2012274 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro
33 Daisaku Shimoda (2) and Rikiya Fudo 1July 14, 2013119 Osaka, Japan Apache Pro
34 Tadasuke and Tomohiko Hashimoto (3)1November 10, 2013301 Osaka, Japan Apache Pro
35 Ryoji Sai and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (8)1September 7, 2014266 Osaka, Japan Apache Pro
36 Kazushi Miyamoto (2) and Tomohiko Hashimoto (4)1May 31, 2015245 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro
37 Mikami and Rion Mizuki 1January 31, 2016105 Tokyo, Japan Apache ProThis was a four-way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, also involving Chikara and Kintaro Kanemura, and Hi69 and Passion Hasegawa.
38 Hi69 (2) and HASEGAWA 1May 15, 2016105 Tokyo, Japan Apache ProHi69 formerly held the title as Hiroki.
39 Kintaro Kanemura (3) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (9)3August 28, 201635 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro
40 Tomohiko Hashimoto (5) and Keisuke Okuda 1October 2, 201684 Tokyo, Japan Kintaro Kanemura Retirement Tour - Day 1
41 Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (10)1December 25, 2016112 Tokyo, Japan Final GongApache promotion closed after the event and moved to A-Team.
A-Team
42 Masashi Takeda and Tomohiko Hashimoto (6)1April 16, 2017117 Tokyo, Japan Take Off
43 Daisaku Shimoda (3) and Blue Shark 1August 11, 201757 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
44 Daisuke Ikeda and HASEGAWA (2)1October 7, 2017246 Yokohama, Japan A-Team
45 Tomohiko Hashimoto (7) and Nobutaka Moribe 1June 10, 20181 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
VacatedJune 11, 2018The titles were vacated after June 11, 2018.
46 Akira Jo and Raiden1December 23, 2018119 Tokyo, Japan WEW Tag Team Title LeagueDefeat Daisaku Shimoda and Takumi Sakurai in the final of the WEW Tag Team Title League.
47 Daisuke Ikeda (2) and Keiichi Sato 1April 21, 2019161 Tokyo, Japan A-Team 2nd Anniversary
48Gajo and Tomohiko Hashimoto (8)1September 29, 2019161 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
49 Gentaro (3) and Nobutaka Moribe (2)1March 8, 2020147 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
50 Brian Ishizaka and Takumi Sakurai1August 2, 202035 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
51 Mikami (2) and HASEGAWA (3)1September 6, 2020252 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
52Raiden (2) and Joji Otani 1May 16, 202181 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
VacatedAugust 5, 2021The titles were vacated after August 5, 2021.
53 Daisaku Shimoda (4) and Iori 1August 22, 202135 Tokyo, Japan A-TeamDefeat Raiden and Hashinosuke for the vacant titles.
54Gajo (2) and Tomohiko Hashimoto (9)2September 26, 20211,368 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
VacatedMarch 22, 2022The titles were vacated after March 22, 2022.
55Raiden (3) and Takumi Sakurai (2)1March 27, 202256 Tokyo, Japan A-TeamDefeat Tomohiko Hashimoto and Daisaku Shimoda for the vacant titles.
56 Iori (2) and Masahiro Sase1May 22, 202270 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
57 Daisaku Shimoda (5) and Kosaku Tonosaki1July 31, 2022119 Tokyo, Japan A-Team [2]
58 Tomohiko Hashimoto (10) and Super Tiger II 1November 27, 2022462 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
59 HASEGAWA (4) and Dylan James 1March 3, 2024301 Tokyo, Japan A-TeamDefeat Super Tiger II & Takahiro Tababa, substituting for Tomohiko Hashimoto who double-booked himself in a six-man tag team match earlier in the card.
60Kota Nagashima and Super Tiger II (2)1December 29, 2024175 Urayasu, Japan A-Team
61 Iori (3) and Kosaku Tonosaki (2)1June 22, 20253+ Tokyo, Japan A-Team
  1. The exact date when Onryo and Tetsuhiro Kuroda vacated the title is unknown.

See also

References

  1. "WEW Tag Team Title [FMW] (Japan)".
  2. Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 31, 2022). "A-TEAM 2020 Final ~ Vol. 2". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 1, 2022.