F-1 Tag Team Championship

The F-1 Tag Team Championship (F-1タッグチャンピオンシップ, F-1 Taggu Chanpionshippu) was a title owned and promoted by the Wrestle-1 promotion. The title was originally created in 2006 in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), with the inaugural champions crowned on December 15, 2006. The "F" in F-1 stands for "fake". In Japanese the title's name includes the katakana term for "championship", Chanpionshippu (チャンピオンシップ), derived from the English language instead of the more common kanji term Ōza (王座) that was used in the name of the title when it was still owned by AJPW.

F-1 Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionAll Japan Pro Wrestling (2006-2013)
Wrestle-1 (2015-2020)
Date establishedDecember 2006
Other name(s)
F-1 Tag Team Championship (F-1タッグ王座, F-1 Taggu Ōza)

Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won as a result of a match with a predetermined outcome. The last champions were Keiji Mutoh and Kannazuki.

History

The F-1 Tag Team Championship was an unofficial tag team title in All Japan Pro Wrestling that apparently was not recognized by the promotion. It's more of a comedy title as matches are a mix of regular wrestling and impromptu standup comedy routines involving the wrestlers. It was created by Mutoh in December 2006, and he and Japanese comedian Kannazuki were the first to win the titles.

In May 2013, 11 wrestlers including Keiji Mutoh left All Japan Pro Wrestling, and established a new promotion, Wrestle-1. With the departure of its creator, the F-1 Tag Team Championship was abandoned.[1][2][3]

On August 30, 2015 it was announced that the title was going to be revived and new champions would be crowned on October 9. At Wrestle-1 Tour 2015 Fan Appreciation Day, Keiji Mutoh and Kannazuki defeated Manabu Soya and Sugi-chan to win the titles for their second time, starting their first reign as the F-1 Tag Team Champions in Wrestle-1.

On February 29, 2020, Wrestle-1 announced that they would be closing down following their final event on April 1, thus deactivating all championship titles.[4]

Reigns
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
All Japan Pro Wrestling
1 Keiji Mutoh and Kannazuki December 15, 2006 Fan Appreciation Day 2006 Tokyo, Japan 1 1,4588 Defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Akimasa Haraguchi to become the inaugural champions. [5]
2 Ryota Hama and Koriki Choshu December 12, 2010 Fan Appreciation Day 2010 Tokyo, Japan 1 3640 [6]
3 Manabu Soya and RG December 11, 2011 Fan Appreciation Day 2011 Tokyo, Japan 1 3700 [7]
4 Kannazuki (2) and Takao Omori December 15, 2012 Fan Appreciation Day 2012 Morioka, Japan 1 1370 [8]
— Deactivated May 1, 2013 — — — —— All Japan Pro Wrestling abandoned the title.
Wrestle-1
5 Keiji Mutoh (2) and Kannazuki (3) October 9, 2015 Wrestle-1 Tour 2015 Fan Appreciation Day Tokyo, Japan 2 1,6360 Defeated Manabu Soya and Sugi-chan, after the title was revived by Wrestle-1. Wrestle-1, however, considered this a new title and dubbed Keiji Mutoh and Kannazuki as the first champions. [9]
— Deactivated April 1, 2020 — — — —— Title retired when Wrestle-1 closed.

By team
Rank[N 1] Team No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Keiji Mutoh and Kannazuki 2 8 3,094
2 Manabu Soya and RG 1 0 370
3 Ryota Hama and Koriki Choshu 1 0 364
4 Kannazuki and Takao Omori 1 0 137

By wrestler
Rank[N 1] Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Kannazuki 3 8 3,231
2 Keiji Mutoh 2 8 3,094
3 RG 1 0 370
Manabu Soya 1 0 370
5 Koriki Choshu 1 0 364
Ryota Hama 1 0 364
7 Takao Omori 1 0 137

Footnotes
  1. Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References
  1. 全日新社長に白石氏　武藤は辞職し内田氏は更迭. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). June 2, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  2. 全日本、白石社長の新体制スタート…離脱濃厚の武藤は新団体設立か. Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. June 2, 2013. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  3. 武藤が全日会長辞任　新社長と折り合わず. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). June 2, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  4. "Notice of suspension of WRESTLE-1 activity". Wrestle-1.
  5. "All Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2006". PUROLOVE.com (in German). Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  6. "All Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2010". PUROLOVE.com (in German). Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  7. "All Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2011". PUROLOVE.com (in German). Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  8. "All Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2012". PUROLOVE.com (in German). Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  9. "W-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour 2015 Fan Appreciation Day". Cagematch.net. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
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