Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (Zero1)

The Intercontinental Tag Team Championship[1] is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promoting Pro Wrestling Zero1, typically reserved for (but not exclusive to) heavyweight (>100 kg (220 lb)) wrestlers. It was created on June 14, 2001, three months after then Pro Wrestling Zero-One's creation, when Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda (though Zero1 has since ceased to recognize both their reign as well as the following reign by Steve Corino and Mike Rapada)[2][3][4] defeated Yuuki Ishikawa and Katsumi Usuda.[5] This was during a time when Zero-One was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance; since the two organizations' parting in late 2004, the NWA does not recognize or sanction it, though it retains the NWA initials. It is one of two tag team titles currently active in Zero1, along with the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship, contested exclusively among junior heavyweights. There have been a total of 47 recognized individual champions and 39 recognized teams, who have had a combined 44 official reigns.

Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionNew Wrestling Alliance
Pro Wrestling Zero1
Date establishedJune 14, 2001
Current champion(s)Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato
Date wonAugust 2, 2020
Other name(s)
NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
(NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
1 Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda June 14, 2001 Shingeki Osaka, Japan 1 250 Defeated Yuuki Ishikawa and Katsumi Usuda.
2 Steve Corino and Mike Rapada July 9, 2001 1 30 Awarded the title by NWA president Howard Brody.
3 Shinjiro Otani and Yuuki Ishikawa July 12, 2001 True Century Battle Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 1]0
Vacated October 2001 Vacated due to Ishikawa leaving ZERO-ONE.
4 Emblem
(Shinjiro Otani (2) and Masato Tanaka)
January 6, 2002 Vast Energy Tokyo, Japan 1 2875 Defeated Samoa Joe and Tom Howard.
5 Nathan Jones and Jon Heidenreich October 20, 2002 Improvement II Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 61
6 Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa October 26, 2002 Improvement II Tour Osaka, Japan 1 501
7 Matt Ghaffari and Tom Howard December 15, 2002 Truth Creation Tokyo, Japan 1 1352
8 Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa April 29, 2003 01 Division Tour Nagoya, Japan 2 30
Vacated May 3, 2003 Stripped by NWA Chairman Richard Arpin due to Ogawa throwing Ghaffari over the top rope in winning the title.
9 Steve Corino (2) and C.W. Anderson May 3, 2003 01WORLD Tokyo, Japan 1 1203 Defeated Kohei Sato and Hirotaka Yokoi.
10 Emblem
(Shinjiro Otani (3) and Masato Tanaka)
August 31, 2003 01 Summer Gift Gifu, Japan 2 1722
11 Takao Omori and Shiro Koshinaka February 19, 2004 Embers Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1195
12 Shinya Hashimoto (3) and Yoshiaki Fujiwara June 17, 2004 Ambitious Sendai, Japan 1 752
Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
13 Shinjiro Otani (4) and Takao Omori (2) August 31, 2004 Determination II Morioka, Japan 1 331
14 Masato Tanaka (3) and Wataru Sakata October 3, 2004 New Whirlpool-1 Truth II Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 280
Vacated October 31, 2004 Vacated due to ZERO-ONE leaving the NWA.
15 Kohei Sato and Ryoji Sai April 14, 2005 Outburst Revolution Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1793 Defeated Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka.
16 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita October 10, 2005 Interception Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1381
17 Steve Corino (3) and Y2P-160kg February 25, 2006 Happening Tour Osaka, Japan 1 1151
18 Kohei Sato and Ryoji Sai June 20, 2006 Rights Tour Odawara, Japan 2 40
19 Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori (3))
June 24, 2006 Rights Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 2572
20 Yoshihiro Takayama and Kohei Sato (3) March 8, 2007 Max Satisfaction Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 2322
21 Minoru Fujita (2) and Takuya Sugawara October 26, 2007 Innovation Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 3994
22 Mr. Wrestling 3 (4) and Charles Evans November 28, 2008 Zero1 Beat Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 940
Vacated March 2, 2009 Vacated due to Charles Evans' rebellious actions against World Premier Federation.
23 Ryoji Sai (3) and Osamu Namiguchi March 15, 2009 Wrestler's 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 1231 Defeated Steve Corino and Mr. Wrestling 3.
24 Kohei Sato (4) and Kamikaze July 16, 2009 Wrestler's Utsunomiya, Japan 1 1002
25 Ikuto Hidaka (2) and Munenori Sawa October 24, 2009 Wrestler's 6 ~ Never Gonna Stop! Tokyo, Japan 1 950
26 Shinjiro Otani (5) and Akebono January 27, 2010 Wrestler's 9 Tokyo, Japan 1 3154
Vacated December 8, 2010 Vacated so that the title could be decided in the Furinkazan tournament.
27 Kohei Sato (5) and Kamikaze December 21, 2010 Furinkazan Nagoya, Japan 2 2673 Defeated Masato Tanaka and Daisuke Sekimoto in the final of the Furinkazan tournament.
(NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
28 Masato Tanaka (4) and Zeus September 14, 2011 Tenkaichi Jr. Tokyo, Japan 1 4194
29 Shito Ueda and Yusaku Obata November 6, 2012 Universe Tokyo, Japan 1 730
Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
Vacated January 18, 2013 Vacated due to Obata being sidelined with an injury.
30 ZERO64
(Akebono (2) and Daisuke Sekimoto)
February 3, 2013 Change the World Tokyo, Japan 1 3301 Defeated Kohei Sato and Zeus.
Vacated December 30, 2013 Vacated due to Sekimoto being sidelined with an injury.
31 Shinjiro Otani (6) and Kamikaze (3) January 1, 2014 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 1251 Defeated Masato Tanaka and Yusaku Obata.
32 Dangan Yankees
(Masato Tanaka (5) and Takashi Sugiura)
May 6, 2014 Destiny Tokyo, Japan 1 3976
33 Kohei Sato (6) and Daisuke Sekimoto (2) June 7, 2015 Long, Long Way Tokyo, Japan 1 3344
34 Masato Tanaka (6) and James Raideen May 6, 2016 Children's Day Special Tokyo, Japan 1 2532
35 Hartley Jackson and Taru January 14, 2017 New Year Dream Series Tokyo, Japan 1 200 [6][7]
36 Akebono (3) and Shogun Okamoto February 3, 2017 New Year Dream Series Tokyo, Japan 1 751
Vacated April 19, 2017 Vacated due to Akebono being sidelined with health issues.
37 Kai and Yusaku Obata (2) May 21, 2017 Shinsei Zero1 Dream Series ~ Growth Tokyo, Japan 1 1010 Defeated Kohei Sato and Hideki Suzuki.
Vacated August 30, 2017 Vacated due to Kai and Obata being unable to defend the title because of scheduling conflicts.
38 Hideki Suzuki and Kohei Sato (7) September 14, 2017 Zero1 Dream Series Tokyo, Japan 1 1091 Defeated Shogun Okamoto and Yutaka Yoshie.
39 Masayuki Okamoto/Shogun Okamoto (2) and Yutaka Yoshie (2) January 1, 2018 Kinga Shinnen Tokyo, Japan 1 620 Okamoto won the title as Masayuki Okamoto, but immediately afterwards announced he was returning to the ring name Shogun Okamoto. [8]
40 Masato Tanaka (7) and Yuji Hino (1) March 4, 2018 Kinga Shinnen Tokyo, Japan 1 2033
41 Taru (2) and Chris Vice September 23, 2018 Chibiko Bullying Eradication Genki Hatsuratsu ~ A Really Strong Person Does Not Do Bullying But Will Stand Up Iwate, Japan 1 1000
42 Masato Tanaka (8) and Takuya Sugawara (2) January 1, 2019 Happy New Year Tokyo, Japan 1 2983
43 Yuko Miyamoto (1) and Masashi Takeda (1) October 26, 2019 Yasukuni Shine 150th Anniversary Hono Pro Wrestling 17th Yamato Shinshu Chikara Matsuri Tokyo, Japan 1 2802
Vacated August 1, 2020 Vacated due to Takeda suffering an injury
44 Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato August 2, 2020 We're Not Going To Lose To Corona! Tokyo, Japan 1 174+0 Defeated Yuko Miyamoto and Takashi Sasaki to win the vacant championship

Combined reigns

As of January 23, 2021.

Indicates the current champion
Rank Team No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Emblem
(Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka)
27459
2 Masato Tanaka and Zeus14419
3 Minoru Fujita and Takuya Sugawara14399
4 Dangan Yankees
(Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura)
16397
5 Kohei Sato and Kamikaze25367
6 Kohei Sato and Daisuke Sekimoto14334
7 ZERO64
(Akebono and Daisuke Sekimoto)
11330
8 Shinjiro Otani and Akebono14315
9 Masato Tanaka and Takuya Sugawara13298
10 Yuko Miyamoto and Masashi Takeda12280
11 Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori)
12257
12 Masato Tanaka and James Raideen12253
13 Yoshihiro Takayama and Kohei Sato12232
14 Masato Tanaka and Yuji Hino13203
15 Kohei Sato and Ryoji Sai23183
16 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita11138
17 Matt Ghaffari and Tom Howard12135
18 Shinjiro Otani and Kamikaze11125
19 Ryoji Sai and Osamu Namiguchi11123
20 Steve Corino and C.W. Anderson13120
21 Takao Omori and Shiro Koshinaka15119
22 Steve Corino and Y2P-160kg11115
23 Hideki Suzuki and Kohei Sato11109
24 Kai and Yusaku Obata10101
25 Taru and Chris Vice10100
26 Ikuto Hidaka and Munenori Sawa1095
27 Mr. Wrestling 3 and Charles Evans1094
28 Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato †10174+
29 Shinya Hashimoto and Yoshiaki Fujiwara1275
Akebono and Shogun Okamoto1175
31 Shito Ueda and Yusaku Obata1073
32 Masayuki Okamoto/Shogun Okamoto and Yutaka Yoshie1062
33 Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa2153
34 Shinjiro Otani and Takao Omori1133
35 Masato Tanaka and Wataru Sakata1028
36 Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda1025
37 Hartley Jackson and Taru1020
38 Nathan Jones and Jon Heidenreich116
39 Steve Corino and Mike Rapada103

By team

Rank Team No. of
reigns
Combined days
1 Masato Tanaka82,057
2 Kohei Sato71,225
3 Shinjiro Otani61,026
4 Takuya Sugawara2697
5 Daisuke Sekimoto2665
6 Akebono3734
7 Minoru Fujita2537
8 Kamikaze3492
9 Zeus1419
10 Takao Omori3409
11 Takashi Sugiura1397
12 Steve Corino4334
13 Ryouji Sai3306
14 Masashi Takeda1280
Yuko Miyamoto1280
16 Manabu Nakanishi1257
17 James Raideen1253
18 Ikuto Hidaka2233
19 Yoshihiro Takayama1232
20 Yuji Hino1203
21 Y2P-160 kg/Yutaka Yoshie2187
22 Yusaku Obata2174
23 Shogun Okamoto/Masayuki Okamoto2137
24 Matt Ghafari1135
25 Tom Howard1135
26 Shinya Hashimoto3128
27 Osamu Namiguchi1123
28 C.W. Anderson1121
29 Taru2120
30 Shiro Koshinaka1119
31 Hideki Suzuki1109
32 Kai1101
33 Chris Vice1100
34 Charles Evans195
35 Munenori Sawa195
36 Yuuki Ishikawa181
37 Towa Iwasaki †1174+
Tsugutaka Sato †1174+
39 Yoshiaki Fujiwara175
40 Shito Ueda173
41 Naoya Ogawa253
42 Wataru Sakata128
Samoa Joe128
44 Keiji Sakoda125
45 Hartley Jackson120
46 John Heidenreich16
Nathan Jones16
48 Mike Rapada13

See also

Footnotes

  1. The exact date on which Otani and Ishikawa were stripped of the championship is not known, which means that their reign lasted between 81 and 111 days.

References

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