International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship formerly contested for in the Japanese promotion Wrestle Association R, and later Dragon Gate and Tenryu Project. This title was the first tag team championship in Japan dedicated to junior heavyweight wrestlers.
| International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Wrestle Association R (1996–2000) Dragon Gate (2006–2007) Tenryu Project (2010–2015) | ||||||||||
| Date established | February 23, 1996 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | November 15, 2015 | ||||||||||
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Overview
It was created in WAR on February 23, 1996 when Fuyuki-gun (Gedo and Lionheart) defeated Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka in a tournament final.[1] It was deemed inactive in 2000 when WAR folded, and was later revived by Dragon Gate on August 8, 2006. The I-J belts would be unified with the new Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship, a tag title made specifically for Dragon Gate, on October 12, 2007. In September 2010, the championship was reactivated by Tenryu Project. During its existence, there have been 23 recognized individual champions and 14 recognized teams, who had a combined 16 official reigns.
Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| Wrestle Association R | ||||||||||
| 1 | Fuyuki-gun (Gedo and Lionheart) |
February 23, 1996 | WAR | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 33 | Defeated Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka in a tournament final. | [1] | ||
| 2 | Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka | March 27, 1996 | WAR | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 115 | [1] | |||
| 3 | Jushin Thunder Liger and El Samurai | July 20, 1996 | 4th Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 112 | [2] | |||
| 4 | Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka | November 9, 1996 | WAR | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 95 | [1] | |||
| 5 | Battle Ranger and Masaaki Mochizuki | February 12, 1997 | WAR | Toyohashi, Japan | 1 | 108 | [1][3] | |||
| 6 | Masashi Aoyagi and Gokuaku Umibouzu | May 13, 1997 | WAR | Tsu, Japan | 1 | 134 | [1] | |||
| 7 | Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka (3) | October 12, 1997 | WAR | Hachioji, Japan | 1 | 6 | [1] | |||
| — | Vacated | October 18, 1997 | — | — | — | — | [1] | |||
| 8 | Masakazu Fukuda and Hiroyoshi Kotsubo | November 24, 1997 | WAR | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 253 | Defeated Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [1] | ||
| — | Vacated | August 4, 1998 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Fukuda graduating to the heavyweight division. | [1] | ||
| 9 | Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa | December 11, 1998 | WAR | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 80 | Defeated Masaaki Mochizuki and Masao Orihara to win the vacant title. | [1] | ||
| 10 | Tomohiro Ishii (2) and Yuji Yasuraoka (4) | March 1, 1999 | WAR | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 111 | [1] | |||
| — | Deactivated | June 20, 1999 | 7th Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | Title vacated when Yasuraoka retired. The title was later retired when WAR closed in 2000. | [1] | ||
| Dragon Gate | ||||||||||
| 11 | Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki (2) | August 6, 2006 | The Gate Of Adventure | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 154 | Defeated Gamma and Dr. Muscle in a tournament final to revive the title in Dragon Gate. | [4] | ||
| 12 | Jado & Gedo (2) | January 7, 2007 | Battle Hall Live Vol. 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 175 | This match was also for Gedo and Jado's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. | [5] | ||
| 13 | Typhoon (Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka) |
July 1, 2007 | Pro-Wrestling Festival in Kobe 2007 | Kobe, Japan | 1 | 83 | [6] | |||
| 14 | Tozawa-Juku (Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa) |
September 22, 2007 | Storm Gate | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 20 | [7] | |||
| 15 | Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino | October 12, 2007 | The Gate of Victory | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | <1 | This match was to unify the I-J title into the new Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship. | [8] | ||
| — | Unified | October 12, 2007 | The Gate of Victory | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | Unified with the Open the Twin Gate title. | [8] | ||
| Tenryu Project | ||||||||||
| 16 | Black Tiger V (2) and Masao Orihara | September 29, 2010 | Never SO | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 667 | Defeated Madoka and Shinobu when the title was reinstated by Tenryu Project. | |||
| 17 | Diamond Ring (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Satoshi Kajiwara) |
July 27, 2012 | R-2 Real Tenryu Project 8 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 266 | ||||
| 18 | Hiroki and Masao Orihara (2) | April 19, 2013 | Diamond Ring | Toyama, Japan | 1 | 165 | ||||
| — | Vacated | October 1, 2013 | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Orihara left the promotion. | |||
| 19 | Gamelas and Kuuga | October 7, 2014 | Mizuchi-R | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 404 | Defeated The Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota) to win the vacant title. | |||
| — | Deactivated | November 15, 2015 | — | — | — | — | The title was retired due to Tenryu Project closing. | |||
Combined reigns
| <1 | The reign is shorter than one day. |
By team
| Rank | Team | No. of Reigns |
Combined Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Tiger V and Masao Orihara | 1 | 667 |
| 2 | Gamelas and Kuuga | 1 | 404 |
| 3 | Diamond Ring (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Satoshi Kajiwara) | 1 | 266 |
| 4 | Masakazu Fukuda and Hiroyoshi Kotsubo | 1 | 253 |
| 5 | Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka | 2 | 210 |
| 6 | Jado & Gedo | 1 | 175 |
| 7 | Hiroki and Masao Orihara | 1 | 165 |
| 8 | Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki | 1 | 154 |
| 9 | Masashi Aoyagi and Gokuaku Umibouzu | 1 | 134 |
| 10 | Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka | 2 | 117 |
| 11 | Jushin Thunder Liger and El Samurai | 1 | 112 |
| 12 | Battle Ranger and Masaaki Mochizuki | 1 | 108 |
| 13 | Typhoon (Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka) | 1 | 83 |
| 14 | Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 1 | 80 |
| 15 | Fuyuki-gun (Gedo and Lionheart) | 1 | 33 |
| 16 | Tozawa-Juku (Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa) | 1 | 20 |
| 17 | Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino | 1 | <1 |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of Reigns |
Combined Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masao Orihara | 2 | 832 |
| 2 | Black Tiger V/Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 2 | 747 |
| 3 | Gamelas | 1 | 404 |
| Kuuga | 1 | 404 | |
| 5 | Yuji Yasuraoka | 4 | 327 |
| 6 | Satoshi Kajiwara | 1 | 266 |
| 7 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 1 | 266 |
| 8 | Masaaki Mochizuki | 2 | 262 |
| 9 | Masakazu Fukuda | 1 | 253 |
| Hiroyoshi Kotsubo | 1 | 253 | |
| 11 | Lance Storm | 2 | 210 |
| 12 | Gedo | 2 | 208 |
| 13 | Jado | 1 | 175 |
| 14 | Hiroki | 1 | 165 |
| 15 | Don Fujii | 1 | 154 |
| 16 | Masashi Aoyagi | 1 | 134 |
| Gokuaku Umibouzu | 1 | 134 | |
| 18 | Tomohiro Ishii | 2 | 117 |
| 19 | Jushin Thunder Liger | 1 | 112 |
| El Samurai | 1 | 112 | |
| 21 | Battle Ranger | 1 | 108 |
| 22 | Ryo Saito | 1 | 83 |
| 23 | Susumu Yokosuka | 1 | 83 |
| 24 | Shinjiro Otani | 1 | 80 |
| 25 | Lionheart | 1 | 33 |
| 26 | Masato Yoshino | 1 | <1 |
See also
References
- "Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship title history". Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- "WAR Sumo Hall event results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- Hoops, Brian (February 12, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 12): Christian Cage wins gold in TNA". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- "Dragon Gate The Gate of Adventure tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- "NJPW results, 2007". Strong Style Spirit. Archived from the original on 2008-03-25. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- "Dragon Gate results, 2007" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- "Dragon Gate Storm Gate tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- "Dragon Gate The Gate of Victory tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
External links
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