Title History
#: | Name(s): | Reigns: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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1 | Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu | 1 | June 10, 1988 | Tokyo, Japan | Tsuruta & Yatsu, the PWF Tag Team Champions, defeated NWA International champions The Road Warriors to unify the titles. |
2 | Terry Gordy & Stan Hansen | 1 | July 29, 1988 | Takasaki, Japan | |
3 | Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu | 2 | July 31, 1988 | Hakodate, Japan | |
4 | Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu | 1 | August 29, 1988 | Tokyo, Japan | |
5 | Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu | 3 | August 30, 1988 | Osaka, Japan | |
Vacated on November 19, 1988 so the title could be decided in the World's Strongest Tag Team League. | |||||
6 | Terry Gordy & Stan Hansen | 2 | December 16, 1988 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the World's Strongest Tag Team League. |
7 | Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu | 4 | February 2, 1989 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | |
8 | Stan Hansen (3) & Genichiro Tenryu (2) | 1 | July 11, 1989 | Sapporo, Japan | |
9 | Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu | 5 | July 22, 1989 | Kanazawa, Japan | |
10 | Stan Hansen (4) & Genichiro Tenryu (3) | 2 | October 20, 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Vacated on November 29, 1989 so the title could be decided in the World's Strongest Tag Team League. | |||||
11 | Stan Hansen (5) & Genichiro Tenryu (4) | 3 | December 6, 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the World's Strongest Tag Team League. |
12 | Terry Gordy (3) & Steve Williams (Miracle Violence Connection) |
1 | March 6, 1990 | Tokyo, Japan | |
13 | The Great Kabuki & Jumbo Tsuruta (6) | 1 | July 19, 1990 | Takefu, Japan | |
Vacated on July 30, 1990 due to Kabuki leaving AJPW for SWS. | |||||
14 | Terry Gordy (4) & Steve Williams (Miracle Violence Connection) |
2 | December 7, 1990 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the World's Strongest Tag Team League. |
15 | Stan Hansen (6) & Danny Spivey | 1 | April 18, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
16 | Terry Gordy (5) & Steve Williams (Miracle Violence Connection) |
3 | July 6, 1991 | Yokosuka, Japan | |
17 | Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Misawa | 1 | July 24, 1991 | Kanazawa, Japan | |
Vacated on December 6, 1991 so the title could be decided in the World's Strongest Tag Team League. | |||||
18 | Terry Gordy (6) & Steve Williams (Miracle Violence Connection) |
4 | December 6, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the World's Strongest Tag Team League. |
19 | Akira Taue & Jumbo Tsuruta (7) | 1 | March 4, 1992 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Vacated on November 13, 1992 so the title could be decided in the World's Strongest Tag Team League. | |||||
20 | Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Misawa | 2 | December 4, 1992 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the World's Strongest Tag Team League. |
21 | Terry Gordy (7) & Steve Williams (Miracle Violence Connection) |
5 | January 30, 1993 | Chiba, Japan | |
22 | Toshiaki Kawada (3) & Akira Taue (2) (The Holy Demon Army) |
1 | May 20, 1993 | Sapporo, Japan | |
23 | Ted DiBiase & Stan Hansen (7) | 1 | September 3, 1993 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Vacated in December 1993 so the title could be decided in the World's Strongest Tag Team League. | |||||
24 | Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (3) | 1 | December 3, 1993 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the World's Strongest Tag Team League. |
Vacated in November 1994 so the title could be decided in the World's Strongest Tag Team League. | |||||
25 | Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (4) | 2 | December 10, 1994 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the World's Strongest Tag Team League. |
26 | Toshiaki Kawada (4) & Akira Taue (3) (The Holy Demon Army) |
2 | June 9, 1995 | Tokyo, Japan | |
27 | Gary Albright & Stan Hansen (8) | 1 | January 24, 1996 | Matsumoto, Japan | |
28 | Toshiaki Kawada (5) & Akira Taue (4) (The Holy Demon Army) |
3 | February 20, 1996 | Morioka, Japan | |
29 | Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa (5) | 1 | May 23, 1996 | Sapporo, Japan | |
30 | Johnny Ace & Steve Williams (6) | 1 | September 5, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | |
31 | Toshiaki Kawada (6) & Akira Taue (5) (The Holy Demon Army) |
4 | January 17, 1997 | Matsumoto, Japan | |
32 | Johnny Ace (2) & Kenta Kobashi (3) | 1 | May 27, 1997 | Sapporo, Japan | |
33 | Gary Albright (2) & Steve Williams (7) | 1 | July 25, 1997 | Tokyo, Japan | |
34 | Johnny Ace (3) & Kenta Kobashi (4) | 2 | October 4, 1997 | Nagoya, Japan | |
35 | Toshiaki Kawada (7) & Akira Taue (6) (The Holy Demon Army) |
5 | January 25, 1998 | Yokohama, Japan | |
36 | Jun Akiyama (2) & Kenta Kobashi (5) | 1 | January 7, 1999 | Hidaka, Japan | Won the title on the New Year Giant Series tour. |
37 | Johnny Ace (4) & Bart Gunn | 1 | June 9, 1999 | Sendai, Japan | Won the title on the Super Power Series tour. |
38 | Takao Ōmori & Yoshihiro Takayama (NO FEAR) |
1 | July 23, 1999 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the Summer Action Series tour. Also hold the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship. |
39 | Mitsuharu Misawa (6) & Yoshinari Ogawa | 1 | August 25, 1999 | Hiroshima, Japan | This match on the Summer Action Series II tour was also for Ōmori & Takayama's All Asia title. |
40 | Jun Akiyama (3) & Kenta Kobashi (6) | 2 | October 23, 1999 | Nagoya, Japan | Won the title on the October Giant Series tour. |
41 | Vader & Steve Williams (8) | 1 | February 20, 2000 | Kobe, Japan | Won the title on the Excite Series tour. |
Vacated on April 7, 2000 due to Vader fracturing his left arm. | |||||
42 | Toshiaki Kawada (8) & Akira Taue (7) (The Holy Demon Army) |
6 | June 9, 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Takao Ōmori & Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final on the Super Power Series tour. |
Vacated on June 16, 2000 due to Taue and several others leaving AJPW to form Pro Wrestling Noah. | |||||
43 | Taiyō Kea & Johnny Smith | 1 | January 14, 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Masanobu Fuchi & Toshiaki Kawada on the New Year Giant Series tour. |
44 | Yoji Anjo & Genichiro Tenryu (5) | 1 | July 14, 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the Summer Action Series tour. |
45 | Taiyō Kea (2) & Keiji Mutoh | 1 | October 22, 2001 | Niigata, Japan | Won the title on the October Giant Series tour. |
46 | Brian Adams & Bryan Clark (KroniK) |
1 | July 17, 2002 | Osaka, Japan | Won the title on the Summer Action Series tour. |
Vacated on October 10, 2002 due to Adams becoming a professional boxer. | |||||
47 | Taiyō Kea (3) & Satoshi Kojima | 1 | December 6, 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the World's Strongest Tag Team League. |
Vacated on May 8, 2003 due to inactivity. | |||||
48 | Arashi & Keiji Mutoh (2) | 1 | June 8, 2003 | Yokohama, Japan | Defeated Satoshi Kojima & Jimmy Yang in a tournament final on the Super Power Series tour. |
49 | Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima (2) | 1 | January 18, 2004 | Osaka, Japan | Won the title on the New Year Giant Series tour. |
50 | Kendo Kashin & Yuji Nagata | 1 | June 12, 2004 | Nagoya, Japan | Won the title on the Crossover tour. |
Vacated on December 12, 2004 due to inactivity. | |||||
51 | Jamal & Taiyō Kea (4) | 1 | January 16, 2005 | Osaka, Japan | Defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie on the New Year Shining Series tour. |
Vacated on December 5, 2005 due to Jamal leaving AJPW for WWE. | |||||
52 | Toshiaki Kawada (9) & Taiyō Kea (5) | 1 | February 17, 2007 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated RO'Z & Suwama at Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku vol. 2. |
53 | Satoshi Kojima (3) & Taru | 1 | August 26, 2007 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title at Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku vol. 3. |
54 | Joe Doering & Keiji Mutoh (3) | 1 | January 3, 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the New Year Shining Series tour. |
55 | Taiyō Kea (6) & Minoru Suzuki | 1 | June 28, 2008 | Osaka, Japan | Won the title on the Crossover tour. |
56 | Masakatsu Funaki & Keiji Mutoh (4) | 1 | January 3, 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the New Year Shining Series tour. |
Vacated on March 9, 2010 due to Mutoh suffering a knee injury which required surgery. | |||||
57 | Taiyō Kea (7) & Akebono | 1 | July 4, 2010 | Osaka, Japan | Defeated Suwama and Ryota Hama on the Crossover tour. |
58 | Joe Doering (2) & KONO | 1 | February 6, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Taiyo Kea & Akebono. |
Vacated on June 3, 2011, when All Japan Pro Wrestling suspends KONO. | |||||
59 | The Great Muta (5) & KENSO | 1 | June 19, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Akebono & Ryota Hama for the vacant titles. |
60 | Dark Cuervo and Dark Ozz | 1 | October 23, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | |
61 | Manabu Soya and Takao Ōmori (2) | 1 | March 20, 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | |
62 | Joe Doering (3) and Seiya Sanada | 1 | May 20, 2012 | Fukuoka, Japan | |
63 | Manabu Soya (2) and Takao Ōmori (3) | 2 | June 17, 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Vacated on October 30, 2012, in Tokyo in time for the 2012 World's Strongest Tag League. | |||||
64 | Manabu Soya (3) and Takao Ōmori (4) | 3 | November 30, 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the World's Strongest Tag Team League, defeating Joe Doering and Suwama in the finals. |
A number inside parentheses in the "Name(s)" column indicates the wrestler had multiple tag team parters and the number is how many reigns they individually had as one-half of the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Champions. |
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