AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship - Title History

Title History

#: Name(s): Reigns: Date: Location: Notes:
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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