Title History
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| Successful defenses | The number of successful defenses the champions had during their reign |
| Wrestler name (#) | The number represents the individual reigns of a wrestler when this is distinct from the tag team's reign. |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| # | Wrestlers (Tag team name) |
Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Successful defenses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 !1 | Kimura !Kengo Kimura and Fujinami !Tatsumi Fujinami | 01 !1 | 01985-12-12December 12, 1985 | 7002236000000000000236 | Sendai !Sendai, Japan | Live event !Live event | 05 !5 | Kimura and Fujinami defeated Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final to become the first champions. |
| 02 !2 | Maeda !Akira Maeda and Kido !Osamu Kido | 01 !1 | 01986-08-05August 5, 1986 | 700149000000000000049 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 01 !1 | |
| 03 !3 | Kimura !Kengo Kimura (2) and Fujinami !Tatsumi Fujinami (2) | 02 !2 | 01986-09-23September 23, 1986 | 7002135000000000000135 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 00 !0 | |
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 01987-02-05February 5, 1987 | zz !— | zz !N/A | zz !N/A | zz !— | The championship was vacated when Kimura and Fujinami split up. |
| 04 !4 | Mutoh !Keiji Mutoh and Koshinaka !Shiro Koshinaka | 01 !1 | 01987-03-20March 20, 1987 | 70006000000000000006 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 00 !0 | Koshinaka and Mutoh defeated Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. |
| 05 !5 | Maeda !Akira Maeda (2) and Takada !Nobuhiko Takada | 01 !1 | 01987-03-26March 26, 1987 | 7002159000000000000159 | Osaka !Osaka, Japan | Live event !Live event | 02 !2 | |
| 06 !6 | Yamazaki !Kazuo Yamazaki and Fujiwara !Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 01 !1 | 01987-09-01September 1, 1987 | 7002139000000000000139 | Fukuoka !Fukuoka, Japan | Live event !Live event | 02 !2 | |
| 07 !7 | Kimura !Kengo Kimura (3) and Fujinami !Tatsumi Fujinami (3) | 03 !3 | 01988-01-18January 18, 1988 | 7002144000000000000144 | Takuyama !Takuyama, Japan | Live event !Live event | 03 !3 | |
| 08 !8 | Saito !Masa Saito and Chōshū !Riki Chōshū | 01 !1 | 01988-06-10June 10, 1988 | 7002282000000000000282 | Hiroshima !Hiroshima, Japan | Live event !Live event | 04 !4 | |
| 09 !9 | Takano !George Takano and Machine !Super Strong Machine | 01 !1 | 01989-03-19March 19, 1989 | 7002116000000000000116 | Yokohama !Yokohama, Japan | Live event !Live event | 01 !1 | |
| 10 !10 | Chōshū !Riki Chōshū (2) and Iizuka !Takayuki Iizuka | 01 !1 | 01989-07-13July 13, 1989 | 700169000000000000069 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 01 !1 | |
| 11 !11 | Saito !Masa Saito (2) and Hashimoto !Shinya Hashimoto | 01 !1 | 01989-09-20September 20, 1989 | 7002219000000000000219 | Osaka !Osaka, Japan | Live event !Live event | 03 !3 | |
| 12 !12 | Mutoh !Keiji Mutoh (2) and Chono !Masahiro Chono | 01 !1 | 01990-04-27April 27, 1990 | 7002189000000000000189 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 03 !3 | |
| 13 !13 | Hase !Hiroshi Hase and Sasaki !Kensuke Sasaki | 01 !1 | 01990-11-01November 1, 1990 | 700155000000000000055 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 02 !2 | |
| 14 !14 | Saito !Hiro Saito and Machine !Super Strong Machine (2) | 01 !1 | 01990-12-26December 26, 1990 | 700170000000000000070 | Hamamatsu !Hamamatsu, Japan | Live event !Live event | 02 !2 | |
| 15 !15 | Hase !Hiroshi Hase (2) and Sasaki !Kensuke Sasaki (2) | 02 !2 | 01991-03-06March 6, 1991 | 700115000000000000015 | Nagasaki !Nagasaki, Japan | Live event !Live event | 00 !0 | |
| 16 !16 | Steiner !Rick Steiner and Steiner !Scott Steiner (The Steiner Brothers) |
01 !1 | 01991-03-21March 21, 1991 | 7002229000000000000229 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Starrcade !Starrcade 1991 in Tokyo Dome | 02 !2 | The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line. |
| 17 !17 | Hase !Hiroshi Hase (3) and Mutoh !Keiji Mutoh (3) | 01 !1 | 01991-11-05November 5, 1991 | 7002117000000000000117 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 02 !2 | Scott Norton substituted for an injured Scott Steiner in this match. |
| 18 !18 | Bigelow !Bam Bam Bigelow and Vader !Big Van Vader (Big, Bad, and Dangerous) |
01 !1 | 01992-03-01March 1, 1992 | 7002117000000000000117 | Yokohama !Yokohama, Japan | Live event !Live event | 02 !2 | |
| 19 !19 | Steiner !Rick Steiner (2) and Steiner !Scott Steiner (2) (The Steiner Brothers) |
02 !2 | 01992-06-26June 26, 1992 | 7002149000000000000149 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 03 !3 | The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line. |
| 20 !20 | Norton !Scott Norton and Halme !Tony Halme | 01 !1 | 01992-11-22November 22, 1992 | 700122000000000000022 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 00 !0 | |
| 21 !21 | Warrior !Hawk Warrior and Warrior !Power Warrior (3) (The Hell Raisers) |
01 !1 | 01992-12-14December 14, 1992 | 7002234000000000000234 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 04 !4 | |
| 22 !22 | Hernandez !Hercules Hernandez and Norton !Scott Norton (2) (The Jurassic Powers) |
01 !1 | 01993-08-05August 5, 1993 | 7002152000000000000152 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 03 !3 | |
| 23 !23 | Warrior !Hawk Warrior (2) and Warrior !Power Warrior (4) (The Hell Raisers) |
02 !2 | 01994-01-04January 4, 1994 | 7002325000000000000325 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Battlefield !Battlefield | 02 !2 | |
| 24 !24 | Hase !Hiroshi Hase (4) and Mutoh !Keiji Mutoh (4) | 02 !2 | 01994-11-25November 25, 1994 | 7002162000000000000162 | Iwate !Iwate, Japan | Live event !Live event | 01 !1 | |
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 01995-05-06May 6, 1995 | zz !— | zz !N/A | zz !N/A | zz !— | The title was vacated by Mutoh after he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. |
| 25 !25 | Tenzan !Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Chono !Masahiro Chono (2) (Cho-Ten) |
01 !1 | 01995-06-10June 10, 1995 | 700127000000000000027 | Osaka !Osaka, Japan | Live event !Live event | 00 !0 | Tenzan and Chono defeated Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto to win the vacant championship. |
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 01995-07-07July 7, 1995 | zz !— | zz !N/A | zz !N/A | zz !— | The title was vacated when Chono missed a title defense due to his father's death. |
| 26 !26 | Hirata !Junji Hirata (3) and Hashimoto !Shinya Hashimoto (2) | 01 !1 | 01995-07-13July 13, 1995 | 7002335000000000000335 | Sapporo !Sapporo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 06 !6 | Hashimoto and Hirata defeated Mike Enos and Scott Norton to win the vacant championship. |
| 27 !27 | Yamazaki !Kazuo Yamazaki (2) and Iizuka !Takashi Iizuka (2) | 01 !1 | 01996-06-12June 12, 1996 | 700134000000000000034 | Osaka !Osaka, Japan | Live event !Live event | 00 !0 | |
| 28 !28 | Tenzan !Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2) and Chono !Masahiro Chono (3) (Cho-Ten) |
02 !2 | 01996-07-16July 16, 1996 | 7002172000000000000172 | Sapporo !Sapporo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 02 !2 | |
| 29 !29 | Kimura !Kengo Kimura (4) and Fujinami !Tatsumi Fujinami (4) | 04 !4 | 01997-01-04January 4, 1997 | 700198000000000000098 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Wrestling World !Wrestling World (1997) | 03 !3 | |
| 30 !30 | Sasaki !Kensuke Sasaki (5) and Chōshū !Riki Chōshū (3) | 01 !1 | 01997-04-12April 12, 1997 | 700121000000000000021 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 00 !0 | |
| 31 !31 | Nakanishi !Manabu Nakanishi and Kojima !Satoshi Kojima (The Bull Powers) |
01 !1 | 01997-05-03May 3, 1997 | 700199000000000000099 | Osaka !Osaka, Japan | Live event !Live event | 01 !1 | |
| 32 !32 | Yamazaki !Kazuo Yamazaki (3) and Sasaki !Kensuke Sasaki (6) | 01 !1 | 01997-08-10August 10, 1997 | 700170000000000000070 | Nagoya !Nagoya, Japan | The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome !The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome | 00 !0 | |
| 33 !33 | Mutoh !Keiji Mutoh (5) and Chono !Masahiro Chono (4) | 02 !2 | 01997-10-19October 19, 1997 | 7002184000000000000184 | Kobe !Kobe, Japan | Live event !Live event | 02 !2 | |
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 01998-04-21April 21, 1998 | zz !— | zz !N/A | zz !N/A | zz !— | The title was vacated due to Mutoh having surgery on his knee. |
| 34 !34 | Tenzan !Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3) and Chono !Masahiro Chono (5) (Cho-Ten) |
03 !3 | 01998-06-05June 5, 1998 | 700140000000000000040 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 00 !0 | Tenzan and Chono defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. |
| 35 !35 | Tenryu !Genichiro Tenryu and Koshinaka !Shiro Koshinaka (2) | 01 !1 | 01998-07-15July 15, 1998 | 7002173000000000000173 | Sapporo !Sapporo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 02 !2 | |
| 36 !36 | Tenzan !Hiroyoshi Tenzan (4) and Kojima !Satoshi Kojima (2) (Ten-Koji) |
01 !1 | 01999-01-04January 4, 1999 | 700177000000000000077 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Wrestling World !Wrestling World (1999) | 01 !1 | |
| 37 !37 | Sasaki !Kensuke Sasaki (7) and Koshinaka !Shiro Koshinaka | 01 !1 | 01999-03-22March 22, 1999 | 700197000000000000097 | Amagasaki !Amagasaki, Japan | Live event !Live event | 02 !2 | |
| 38 !38 | Ohara !Michiyoshi Ohara and Goto !Tatsutoshi Goto (The Mad Dogs) |
01 !1 | 01999-06-27June 27, 1999 | 700162000000000000062 | Shizuoka !Shizuoka, Japan | Live event !Live event | 01 !1 | |
| 39 !39 | Nakanishi !Manabu Nakanishi (2) and Nagata !Yuji Nagata | 01 !1 | 01999-08-28August 28, 1999 | 7002327000000000000327 | Shizuoka !Shizuoka, Japan | Live event !Live event | 04 !4 | |
| 40 !40 | Tenzan !Hiroyoshi Tenzan (5) and Kojima !Satoshi Kojima (3) (Ten-Koji) |
02 !2 | 02000-07-20July 20, 2000 | 7002430000000000000430 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 06 !6 | |
| 41 !41 | Nishimura !Osamu Nishimura and Fujinami !Tatsumi Fujinami (5) | 01 !1 | 02001-09-23September 23, 2001 | 700135000000000000035 | Osaka !Osaka, Japan | Live event !Live event | 01 !1 | |
| 42 !42 | Mutoh !Keiji Mutoh (6) and Kea !Taiyō Kea (BATT) |
01 !1 | 02001-10-28October 28, 2001 | 700197000000000000097 | Fukuoka !Fukuoka, Japan | Live event !Live event | 00 !0 | |
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 02002-02-02February 2, 2002 | zz !— | zz !N/A | zz !N/A | zz !— | The title was vacated due to Mutoh leaving NJPW. |
| 43 !43 | Tenzan !Hiroyoshi Tenzan (6) and Chono !Masahiro Chono (6) (Cho-Ten) |
04 !4 | 02002-03-24March 24, 2002 | 7002446000000000000446 | Hyogo !Hyōgo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 07 !7 | Tenzan and Chono defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. |
| 44 !44 | Tanahashi !Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yoshie !Yutaka Yoshie | 01 !1 | 02003-06-13June 13, 2003 | 7002184000000000000184 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 03 !3 | |
| 45 !45 | Tenzan !Hiroyoshi Tenzan (7) and Nishimura !Osamu Nishimura (2) | 01 !1 | 02003-12-14December 14, 2003 | 700149000000000000049 | Nagoya !Nagoya, Japan | Live event !Live event | 00 !0 | |
| 46 !46 | Suzuki !Minoru Suzuki and Takayama !Yoshihiro Takayama | 01 !1 | 02004-02-01February 1, 2004 | 7002294000000000000294 | Sapporo !Sapporo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 04 !4 | |
| 47 !47 | Tanahashi !Hiroshi Tanahashi (2) and Nakamura !Shinsuke Nakamura | 01 !1 | 02004-12-11December 11, 2004 | 7002323000000000000323 | Osaka !Osaka, Japan | Live event !Live event | 04 !4 | |
| 48 !48 | Tenzan !Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8) and Chono !Masahiro Chono (7) (Cho-Ten) |
05 !5 | 02005-10-30October 30, 2005 | 7002325000000000000325 | Kobe !Kobe, Japan | Live event !Live event | 03 !3 | |
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 02006-09-20September 20, 2006 | zz !— | zz !N/A | zz !N/A | zz !— | NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki stripped Chono and Tenzan of the title after Chono and Tenzan ceased teaming. |
| 49 !49 | Nakanishi !Manabu Nakanishi (3) and Ōmori !Takao Ōmori (Wild Child) |
01 !1 | 02006-09-28September 28, 2006 | 7002164000000000000164 | Sapporo !Sapporo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 01 !1 | A provisional tag team title was created on July 2, 2006 when Tenzan and Chono showed signs of inactivity; Shiro Koshinaka and Togi Makabe were the first champions. Nakanishi and Ōmori were recognized as the official champions on September 28, 2006 after they won the Provisional Tag Team Championship on July 17, 2006. |
| 50 !50 | Bernard !Giant Bernard and Tomko !Travis Tomko | 01 !1 | 02007-03-11March 11, 2007 | 7002343000000000000343 | Nagoya !Nagoya, Japan | Live event !Live event | 05 !5 | |
| 51 !51 | Makabe !Togi Makabe and Yano !Toru Yano (The Most Violent Players) |
01 !1 | 02008-02-17February 17, 2008 | 7002322000000000000322 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Live event !Live event | 04 !4 | |
| 52 !52 | Devon !Brother Devon and Ray !Brother Ray (Team 3D) |
01 !1 | 02009-01-04January 4, 2009 | 7002198000000000000198 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom III !Wrestle Kingdom III in the Tokyo Dome | 04 !4 | |
| 53 !53 | Magnus !Brutus Magnus and Williams !Doug Williams (The British Invasion) |
01 !1 | 02009-07-21July 21, 2009 | 700189000000000000089 | Orlando !Orlando, Florida | Impact! !TNA Impact! | 01 !1 | This was a tables match that aired on the July 30, 2009 episode of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Impact!. NJPW did not sanction the match, nor initially recognize nor sanction the title change until August 10. |
| 54 !54 | Devon !Brother Devon and Ray !Brother Ray (Team 3D) |
02 !2 | 02009-10-18October 18, 2009 | 700178000000000000078 | Irvine !Irvine, California | Bound for Glory !Bound for Glory (2009) | 01 !1 | This was a four–way Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team match, which also included Beer Money, Inc. and Booker T and Scott Steiner and was contested also for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, which was won by The British Invasion. |
| 55 !55 | Naito !Tetsuya Naitō and Yujiro !Yujiro Takahashi (No Limit) |
01 !1 | 02010-01-04January 4, 2010 | 7002119000000000000119 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom IV !Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome | 01 !1 | This was a three–way hardcore match, which also included Bad Intentions (Karl Anderson and Giant Bernard). |
| 56 !56 | Inoue !Wataru Inoue and Nagata !Yuji Nagata (2) (Blue Justice Army) |
01 !1 | 02010-05-03May 3, 2010 | 700147000000000000047 | Fukuoka !Fukuoka, Japan | Wrestling Dontaku 2010 !Wrestling Dontaku 2010 | 00 !0 | This was a three–way match, which also included Bad Intentions (Karl Anderson and Giant Bernard). |
| 57 !57 | Bernard !Giant Bernard (2) and Anderson !Karl Anderson (Bad Intentions) |
01 !1 | 02010-06-19June 19, 2010 | 7002564000000000000564 | Osaka !Osaka, Japan | Dominion 6.19 !Dominion 6.19 | 10 !10 | This was a three–way elimination match, which also included No Limit (Tetsuya Naitō and Yujiro Takahashi). |
| 58 !58 | Tenzan !Hiroyoshi Tenzan (9) and Kojima !Satoshi Kojima (4) (Ten-Koji) |
03 !3 | 02012-01-04January 4, 2012 | 7002120000000000000120 | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | Wrestle Kingdom VI !Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome | 02 !2 | |
| 59 !59 | Iizuka !Takashi Iizuka (3) and Yano !Toru Yano (2) (Chaos) |
01 !1 | 02012-05-03May 3, 2012 | 700148000000000000048 | Fukuoka !Fukuoka, Japan | Wrestling Dontaku 2012 !Wrestling Dontaku 2012 | 00 !0 | |
| zz !— | Vacated !Vacated | zz !— | 02012-06-20June 20, 2012 | zz !— | zz !N/A | zz !N/A | zz !— | Iizuka and Yano were stripped of the title, after a title match between them and Ten-Koji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) on June 16 ended in a no contest. |
| 60 !60 | Tenzan !Hiroyoshi Tenzan (10) and Kojima !Satoshi Kojima (5) (Ten-Koji) |
04 !4 | 02012-07-22July 22, 2012 | 700178000000000000078 | Yamagata !Yamagata, Japan | Kizuna Road !Kizuna Road | 00 !0 | Tenzan and Kojima defeated Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) to win the vacant title. |
| 61 !61 | Smith !Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Archer !Lance Archer (K.E.S.) |
01 !1 | 02012-10-08October 8, 2012 | 700162000000000000062+ | Tokyo !Tokyo, Japan | King of Pro-Wrestling !King of Pro-Wrestling | 01 !1 |
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