IWGP World Tag Team Championship

IWGP World Tag Team Championship History
No. Won By Won From Location Date
1. Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi* Sendai, Japan 12/12/85
2. Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami Tokyo, Japan 8/5/86
3. Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido Tokyo, Japan 9/23/86
4. Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada*(2) Tokyo, Japan 3/20/87
5. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka Osaka, Japan 3/26/87
6. Kazuo Yamasaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada Fukuoka, Japan 9/1/87
7. Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami Kazuo Yamasaki & Yoshiaki Fujiwara Takuyama, Japan 1/18/88
8. Masa Saito & Riki Choshu Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami Hiroshima, Japan 6/10/88
9. George Takano & Super Strong Machine Masa Saito & Riki Choshu Yokohama, Japan 6/10/89
10. Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka George Takano & Super Strong Machine Tokyo, Japan 7/13/89
11. Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka Osaka, Japan 9/20/89
12. Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto Tokyo, Japan 4/27/89
13. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono Tokyo, Japan 11/1/90
14. Hiro Saito & Super Strong Machine Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki Hamamatsu, Japan 12/26/90
15. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki Hiro Saito & Super Strong Machine Nagasaki, Japan 3/6/91
16. Rick & Scott Steiner Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki Tokyo, Japan 3/21/91
17. Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh Rick & Scott Steiner Tokyo, Japan 11/5/91
18. Bam Bam Bigelow & Big Van Vader (Big, Bad and Dangerous) Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh Yokohama, Japan 3/1/92
19. Rick & Scott Steiner Big, Bad and Dangerous Tokyo, Japan 3/26/92
20. Scott Norton & Tony Halme Rick & Scott Steiner Tokyo, Japan 11/22/92
21. Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior (The Hell Raisers) Scott Norton & Tony Halme Tokyo, Japan 12/14/92
22. Hercules Hernandez & Scott Norton (The Jurassic Powers) The Hell Raisers Tokyo, Japan 8/5/93
23. The Hell Raisers The Jurassic Powers Tokyo, Japan 1/4/94
24. Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh The Hell Raisers Iwate, Japan 11/25/94
25. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto*(3) Osaka, Japan 6/10/95
26. Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto Scott Norton & Mike Enos*(4) Sapporo, Japan 7/13/95
27. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto Osaka, Japan 6/12/96
28. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka Sapporo, Japan 7/16/96
29. Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono Tokyo, Japan 1/4/97
30. Kensuke Sasaki & Riki Choshu Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami Tokyo, Japan 4/12/97
31. Manabu Nakanishi & Satomi Kojima (The Bull Powers) Kensuke Sasaki & Riki Choshu Osaka, Japan 5/3/97
32. Kazuo Yamazaki & Kensuke Sasaki The Bull Powers Nagoya, Japan 8/10/97
33. Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono Kazuo Yamazaki & Kensuke Sasaki Kobe, Japan 10/19/97
34. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka*(5) Tokyo, Japan 6/5/98
35. Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono Sapporo, Japan 7/15/98
36. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka Tokyo, Japan 1/4/99
37. Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima Amagasaki, Japan 3/22/99
38. Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto (The Mad Dogs) Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka Shizuoka, Japan 6/27/99
39. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata The Mad Dogs Shizuoka, Japan 8/28/99
40. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (TenKoji) Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata Tokyo, Japan 7/20/00
41. Osamu Nishimura & Tatsumi Fujinami TenKoji Osaka, Japan 9/23/01
42. Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea Osamu Nishimura & Tatsumi Fujinami Fukuoka, Japan 10/28/01
43. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata*(6) Hyogo, Japan 4/24/02
44. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono Tokyo, Japan 6/13/03
45. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie Nagoya, Japan 12/13/03
46. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura Sapporo, Japan 2/1/04
47. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama Osaka, Japan 12/11/04
48. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura Kobe, Japan 10/30/05
49. Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori Shiro Koshinaka & Togi Makabe*(7) Sapporo, Japan 9/28/06
50. Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori Nagoya, Japan 3/11/07
51. Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (The Most Violent Players) Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko Tokyo, Japan 2/17/08
52. Brother Devon & Brother Ray (Team 3D) The Most Violent Players Tokyo, Japan 1/4/09
53. Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams (The British Invasion) Team 3D Orlando, FL 7/21/09
54. Team 3D The British Invasion Irvine, CA 10/18/09
55. Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro Takahashi (No Limit) Team 3D Tokyo, Japan 1/4/10
56. Wataru Inoue & Yuji Nagata (Blue Justice Army) No Limit Fukuoka, Japan 5/3/10
57. Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (Bad Intentions) Blue Justice Army Osaka, Japan 6/19/10
58. Hiriyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (Ten-Koji) Bad Intentions Tokyo, Japan 1/4/12
59. Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano (Chaos) Ten-Koji Fukuoka, Japan 5/3/12
60. Ten-Koji Chaos*(8) Yamagata, Japan 7/22/12
61. Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer (Killer Elite Squad) Ten-Koji Tokyo, Japan 10/8/12
62. Ten-Koji Killer Elite Squad Fukuoka, Japan 5/3/13
63. Killer Elite Squad Ten-Koji Osaka, Japan 11/8/13
64. Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson (Bullet Club) Killer Elite Squad Tokyo, Japan 1/4/14
65. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata (Meiyu Tag) Bullet Club Tokyo, Japan 1/4/15
66. Bullet Club Meiyu Tag Osaka, Japan 2/11/15
67. Matt Taven & Michael Bennett (The Kingdom) Bullet Club Tokyo, Japan 4/5/15
68. Bullet Club The Kingdom Osaka, Japan 7/5/15
69. Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe (GBH) Bullet Club Tokyo, Japan 1/4/16
70. Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa (Guerillas of Destiny) GBH Tokyo, Japan 4/10/16
71. Jay & Mark Briscoe Guerillas of Destiny Osaka, Japan 6/19/16
72. Guerillas of Destiny Jay & Mark Briscoe Tokyo, Japan 10/10/16
73. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano (Chaos) Guerillas of Destiny and GBH*(9) Tokyo, Japan 1/4/17
74. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (Tencozy) Chaos Tokyo, Japan 3/6/17
75. Raymond Rowe & Hanson (War Machine) Tencozy Tokyo, Japan 4/9/17
76. Guerillas of Destiny War Machine Osaka, Japan 6/11/17
77. War Machine Guerillas of Destiny Long Beach, CA 7/1/17
78. Killer Elite Squad War Machine Kobe, Japan 9/24/17
79. Evil & Sanada (Los Ingobernables de Japon) Killer Elite Squad Tokyo, Japan 1/4/18
80. Matt & Nick Jackson (The Young Bucks) Los Ingobernables de Japon Osaka, Japan 6/9/18
81. Guerillas of Destiny The Young Bucks Long Beach, CA 9/30/18
82. Los Ingobernables de Japon Guerillas of Destiny Tokyo, Japan 1/4/19
83. Guerillas of Destiny Los Ingobernables de Japon Tokyo, Japan 2/23/19

*This was a tournament final to crown the first champions.

*(2)The title was vacated when Kimura and Fujinami split up. This was a tournament final for the vacant title.

*(3)Mutoh vacated the belts after winning the IWGP Championship. This match was for the vacant titles.

*(4)Chono missed a defense due to his father's death, and the titles were vacated. This was a match to crown new champions.

*(5)The titles were vacated due to Mutoh having knee surgery. This was the tournament final for the vacant titles.

*(6)Mutoh left NJPW and the titles were vacated. This was the tournament final to crown new champions.

*(7)Chono and Tenzan stopped teaming and were stripped of the titles. Provisional titles were created, and won by Makabe and Koshinaka. Omori and Nakanishi were recognized as the official champions upon their victory over them for the belts.

*(8)Chaos were stripped of the belts after a match against Ten-Koji went to a no contest. This was the rematch to determine new champions.

*(9)This was a Three Way Match.