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The IWGP Tag Team Championship (IWGPタッグ王座, IWGP Taggu Ōza) is the top tag team championship in the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of the NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix. The title was introduced on December 12, 1985 at a NJPW live event. The IWGP Tag Team Championship is not the only tag team title contested for in NJPW; the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is also sanctioned by NJPW. According to NJPW's official website, the IWGP Tag Team Championship is considered an "IWGP Heavy Weight Class", while the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as an "IWGP Jr. Tag Class". Title changes usually happen at NJPW-promoted events; although the title has only changed hands twice at a non-NJPW event, it has been defended in several other promotions.

Overview[]

The inaugural champions were Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami, who defeated Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in the finals of a tournament to win the championship on December 12, 1985, at a NJPW live event. In addition to NJPW, the IWGP Tag Team Championship was also contested in the United States-based promotions World Championship Wrestling (WCW) (now defunct) in the early 1990s and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2009, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2023, and in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish for Worldwide Wrestling Council) in 2005.

On October 30, 2005, in Kobe, Tenzan and Chono defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura to begin their fifth overall reign as a team. On July 2, 2006, a provisional tag team title was created (known as the "IWGP Provisional Tag Team Championship") when Tenzan and Chono showed signs of inactivity. Koshinaka and Togi Makabe defeated the teams of Yuji Nagata and Naofumi Yamamoto and Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko in a three-way match to become the first champions. NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki stripped Tenzan and Chono of the IWGP Tag Team Championship on September 20, 2006, after Tenzan and Chono ceased teaming. Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori, who defeated Koshinaka and Makabe on July 17, 2006, to become the IWGP Provisional Tag Team Champions, were recognized as the IWGP Tag Team Champions on September 28, 2006, by NJPW.

In 2009, The British Invasion, defeated Team 3D on July 21, 2009, at the taping of the July 30, 2009, episode of TNA's primary television program, TNA Impact!, in a tables match. Afterwards, NJPW released a statement announcing that they did not sanction the defense nor the title change, and as such were not going to recognize the reign. They continued to recognize Team 3D as the current champions and proclaimed that the next title defense would be by Team 3D and would be sanctioned by NJPW. On August 10, 2009, NJPW issued another press release stating that they were now recognizing The British Invasion of Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams as the current IWGP Tag Team Champions, making the reign official.

Title History[]

# Tag Team
(Individual Reigns)
Team Reigns Date Location Length Defenses Notes
1 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 1 December 12, 1985 Sendai 236 Days 5 Kimura and Fujinami defeated Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final to become the first champions.
2 Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido 1 August 5, 1986 Tokyo 49 Days 1
3 Kengo Kimura (2) and Tatsumi Fujinami (2) 2 September 23, 1986 Tokyo 35 Days 0
Vacated February 5, 1987 N/A The championship was vacated when Kimura and Fujinami split up.
4 Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka 1 March 20, 1987 Tokyo 6 Days 0 Koshinaka and Mutoh defeated Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
5 Akira Maeda (2) and Nobuhiko Takada 1 March 26, 1987 Osaka 159 Days 2
6 Kazuo Yamazaki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara 1 September 1, 1987 Osaka 139 Days 2
7 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 3 January 18, 1988 Takuyama 144 Days 3
8 Masa Saito and Riki Choshu 1 June 10, 1988 Hiroshima 282 Days 4
9 George Takano and Super Strong Machine 1 March 19, 1989 Yokohama 116 Days 1
10 Riki Choshu (2) and Takayuki Iizuka 1 July 13, 1989 Tokyo 69 Days 1
11 Masa Saito (2) and Shinya Hashimoto 1 September 20, 1989 Osaka 219 Days 3
12 Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh (2) 1 April 27, 1990 Tokyo 189 Days 3
13 Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki 1 November 1, 1990 Tokyo 55 Days 2
14 Hiro Saito and Super Strong Machine (2) 1 December 26, 1990 Hamamatsu 70 Days 2
15 Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki 2 March 6, 1991 Nagasaki 15 Days 0
16 The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
1 March 21, 1991 Tokyo 229 Days 2 The Steiners WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line.
17 Hiroshi Hase (3) and Keiji Mutoh (3) 1 November 5, 1991 Tokyo 117 Days 2 Scott Norton substituted for an injured Scott Steiner in this match.
18 Big, Bad, and Dangerous
(Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow)
1 March 1, 1992 Yokohama 117 Days 2
19 The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
2 June 26, 1992 Tokyo 149 Days 3 The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line.
20 Scott Norton and Tony Halme 1 November 22, 1992 Tokyo 22 Days 0
21 The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior (3))
1 December 14, 1992 Tokyo 234 Days 4
22 The Jurassic Powers
(Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton (2))
1 August 5, 1993 Tokyo 152 Days 3
23 The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior (2) and Power Warrior (4))
2 January 4, 1994 Tokyo 325 Days 2
24 Hiroshi Hase (4) and Keiji Mutoh (4) 2 November 25, 1994 Iwate 162 Days 2
Vacated May 6, 1995 N/A The title was vacated by Mutoh after he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
25 Cho-Ten
(Masahiro Chono (2) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan)
1 June 10, 1995 Osaka 27 Days 0 Chono and Tenzan defeated Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto to win the vacant championship.
Vacated July 7, 1995 N/A The title was vacated when Chono missed a title defense due to his father's death.
26 Junji Hirata (3) and Shinya Hashimoto (2) 1 July 13, 1995 Sapporo 335 Days 6 Hashimoto and Hirata defeated Mike Enos and Scott Norton to win the vacant championship.
27 Kazuo Yamazaki (2) and Takashi Iizuka (2) 1 June 12, 1996 Osaka 34 Days 0
28 Cho-Ten
(Masahiro Chono (3) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2))
2 July 16, 1996 Sapporo 172 Days 2
29 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 4 January 4, 1997 Tokyo 98 Days 3
30 Kensuke Sasaki (5) and Riki Choshu (3) 1 April 12, 1997 Tokyo 21 Days 0
31 The Bull Powers
(Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima)
1 May 3, 1997 Osaka 99 Days 1
32 Kazuo Yamazaki (3) and Kensuke Sasaki (6) 1 August 10, 1997 Nagoya 70 Days 0
33 Masahiro Chono (4) and Keiji Mutoh (5) 2 October 19, 1997 Kobe 184 Days 2
Vacated April 21, 1998 N/A The title was vacated due to Mutoh having surgery on his knee.
34 Cho-Ten
(Masahiro Chono (5) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3))
3 June 5, 1998 Tokyo 40 Days 0 Chono and Tenzan defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
35 Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka (2) 1 July 15, 1998 Saporo 173 Days 2
36 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (4) and Satoshi Kojima (3))
1 January 25, 1998 Tokyo 77 Days 1
37 Kensuke Sasaki (7) and Shiro Koshinaka (3) 1 March 22, 1999 Amagasaki 97 Days 2
38 The Mad Dogs
(Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto)
1 June 27, 1999 Shizuoka 62 Days 1
39 Manabu Nakanishi (2) and Yuji Nagata 1 August 28, 1999 Shizuoka 327 Days 1
40 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (5) and Satoshi Kojima (4))
2 July 20, 2000 Tokyo 430 Days 6
41 Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami (5) 1 September 23, 2001 Osaka 35 Days 1
42 BATT
(Keiji Mutoh (6) and Taiyo Kea)
1 October 28, 2001 Fukuoka 97 Days 0
Vacated February 2, 2002 The title was vacated due to Mutoh leaving NJPW.
43 Cho-Ten
(Masahiro Chono (6) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (6))
4 March 24, 2002 Kobe 446 Days 7 Chono and Tenzan defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
44 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie 1 June 13, 2003 Tokyo 184 Days 3
45 Hiroyoshi Tenzan (7) and Osamu Nishimura (2) 1 December 14, 2003 Nagoya 49 Days 0
46 Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama 1 February 1, 2004 Sapporo 294 Days 4
Vacated November 21, 2004 The title was vacated due to Takayama being sidelined with an injury.
47 Hiroshi Tanahashi (2) and Shinsuke Nakamura 1 December 11, 2004 Osaka 323 Days 4 Tanahashi and Nakamura defeated Kensuke Sasaki and Minoru Suzuki to win the vacant title.
48 Cho-Ten
(Masahiro Chono (7) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan(8))
5 October 30, 2005 Kobe 325 Days 3
Vacated September 20, 2006 NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki stripped Chono and Tenzan of the title after Chono and Tenzan ceased teaming.
49 Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi (3) and Takao Omori)
1 September 28, 2006 Sapporo 164 Days 1 An interim tag team title was created on July 2, 2006, when Chono and Tenzan 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 interim Tag Team Championship on July 17, 2006.
50 RISE
(Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko)
1 March 11, 2007 Nagoya 343 Days 5
51 The Most Violent Players
(Togi Makabe and Toru Yano)
1 February 17, 2008 Tokyo 322 Days 4
52 Team 3D
(Brother Ray and Brother Devon)
1 January 4, 2009 Tokyo 198 Days 4
53 The British Invasion
(Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams)
1 July 21, 2009 Orlando, Florida 89 Days 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 Team 3D
(Brother Ray and Brother Devon)
2 October 18, 2009 Irvine, CA 78 Days 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 No Limit
(Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi)
2 October 18, 2009 Tokyo 119 Days 1 This was a 3-Way Hardcore Match, which also included Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson).
56 Seigigun
(Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata (2))
2 May 3, 2010 Fukuoka 47 Days 0 This was a 3-Way Match, which also included Bad Intentions (Karl Anderson and Giant Bernard).
57 Bad Intentions
(Karl Anderson and Giant Bernard (2))
1 June 19, 2010 Osaka 564 Days 0 This was a three-way elimination match, which also included No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi).
58 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (9) and Satoshi Kojima (4))
3 January 4, 2012 Tokyo 120 Days 2
59 CHAOS
(Toru Yano (2) and Takashi Iizuka (3))
1 May 3, 2012 Fukuoka 48 Days 0
Vacated June 20, 2012 N/A Iizuka and Yano were stripped of the titles, after a title match between them and Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) on June 16 ended in a no contest.
60 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (10) and Satoshi Kojima (5))
4 July 22, 2012 Yamagata 78 Days 0 Tenzan and Kojima defeated Chaos (Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka) to win the vacant titles.
61 K.E.S.
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
1 October 8, 2012 Tokyo 207 Days 5
62 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11) and Satoshi Kojima (6))
5 May 3, 2013 Fukuoka 190 Days 2 This was a four-way match, which also included Chaos (Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka) and Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man).
63 K.E.S.
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
2 November 9, 2013 Osaka 56 Days 0 This was the second fall of a two-fall three-way tornado tag team match which also included The IronGodz (Rob Conway and Jax Dane).
64 Bullet Club
(Karl Anderson (2) and Doc Gallows)
1 January 4, 2014 Tokyo 365 Days 6
65 Meiyu Tag
(Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata)
1 January 4, 2015 Tokyo 38 Days 0
66 Bullet Club
(Karl Anderson (3) and Doc Gallows (2))
2 February 11, 2015 Osaka 53 Days 0
67 The Kingdom
(Matt Taven and Michael Bennett)
1 February 11, 2015 Osaka 91 Days 0
68 Bullet Club
(Karl Anderson (4) and Doc Gallows (3))
3 July 5, 2015 Osaka 183 Days 1
69 G.B.H.
(Togi Makabe (2) and Tomoaki Honma)
1 January 4, 2016 Tokyo 97 Days 1
70 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)
1 April 10, 2016 Tokyo 70 Days 1
71 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
1 June 19, 2016 Osaka 113 Days 2
72 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)
2 October 10, 2016 Tokyo 86 Days 1
73 CHAOS
(Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano (3))
1 January 4, 2017 Tokyo 61 Days 2 This was a three-way match, which also included G.B.H. (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma)
74 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (12) and Satoshi Kojima (7))
6 March 6, 2017 Tokyo 34 Days 0
75 War Machine
(Hanson and Raymond Rowe)
1 April 9, 2017 Tokyo 63 Days 1
76 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)
3 June 11, 2017 Osaka 20 Days 0
77 War Machine
(Hanson and Raymond Rowe)
2 July 1, 2017 Long Beach, California 85 Days 3 This was a no DQ match.
78 K.E.S.
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
3 September 24, 2017 Kobe 102 Days 1 This was a three-way tornado tag team match, which also included Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa).
79 Los Ingobernables de Japón
(EVIL and SANADA)
1 January 4, 2018 Tokyo 156 Days 2
80 The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
1 June 9, 2018 Osaka 113 Days 1
81 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)
4 September 30, 2018 Long Beach, California 96 Days 0
82 Los Ingobernables de Japón
(EVIL and SANADA)
2 January 4, 2019 Tokyo 50 Days 1 This was a three-way match, also involving The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).
83 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)
5 February 23, 2019 Tokyo 315 Days 7
84 FinJuice
(Juice Robinson and David Finlay)
1 January 4, 2020 Tokyo 29 Days 0
85 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)
6 February 1, 2020 Atlanta, Georgia 20 Days 0
86 Golden☆Ace
(Hiroshi Tanahashi (3) and Kota Ibushi)
1 February 21, 2020 Tokyo 142 Days 0
87 Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.)
1 July 12, 2020 Osaka 176 Days 2
88 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)
7 Janaury 4, 2021 Tokyo 148 Days 2
89 Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.)
2 June 1, 2021 Tokyo 40 Days 0
90 Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Tetsuya Naito (2) and SANADA (3))
1 July 11, 2021 Sapporo 14 Days 0
91 Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.)
3 July 25, 2021 Tokyo 163 Days 1
92 Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto (2) and Yoshi-Hashi)
1 January 4, 2022 Tokyo 95 Days 1
93 United Empire
(Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan)
1 April 9, 2022 Tokyo 22 Days 0
94 General’s Jewel
(Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens)
1 May 5, 2022 Fukuoka 42 Days 0
95 United Empire
(Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb)
2 June 12, 2022 Osaka 14 Days 0
96 FTR
(Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)
1 June 26, 2022 Chicago, Illinois 192 Days 2
97 Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto (3) and Yoshi-Hashi (2))
2 January 4, 2023 Tokyo 94 Days 2
98 Aussie Open
(Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)
1 April 8, 2023 Tokyo 43 Days 2
Vacated May 21, 2023 Long Beach, California Kyle Fletcher voluntarily relinquished the titles after Mark Davis sustained an injury.
97 Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto (4) and Yoshi-Hashi (3))
3 June 4, 2023 Osaka 214 Days 2 Defeated House of Torture (EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi) in a decision match, also involving United Empire (Great O-Khan and Aaron Henare).
This match was also for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships.
98 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Hikuleo and El Phantasmo)
1 January 4, 2024 Tokyo 38 Days 0 This match was also for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships.
99 Bullet Club
(KENTA and Chase Owens (2))
1 February 11, 2024 Osaka 37+ 0

Combined reigns[]

As of March 19, 2024.

Indicates the current champions

By team[]

Rank Team No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)
5 12 1,010
2 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
6 11 929
3 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
756
4 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 4 613
5 Bullet Club
(Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows)
3 7 601
6 Bad Intentions
(Karl Anderson and Giant Bernard)
1 10 564
7 The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior)
2 6 559
8 Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
3 5 403
9 Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.)
3 379
10 The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
2 5 378
11 Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh 373
12 K.E.S.
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
3 6 365
13 RISE
(Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko)
1 5 343
14 Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto 6 335
15 Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata 4 327
16 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura 323
17 The Most Violent Players
(Togi Makabe and Toru Yano)
1 4 322
18 Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama 294
19 Masa Saito and Riki Choshu 282
20 Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh 2 3 279
21 Team 3D
(Brother Ray and Brother Devon)
5 276
22 Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto 1 3 219
23 Los Ingobernables de Japon
(EVIL and SANADA)
2 3 206
24 FTR
(Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)
1 2 192
25 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie 1 3 184
26 Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka 1 2 173
27 Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori)
1 164
28 Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada 2 159
29 The Jurassic Powers
(Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton)
3 152
30 War Machine
(Hanson and Raymond Rowe)
2 4 148
31 Golden☆Ace
(Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi)
1 0 142
32 Kazuo Yamazaki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara 2 139
33 No Limit
(Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi)
1 119
34 Big, Bad, and Dangerous
(Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow)
2 117
35 George Takano and Super Strong Machine 1 116
36 The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
1 113
The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
2 113
38 The Bull Powers
(Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima)
1 99
39 Kensuke Sasaki and Shiro Koshinaka 2 97
G.B.H.
(Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma)
1 97
BATT
(Keiji Mutoh and Taiyō Kea)
0 97
42 The Kingdom
(Matt Taven and Michael Bennett)
91
43 The British Invasion
(Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams)
1 89
44 Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki 2 2 70
Hiro Saito and Super Strong Machine 1 70
Kazuo Yamazaki and Kensuke Sasaki 0 70
47 Riki Choshu and Takayuki Iizuka 1 69
48 The Mad Dogs
(Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto)
62
49 CHAOS
(Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano)
2 61
50 Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido 1 49
Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Osamu Nishimura 0 49
52 CHAOS
(Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano)
48
53 Seigigun
(Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata)
47
54 Aussie Open
(Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)
2 43
55 General’s Jewel
(Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens)
0 42
56 Meiyu Tag
(Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata)
38
Guerrillas of Destiny
(Hikuleo and El Phantasmo)
57 United Empire
(Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan)
2 36
58 Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 1 1 35
59 Kazuo Yamazaki and Takashi Iizuka 0 34
60 FinJuice
(Juice Robinson and David Finlay)
29
61 Scott Norton and Tony Halme 22
62 Kensuke Sasaki and Riki Choshu 21
64 Los Ingobernables de Japon
(Tetsuya Naito and SANADA)
14
63 Bullet Club †
(KENTA and Chase Owens)
37+
65 Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka 0 6

By wrestler[]

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Hiroyoshi Tenzan 12 23 1,988
2 Masahiro Chono 7 17 1,383
3 Karl Anderson 4 1,165
4 Satoshi Kojima 7 12 1,028
5 Giant Bernard 2 15 907
6 Kensuke Sasaki/Power Warrior 7 10 816
7 Keiji Mutoh 6 8 755
8 Tama Tonga 7 10 754
Tanga Loa
10 Hiroshi Tanahashi 3 7 649
11 Tatsumi Fujinami 5 12 648
12 Kengo Kimura 4 11 613
13 Doc Gallows 3 7 601
14 Manabu Nakanishi 6 590
15 Hawk Warrior 2 559
16 Shinya Hashimoto 9 554
17 Junji Hirata/Super Strong Machine 3 521
18 Masa Saito 2 7 501
19 Hirooki Goto 4 5 441
20 Toru Yano 3 6 431
21 Togi Makabe 2 5 419
22 Yoshi-Hashi 403
24 Taichi 3 3 379
Zack Sabre Jr.
25 Rick Steiner 2 5 378
Scott Steiner
27 Yuji Nagata 4 374
28 Riki Choshu 3 5 372
29 Davey Boy Smith Jr. 6 365
Lance Archer
30 Hiroshi Hase 4 5 348
31 Travis Tomko 1 343
32 Shinsuke Nakamura 4 323
34 Minoru Suzuki 1 4 294
Yoshihiro Takayama
36 Shiro Koshinaka 4 276
Brother Ray 2 5
Brother Devon
39 Kazuo Yamazaki 3 2 243
40 SANADA 2 220
41 Akira Maeda 2 3 208
42 EVIL 2 206
43 Dax Harwood 1 192
Cash Wheeler
45 Yutaka Yoshie 3 184
46 Scott Norton 2 174
47 Genichiro Tenryu 1 2 173
48 Takao Omori 1 164
49 Nobuhiko Takada 2 159
50 Hercules Hernandez 3 152
51 Takayuki/Takashi Iizuka 3 1 151
52 Hanson 2 4 148
Raymond Rowe
54 Kota Ibushi 1 0 142
55 Yoshiaki Fujiwara 2 139
56 Tetsuya Naito 2 1 133
57 George Takano 1 1 119
Yujiro Takahashi 119
59 Big Van Vader 2 117
Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow
61 Jay Briscoe 2 113
Mark Briscoe
Matt Jackson 1
Nick Jackson
65 Tomoaki Honma 1 97
Taiyō Kea 0
67 Matt Taven 0 91
Michael Bennett
69 Brutus Magnus 1 89
Doug Williams
71 Osamu Nishimura 2 1 84
72 Hiro Saito 1 2 70
73 Michiyoshi Ohara 1 62
Tatsutoshi Goto
75 Tomohiro Ishii 2 61
76 Chase Owens 2 0 79+
77 Osamu Kido 1 1 49
78 Wataru Inoue 0 47
79 Kyle Fletcher 2 43
Mark Davis
80 Bad Luck Fale 0 42
81 Katsuyori Shibata 38
Hikuleo
El Phantasmo
82 Jeff Cobb 2 36
Great-O-Khan
85 Juice Robinson 1 29
David Finlay
87 Tony Halme 22
88 KENTA 37+

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