The FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship is a tag team hardcore wrestling championship contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling from April 25, 2000 until FMW closed in February 2002. The title was picked up by Big Japan Pro Wrestling that same month, and remained in that promotion until late 2003, when it moved to Kaientai Dojo. It is also defended in other independent promotions.
Title History[]
| # | Tag Team (Individual Reigns) |
Team Reigns | Date | Location | Length | Defenses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hideki Hosaka and Yoshinori Sasaki | 1 | April 25, 2000 | Tokyo | 57
Days |
2 | Defeated Kintaro Kanemura and Willie Takayama to become the first champions. |
| 2 | The Samoans Eddie Fatu and Matty Samu |
1 | June 21, 2000 | Tokyo | 37
Days |
2 | |
| 3 | Hideki Hosaka and Yoshinori Sasaki | 2 | July 28, 2000 | Tokyo | 55
Days |
1 | |
| 4 | Gedo and Jado | 1 | September 21, 2000 | Sapporo | 19
Days |
0 | This was a three-way ladder match, also involving Kintaro Kanemuta and Ryuji Yamakawa |
| 5 | Homeless Jimmy and Supreme | 1 | October 10, 2000 | Fukuoka | 33
Days |
0 | |
| 6 | Hideki Hosaka (3) and Mammoth Sasaki | 1 | November 12, 2000 | Yokohama | 55
Days |
1 | |
| 7 | GOEMON and Onryo | 1 | January 7, 2001 | Tokyo | 47
Days |
0 | |
| 8 | Kintaro Kanemura and Ryuji Yamakawa | 1 | February 23, 2001 | Tokyo | 282
Days |
1 | |
| 9 | Daisuke Sekimoto and Men's Teioh | 1 | December 2, 2001 | Yokohama | 109
Days |
1 | |
| — | Abandoned | — | February 15, 2002 | N/A | — | — | Abandoned after FMW closed. The titles were moved to Big Japan Pro Wrestling. |
| 10 | Jun Kasai and The W*NGer | 1 | March 21, 2002 | Nagoya | Unknown | ||
| — | Vacated | — | 2002 | N/A | — | — | Vacated due to Kasai leaving Big Japan Pro Wrestling. |
| 11 | Skinheads Daikokubo Benkei and Abdullah Kobayashi |
1 | March 23, 2003 | Osaka | 7 Days | 0 | Defeated Mad Man Pondo and Shadow WX for the vacant titles. |
| 12 | Ryuji Ito and Daisaku Shimoda | 1 | March 30, 2003 | Kanagawa | 30 Days | 0 | |
| 13 | Hido and YOSHIYA | 1 | April 29, 2003 | Tokyo | 1 Day | 0 | |
| — | Vacated | — | April 29, 2003 | N/A | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons. The title was later revived in 2005 by Kaientai Dojo. |
| 14 | Apple Miyuki and YOSHIYA (2) | 1 | December 23, 2005 | Chiba | 103 Days | 0 | |
| 15 | Mike Lee Jr. and Mr.X | 1 | April 5, 2006 | Tokyo | 28 Days | 0 | |
| 16 | Shiori Asahi and Makoto Oishi | 1 | May 3, 2006 | Chiba | 32 Days | 0 | |
| 17 | Taka Michinoku and Tomo Michinoku | 1 | June 4, 2006 | Tokyo | 34 Days | 0 | |
| 18 | Apple Miyuki (2) and YOSHIYA (3) | 2 | July 8, 2006 | Chiba | 76 Days | 1 | |
| 19 | Shiori Asahi and Makoto Oishi | 2 | December 10, 2006 | Tokyo | 490 Days | 0 | |
| — | Vacated | — | March 9, 2008 | N/A | — | — | Asahi and Oishi were stripped of the titles for not defending the titles for nearly two years. |
| 20 | Slum (Apple Miyuki (3) and YOSHIYA (4)) |
3 | April 13, 2008 | Tokyo | 154 Days | 1 | Last eliminated Asahi and Oishi in a seven-team battle royal. |
| 21 | Boso Boy Raito and Boso Boy left | 1 | September 14, 2008 | Tokyo | 20 Days | 0 | |
| 22 | Gekirin (Saburo Inematsu and PSYCHO) |
1 | October 4, 2008 | Chiba | 63 Days | 0 | Defeated Raito and Left and KAZMA and MIYAWAKI in a thee-way match. |
| 23 | Hardcore Kid Jiro and YOSHIYA (5) | 1 | December 6, 2008 | Chiba | 151 Days | 1 | |
| 24 | The Brahman Brothers Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu |
1 | May 6, 2009 | Chiba | 315 Days | 2 | |
| 25 | Omega Yuji Hino and Saburo Inematsu (2) |
1 | March 3, 2010 | Tokyo | 368 Days | 1 | |
| 26 | Kengo Mashimo and Ryuichi Sekine | 1 | March 20, 2011 | Chiba | 42 Days | 2 | |
| 27 | Randy Takuya and Saburo Inematsu (3) | 1 | May 1, 2012 | Chiba | 4 Days | 0 | |
| 28 | Kengo Mashimo (2) and Ryuichi Sekine | 2 | May 5, 2011 | Chiba | 175 Days | 0 | |
| 29 | Kamui and Mammoth Sasaki (4) | 1 | October 27, 2011 | Tokyo | 74 Days | 1 | |
| 30 | The Brahman Brothers Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu |
2 | January 9, 2012 | Tokyo | 33 Days | 0 | |
| 31 | Kamui (2) and Mammoth Sasaki (5) | 2 | February 11, 2012 | Osaka | 138 Days | 1 | |
| — | Vacated | — | June 26, 2012 | N/A | — | — | The tiles were vacated due to Mammoth Sasaki suffering an injury. |
| 32 | Kengo Mashimo (3) and YOSHIYA (6) | 1 | September 19, 2012 | Tokyo | 25 Days | 0 | |
| — | Vacated | — | October 14, 2012 | N/A | — | — | The tiles were vacated due to YOSHIYA retiring from professional wrestling. |
| 33 | Bambi and Makoto | 1 | January 5, 2014 | Chiba | 118 Days | 2 | |
| 34 | NASU Banderas and Ricky Fuji | 1 | May 3, 2014 | Chiba | 344 Days | 0 | |
| 35 | Bozz Rengo (Ryuichi Sekine (3) and Saburo Inematsu (4)) |
1 | April 12, 2015 | Tokyo | 175 Days | 0 | |
| — | Vacated | — | October 4, 2015 | N/A | — | — | The tiles were vacated due to Saburo Inematsu vacating his half of the title due to an injury. |
| 36 | Bozz Rengo (Kotaro Nasu and Ryuichi Sekine (4)) |
1 | November 1, 2015 | Tokyo | 168 Days | 1 | Defeated Saburo Inematsu and Alexander Otsuka, Ayumu Honda and Tiran Shi Sha, Yuma and Douki, Yoshiaki Yasato and Yoshihiro Douguchi, Ricky Fuji and Men's Teioh, Hi69 and Toru Sugiura in a seven-team Hardcore Rumble to become the new champions. |
| 37 | Magatsuki (Kunio Toshima and Yuma) |
1 | April 17, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | 234 Days | 0 | This was a seven team hardcore rumble match incluing SFU (Ayumu Honda and Kaji Tomato) and TEAM69ROLL (MEN's Teioh and Ricky Fuji) and Boso Boy Raito and Tiran Shisa and Daichi Sasaki and Rui Hiugaji and Masaya Takahashi and Yoshihiro Horaguchi |
| — | Deactivated | — | December 4, 2016 | N/A | — | — | The titles were vacated when Yuma joined SFU and title was later deactivated. |
Gallery[]
Hideki Hosaka and Yoshinori Sasaki
Ryuji Yamakawa and Kintaro Kanemura
Apple Miyuki and YOSHIYA
Boso Boy Raito and Boso Boy Left
Hardcore Kid Kojiro and YOSHIYA
Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei
Yuji Hino and Saburo Inematsu
Kengo Mashimo and Ryuichi Sekine
Kamui and Mammoth Sasaki
Bambi and Makoto
Ryuichi Sekine and Saburo Inematsu
Kotaro Nasu and Ryuichi Sekine
Kunio Toshima and Yuma