The Super Jr. Tag League is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament was originally known as the Super Jr. Tag Tournament under a single elimination tag team tournament from 2010 until 2017, the tournament was given its current name in August 2018. The tournament is meant for wrestlers under the weight limit of 100 kg (220 lb), who are referred to in Japan as junior heavyweights. In 2010, the tournament was created as a spin-off of the singles tournament, the Super J Cup and it started to be a single-elimination tag team tournament which in 2011 was not held but returned in 2012. The winners of the tournament earn themselves a shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, if not already the reigning champions.
Tournament History
The tournament was announced on 2010 as the Super Jr. Tag Tournament in a single elimination format. The tournament was held on one night on May 8, it served to crown the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. The tournament included wrestlers from other promotions like Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, DDT Pro-Wrestling, Michinoku Pro Wrestling and SMASH. The winners El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto defeated Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) to win vacant titles. After this the tournament was inactive in 2011, before returnng in the following year as an annual tournament, with the winners Time Splitters (KUSHIDA and Alex Shelley) becoming the first team to sucessfully win their chance and becoming the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions at Power Struggle on November 11.
Usually the tournament was held during the Road to Power Struggle tour and the winner would recieve their championship shot at Power Struggle. But in 2015 the tournament changed it's final, despite the tournament occuring during the Road to Power Struggle tour, the finals were at Power Struggle and the winner would recieve their championship shot at Wrestle Kingdom. The tournament is used to push tag team into the title picture with some winning the titles after the tournament or some winning the tournament as the reigning champions. On August 20, 2018, the tournanment was rebranded as Super Jr. Tag League under a round-robin tag team tournament divided into a two-block system used in many other puroresu tournaments.
List of winners
| Tournament | Year | Winners | Total Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Jr. Tag Tournament | 2010 | El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto | 1 |
| 2012 | Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) | ||
| 2013 | The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson) | ||
| 2014 | reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) | ||
| 2015 | Matt Sydal and Ricochet | ||
| 2016 | Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) | ||
| 2017 | Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) | ||
| Super Jr. Tag League | 2018 | TBD | N/A |
2010
Super J Tag Tournament was a one-night tournament hosted by New Japan Pro Wrestling and took place on May 8. Most of the wrestlers involved were signed to New Japan but did feature wrestlers from other promotions like Mascara Dorada and Valiente from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Kota Ibushi from Dramatic Dream Team, Fujita Hayato and Taro Nohashi from Michinoku Pro Wrestling and KUSHIDA from SMASH.
El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto defeated Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) to win the tournament and become IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.
| Round 1 | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Kowloon (Fujita Hayato and Taro Nohashi) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Jushin Thunder Liger and Nobuo Yoshihashi | 10:51 | ||||||||||||
| El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto | Sub | ||||||||||||
| Kowloon (Fujita Hayato and Taro Nohashi) |
12:45 | ||||||||||||
| El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto | Sub | ||||||||||||
| Davey Richards and Tama Tonga | 10:50 | ||||||||||||
| El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) |
21:27 | ||||||||||||
| Gedo and KUSHIDA | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Austin Creed and Kota Ibushi | 13.18 | ||||||||||||
| Gedo and KUSHIDA | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) |
11:36 | ||||||||||||
| Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Mascara Dorada and Valiente | 7:59 | ||||||||||||
2012
Super Junior Tag Tournament 2012 was a two-night tournament hosted by New Japan Pro Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 21 and the semi final and final took place on November 2. The tournament utilized wrestlers mostly signed to New Japan but also included Negro Casas from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Taka Michinoku from Kaientai Dojo and freelancer Brian Kendrick.
The Time Splitters (KUSHIDA and Alex Shelley) defeated Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) to win the tournament and become the number one contenders to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. They challenged the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) to a title match at Power Struggle on November 11.
| Round 1 | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| The World Class Tag Team (Gedo and Jado) |
9:28 | ||||||||||||
| Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku) |
9:19 | ||||||||||||
| Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| BUSHI and Negro Casas | 10:03 | ||||||||||||
| Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) |
16:42 | ||||||||||||
| Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask | 13:26 | ||||||||||||
| Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) |
8:13 | ||||||||||||
| Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| CHAOS (Brian Kendrick and Low Ki) |
10:24 | ||||||||||||
2013
The 2013 Super Jr. Tag Tournament was a two-night tournament hosted by New Japan Pro Wrestling. The preliminary round took take place on October 25 and the semi final and final on November 6. The debuting Young Bucks won the tournament and on November 9 at Power Struggle defeated Taichi and Taka Michinoku to also win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
| Round 1 | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Gedo and Jado | 9:16 | ||||||||||||
| Gedo and Jado | Pin | ||||||||||||
| The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson) |
9:31 | ||||||||||||
| CHAOS (Brian Kendrick and Beretta) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson) |
10:35 | ||||||||||||
| The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) |
19:13 | ||||||||||||
| KUSHIDA and Yohei Komatsu | Pin | ||||||||||||
| BUSHI and Valiente | 9:37 | ||||||||||||
| BUSHI and Valiente | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) |
10:28 | ||||||||||||
| Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku) |
9:06 | ||||||||||||
2014
The 2014 Super Jr. Tag Tournament was a four-night tournament hosted by New Japan Pro Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 25, the semifinals on November 1 and 2 and final on November 3. The tournament included outside participation from Ring of Honor reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) and Matt Sydal, from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Fuego and Máscara Dorada. For the third year in a row, the tournament's winning team, reDRagon, went on to also capture the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship at Power Struggle.
| Round 1 | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask | Pin | ||||||||||||
| The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson) |
8:32 | ||||||||||||
| The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Taichi) |
12:04 | ||||||||||||
| Fuego and Ryusuke Taguchi | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Taichi) |
12:19 | ||||||||||||
| The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) |
15:04 | ||||||||||||
| Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) |
15:43 | ||||||||||||
| Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) |
15:03 | ||||||||||||
| BUSHI and Máscara Dorada | Pin | ||||||||||||
| reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) |
10:21 | ||||||||||||
2015
The 2015 Super Jr. Tag Tournament is a three-night tournament hosted by New Japan Pro Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 24, the semifinals on November 1 and final on November 7 at Power Struggle. The tournament included outside participation from Ring of Honor reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) and Matt Sydal, from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Máscara Dorada. The winners Matt Sydal and Ricochet became the first team to fail to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, at Wrestle Kingdom 9.
| Round 1 | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask | Pin | ||||||||||||
| reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) |
10:24 | ||||||||||||
| reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) |
20:06 | ||||||||||||
| Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Kenny Omega) |
13:11 | ||||||||||||
| Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Matt Sydal and Ricochet | 16:06 | ||||||||||||
| Máscara Dorada and Ryusuke Taguchi | Pin | ||||||||||||
| The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson) |
11:08 | ||||||||||||
| The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Matt Sydal and Ricochet | 12:05 | ||||||||||||
| Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Matt Sydal and Ricochet | 18:48 | ||||||||||||
2016
The 2016 Super Jr. Tag Tournament is a three-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro Wrestling. The preliminary round is scheduled to take place on October 21, the semifinals on October 30 and final on November 5 at Power Struggle. The tournament included outside participation from Pro Wrestling Noah Taiji Ishimori, from Ring of Honor ACH and from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Ángel de Oro, Titán and Fuego. The winners Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero went on to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the third time at Wrestle Kingdom 10.
| Round 1 | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask | Sub | ||||||||||||
| Fuego and Ryusuke Taguchi | 09:55 | ||||||||||||
| Fuego and Ryusuke Taguchi | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) |
15:26 | ||||||||||||
| Ángel de Oro and Titán | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) |
12:55 | ||||||||||||
| Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| ACH and Taiji Ishimori | 18:49 | ||||||||||||
| David Finlay and Ricochet | Pin | ||||||||||||
| CHAOS (Gedo and Will Ospreay) |
8:47 | ||||||||||||
| David Finlay and Ricochet | Pin | ||||||||||||
| ACH and Taiji Ishimori | 15:57 | ||||||||||||
| ACH and Taiji Ishimori | Pin | ||||||||||||
| The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson) |
17:40 | ||||||||||||
2017
The 2017 Super Jr. Tag Tournament was a four-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 23 and 29, the semifinals on October 30 and final on November 5 at Power Struggle. The winners Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) became the first team to win the tournament while also holding the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
| Round 1 | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Hirai Kawato and KUSHIDA | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) |
12:39 | ||||||||||||
| Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi) |
20:34 | ||||||||||||
| Dragon Lee and Titán | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi) |
20:20 | ||||||||||||
| Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Super 69 (ACH and Ryusuke Taguchi) |
15:51 | ||||||||||||
| Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) |
17:28 | ||||||||||||
| Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Super 69 (ACH and Ryusuke Taguchi) |
17:06 | ||||||||||||
| Super 69 (ACH and Ryusuke Taguchi) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku) |
18:42 | ||||||||||||
2018
The 2018 tournament was rebranded as Super Jr. Tag League under a round-robin tag team tournament divided into a two-block system used in many other puroresu tournaments. The tournament will be held from October 16 during the Road to Power Struggle tour until November 6 at Power Struggle.
| BUSHI and Shingo Takagi | 6 |
|---|---|
| Sho and Yoh | 6 |
| Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask | 4 |
| El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) | 4 |
| Taiji Ishimori and Robbie Eagles | 4 |
| KUSHIDA and Chris Sabin | 4 |
| Volador Jr. and Soberano Jr. | 2 |
| ACH and Ryusuke Taguchi | 2 |
| Results | Desperado Kanemaru |
Sho Yoh |
Liger Tiger |
Ishimori Eagles |
BUSHI Takagi |
KUSHIDA Sabin |
ACH Taguchi |
Volador Soberano |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desperado Kanemaru |
X | Sho Yoh (13:14) |
Kanemaru Desperado (10:02) |
Kanemaru Desperado (14:40) |
ACH Taguchi (13:17) |
|||
| Sho Yoh |
Sho Yoh (13:14) |
X | Sho Yoh (11:33) |
Sho Yoh (10:50) |
BUSHI Takagi (21:18) |
|||
| Liger Tiger |
Sho Yoh (11:33) |
X | Ishimori Eagles (11:04) |
Liger Tiger (10:30) |
Liger Tiger (11:06) | |||
| Ishimori Eagles |
Kanemaru Desperado (10:02) |
Sho Yoh (10:50) |
Ishimori Eagles (11:04) |
X | Ishimori Eagles (13:33) |
|||
| BUSHI Takagi |
BUSHI Takagi (21:18) |
Liger Tiger (10:30) |
X | BUSHI Takagi (16:53) |
BUSHI Takagi (13:42) | |||
| KUSHIDA Sabin |
Kanemaru Desperado (14:40) |
BUSHI Takagi (16:53) |
X | KUSHIDA Sabin (13:58) |
KUSHIDA Sabin (10:32) | |||
| ACH Taguchi |
ACH Taguchi (13:17) |
Ishimori Eagles (13:33) |
KUSHIDA Sabin (13:58) |
X | Volador Soberano (10:33) | |||
| Volador Soberano |
Liger Tiger (11:06) |
BUSHI Takagi (13:42) |
KUSHIDA Sabin (10:32) |
Volador Soberano (10:33) |
X |
| Finals | ||||
| 1 | ||||
| 2 | ||||
