The is the top tag team championship in Wrestle-1. The title was announced on September 22, 2014, in conjunction with the start of a tournament to crown the first Wrestle-1 Champion. In Japanese the title's name includes the katakana term for "championship", Chanpionshippu (チャンピオンシップ), derived from the English language instead of the more common kanji term Ōza (王座).[1]
Overveiw
Championship tournament
On September 22, 2014, during the second day of a tournament to determine the inaugural Wrestle-1 Champion, it was announced that Wrestle-1 would also be introducing its own tag team championship.[1][8][9] Through Wrestle-1's relationship with American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), the promotion had previously presented a match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship.[10][11] The first Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions would be crowned in the "First Tag League Greatest" round-robin tournament taking place between November 15 and 30, 2014.[1] The two blocks containing the ten participating teams were revealed on November 3.[12][13][14] The teams were later given official team names on November 14.[15] In the tournament, a win was worth two points, a draw one point and a loss zero points. The top two teams from each block advanced to the semifinals and the winners wrestled in the tournament final to determine the inaugural champions.[12] On November 27, Seiki Yoshioka pulled out of the tournament with a knee injury, forcing his team to forfeit their final match in the tournament.[16][17] On November 30, Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo) defeated the new Wild order (Akira and Manabu Soya) in the finals to win the tournament and become the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions.[2][18][19]
Block A | Block B | ||
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Wrestlers | Score | Wrestlers | Score |
Masayuki Kono and Tajiri (Desperado) |
8 | KAI and Ryota Hama (Akatenrou) |
6 |
Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo (Team 246) |
6 | Akira and Manabu Soya (new Wild order) |
5 |
Jiro Kuroshio and Masakatsu Funaki (Ikemen Samurai) |
4 | Minoru Tanaka and Seiki Yoshioka (Too Sharp) |
4 |
Taiyō Kea and Yasufumi Nakanoue (Sunrise) |
2 | Hiroshi Yamato and Seiya Sanada (Seiya to Hiroshi) |
4 |
Mazada and Nosawa Rongai (Tokyo Gurentai) |
0 | Koji Doi and Yusuke Kodama (Novus) |
1 |
A
Block |
Kuroshio Funaki |
Hayashi Kondo |
Kono Tajiri |
Mazada Nosawa |
Kea Nakanoue |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kuroshio Funaki |
X | Hayashi Kondo (12:10)[20] |
Kono Tajiri (10:52)[21] |
Kuroshio Funaki (09:55)[22] |
Kuroshio Funaki (12:38)[23] |
Hayashi Kondo |
Hayashi Kondo (12:10)[20] |
X | Kono Tajiri (14:46)[22] |
Hayashi Kondo (06:28)[24] |
Hayashi Kondo (13:28)[21] |
Kono Tajiri |
Kono Tajiri (10:52)[21] |
Kono Tajiri (14:46)[22] |
X | Kono Tajiri (03:35)[23] |
Kono Tajiri (09:18)[24] |
Mazada Nosawa |
Kuroshio Funaki (09:55)[22] |
Hayashi Kondo (06:28)[24] |
Kono Tajiri (03:35)[23] |
X | Kea Nakanoue (07:54)[20] |
Kea Nakanoue |
Kuroshio Funaki (12:38)[23] |
Hayashi Kondo (13:28)[21] |
Kono Tajiri (09:18)[24] |
Kea Nakanoue (07:54)[20] |
X |
B
Block |
Akira Soya |
Yamato Sanada |
KAI Hama |
Doi Kodama |
Tanaka Yoshioka |
Akira Soya |
X | Draw (30:00)[21] |
Kai Hama (16:22)[20] |
Akira Soya (09:52)[22] |
Akira Soya (14:46)[24] |
Yamato Sanada |
Draw (30:00)[21] |
X | Yamato Sanada (17:08)[22] |
Draw (30:00)[24] |
Tanaka Yoshioka (15:50)[23] |
KAI Hama |
Kai Hama (16:22)[20] |
Yamato Sanada (17:08)[22] |
X | Kai Hama (12:05)[23] |
Kai Hama (forfeit)[16] |
Doi Kodama |
Akira Soya (09:52)[22] |
Draw (30:00)[24] |
Kai Hama (12:05)[23] |
X | Tanaka Yoshioka (10:20)[20] |
Tanaka Yoshioka |
Akira Soya (14:46)[24] |
Tanaka Yoshioka (15:50)[23] |
Kai Hama (forfeit)[16] |
Tanaka Yoshioka (10:20)[20] |
X |
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
A1 | Kono and Tajiri | Pin | |||||||
B2 | Akira and Soya | 09:15[2] | |||||||
Akira and Soya | Pin | ||||||||
Hayashi and Kondo | 26:05[2] | ||||||||
B1 | Kai and Hama | Pin | |||||||
A2 | Hayashi and Kondo | 11:37[2] |
Title History
# | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Location | Event | Length | Defenses | Successful defenses | Notes |
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1 | Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo) |
1 | November 30, 2014 | Tokyo | First Tag League Greatest | 224
Days |
7 | 1. defeated new Wild order (Akira and Manabu Soya) on December 7, 2014 2. defeated Desperado (Masayuki Kono and TAJIRI) on December 22, 2014 3. defeated Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yusuke Kodama on January 11, 2015 4. defeated Desperado (Kazma Sakamoto and Koji Doi) on January 30, 2015 5. defeated Too Sharp (Minoru Tanaka and Seiki Yoshioka) on Febraury 13, 2015 6. defeated new Wild order (Akira and Manabu Soya) on April 1, 2015 7. defeated Tokyo Gurentai (Mazada and Nosawa Rongai) on May 23, 2015 |
Hayashi and Kondo defeated new Wild order (Akira and Manabu Soya) in the finals of a ten-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. |
2 | new Wild order (Jun Kasai and Manabu Soya) |
1 | July 12, 2015 | Tokyo | Symbol | 138
Days |
2 | 1. defeated new Wild order (Akira and Kumagoro) on September 9, 2015 2. defeated TriggeR (Hiroki Murase and Shotaro Ashino) on November 3, 2015 |
|
3 | TriggeR (Masayuki Kono and Shuji Kondo (2)) |
1 | November 27, 2015 | Tokyo | Autumn Bout | 100
Days |
0 | ||
4 | Real Desperado (Kazma Sakamoto and Yuji Hino) |
1 | March 6, 2016 | Sendai | Trans Magic | 94
Days |
2 | 1. defeated new Wild order (Akira and Manabu Soya) on April 6, 2016 2. defeated Jackets (Seiki Yoshioka and Yasufumi Nakanoue) on April 28, 2016 |
|
5 | Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi | 1 | June 8, 2016 | Tokyo | Outbreak | 51
Days |
1 | 1. defeated TriggeR (Shuji Kondo and "brother" YASSHI) on July 1, 2016 | |
6 | new Wild order (Jun Kasai and Manabu Soya) |
2 | July 29, 2016 | Tokyo | Symbol | 22
Days |
0 | ||
— | Vacated | — | August 20, 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to Soya being sidelined with a shoulder injury. |
7 | Kaz Hayashi (2) and Kotaro Suzuki | 2 | September 18, 2016 | Tokyo | 3rd Anniversary | 183
Days |
3 | 1. defeated Hiroki Murase and KAI on September 10, 2016 2. defeated NEWERA (Koji Doi and Kumagoro) on December 9, 2016 3. defeated NEWERA (Daiki Inaba and Yusuke Kodama) on January 8, 2017 |
Hayashi and Suzuki defeated TriggeR (Shuji Kondo and "brother" YASSHI) to win the vacant title. |
8 | NEWERA (Koji Doi and Kumagoro) |
1 | March 20, 2017 | Tokyo | Trans Magic | 45
Days |
1 | 1. defeated NEWERA (Daiki Inaba and Yusuke Kodama) on April 19, 2017 | |
9 | Masayuki Kono (2) and Takanori Ito | 1 | May 4, 2017 | Tokyo | Triumph | 51
Days |
1 | 1. defeated Manabu Soya and Ganseki Tanaka on June 6, 2017 | |
10 | DoiKuma (Koji Doi and Kumagoro) |
2 | June 24, 2017 | Yokohama | Outbreak | 70
Days |
1 | 1. defeated TriggeR (Masayuki Kono and Shuji Kondo) on August 11, 2017 | |
11 | Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi (3) and Shuji Kondo (3) |
2 | September 2, 2017 | Yokohama | Pro Wrestling Love in Yokohama | 2399+ | 0 |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 ja:Wrestle-1タッグ王座新設のお知らせ (in Japanese). Wrestle-1 (2014-09-22). Retrieved on 2014-09-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ W-1初代王者決定トーナメントは二回戦へ!9.23名古屋大会のカード決定!タッグ王座も新設されることに (in Japanese). Battle News (2014-09-22). Retrieved on 2014-09-22.
- ↑ Fighting Entertainment Wrestle-1 「開戦~Outbreak~」 (in Japanese). Wrestle-1 (2014-03-02). Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ↑ Show results - 3/2 TNA vs. Wrestle-1 in Tokyo, Japan: "One Night Only" PPV results, set-up for Lockdown . Pro Wrestling Torch (2014-03-02). Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 ja:First Tag League Greatest~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~』出場チーム、大会概要、公式戦日程決定!! (in Japanese). Wrestle-1 (2014-11-03). Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
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- ↑ ja:いよいよ明日開幕!「First Tag League Greatest~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~」出場各チーム名称決定!! (in Japanese). Wrestle-1 (2014-11-14). Retrieved on 2014-11-14.
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- ↑ ja:W―1吉岡が緊急入院 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sports (2014-11-28). Retrieved on 2014-11-28.
- ↑ ja:W-1 11.30後楽園大会 初代タッグ王者決定リーグ優勝決定戦、W-1王座&EWPインターコンチW前哨戦 (in Japanese). Battle News (2014-11-30). Retrieved on 2014-11-30.
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- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 ja:Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~ (in Japanese). Wrestle-1 (2014-11-17). Retrieved on 2014-11-17.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 ja:Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~ (in Japanese). Wrestle-1 (2014-11-28). Retrieved on 2014-11-28.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.7 ja:Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~ (in Japanese). Wrestle-1 (2014-11-15). Retrieved on 2014-11-15.
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- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.6 24.7 ja:Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~ (in Japanese). Wrestle-1 (2014-11-19). Retrieved on 2014-11-19.