The WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) World Tag Team Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship formerly contested in the Japanese promotions Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, World Entertainment Wrestling and Apache Pro-Wrestling Army, and currently contested in A-Team. The title is sometimes called the FMW/WEW World Tag Team Championship.[1]
| WEW World Tag Team Championship | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||||
| Promotion | Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling World Entertainment Wrestling Apache Pro-Wrestling Army A-Team | ||||||
| Date established | June 16, 1999 | ||||||
| Current champion(s) | Tomohiko Hashimoto and Super Tiger II | ||||||
| Date won | November 27, 2022 | ||||||
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Title history
edit| No: | Wrestler: | Reigns: | Date: | Days held: | Location: | Event: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling | |||||||
| 1 | Team No Respect (Koji Nakagawa and Gedo) |
1 | June 16, 1999 | 53 | Chiba, Japan | Making of a New Legend tour | Nakagawa and Gedo defeated Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda for the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship on June 13, 1999. The title was replaced by the new WEW World Tag Team Championship on June 16. |
| 2 | Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Hisakatsu Oya | 1 | August 8, 1999 | 115 | Tokyo, Japan | FMW | |
| 3 | Mr. Gannosuke and H | 1 | December 1, 1999 | 86 | Osaka, Japan | Making of a New Legend VI tour | |
| 4 | Kyoko Inoue and Kodo Fuyuki | 1 | February 25, 2000 | 36 | Tokyo, Japan | Cluster Battle tour | Kyoko Inoue was the first female to hold the title. |
| 5 | Team No Respect (Koji Nakagawa and Gedo) |
2 | April 1, 2000 | 57 | Winning Road tour | Yokosuka, Japan | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 28, 2000 | — | Tokyo, Japan | Neo FMW tour | The title was vacated after Koji Nakagawa turned on his partners during a WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship defense against Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue and Chocoball Mukai. |
| 6 | Jado and Gedo (3) | 1 | July 14, 2000 | 14 | Takamatsu, Japan | King of Fight II tour | Defeat H and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to win the vacant titles. |
| 7 | Masao Inoue and Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 1 | July 28, 2000 | 25 | Tokyo, Japan | King of Fight II tour | |
| 8 | Tamon Honda and Naomichi Marufuji | 1 | August 22, 2000 | 123 | Tokyo, Japan | One Night Navigation | Title change occurs in Pro Wrestling Noah. |
| 9 | Shin Fuyuki-Gun (Kodo Fuyuki (2) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (2)) |
1 | December 23, 2000 | 15 | Tokyo, Japan | Grand Voyage | Title change occurs in Pro Wrestling Noah. Aired on tape delay on |
| 10 | Complete Players (Masato Tanaka and Gedo (4)) |
1 | January 7, 2001 | 45 | Tokyo, Japan | New Year Generation tour | |
| — | Vacated | — | February 21, 2001 | — | — | — | The title was vacated due to Masato Tanaka and Gedo leaving FMW. |
| 11 | GOEMON (3) and Onryo | 1 | May 5, 2001 | 123 | Kawasaki, Japan | 12th Anniversary Show: Kawasaki Legend | Defeated Nova and Super Crazy to win the vacant titles. GOEMON formerly held the title as Koji Nakagawa. |
| 12 | Mr. Gannosuke (2) and Mammoth Sasaki | 1 | September 5, 2001 | 34 | Sapporo, Japan | Super Dynamism tour | |
| 13 | Hayabusa (2) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (3) | 1 | October 9, 2001 | 27 | Tokyo, Japan | Power Splash tour | |
| — | Vacated | — | November 5, 2001 | — | Tokyo, Japan | Scramble Survivor tour | The title was vacated after Hayabusa suffered a career-ending injury against Mammoth Sasaki on October 22, 2001. |
| 14 | Mr. Gannosuke (3) and Mammoth Sasaki (2) | 2 | November 23, 2001 | <1 | Yokohama, Japan | Scramble Survivor tour | Defeated Biomonster DNA and Dr. Luther to win the vacant titles. |
| — | Vacated | — | November 23, 2001 | — | Yokohama, Japan | Scramble Survivor tour | Mr. Gannosuke and Mammoth Sasaki split up to vacate the titles. |
| 15 | Tetsuhiro Kuroda (4) and Mr. Gannosuke (4) | 1 | December 21, 2001 | 16 | Tokyo, Japan | FMW | Kuroda and Gannosuke defeated Kintaro Kanemura and Mammoth Sasaki in a tournament to win the vacant titles. |
| — | Vacated | — | January 6, 2002 | — | Tokyo, Japan | FMW | The titles were vacated after Mr. Gannosuke suffered an injury. |
| 16 | Kodo Fuyuki (3) and The Sandman | 1 | February 4, 2002 | 11 | Tokyo, Japan | FMW | Fuyuki and Sandman defeated Sabu and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to win the vacant titles. |
| — | Vacated | — | February 15, 2002 | — | — | — | The titles were retired after FMW closed. |
| World Entertainment Wrestling | |||||||
| 17 | Takashi Sasaki and GENTARO | 1 | August 23, 2002 | 200 | Tokyo, Japan | WEW | Defeat Taka Michinoku and Hi69 to revive the titles in WEW. |
| 18 | Kintaro Kanemura and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (5) | 1 | March 11, 2003 | 51 | Tokyo, Japan | WEW | |
| — | Retired | — | May 1, 2003 | — | — | — | The title was retired after WEW closed. |
| Apache Army | |||||||
| 19 | Tetsuhiro Kuroda (6) and Onryo (2) | 1 | March 12, 2005 | [Note 1] | Chiba, Japan | Kintaro Kanemura Festival | Defeat Takashi Sasaki and Gentaro to revive the titles in Apache Army. Titles are later vacated. |
| 20 | Takashi Sasaki (2) and BADBOY Hido | 1 | August 6, 2006 | 49 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | Defeated Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Jun Kasai in a tournament final for the vacant titles. |
| 21 | Jun Kasai and Tomoaki Honma | 1 | September 24, 2006 | 149 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro 3rd Anniversary Show | |
| — | Vacated | — | February 20, 2007 | — | — | — | The titles were vacated when the team split up. |
| 22 | Jun Kasai (2) and Jaki Numazawa | 1 | June 24, 2007 | 91 | Tokyo, Japan | Form of Challenge | Defeated Gentaro and The W*INGer for the vacant titles. |
| 23 | Gentaro (2) and The W*INGer | 1 | September 23, 2007 | 207 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 24 | Nosawa and Mazada | 1 | April 17, 2008 | 388 | Tokyo, Japan | Tetsuhiro Kuroda Festival | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 10, 2009 | — | Mie, Japan | XWF | The titles were vacated after May 10, 2009. |
| 25 | Kohei Sato and Kamikaze | 1 | September 6, 2009 | 711 | Osaka, Japan | Wrestler's | Kohei Sato and KAMIKAZE defeated Magnitude Kishiwada and Koichiro Kimura for the vacant title. The title change took place in Pro Wrestling Zero1. |
| 26 | Kintaro Kanemura (2) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (7) | 2 | August 18, 2011 | 41 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 27 | Hiroki and Yusaku Obata | 1 | September 28, 2011 | 179 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 28 | Manjimaru and Takeshi Minamino | 1 | March 25, 2012 | 32 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 29 | Daisaku Shimoda and Kazushi Miyamoto | 1 | April 26, 2012 | 35 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 30 | Kengo Nishimura and Tomohiko Hashimoto | 1 | May 31, 2012 | 113 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 31 | Kotaro Nasu and Masato Shibata | 1 | September 21, 2012 | 22 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 32 | Shoichi Ichimiya and Tomohiko Hashimoto (2) | 1 | October 13, 2012 | 274 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 33 | Daisaku Shimoda (2) and Rikiya Fudo | 1 | July 14, 2013 | 119 | Osaka, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 34 | Tadasuke and Tomohiko Hashimoto (3) | 1 | November 10, 2013 | 301 | Osaka, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 35 | Ryoji Sai and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (8) | 1 | September 7, 2014 | 266 | Osaka, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 36 | Kazushi Miyamoto (2) and Tomohiko Hashimoto (4) | 1 | May 31, 2015 | 245 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 37 | Mikami and Rion Mizuki | 1 | January 31, 2016 | 105 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | This was a four-way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, also involving Chikara and Kintaro Kanemura, and Hi69 and Passion Hasegawa. |
| 38 | Hi69 (2) and HASEGAWA | 1 | May 15, 2016 | 105 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | Hi69 formerly held the title as Hiroki. |
| 39 | Kintaro Kanemura (3) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (9) | 3 | August 28, 2016 | 35 | Tokyo, Japan | Apache Pro | |
| 40 | Tomohiko Hashimoto (5) and Keisuke Okuda | 1 | October 2, 2016 | 84 | Tokyo, Japan | Kintaro Kanemura Retirement Tour - Day 1 | |
| 41 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (10) | 1 | December 25, 2016 | 112 | Tokyo, Japan | Final Gong | Apache promotion closed after the event and moved to A-Team. |
| A-Team | |||||||
| 42 | Masashi Takeda and Tomohiko Hashimoto (6) | 1 | April 16, 2017 | 117 | Tokyo, Japan | Take Off | |
| 43 | Daisaku Shimoda (3) and Blue Shark | 1 | August 11, 2017 | 57 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | |
| 44 | Daisuke Ikeda and HASEGAWA (2) | 1 | October 7, 2017 | 246 | Yokohama, Japan | A-Team | |
| 45 | Tomohiko Hashimoto (7) and Nobutaka Moribe | 1 | June 10, 2018 | 1 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | |
| — | Vacated | — | June 11, 2018 | — | — | — | The titles were vacated after June 11, 2018. |
| 46 | Akira Jo and Raiden | 1 | December 23, 2018 | 119 | Tokyo, Japan | WEW Tag Team Title League | Defeat Daisaku Shimoda and Takumi Sakurai in the final of the WEW Tag Team Title League. |
| 47 | Daisuke Ikeda (2) and Keiichi Sato | 1 | April 21, 2019 | 161 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team 2nd Anniversary | |
| 48 | Gajo and Tomohiko Hashimoto (8) | 1 | September 29, 2019 | 161 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | |
| 49 | Gentaro (3) and Nobutaka Moribe (2) | 1 | March 8, 2020 | 147 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | |
| 50 | Brian Ishizaka and Takumi Sakurai | 1 | August 2, 2020 | 35 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | |
| 51 | Mikami (2) and HASEGAWA (3) | 1 | September 6, 2020 | 252 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | |
| 52 | Raiden (2) and Joji Otani | 1 | May 16, 2021 | 81 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | |
| — | Vacated | — | August 5, 2021 | — | — | — | The titles were vacated after August 5, 2021. |
| 53 | Daisaku Shimoda (4) and Iori | 1 | August 22, 2021 | 35 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | Defeat Raiden and Hashinosuke for the vacant titles. |
| 54 | Gajo (2) and Tomohiko Hashimoto (9) | 2 | September 26, 2021 | 1,154 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | |
| — | Vacated | — | March 22, 2022 | — | — | — | The titles were vacated after March 22, 2022. |
| 55 | Raiden (3) and Takumi Sakurai (2) | 1 | March 27, 2022 | 56 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | Defeat Tomohiko Hashimoto and Daisaku Shimoda for the vacant titles. |
| 56 | Iori (2) and Masahiro Sase | 1 | May 22, 2022 | 70 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | |
| 57 | Daisaku Shimoda (5) and Kosaku Tonosaki | 1 | July 31, 2022 | 119 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | [2] |
| 58 | Tomohiko Hashimoto (10) and Super Tiger II | 1 | November 27, 2022 | 462 | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | |
| 59 | HASEGAWA (4) and Dylan James | 1 | March 3, 2024 | 265+ | Tokyo, Japan | A-Team | Defeat Super Tiger II & Takahiro Tababa, substituting for Tomohiko Hashimoto who double-booked himself in a six-man tag team match earlier in the card. |
- ^ The exact date when Onryo and Tetsuhiro Kuroda vacated the title is unknown.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "WEW Tag Team Title [FMW] (Japan)".
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 31, 2022). "A-TEAM 2020 Final ~ Vol. 2". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 1, 2022.