AJW Tag Team Championship
| AJW Tag Team Championship | |||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||
| Promotion | All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||
| Date established | February 15, 1986 | ||||||||
| Date retired | April 2005 | ||||||||
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The AJW Tag Team Championship was the secondary tag team title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. The title was introduced in 1986 and was retired in April 2005 when the promotion closed. There have been a total of thirty-four reigns shared between twenty-seven teams consisting of forty-nine distinctive champions and eleven vacancies.
Title history[edit]
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | The Red Typhoons (Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura) |
February 15, 1986 | N/A | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 126 | The Red Typhoons defeated Bull Nakano and Condor Saito to become the inaugural champions. | [1] |
| 2 | Kanako Nagatomo and Mika Komatsu (Operon Alliance) |
June 21, 1986 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 139 | [1] | |
| 3 | The Red Typhoons (Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura) |
November 7, 1986 | N/A | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 171 | [1] | |
| — | Vacated | April 27, 1987 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | The Red Typhoons (Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura) vacated the championship after winning the WWWA World Tag Team Championship. | [1][2] |
| 4 | Drill Nakamae and Kumiko Iwamoto | June 28, 1987 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [Note 1] | Iwamoto and Nakamae defeated Kyoko Asoh and Mitsuko Nishiwaki to win the vacant championship. | [1] |
| — | Vacated | March 1988 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. | [1] |
| 5 | Erika Shishido and Nobuko Kimura | April 2, 1988 | N/A | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 191 | Kimura and Shishido defeated The Honey Wings (Kaoru Maeda and Mika Takahashi) in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | [1] |
| 6 | The Honey Wings (Kaoru Maeda and Mika Takahashi) |
October 10, 1988 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 145 | [1] | |
| 7 | Miori Kamiya and Reibun Amada | March 4, 1989 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 102 | [1] | |
| 8 | Dream Orca (Etsuko Mita and Toshiyo Yamada) |
June 14, 1989 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 274 | [1] | |
| — | Vacated | March 15, 1990 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Toshiyo Yamada suffered an injury. | [1][2] |
| 9 | The Honey Wings (Kaoru Maeda and Mika Takahashi) |
June 1, 1990 | N/A | Kawachi, Osaka, Japan | 2 | 166 | The Honey Wings defeated The Sweet Hearts (Manami Toyota and Mima Shimoda) to win the vacant championship. | [1] |
| 10 | Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda | November 14, 1990 | Wrestlemarinepiad | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 158 | [1][3] | |
| 11 | Cynthia Moreno and Esther Moreno | April 21, 1991 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 103 | [1][4] | |
| 12 | Mariko Yoshida and Takako Inoue | August 2, 1991 | AJW on Fuji TV | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 156 | [1][5] | |
| 13 | Debbie Malenko and Sakie Hasegawa | January 5, 1992 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 111 | [1][6] | |
| 14 | Mariko Yoshida and Takako Inoue | April 25, 1992 | Wrestlemarinepiad | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 2 | 232 | [1][7] | |
| 15 | Bat Yoshinaga and Tomoko Watanabe | December 13, 1992 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 132 | [1] | |
| 16 | Kaoru Ito and Sakie Hasegawa (2) | April 24, 1993 | AJW on Fuji TV | Masuda, Shimane, Japan | 1 | 226 | [1][8] | |
| 17 | Miki Handa and Yasha Kurenai | December 6, 1993 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 295 | [1] | |
| 18 | Carol Midori and Michiko Omukai | September 27, 1994 | LLPW live event | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 171 | [1][9] | |
| 19 | Mariko Yoshida (3) and Rie Tamada | March 17, 1995 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [Note 2] | [1] | |
| — | Vacated | July 1995 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. | [1][2] |
| 20 | Chaparita Asari and Kumiko Maekawa | September 2, 1995 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [Note 3] | Asari and Maekawa defeated Rie Tamada and Yumi Fukawa to win the vacant championship. | [1] |
| — | Vacated | October 1995 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. | [1][2] |
| 21 | Rie Tamada (2) and Yumi Fukawa | December 4, 1995 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 272 | The team that Fukawa and Tamada defeated to win the vacant championship is unknown. | [1] |
| 22 | Oz Academy (Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato) |
September 1, 1996 | The Rising Generation Queens Carnival | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 385 | [1][10] | |
| — | Vacated | September 21, 1997 | — | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | — | — | The championship was vacated after Chikayo Nagashima suffered an injury. | [1] |
| 23 | Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi | November 23, 1997 | Nagoya Super Whirlwind | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | 1 | 110 | Nakanishi and Takahashi defeated Emi Motokawa and Sari Osumi to win the vacant champion. | [1][11] |
| 24 | Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa | March 13, 1998 | New Year Zenjo "VOW" - Day 34 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | [Note 4] | [1][12] | |
| — | Vacated | July 1998 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Kayo Noumi suffered a broken leg. | [1][2] |
| 25 | Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi | August 23, 1998 | N/A | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 2 | 48 | Nakanishi and Takahashi defeated Megumi Yabushita and Sumie Sakai to win the vacant championship. | [1] |
| — | Vacated | October 10, 1998 | — | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi vacated the championship to pursue the WWWA World Tag Team Championship. | [1][2] |
| 26 | Sumie Sakai and Yuko Kosugi | November 10, 1998 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 19 | Kosugi and Sakai defeated Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa to win the vacant championship. | [1] |
| 27 | Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa | November 29, 1998 | AJW 30th Anniversary Show | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 2 | 223 | [1][13] | |
| 28 | Kana Misaki and Tsubasa Kuragaki | July 10, 1999 | Odaiba W Explosion - Day 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 307 | [1][14] | |
| 29 | Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa | May 12, 2000 | Zenjo Mania | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | 3 | [Note 5] | [1][15] | |
| — | Vacated | 2001 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated due to Miho Wakizawa's retirement. | [1][2] |
| 30 | Kaori Yoneyama and Kayoko Haruyama | July 20, 2002 | N/A | Saitama, Japan | 1 | 213 | Haruyama and Yoneyama defeated Mika Nishio and Miyuki Fujii to win the vacant championship. | [1] |
| — | Vacated | February 18, 2003 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. | [1] |
| 31 | Hikaru and Mika Nishio | March 21, 2003 | The Road of Women's Pro Wrestling - Day 26 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [Note 6] | Hikaru and Nishio defeated Miyuki Fujii and Saki Maemura to win the vacant championship. | [1][16] |
| — | Vacated | July 2003 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. | [1][2] |
| 32 | Kaori Yoneyama (2) and Saki Maemura | January 4, 2004 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 263 | Maemura and Yoneyama defeated Haruka Matsuo and Hikaru to win the vacant championship. | [1] |
| 33 | NEO Machine Guns (Tanny Mouse and Yuki Miyazaki) |
September 23, 2004 | Rising Generation - Day 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 13 | [1][17] | |
| 34 | Takako Inoue (3) and Tomoko Watanabe (2) | October 6, 2004 | Rising Generation - Day 4 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [Note 7] | [1][18] | |
| — | Deactivated | April 2005 | — | — | — | — | The championship retired when AJW closed. | [1] |
Combined reigns[edit]
| ¤ | The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct. |
By team[edit]
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariko Yoshida and Takako Inoue | 2 | 388 |
| 2 | Oz Academy (Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato) |
1 | 385 |
| 3 | Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa | 3 | 333 – 363¤ |
| 4 | The Honey Wings (Kaoru Maeda and Mika Takahashi) |
2 | 311 |
| 5 | Kana Misaki and Tsubasa Kuragaki | 1 | 307 |
| 6 | The Red Typhoons (Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura) |
2 | 297 |
| 7 | Miki Handa and Yasha Kurenai | 1 | 295 |
| 8 | Dream Orca (Etsuko Mita and Toshiyo Yamada) |
1 | 274 |
| 9 | Rie Tamada and Yumi Fukawa | 1 | 272 |
| 10 | Kaori Yoneyama and Saki Maemura | 1 | 263 |
| 11 | Drill Nakamae and Kumiko Iwamoto | 1 | 244 – 277¤ |
| 12 | Kaoru Ito and Sakie Hasegawa | 1 | 226 |
| 13 | Kaori Yoneyama and Kayoko Haruyama | 1 | 213 |
| 14 | Erika Shishido and Nobuko Kimura | 1 | 191 |
| 15 | Carol Midori and Michiko Omukai | 1 | 171 |
| 16 | Erika Shishido and Mima Shimoda | 1 | 158 |
| Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi | 2 | 158 | |
| 18 | Kanako Nagatomo and Mika Komatsu | 1 | 139 |
| 19 | Bat Yoshinaga and Tomoko Watanabe | 1 | 132 |
| 20 | Debbie Malenko and Sakie Hasegawa | 1 | 111 |
| 21 | Mariko Yoshida and Rie Tamada | 1 | 103 – 136¤ |
| 22 | Cynthia Moreno and Esther Moreno | 1 | 103 |
| 23 | Hikaru and Mika Nishio | 1 | 102 – 132¤ |
| Miori Kamiya and Reibun Amada | 1 | 102 | |
| 25 | Chaparita Asari and Kumiko Maekawa | 1 | 29 – 59¤ |
| 26 | Sumie Sakai and Yuko Kosugi | 1 | 19 |
| 27 | NEO Machine Guns (Tanny Mouse and Yuki Miyazaki) |
1 | 13 |
By wrestler[edit]
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takako Inoue | 3 | 565 – 594¤ |
| 2 | Mariko Yoshida | 3 | 494 – 524¤ |
| 3 | Kaori Yoneyama | 2 | 476 |
| 4 | Chikayo Nagashima | 1 | 385 |
| Sugar Sato | 1 | 385 | |
| 6 | Rie Tamada | 2 | 378 – 408¤ |
| 7 | Erika Shishido | 2 | 349 |
| 8 | Sakie Hasegawa | 2 | 337 |
| 9 | Kayo Noumi | 3 | 333 – 363¤ |
| Miho Wakizawa | 3 | 333 – 363¤ | |
| 11 | Kaoru Maeda | 2 | 311 |
| Mika Takahashi | 2 | 311 | |
| 13 | Tomoko Watanabe | 2 | 309 – 338¤ |
| 14 | Kana Misaki | 1 | 307 |
| Tsubasa Kuragaki | 1 | 307 | |
| 16 | Kazue Nagahori | 2 | 297 |
| Yumi Ogura | 2 | 297 | |
| 18 | Miki Handa | 1 | 295 |
| Yasha Kurenai | 1 | 295 | |
| 20 | Etsuko Mita | 1 | 274 |
| Toshiyo Yamada | 1 | 274 | |
| 22 | Yumi Fukawa | 1 | 272 |
| 23 | Saki Maemura | 1 | 263 |
| 24 | Drill Nakamae | 1 | 244 – 277¤ |
| Kumiko Iwamoto | 1 | 244 – 277¤ | |
| 26 | Kaoru Ito | 1 | 226 |
| 27 | Kayoko Haruyama | 1 | 213 |
| 28 | Nobuko Kimura | 1 | 191 |
| 29 | Carol Midori | 1 | 171 |
| Michiko Omukai | 1 | 171 | |
| 31 | Mima Shimoda | 1 | 158 |
| Momoe Nakanishi | 2 | 158 | |
| Nanae Takahashi | 2 | 158 | |
| 34 | Kanako Nagatomo | 1 | 139 |
| Mika Komatsu | 1 | 139 | |
| 36 | Bat Yoshinaga | 1 | 132 |
| 37 | Debbie Malenko | 1 | 111 |
| 38 | Cynthia Moreno | 1 | 103 |
| Esther Moreno | 1 | 103 | |
| 40 | Hikaru | 1 | 102 – 132¤ |
| Mika Nishio | 1 | 102 – 132¤ | |
| Miori Kamiya | 1 | 102 | |
| Reibun Amada | 1 | 102 | |
| 44 | Chaparita Asari | 1 | 29 – 59¤ |
| Kumiko Maekawa | 1 | 29 – 59¤ | |
| 46 | Sumie Sakai | 1 | 19 |
| Yuko Kosugi | 1 | 19 | |
| 48 | Tanny Mouse | 1 | 13 |
| Yuki Miyazaki | 1 | 13 |
See also[edit]
- List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan
- List of women's wrestling promotions
- Professional wrestling in Japan
References[edit]
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- ^ "Joshi Spotlight- Wrestlemarinepiad '90". Scotts Blog of Doom!. August 2, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
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- ^ "LLPW". Cagematch- The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ "AJW The Rising Generation Queens Carnival". Cagematch- The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ "AJW Nagoya Super Whirlwind 1997". Cagematch- The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ "AJW New Year Zenjo "VOW" 1998 - Tag 34". Cagematch- The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ "AJW 30th Anniversary Show". Cagematch- The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ "AJW Odaiba W Explosion - Tag 1". Cagematch- The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ "AJW Zenjo Mania 2000". Cagematch- The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ "AJW The Road Of Women's Pro Wrestling - Tag 26". Cagematch- The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ "AJW Rising Generation 04 - Tag 1". Cagematch- The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ "AJW Rising Generation 04 - Tag 4". Cagematch- The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ The exact date that Drill Nakamae and Kumiko Iwamoto vacated the championship is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 247 and 277 days.
- ^ The exact date that Mariko Yoshida and Rie Tamada vacated the championship is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 106 and 136 days.
- ^ The exact date that Chaparita Asari and Kumiko Maekawa vacated the championship is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 29 and 59 days.
- ^ The exact date that Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa vacated the championship is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 110 and 140 days.
- ^ The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
- ^ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 102 and 132 days.
- ^ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 177 and 206 days.