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96-805: Not to be confused with World Tag Team Championship (WWE) . Professional wrestling tag team championship 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 Statistics First champion(s) Team No Respect ( Koji Nakagawa and Gedo ) Most reigns Individual: Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Tomohiko Hashimoto (10 reigns each) Team: Kintaro Kanemura and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (3 reigns) The WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) World Tag Team Championship

192-453: A Royal Rumble match , which was won by Tetsuhiro Kuroda . They lost the title to the newly formed stable ZEN members Atsushi Onita , Hido and Tetsuhiro Kuroda on October 14. Nakagawa grew upset with his position in the company as FMW President Shoichi Arai had promised him of a push but he was restricted to wrestle in the undercard. On December 13, Nakagawa attacked Hayabusa after Hayabusa praised FMW and screamed at him for praising

288-586: A Winners Take All match to claim both championships and become recognized as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions. WWE had billed the match as a championship unification match; however, both titles remained independently active. The Usos had defended both titles together across both brands as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship , but on a couple of occasions in early 2023, they also defended

384-722: A four corners match to become the #1 contenders for the WEW Tag Team Championship, which they won by defeating Kodo Fuyuki and Kyoko Inoue on April 1. At Night in Shibuya Backdraft Eve , the team of Nakagawa, Jado and Gedo lost the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue and Chocoball Mukai , but regained it in a rematch on May 3. They successfully defended the title against Willie Takayama , Willie Williams , Bouzu and Megane at 11th Anniversary Show . Nakagawa, Jado and Gedo lost

480-459: A tag team match on May 31. As a rookie, he was utilized in opening matches against fellow rookies during the early years of his career and would often put over major stars. The first win of Nakagawa's career was an eight-man battle royal on August 23. His first big match took place at the company's 3rd Anniversary Show , where he teamed with Eiji Ezaki against Chris Jericho and Kevin Faule in

576-557: 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

672-453: 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

768-419: A dark thief character that was eventually killed and turned into a ghost in storyline . An amateur wrestler in his scholastic years, Nakagawa debuted for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) on March 20, 1992 in a losing effort against Eiji Ezaki . After two months in the lower card, he wrestled his very first main event match by teaming with Atsushi Onita to defeat Sambo Asako and Mr. Gannosuke in

864-603: A fan from the live audience. He then went out into the crowd and picked 10-year old Nicholas, and the two defeated Cesaro and Sheamus for the title. This made Nicholas the youngest WWE champion in history. Nicholas was also revealed to be the son of WWE referee, John Cone . The following night on Raw , the two relinquished the titles. During the May 20, 2022, episode of SmackDown , reigning SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos ( Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso ) defeated reigning Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro ( Randy Orton and Riddle ) in

960-696: A four month reign, Goemon and Onryo dropped the title to Gannosuke and Sasaki on September 5. The titles would later be won by the team of Hayabusa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda, who vacated it on November 5, after Hayabusa suffered a career ending injury. Goemon and Onryo participated in a tournament for the vacant title by losing to Mr. Gannosuke and Tetsuhiro Kuroda in the first round on December 21. Nakagawa's last FMW match took place on February 4, 2002, in which he teamed with Kintaro Kanemura and Mammoth Sasaki to defeat Mitsunobu Kikuzawa , Paul DeLuc and Vic Grimes . This would turn out to be FMW's last show as Shoichi Arai closed FMW due to bankruptcy on February 25. After

1056-677: A losing effort. At 2nd Anniversary Show Part 2 , the team of Goemon, Junji Tanaka and Onryo lost to Mammoth Sasaki , Seiya Morohashi and Tomohiko Hashimoto . Goemon participated in the WMF Round Robin Tournament, in which he scored six points, winning three matches and losing four of his matches in the tournament. On April 1, 2005, Goemon defeated Onryo in a hardcore match to win the Junior Heavyweight Championship. He made his first successful title defense against Mineo Fujita on May 14. In

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1152-501: A losing effort. At Marvelous Days 7th , the team of Goemon, Chocoball Mukai and Mr. Gannosuke lost to Koichiro Kimura , Ricky Fuji and Yoji Anjo . At Marvelous Days 8th , Goemon and Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated Hideki Hosaka and Ricky Fuji. Goemon continued to compete in the junior heavyweight division until WMF temporarily closed down in early 2004. The promotion returned on August 7. At 2nd Anniversary Show Part 1 , Goemon teamed with Mr. Gannosuke against Garuda and Seiji Ikeda in

1248-486: A losing effort. He picked up his first win in singles competition against Ezaki on October 17. His next major show appearance was at the 4th Anniversary Show from Kawasaki Stadium on May 5, 1993, where he lost to Eiji Ezaki in the opening match. He defeated Chiaki Matsuyama via submission at Summer Spectacular on August 22. Nakagawa participated in a tournament for the newly created Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship , in which he defeated Eiji Ezaki in

1344-517: A losing effort. Later that night, GOEMON turned heel by attacking Mr. Gannosuke and Jinsei Shinzaki with a baseball bat after Mitsuhiro Matsunaga had cost Gannosuke and Shinzaki, a match against Hisakatsu Oya and Tetsuhiro Kuroda . GOEMON formed a villainous faction called Brand Double Cross with Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Hisakatsu Oya and Sukeiyo, based on his "Mr. Double Cross" moniker, thus ending Goemon's affiliation with Onryo. On November 10, Goemon unsuccessfully challenged Flying Kid Ichihara for

1440-510: A match at a Fuyuki Army show and after the match, Hido attacked Goemon and Gentaro until Onryo made the save for them and Goemon turned back into a fan favorite by shaking Onryo's hands and the two reunited as a tag team and then Goemon disbanded Brand Double Cross. Upon reuniting with Onryo, Goemon began competing in WMF's junior heavyweight division. Goemon and Onryo's first match as a tag team took place at Marvelous Days 3rd on July 25, where

1536-648: A match at the Welcome to the Darkside pay-per-view, where Nakagawa defeated "Darkside of Hayabusa" with the help of Mr. Gannosuke. This earned Nakagawa, a title shot against Hayabusa for the Double Championship on October 6, where Hayabusa retained the title. The World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship was retired on November 20 and awarded to the departing Atsushi Onita as a tribute by Shoichi Arai for establishing FMW. Nakagawa then participated in

1632-487: A match on February 23. Nakagawa successfully defended the title against Funaki on April 21 before losing the title to Michinoku at the 7th Anniversary Show . Nakagawa would then participate in a tournament for the newly created Independent Heavyweight Championship , losing to the eventual winner W*ING Kanemura in the opening round on June 27. Nakagawa would then fight as a fan favorite alongside FMW to feud with W*ING Alliance , Puerto Rican Army and Lethal Weapon . He

1728-508: A new design. At the center of the plate is WWE's logo placed over a globe, similar to the World Heavyweight Championship and Women's World Championship belts, albeit with a red background and placed on a shield flanked by two griffins in a similar manner to a coat of arms . Above the globe is a banner that reads "WORLD TAG TEAM" while below the globe is another banner that reads "CHAMPIONS", both in silver and with

1824-537: A red background. The plates are on black straps with metal endplates, and gold divider bars separate the center plate from the two side plates. The side plates are now customizable with the reigning champions' logo; the default side plates feature the WWE logo on a red globe. As of November 26, 2024, there have been 94 reigns between 72 teams composed of 103 individual champions, and one vacancy. The team of Cesaro and Sheamus and The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) have

1920-599: A rematch on February 19, 1997. Nakagawa began feuding with Katsutoshi Niiyama, after Niiyama joined the Funk Masters of Wrestling and the two competed in a match at 8th Anniversary Show , which Nakagawa won. After the match, both men embraced and Niiyama left FMW. Nakagawa won his second World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship by teaming with Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka to defeat Hisakatsu Oya , Mr. Gannosuke and The Gladiator on August 31, 1997. At Kawasaki Legend: Fall Spectacular , Nakagawa participated in

2016-547: A result, WWE introduced the brand extension in March 2002 to divide its roster between the Raw and SmackDown! brands where wrestlers would exclusively perform on their respective weekly television programs. The original World Tag Team Championship initially became exclusive to SmackDown!, but was later reassigned to Raw, leaving the former without a tag team title. As a result, SmackDown! General Manager Stephanie McMahon introduced

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2112-539: A result, both men competed in a match at Summer Spectacular , which Hayabusa won. However, the match was considered a disappointment and both men competed in a rematch on August 23, which Nakagawa won and then the two reconciled to fight as a team on the FMW side. Nakagawa, Tanaka and Kuroda lost the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Hisakatsu Oya and The Headhunters on November 16 and failed in

2208-487: A second title for tag teams in the promotion to complement WWE's original World Tag Team Championship , which became exclusive to Raw. Both titles were unified in 2009 and were collectively referred to as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship while officially remaining independently active until the original World Tag Team Championship was formally decommissioned in 2010. As a result of

2304-434: A secondary group in the mid-card. During this time, Ricky Fuji joined the group. At Marvelous Days 2nd , Goemon and his stablemates Hisakatsu Oya and Ricky Fuji defeated Asian Cougar, Flying Kid Ichihara and Mineo Fujita . Goemon participated in a tournament for the new Junior Heavyweight Championship, in which he lost to Ikeda-kun in the opening round. On July 7, Goemon and Gentaro defeated Hido and Chocoball Mukai in

2400-509: A shoulder injury and was pinned in a match which stipulated that ZEN would be forced to disband. On May 31, Nakagawa teamed with Onita to challenge Fuyuki and Kanemura for the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship . Nakagawa turned on Onita by smashing Go Ito's crutch on Onita's back and helping Fuyuki and Kanemura retain the title. Nakagawa turned villain for the first time in his career and revealed that

2496-4913: 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 [ edit ] WEW Heavyweight Championship FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship , predecessor. [REDACTED] Japan portal References [ 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 . v t e Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Championships World heavyweight WWA World Martial Arts / Brass Knuckles Heavyweight (1990–1999) Independent Heavyweight (1996–1999) WEW Single / World Heavyweight (1999–2002) Junior heavyweight AWA World Light Heavyweight / WWA World Martial Arts Junior Heavyweight (1989–1993) Independent World Junior Heavyweight (1993–1999) Tag team WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team / Brass Knuckles Tag Team (1991–1999) World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team (1996–1998; 2015–2016) WEW World Tag Team (1999–2002) WEW 6-Man Tag Team (1999–2002) WEW Hardcore Tag Team (2000–2002) World Street Fight 8-Man Tag Team (2016–2017) Other Women's (1990–1998) Hardcore (1999–2001) Related articles Events FMW Productions Onita Atsushi FMW Tournaments Key people Atsushi Onita Tarzan Goto Hayabusa Kodo Fuyuki Shoichi Arai Ricky Fuji Megumi Kudo Partnerships All Japan Pro Wrestling All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Big Japan Pro Wrestling Dramatic Dream Team Extreme Championship Wrestling IWA Japan Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling Michinoku Pro Wrestling Pro Wrestling Noah Super World of Sports WAR W*ING World Wrestling Association Xtreme Pro Wrestling v t e WEW World Tag Team Champions FMW (1999–2002) Team No Respect ( Gedo and Koji Nakagawa ) Hisakatsu Oya and Tetsuhiro Kuroda H and Mr. Gannosuke Kodo Fuyuki and Kyoko Inoue Jado & Gedo Masao Inoue and Yoshinobu Kanemaru Tamon Honda and Naomichi Marufuji Shin Fuyuki-Gun ( Kodo Fuyuki and Tetsuhiro Kuroda ) Complete Players ( Masato Tanaka and Gedo ) Goemon and Onryo Mr. Gannosuke and Mammoth Sasaki Hayabusa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda Mr. Gannosuke and Tetsuhiro Kuroda Kodo Fuyuki and The Sandman WEW (2002–2003) Takashi Sasaki and Gentaro Kintaro Kanemura and Tetsuhiro Kuroda Apache Army (2005–2016) Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Onryo Takashi Sasaki and Badboy Hido Jun Kasai and Tomoaki Honma Jun Kasai and Jaki Numazawa Gentaro and The W*INGer Tokyo Gurentai ( Mazada and Nosawa ) Kohei Sato and Kamikaze Kintaro Kanemura and Tetsuhiro Kuroda Hiroki and Yusaku Obata Manjimaru and Takeshi Minamino Daisaku Shimoda and Kazushi Miyamoto Kengo Nishimura and Tomohiko Hashimoto Kotaro Nasu and Masato Shibata Shoichi Ichimiya and Tomohiko Hashimoto Daisaku Shimoda and Rikiya Fudo Tadasuke and Tomohiko Hashimoto Ryoji Sai and Tetsuhiro Kuroda Kazushi Miyamoto and Tomohiko Hashimoto Mikami and Rion Mizuki Hi69 and Hasegawa Tomohiko Hashimoto and Keisuke Okuda Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda A-Team (2017–present) Masashi Takeda and Tomohiko Hashimoto Daisaku Shimoda and Blue Shark Daisuke Ikeda and Hasegawa Tomohiko Hashimoto and Nobutaka Moribe Akira Jo and Raiden Daisuke Ikeda and Keiichi Sato Gajo and Tomohiko Hashimoto Gentaro and Nobutaka Moribe Brian Ishizaka and Takumi Sakurai Mikami and Hasegawa Raiden and Joji Otani Daisaku Shimoda and Iori Raiden and Takumi Sakurai Iori and Masahiro Sase Daisaku Shimoda and Kosaku Tonosaki Tomohiko Hashimoto and Super Tiger II (current) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WEW_World_Tag_Team_Championship&oldid=1224835236 " Categories : Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling championships Tag team wrestling championships 1999 establishments in Japan Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata World Tag Team Championship (WWE) The World Tag Team Championship

2592-597: A team; individually, it is the first for McDonagh and third for Bálor. They won the title by defeating Awesome Truth ( The Miz and R-Truth ) on the June 24, 2024, episode of Raw . The championship was originally established as the WWE Tag Team Championship on October 3, 2002, and the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit were the inaugural champions. It was introduced for the SmackDown brand as

2688-424: A third brand in 2006) announced a talent sharing agreement that enabled talent from either brand's roster to compete on both brands. As a result, the title became eligible to be contended and defended on both brands. In late 2008 through early 2009, reigning WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns ( Carlito and Primo ) engaged in rivalry with reigning World Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz , which resulted in

2784-493: A title shot against Mikey Whipwreck for the ECW World Television Championship , where Whipwreck retained the title. In early 1996, Nakagawa began feuding with Kaientai Deluxe after Kaientai DX members Taka Michinoku and Shoichi Funaki stole Nakagawa's Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship title belt after Nakagawa and Wild Shooter defeated the team of Michinoku and Funaki in

2880-477: 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

2976-484: A tournament for the new NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship , in which they lost to eventual winners Ikuto Hidaka and Dick Togo in the semi-final round. Nakagawa was one of the founding members of the Apache Army group in 2003 and the group consisted of various FMW alumni and Japanese independent wrestlers. The group evolved to become a promotion in 2004. After leaving WMF in 2007, Nakagawa became

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3072-703: A tournament on July 31 during the Goodbye Hayabusa tour. At Hayabusa Graduation Ceremony , Nakagawa and Gedo lost the WEW Tag Team Championship to Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Hisakatsu Oya. At Last Match , the team of Kodo Fuyuki, Koji Nakagawa and Gedo successfully defended the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship against Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Hisakatsu Oya and Yoshinori Sasaki . They lost the title to Masato Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Hisakatsu Oya on September 23. At 10th Anniversary Show , Nakagawa teamed with his Team No Respect teammates Jado and Gedo to take on Ricky Fuji , Flying Kid Ichihara and Chocoball Mukai for

3168-817: 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. 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

3264-456: Is a men's professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE , defended on the Raw brand division . It is one of two male tag team championships for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Tag Team Championship on SmackDown . The current champions are The Judgment Day ( Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh ), who are in their first reign as

3360-416: Is the youngest champion at 10 years old (also making him the youngest champion in WWE history), while R-Truth is the oldest champion at age 52. The current champions are The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh ). Individually, it is McDonagh's first reign and Bálor's third, and while it is their first time holding the title as a team. They won the title by defeating Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) on

3456-657: The 2016 WWE Draft , the championship became exclusive to Raw and was renamed as the Raw Tag Team Championship , with SmackDown creating their own counterpart, the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. From May 2022 until April 2024, both titles were held and defended together as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship , with each maintaining their individual lineages. Under the Undisputed banner, both titles simultaneously became

3552-613: The Over the Top Tournament to become the #1 contender for the Double Championship, losing to eventual winner Mr. Gannosuke in the opening round at ECW/FMW Supershow I . In 1999, Nakagawa teamed with TNR teammate Gedo to participate in a tournament for the vacant Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship, where they scored ten points and qualified for the play-off, where they lost to Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda on May 3. On June 13, Nakagawa and Gedo defeated Tanaka and Kuroda to win

3648-685: The SmackDown Tag Team Championship on August 23, 2016. The WWE Tag Team Championship was subsequently renamed to Raw Tag Team Championship and The New Day were the first champions to hold the title under its new name. In 2019, WWE's developmental territory NXT became the promotion's third major brand when it was moved to the USA Network in September, thus making the NXT Tag Team Championship

3744-527: The WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship after Hosaka turned on Sasaki. They lost the title to Kintaro Kanemura and Ryuji Yamakawa on February 23. On April 15, the team of Goemon, Onryo and The Great Sasuke lost to Team Kuroda ( Tetsuhiro Kuroda , Mr. Gannosuke and Mammoth Sasaki). At 12th Anniversary Show , Goemon and Onryo defeated Super Crazy and Crazy Boy to win the vacant WEW World Tag Team Championship . After

3840-622: The "Hitman" persona , reminiscent of Bret Hart , wearing similar ring attire to Hart and receiving a theme song similar to Hart’s theme, "Hart Attack". On March 30, Nakagawa defeated Hideki Hosaka to win his first title , the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship . The title was vacated later that year for unknown reasons. In the summer of 1995, Nakagawa participated in the Young Spirit Tournament , featuring

3936-459: The "Unified" moniker, received a new single set of belts, and continued to be defended on any brand. The brand extension was discontinued on August 29, 2011, but it was revived on July 19, 2016. The following is a list of dates indicating the transitions of the current World Tag Team Championship between the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands. The original design of the title belt when it was introduced as

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4032-517: The "unified" moniker, subsequently became the sole tag team championship in WWE, available to any brand. The first brand extension then ended in August 2011. Following the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016, reigning champions The New Day ( Big E , Kofi Kingston , and Xavier Woods ) were drafted to the Raw brand, making the championship exclusive to Raw. In response, SmackDown created

4128-503: The Independent Heavyweight Championship), in which he lost to Yukihiro Kanemura in the opening round. Nakagawa competed against Hisakatsu Oya and Chris Chetti in a three-way dance at FMW's first pay-per-view event 9th Anniversary Show on April 30, 1998, where he was the first to get eliminated. On May 5, ZEN lost the title to TNR's Kodo Fuyuki , Hido and Yukihiro Kanemura after Nakagawa suffered

4224-621: The June 24, 2024, episode of Raw in Indianapolis, Indiana . Koji Nakagawa Koji Nakagawa ( 中川 浩二 , Nakagawa Koji , born June 26, 1968) is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) between 1992 and 2002. He is perhaps best known for his “Hitman” character, heavily inspired by Canadian professional wrestler Bret Hart . Nakagawa also wrestled as Goemon between 2000 and 2002,

4320-525: The Marvelous Future Tag Team Tournament, where they lost to Kitten Kid and Mineo Fujita in the opening round on January 13. On April 14, the team of Goemon and Hideki Hosaka took on Mr. Gannosuke and Soldier in a tag team match , which ended in a no contest after all four men united with each other and left WMF in storyline to feud with WMF and formed a villainous alliance called KHM Army. However, Goemon left

4416-506: The NMC Junior Heavyweight Championship. At Marvelous Days 1st , Goemon and Sukeiyo defeated Asian Cougar and Flying Kid Ichihara. On December 21, Goemon and Tetsuhiro Kuroda took on Mr. Gannosuke and Jinsei Shinzaki in a match, during which Gannosuke turned on Shinzaki and then joined Goemon in taking out Kuroda as well. This signified that Gannosuke joined Brand Double Cross and Kuroda was kicked out of

4512-484: The Tag Team banner read "World Wrestling Entertainment" in small print. On both sides of the center plate were two side plates. The inner side plates featured the WWE scratch logo and were encircled with the meander pattern, while the outer side plates featured a single Spartan helmet facing inward. A version with two name plates on the center plate, one for each champion, had been created but was not used. In August 2014,

4608-791: The Unified WWE Tag Team Championship on any brand until August 2010. That month, the Anonymous Raw General Manager announced that the World Tag Team Championship would be decommissioned in favor of continuing the WWE Tag Team Championship, which received a new, single set of championship belts, which were presented to reigning champions The Hart Dynasty ( Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith ) by Bret Hart . The WWE Tag Team Championship, which dropped

4704-463: The WWE Tag Team Championship and commissioned it to be the tag team title for the SmackDown! brand on October 3, 2002. She also announced that the inaugural champions would be determined from an eight-team tournament. At No Mercy on October 20, 2002, the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit defeated Rey Mysterio and Edge in the tournament final to become the inaugural WWE Tag Team Champions. On October 17, 2007, SmackDown! and ECW (which became

4800-421: The WWE Tag Team Championship featured a design that was similar to the 1985 to 2002 version of the original World Tag Team Championship, with gold plates on black straps. It featured a similar center plate with an eagle and crown designs alongside a blue globe at the center. On top, it featured the company's scratch logo on a blue background. The gold text in the blue ribbon read "World Wrestling Entertainment" while

4896-458: The World Tag Team Championship with the SmackDown title becoming the WWE Tag Team Championship. From 1971 until 2002, WWE 's original World Tag Team Championship was the primary men's world tag team championship of the professional wrestling promotion. Following The Invasion storyline, WWE's roster doubled in size due to the influx of wrestlers from the former promotions, World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling . As

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4992-466: The announcement on the March 17 episode of ECW that at WrestleMania 25 , both teams would defend their titles against each other and the winning team would hold both titles. The Colóns defeated Morrison and Miz, and thus unified the titles into what became known as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship , the umbrella term for what officially remained two active championships that were now collectively defended. The championships would be defended as

5088-608: The belts, along with all other pre-existing championship belts in WWE at the time, received a minor update, replacing the scratch logo with WWE's current logo that was originally used for the WWE Network that launched earlier that year in February. According to well-known belt maker Dave Millican, who designed and created the belts, he wanted to go with either nickel, silver, or gold for the plates, but WWE, in particular Stephanie McMahon, wanted copper to do something different that

5184-410: The bottom read "TAG TEAM" in a blue background and "CHAMPIONS" in blue text. The inner side plates were gold and featured two wrestlers grappling with the WWE logo at the top on a blue background, while the outer side plates were simply the company logo on a blue background. In August 2010, the WWE Tag Team Championship received a redesign, replacing the previous design that had been used in tandem with

5280-612: The company after it had lied to him for giving him the push but had almost released him. On the final day of the Super Extreme Wrestling War tour, Nakagawa joined ZEN by rescuing Atsushi Onita from an assault by his teammates Mr. Gannosuke and Yukihiro Kanemura after Onita had lost a WarGames match to Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka and Jinsei Shinzaki . On January 7, 1998, the team of Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated Mr. Gannosuke, Yukihiro Kanemura and Hido at ZEN's first promoted show. After

5376-626: The dissolution of FMW, Nakagawa, along with several FMW alumni joined Mr. Gannosuke 's new promotion Wrestlings Marvelous Future (WMF), which was based on promoting younger talent. His first match for WMF on its pre-debut show took place on August 18, 2002, when he teamed with Mammoth Sasaki , Ricky Fuji and Soldier against Garuda, Mr. Gannosuke , Seiji Ikeda and Onryo in a losing effort in an eight-man tag team match . On August 28, GOEMON participated in WMF's debut show The Independence Day , where he teamed with Onryo and Darkness Dragon against Dragon Kid , The Great Sasuke and Tiger Mask IV in

5472-840: 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

5568-1129: 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

5664-579: The first tag team championships to be defended in the main event of WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania , which occurred as the main event of WrestleMania 39 Night 1 in April 2023. The titles would again be defended in the main event of a pay-per-view and livestreaming event at Night of Champions the following month. The titles were then split at WrestleMania XL in April 2024 with the Raw Tag Team Championship subsequently renamed as

5760-444: The group. Gannosuke left the group in early 2003 due to friction with Hisakatsu Oya and formed his own group with his lookalikes called The Guns. On March 9, the team of Goemon, Hisakatsu Oya and Soldier lost to Guns. On March 23, Goemon brought out Mr. Pogo as his new partner as he, Oya and Pogo lost to The Guns via disqualification. Guns began gaining dominance in WMF and their prominence led to Brand Double Cross being relegated to

5856-465: The injury was a ruse to end ZEN and then joined Team No Respect. Go Ito gave him the nickname "Mr. Double Cross" on his betrayal of Onita. A day later, Nakagawa teamed with Fuyuki and Kanemura to defeat Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka and Hisakatsu Oya to win the vacant World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. The following month, on July 10, Nakagawa pinned Hayabusa in an eight-man elimination tag team match , which led Hayabusa to challenge Nakagawa to

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5952-558: The main event of a pay-per-view and livestreaming event at Night of Champions the following month on May 27 when Owens and Zayn retained the titles against The Bloodline ( Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa ). At WrestleMania XL Night 1 on April 6, 2024, The Judgment Day ( Finn Bálor and Damian Priest ) defended the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship in a Six-Pack Tag Team Ladder match in which both sets of championships had to be retrieved for

6048-488: The match to end. As a result, the championships were split with Awesome Truth ( The Miz and R-Truth ) winning the Raw Tag Team Championship while A-Town Down Under ( Austin Theory and Grayson Waller ) won the SmackDown titles. A week later on the April 15 episode of Raw , the Raw Tag Team Championship was renamed as the World Tag Team Championship with a new set of championship belts. The SmackDown Tag Team Championship

6144-416: The match, Gannosuke, Kanemura and Hido, along with Fuyuki-Gun attacked ZEN and merged to form Team No Respect . On February 13, Onita, Nakagawa and Kuroda defeated Gannosuke, Kanemura and Jado to win the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Nakagawa participated in a tournament to determine the #1 contender for the Double Championship (the unified Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship and

6240-483: The most reigns as a team at four, while individually, Kingston and Seth Rollins have the most with six. The New Day's second reign is also the longest reign at 483 days and they are the only team to hold the championship for over one consecutive year—Big E is also credited for this reign as during New Day's first two reigns, Big E, Kingston, and Woods were all recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule (Big E

6336-569: The new generation of wrestlers that represented FMW after the departure of Atsushi Onita . He scored four points in the tournament by defeating Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Hideki Hosaka. On November 20, Nakagawa defeated Ricky Fuji to win his second Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship. The following month, Nakagawa went to the United States to wrestle three matches for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), which included losses to El Puerto Ricano and Taz at Holiday Hell and

6432-483: The new persona, he began feuding with Onryo , a ghost wrestler after GOEMON and Kintaro Kanemura defeated Masato Tanaka and Onryo on August 28. Goemon defeated Onryo in their first singles encounter on October 10. Onryo later brought an item called the Belt of Curse and put it on the line in their feud, revealing it was a cursed object which would be granted to the loser and would slowly kill him if he held it, and that it

6528-689: The opening round but injured his arm, which put him out of action and Ezaki replaced him in the semi-final round. Nakagawa returned to FMW on November 19 by losing to Masato Tanaka . At the 5th Anniversary Show on May 5, 1994, Nakagawa teamed with Battle Ranger Z and Masato Tanaka to defeat the Michinoku Pro Wrestling 's team of The Great Sasuke , Hanzo Nakajima and Shiryu . In his next major match later that year at Summer Spectacular , Nakagawa teamed with Katsutoshi Niiyama and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to defeat Battle Ranger Z, Masato Tanaka and Gosaku Goshogawara. In 1995, Nakagawa would adopt

6624-466: The original World Tag Team Championship to represent the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship since April 2009. The belts were on black straps with copper plates. Taking inspiration from Greece , the center plate was dominated by two Spartan helmets facing outward and it was encircled with a meander pattern. At the top of the center plate was the WWE scratch logo and at the bottom was a banner that read "Tag Team" on one line and "Champions" below that; above

6720-451: The promotion in the midst of the feud after defeating Chon Shiryu at 5th Anniversary Show on August 28. After FMW folded down in 2002, Nakagawa mainly competed in WMF alternating between his real name and Goemon character but also began competing in various independent promotions including Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), Ice Ribbon , Pro Wrestling Zero1 , 666 and Fuyuki Army Promotion. In the fall of 2003, Goemon and Onryo participated in

6816-427: The silver plates on blue straps design of the SmackDown Tag Team Championship belts. While all other WWE championship belts were updated to feature customizable side plates for the champion's logos, the Raw and SmackDown tag titles lacked these features. On the April 15, 2024, episode of Raw , in conjunction with the Raw Tag Team Championship being renamed to World Tag Team Championship, the championship belts received

6912-444: The summer of 2005, WMF's financial backers Laing, Inc. pulled out of the promotion, which led the company to suffer financially and the Junior Heavyweight Championship was disbanded as a result. Goemon continued to wrestle for the company in the mid-card while also took independent bookings. At 4th Anniversary Show , Goemon, Asian Cougar and Kitten Kid lost to Isami, Onryo and Tomoya Adachi. In 2007, Goemon teamed with Keiichi Kono in

7008-417: The third major tag team title for men in WWE. However, this recognition was reversed when NXT reverted to its original function as a developmental brand in September 2021. At WrestleMania 34 on April 8, 2018, reigning Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Sheamus were scheduled to defend the title against Braun Strowman and a partner of his choosing. At the event, Strowman revealed that his partner would be

7104-470: The title to Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue and Chocoball Mukai on May 28 after Nakagawa hit Gedo with the title belt and turned on Team No Respect to leave the group and join Fuyuki's group, which would be called Shin Fuyuki-Gun . After joining Shin Fuyuki-Gun in 2000, Nakagawa debuted a new gimmick on May 30 named GOEMON , a dark thief character based on the historic Japanese thief Goemon Ishikawa . Under

7200-493: The title. They successfully defended the title against Sabu and Super Leather on June 15 and the title was replaced with the WEW World Tag Team Championship on June 16, with Nakagawa and Gedo being crowned the first WEW Tag Team Champions by Kodo Fuyuki. They also won the new WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship with Fuyuki by defeating Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda in the final of

7296-533: The titles separately. In the main event of WrestleMania 39 Night 1, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defended the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship against the team of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn . This subsequently made both the Raw and SmackDown titles the first tag team championships to be defended in the main event of WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania . At the event, Owens and Zayn defeated The Usos to become champions. The titles would again be defended in

7392-593: 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

7488-590: The two lost to Gentaro and Taka Michinoku . At Flash! 1st Stage , Gentaro and Goemon defeated Onryo and Tomoya Adachi. Later that night, at the company's 1st Anniversary Show, Goemon and Onryo lost to Dick Togo and Ikuto Hidaka . At Flash! 2nd Stage , Goemon unsuccessfully challenged Tomoya Adachi for the Junior Heavyweight Championship. At Marvelous Days 5th , Goemon and Onryo lost to Naohiro Hoshikawa and Yoshihito Sasaki. At Marvelous Days 6th , Goemon teamed with Kintaro Kanemura and Tetsuhiro Kuroda against Jinsei Shinzaki , Kazuya Yuasa and Seiji Ikeda in

7584-545: The vacant WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship, which the latter team won. However, Nakagawa, Jado and Gedo defeated Fuji, Ichihara and Mukai in a rematch to win the title on December 11. Following the departure of Kodo Fuyuki from TNR, the rest of the group turned fan favorites and feuded with the ECW Japan group. On February 25, 2000, Nakagawa and Gedo defeated the team of Hideki Hosaka and Yoshinori Sasaki, Hisakatsu Oya and Naohiko Yamazaki and Jado and Kintaro Kanemura in

7680-1695: 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

7776-435: The vacant titles . 54 Gajo (2) and Tomohiko Hashimoto (9) 2 September 26, 2021 1,159 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

7872-619: 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 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 270+ Tokyo, Japan A-Team Defeat Super Tiger II & Takahiro Tababa, substituting for Tomohiko Hashimoto who double-booked himself in

7968-597: 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

8064-551: 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

8160-761: 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

8256-477: Was also promoted as an off-screen booker of FMW. On June 28, Nakagawa teamed with Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to defeat Super Leather and The Headhunters to win the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship . After the title win, Nakagawa spotted Hayabusa watching the match backstage and confronted him for leaving FMW to fight Puerto Rican Army at a time when FMW needed him. As

8352-438: Was established, in which select members of WWE's roster are reassigned to a different brand. After the WWE Tag Team Championship was unified with the World Tag Team Championship as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, the champions could appear and defend the titles on any WWE brand. The World Tag Team Championship was decommissioned in August 2010, leaving the WWE Tag Team Championship as WWE's sole tag team title, which dropped

8448-550: Was forced to keep the belt and eventually died in storyline after bleeding profusely. He returned as Onryo's mystery tag team partner on December 20 against Shinjuku Shark and Naohiko Yamazaki, explaining he had also become a ghost and that they both had shared a bond in dying, which would turn Goemon into a fan favorite. During this time, Nakagawa was promoted to head trainer at the FMW Dojo. On January 7, 2001, Goemon and Onryo defeated Hideki Hosaka and Mammoth Sasaki to win

8544-411: Was not done elsewhere. In August 2016, after the reintroduction of the brand split and the creation of the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, the WWE Tag Team Championship was renamed to Raw Tag Team Championship. The belts then received an update on December 19 that year to reflect the name change. They featured the same physical design, but the plates were silver and the straps changed to red, countering

8640-526: Was retired after WEW closed. Apache Army 19 Tetsuhiro Kuroda (6) and Onryo (2) 1 March 12, 2005 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

8736-446: Was split from the team in the 2020 WWE Draft ). John Cena and The Miz's sole reign is the shortest reign at 9 minutes, due to The Corre invoking their rematch clause immediately after losing the title. As a team, The New Day (across its two different variants of team members) also have the longest combined reign at 627 days, while Kingston individually has the longest combined reign at 912 days (910 days as recognized by WWE). Nicholas

8832-482: Was then renamed as the WWE Tag Team Championship with its own new set of belts on the April 19 episode of SmackDown . The WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament held to crown the inaugural WWE Tag Team Champions for the SmackDown brand. It concluded at No Mercy on October 20, 2002, and was won by the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. Following the events of the WWE brand extension , an annual WWE draft

8928-497: 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

9024-1262: 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

9120-710: 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

9216-413: Was what killed Onryo in the first place and turned him into a ghost. After losing to Onryo at Deep Throat , Goemon was handcuffed to the belt and it started to kill him, weakening him and making him cough up blood during his matches. He also started to wear a half mask to hide the fact that half of his face was turning white like Onryo's. Goemon lost rematches to Onryo on November 28 and December 10, and

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