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International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionWrestle Association R (1996–2000)
Dragon Gate (2006–2007)
Tenryu Project (2010–2015)
Date establishedFebruary 23, 1996
Date retiredNovember 15, 2015
Other name(s)
  • WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
  • Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Gedo and Lionheart
Most reigns(as team) Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka, and Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka (2 times) (as individual) Yuji Yasuraoka (4 times)
Longest reignBlack Tiger V and Masao Orihara (667 days)
Shortest reignNaruki Doi and Masato Yoshino (<1 day)

International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship formerly contested for in the Japanese promotion Wrestle Association R, and later Dragon Gate and Tenryu Project. This title was the first tag team championship in Japan dedicated to junior heavyweight wrestlers.

Overview

It was created in WAR on February 23, 1996 when Fuyuki-gun (Gedo and Lionheart) defeated Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka in a tournament final.[1] It was deemed inactive in 2000 when WAR folded, and was later revived by Dragon Gate on August 8, 2006. The I-J belts would be unified with the new Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship, a tag title made specifically for Dragon Gate, on October 12, 2007. In September 2010, the championship was reactivated by Tenryu Project. During its existence, there have been 23 recognized individual champions and 14 recognized teams, who had a combined 16 official reigns.

Title history

Key
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
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
Wrestle Association R
1 Fuyuki-gun
(Gedo and Lionheart) 		February 23, 1996 WAR Sendai, Japan 1 33 Defeated Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka in a tournament final. [1]
2 Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka March 27, 1996 WAR Nagoya, Japan 1 115 [1]
3 Jushin Thunder Liger and El Samurai July 20, 1996 4th Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan 1 112 [2]
4 Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka November 9, 1996 WAR Tokyo, Japan 2 95 [1]
5 Battle Ranger and Masaaki Mochizuki February 12, 1997 WAR Toyohashi, Japan 1 108 [1][3]
6 Masashi Aoyagi and Gokuaku Umibouzu May 13, 1997 WAR Tsu, Japan 1 134 [1]
7 Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka (3) October 12, 1997 WAR Hachioji, Japan 1 6 [1]
— Vacated October 18, 1997 — — — — [1]
8 Masakazu Fukuda and Hiroyoshi Kotsubo November 24, 1997 WAR Yokohama, Japan 1 253 Defeated Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [1]
— Vacated August 4, 1998 — — — — Vacated due to Fukuda graduating to the heavyweight division. [1]
9 Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa December 11, 1998 WAR Tokyo, Japan 1 80 Defeated Masaaki Mochizuki and Masao Orihara to win the vacant title. [1]
10 Tomohiro Ishii (2) and Yuji Yasuraoka (4) March 1, 1999 WAR Tokyo, Japan 2 111 [1]
— Deactivated June 20, 1999 7th Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan — — Title vacated when Yasuraoka retired. The title was later retired when WAR closed in 2000. [1]
Dragon Gate
11 Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki (2) August 6, 2006 The Gate Of Adventure Nagoya, Japan 1 154 Defeated Gamma and Dr. Muscle in a tournament final to revive the title in Dragon Gate. [4]
12 Jado & Gedo (2) January 7, 2007 Battle Hall Live Vol. 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 175 This match was also for Gedo and Jado's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. [5]
13 Typhoon
(Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka) 		July 1, 2007 Pro-Wrestling Festival in Kobe 2007 Kobe, Japan 1 83 [6]
14 Tozawa-Juku
(Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa) 		September 22, 2007 Storm Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 20 [7]
15 Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino October 12, 2007 The Gate of Victory Tokyo, Japan 1 <1 This match was to unify the I-J title into the new Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship. [8]
— Unified October 12, 2007 The Gate of Victory Tokyo, Japan — — Unified with the Open the Twin Gate title. [8]
Tenryu Project
16 Black Tiger V (2) and Masao Orihara September 29, 2010 Never SO Tokyo, Japan 1 667 Defeated Madoka and Shinobu when the title was reinstated by Tenryu Project.
17 Diamond Ring
(Katsuhiko Nakajima and Satoshi Kajiwara) 		July 27, 2012 R-2 Real Tenryu Project 8 Tokyo, Japan 1 266
18 Hiroki and Masao Orihara (2) April 19, 2013 Diamond Ring Toyama, Japan 1 165
— Vacated October 1, 2013 — — — — Vacated when Orihara left the promotion.
19 Gamelas and Kuuga October 7, 2014 Mizuchi-R Tokyo, Japan 1 404 Defeated The Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota) to win the vacant title.
— Deactivated November 15, 2015 — — — — The title was retired due to Tenryu Project closing.

Combined reigns

Key
<1 The reign is shorter than one day.

By team

Rank Team No. of
Reigns 		Combined
Days
1 Black Tiger V and Masao Orihara 1 667
2 Gamelas and Kuuga 1 404
3 Diamond Ring
(Katsuhiko Nakajima and Satoshi Kajiwara)		 1 266
4 Masakazu Fukuda and Hiroyoshi Kotsubo 1 253
5 Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka 2 210
6 Jado & Gedo 1 175
7 Hiroki and Masao Orihara 1 165
8 Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki 1 154
9 Masashi Aoyagi and Gokuaku Umibouzu 1 134
10 Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka 2 117
11 Jushin Thunder Liger and El Samurai 1 112
12 Battle Ranger and Masaaki Mochizuki 1 108
13 Typhoon
(Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka)		 1 83
14 Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa 1 80
15 Fuyuki-gun
(Gedo and Lionheart)		 1 33
16 Tozawa-Juku
(Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa)		 1 20
17 Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino 1 <1

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of
Reigns 		Combined
Days
1 Masao Orihara 2 832
2 Black Tiger V/Tatsuhito Takaiwa 2 747
3 Gamelas 1 404
Kuuga 1 404
5 Yuji Yasuraoka 4 327
6 Satoshi Kajiwara 1 266
7 Katsuhiko Nakajima 1 266
8 Masaaki Mochizuki 2 262
9 Masakazu Fukuda 1 253
Hiroyoshi Kotsubo 1 253
11 Lance Storm 2 210
12 Gedo 2 208
13 Jado 1 175
14 Hiroki 1 165
15 Don Fujii 1 154
16 Masashi Aoyagi 1 134
Gokuaku Umibouzu 1 134
18 Tomohiro Ishii 2 117
19 Jushin Thunder Liger 1 112
El Samurai 1 112
21 Battle Ranger 1 108
22 Ryo Saito 1 83
23 Susumu Yokosuka 1 83
24 Shinjiro Otani 1 80
25 Lionheart 1 33
26 Masato Yoshino 1 <1

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship title history". Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  2. ^ "WAR Sumo Hall event results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  3. ^ Hoops, Brian (February 12, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 12): Christian Cage wins gold in TNA". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "Dragon Gate The Gate of Adventure tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  5. ^ "NJPW results, 2007". Strong Style Spirit. Archived from the original on 2008-03-25. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  6. ^ "Dragon Gate results, 2007" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  7. ^ "Dragon Gate Storm Gate tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  8. ^ a b "Dragon Gate The Gate of Victory tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
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