WEW World Tag Team Championship

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
PromotionFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
World Entertainment Wrestling
Apache Pro-Wrestling Army
A-Team
Date establishedJune 16, 1999
Current champion(s)Tomohiko Hashimoto and Super Tiger II
Date wonNovember 27, 2022
Statistics
First champion(s)Team No Respect (Koji Nakagawa and Gedo)
Most reignsIndividual: Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Tomohiko Hashimoto (10 reigns each)
Team: Kintaro Kanemura and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (3 reigns)

Title history

No:Wrestler:Reigns:Date:Days held:Location:Event:Notes:
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
1Team No Respect
(Koji Nakagawa and Gedo)
1June 16, 199953Chiba, JapanMaking of a New Legend tourNakagawa 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.
2Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Hisakatsu Oya1August 8, 1999115Tokyo, JapanFMW
3Mr. Gannosuke and H1December 1, 199986Osaka, JapanMaking of a New Legend VI tour
4Kyoko Inoue and Kodo Fuyuki1February 25, 200036Tokyo, JapanCluster Battle tourKyoko Inoue was the first female to hold the title.
5Team No Respect
(Koji Nakagawa and Gedo)
2April 1, 200057Winning Road tourYokosuka, Japan
VacatedMay 28, 2000Tokyo, JapanNeo FMW tourThe 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.
6Jado and Gedo (3)1July 14, 200014Takamatsu, JapanKing of Fight II tourDefeat H and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to win the vacant titles.
7Masao Inoue and Yoshinobu Kanemaru1July 28, 200025Tokyo, JapanKing of Fight II tour
8Tamon Honda and Naomichi Marufuji1August 22, 2000123Tokyo, JapanOne Night NavigationTitle change occurs in Pro Wrestling Noah.
9Shin Fuyuki-Gun
(Kodo Fuyuki (2) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (2))
1December 23, 200015Tokyo, JapanGrand VoyageTitle change occurs in Pro Wrestling Noah. Aired on tape delay on
10Complete Players
(Masato Tanaka and Gedo (4))
1January 7, 200145Tokyo, JapanNew Year Generation tour
VacatedFebruary 21, 2001The title was vacated due to Masato Tanaka and Gedo leaving FMW.
11GOEMON (3) and Onryo1May 5, 2001123Kawasaki, Japan12th Anniversary Show: Kawasaki LegendDefeated Nova and Super Crazy to win the vacant titles. GOEMON formerly held the title as Koji Nakagawa.
12Mr. Gannosuke (2) and Mammoth Sasaki1September 5, 200134Sapporo, JapanSuper Dynamism tour
13Hayabusa (2) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (3)1October 9, 200127Tokyo, JapanPower Splash tour
VacatedNovember 5, 2001Tokyo, JapanScramble Survivor tourThe title was vacated after Hayabusa suffered a career-ending injury against Mammoth Sasaki on October 22, 2001.
14Mr. Gannosuke (3) and Mammoth Sasaki (2)2November 23, 2001<1Yokohama, JapanScramble Survivor tourDefeated Biomonster DNA and Dr. Luther to win the vacant titles.
VacatedNovember 23, 2001Yokohama, JapanScramble Survivor tourMr. Gannosuke and Mammoth Sasaki split up to vacate the titles.
15Tetsuhiro Kuroda (4) and Mr. Gannosuke (4)1December 21, 200116Tokyo, JapanFMWKuroda and Gannosuke defeated Kintaro Kanemura and Mammoth Sasaki in a tournament to win the vacant titles.
VacatedJanuary 6, 2002Tokyo, JapanFMWThe titles were vacated after Mr. Gannosuke suffered an injury.
16Kodo Fuyuki (3) and The Sandman1February 4, 200211Tokyo, JapanFMWFuyuki and Sandman defeated Sabu and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to win the vacant titles.
VacatedFebruary 15, 2002The titles were retired after FMW closed.
World Entertainment Wrestling
17Takashi Sasaki and GENTARO1August 23, 2002200Tokyo, JapanWEWDefeat Taka Michinoku and Hi69 to revive the titles in WEW.
18Kintaro Kanemura and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (5)1March 11, 200351Tokyo, JapanWEW
RetiredMay 1, 2003The title was retired after WEW closed.
Apache Army
19Tetsuhiro Kuroda (6) and Onryo (2)1March 12, 2005[Note 1]Chiba, JapanKintaro Kanemura FestivalDefeat Takashi Sasaki and Gentaro to revive the titles in Apache Army. Titles are later vacated.
20Takashi Sasaki (2) and BADBOY Hido1August 6, 200649Tokyo, JapanApache ProDefeated Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Jun Kasai in a tournament final for the vacant titles.
21Jun Kasai and Tomoaki Honma1September 24, 2006149Tokyo, JapanApache Pro 3rd Anniversary Show
VacatedFebruary 20, 2007The titles were vacated when the team split up.
22Jun Kasai (2) and Jaki Numazawa1June 24, 200791Tokyo, JapanForm of ChallengeDefeated Gentaro and The W*INGer for the vacant titles.
23Gentaro (2) and The W*INGer1September 23, 2007207Tokyo, JapanApache Pro
24Nosawa and Mazada1April 17, 2008388Tokyo, JapanTetsuhiro Kuroda Festival
VacatedMay 10, 2009Mie, JapanXWFThe titles were vacated after May 10, 2009.
25Kohei Sato and Kamikaze1September 6, 2009711Osaka, JapanWrestler'sKohei Sato and KAMIKAZE defeated Magnitude Kishiwada and Koichiro Kimura for the vacant title. The title change took place in Pro Wrestling Zero1.
26Kintaro Kanemura (2) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (7)2August 18, 201141Tokyo, JapanApache Pro
27Hiroki and Yusaku Obata1September 28, 2011179Tokyo, JapanApache Pro
28Manjimaru and Takeshi Minamino1March 25, 201232Tokyo, JapanApache Pro
29Daisaku Shimoda and Kazushi Miyamoto1April 26, 201235Tokyo, JapanApache Pro
30Kengo Nishimura and Tomohiko Hashimoto1May 31, 2012113Tokyo, JapanApache Pro
31Kotaro Nasu and Masato Shibata1September 21, 201222Tokyo, JapanApache Pro
32Shoichi Ichimiya and Tomohiko Hashimoto (2)1October 13, 2012274Tokyo, JapanApache Pro
33Daisaku Shimoda (2) and Rikiya Fudo1July 14, 2013119Osaka, JapanApache Pro
34Tadasuke and Tomohiko Hashimoto (3)1November 10, 2013301Osaka, JapanApache Pro
35Ryoji Sai and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (8)1September 7, 2014266Osaka, JapanApache Pro
36Kazushi Miyamoto (2) and Tomohiko Hashimoto (4)1May 31, 2015245Tokyo, JapanApache Pro
37Mikami and Rion Mizuki1January 31, 2016105Tokyo, JapanApache ProThis was a four-way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, also involving Chikara and Kintaro Kanemura, and Hi69 and Passion Hasegawa.
38Hi69 (2) and HASEGAWA1May 15, 2016105Tokyo, JapanApache ProHi69 formerly held the title as Hiroki.
39Kintaro Kanemura (3) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (9)3August 28, 201635Tokyo, JapanApache Pro
40Tomohiko Hashimoto (5) and Keisuke Okuda1October 2, 201684Tokyo, JapanKintaro Kanemura Retirement Tour - Day 1
41Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (10)1December 25, 2016112Tokyo, JapanFinal GongApache promotion closed after the event and moved to A-Team.
A-Team
42Masashi Takeda and Tomohiko Hashimoto (6)1April 16, 2017117Tokyo, JapanTake Off
43Daisaku Shimoda (3) and Blue Shark1August 11, 201757Tokyo, JapanA-Team
44Daisuke Ikeda and HASEGAWA (2)1October 7, 2017246Yokohama, JapanA-Team
45Tomohiko Hashimoto (7) and Nobutaka Moribe1June 10, 20181Tokyo, JapanA-Team
VacatedJune 11, 2018The titles were vacated after June 11, 2018.
46Akira Jo and Raiden1December 23, 2018119Tokyo, JapanWEW Tag Team Title LeagueDefeat Daisaku Shimoda and Takumi Sakurai in the final of the WEW Tag Team Title League.
47Daisuke Ikeda (2) and Keiichi Sato1April 21, 2019161Tokyo, JapanA-Team 2nd Anniversary
48Gajo and Tomohiko Hashimoto (8)1September 29, 2019161Tokyo, JapanA-Team
49Gentaro (3) and Nobutaka Moribe (2)1March 8, 2020147Tokyo, JapanA-Team
50Brian Ishizaka and Takumi Sakurai1August 2, 202035Tokyo, JapanA-Team
51Mikami (2) and HASEGAWA (3)1September 6, 2020252Tokyo, JapanA-Team
52Raiden (2) and Joji Otani1May 16, 202181Tokyo, JapanA-Team
VacatedAugust 5, 2021The titles were vacated after August 5, 2021.
53Daisaku Shimoda (4) and Iori1August 22, 202135Tokyo, JapanA-TeamDefeat Raiden and Hashinosuke for the vacant titles.
54Gajo (2) and Tomohiko Hashimoto (9)2September 26, 2021993Tokyo, JapanA-Team
VacatedMarch 22, 2022The titles were vacated after March 22, 2022.
55Raiden (3) and Takumi Sakurai (2)1March 27, 202256Tokyo, JapanA-TeamDefeat Tomohiko Hashimoto and Daisaku Shimoda for the vacant titles.
56Iori (2) and Masahiro Sase1May 22, 202270Tokyo, JapanA-Team
57Daisaku Shimoda (5) and Kosaku Tonosaki1July 31, 2022119Tokyo, JapanA-Team[2]
58Tomohiko Hashimoto (10) and Super Tiger II1November 27, 2022462Tokyo, JapanA-Team
59HASEGAWA (4) and Dylan James1March 3, 2024104+Tokyo, JapanA-TeamDefeat Super Tiger II & Takahiro Tababa, substituting for Tomohiko Hashimoto who double-booked himself in a six-man tag team match earlier in the card.

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