The Intercontinental Tag Team Championship,[1] also known as the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship, is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1, typically reserved for (but not exclusive to) heavyweight (>100 kg (220 lb)) wrestlers. It was created on June 14, 2001, three months after then Pro Wrestling Zero-One's creation, when Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda (though Zero1 has since ceased to recognize both their reign as well as the following reign by Steve Corino and Mike Rapada)[2][3][4] defeated Yuki Ishikawa and Katsumi Usuda.[5] The championship was created when Zero-One was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA); since Zero-One departed from the NWA in late 2004, the NWA does not recognize or sanction it, though it retains the NWA initials. It is one of two tag team titles currently active in Zero1, along with the Blast King Tag Team Championship, a specialty title defended exclusively in explosion matches. There have been a total of 56 recognized individual champions and 45 recognized teams, who have had a combined 49 official reigns.
| Intercontinental Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Takuya Sugawara with the current belt design in 2020 | |||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Zero1 New Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||
| Date established | June 14, 2001 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | M2J (Kengo Mashimo and Naka Shunma) | ||||||||||
| Date won | March 20, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Other name(s) | |||||||||||
NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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Title history
| 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 |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
| (NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda | June 14, 2001 | Shingeki | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 25 | 0 | Defeated Yuki Ishikawa and Katsumi Usuda to become the inaugural champions. | ||
| 2 | Steve Corino and Mike Rapada | July 9, 2001 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 0 | Awarded the title by NWA president Howard Brody. | ||
| 3 | Shinjiro Otani and Yuki Ishikawa | July 12, 2001 | True Century Battle Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [Note 1] | 0 | |||
| — | Vacated | October 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Ishikawa leaving ZERO-ONE. | ||
| 4 | Emblem (Shinjiro Otani (2) and Masato Tanaka) |
January 6, 2002 | Vast Energy | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 287 | 5 | Defeated Samoa Joe and Tom Howard. | ||
| 5 | Nathan Jones and Jon Heidenreich | October 20, 2002 | Improvement II Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 6 | OH-gun (Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa) |
October 26, 2002 | Improvement II Tour | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 50 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Matt Ghaffari and Tom Howard | December 15, 2002 | Truth Creation | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 135 | 2 | |||
| 8 | OH-gun (Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa) |
April 29, 2003 | 01 Division Tour | Nagoya, Japan | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| — | Vacated | May 3, 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | Stripped by NWA Chairman Richard Arpin due to Ogawa throwing Ghaffari over the top rope in winning the title. | ||
| 9 | Steve Corino (2) and C. W. Anderson | May 3, 2003 | 01WORLD | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 120 | 3 | Defeated Kohei Sato and Hirotaka Yokoi. | ||
| 10 | Emblem (Shinjiro Otani (3) and Masato Tanaka) |
August 31, 2003 | 01 Summer Gift | Gifu, Japan | 2 | 172 | 2 | |||
| 11 | Takao Omori and Shiro Koshinaka | February 19, 2004 | Embers Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 119 | 5 | |||
| 12 | Shinya Hashimoto (3) and Yoshiaki Fujiwara | June 17, 2004 | Ambitious | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 75 | 2 | |||
| Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) | ||||||||||
| 13 | Shinjiro Otani (4) and Takao Omori (2) | August 31, 2004 | Determination II | Morioka, Japan | 1 | 33 | 1 | |||
| 14 | Masato Tanaka (3) and Wataru Sakata | October 3, 2004 | New Whirlpool-1 Truth II Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 28 | 0 | |||
| — | Vacated | October 31, 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to ZERO-ONE leaving the NWA. | ||
| 15 | Kohei Sato and Ryoji Sai | April 14, 2005 | Outburst Revolution Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 179 | 3 | Defeated Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka. | ||
| 16 | Aibo Tag (Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita) |
October 10, 2005 | Interception Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 138 | 1 | |||
| 17 | Steve Corino (3) and Y2P-160kg | February 25, 2006 | Happening Tour | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 115 | 1 | |||
| 18 | Kohei Sato and Ryoji Sai | June 20, 2006 | Rights Tour | Odawara, Japan | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Wild Child (Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori (3)) |
June 24, 2006 | Rights Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 257 | 2 | |||
| 20 | Yoshihiro Takayama and Kohei Sato (3) | March 8, 2007 | Max Satisfaction Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 232 | 2 | |||
| 21 | Stepbrother Tag (Minoru Fujita (2) and Takuya Sugawara) |
October 26, 2007 | Innovation Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 399 | 4 | |||
| 22 | Mr. Wrestling 3 (4) and Charles Evans | November 28, 2008 | Zero1 Beat Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 94 | 0 | |||
| — | Vacated | March 2, 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Charles Evans' rebellious actions against World Premier Federation. | ||
| 23 | Ryoji Sai (3) and Osamu Namiguchi | March 15, 2009 | Wrestler's 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 123 | 1 | Defeated Steve Corino and Mr. Wrestling 3. | ||
| 24 | Kohei Sato (4) and Kamikaze | July 16, 2009 | Wrestler's | Utsunomiya, Japan | 1 | 100 | 2 | |||
| 25 | Ikuto Hidaka (2) and Munenori Sawa | October 24, 2009 | Wrestler's 6 ~ Never Gonna Stop! | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 95 | 0 | |||
| 26 | Shinjiro Otani (5) and Akebono | January 27, 2010 | Wrestler's 9 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 315 | 4 | |||
| — | Vacated | December 8, 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated so that the title could be decided in the Furinkazan tournament. | ||
| 27 | Kohei Sato (5) and Kamikaze | December 21, 2010 | Furinkazan | Nagoya, Japan | 2 | 267 | 3 | Defeated Masato Tanaka and Daisuke Sekimoto in the final of the Furinkazan tournament. | ||
| (NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) | ||||||||||
| 28 | Masato Tanaka (4) and Zeus | September 14, 2011 | Tenkaichi Junior | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 419 | 4 | |||
| 29 | Shito Ueda and Yusaku Obata | November 6, 2012 | Universe | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 73 | 0 | |||
| Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) | ||||||||||
| — | Vacated | January 18, 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Obata being sidelined with an injury. | ||
| 30 | ZERO64 (Akebono (2) and Daisuke Sekimoto) |
February 3, 2013 | Change the World | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 330 | 1 | Defeated Kohei Sato and Zeus. | ||
| — | Vacated | December 30, 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Sekimoto being sidelined with an injury. | ||
| 31 | Shinjiro Otani (6) and Kamikaze (3) | January 1, 2014 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 125 | 1 | Defeated Masato Tanaka and Yusaku Obata to win the vacant titles. | ||
| 32 | Dangan Yankees (Masato Tanaka (5) and Takashi Sugiura) |
May 6, 2014 | Destiny | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 397 | 6 | |||
| 33 | Kohei Sato (6) and Daisuke Sekimoto (2) | June 7, 2015 | Long, Long Way | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 334 | 4 | |||
| 34 | Masato Tanaka (6) and James Raideen | May 6, 2016 | Children's Day Special | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 253 | 2 | |||
| 35 | Hartley Jackson and Taru | January 14, 2017 | New Year Dream Series | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 20 | 0 | [6][7] | ||
| 36 | Akebono (3) and Shogun Okamoto | February 3, 2017 | New Year Dream Series | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 75 | 1 | |||
| — | Vacated | April 19, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Akebono being sidelined with health issues. | ||
| 37 | Kai and Yusaku Obata (2) | May 21, 2017 | Shinsei Zero1 Dream Series ~ Growth | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 101 | 0 | Defeated Kohei Sato and Hideki Suzuki. | ||
| — | Vacated | August 30, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Kai and Obata being unable to defend the title because of scheduling conflicts. | ||
| 38 | Hideki Suzuki and Kohei Sato (7) | September 14, 2017 | Zero1 Dream Series | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 109 | 1 | Defeated Shogun Okamoto and Yutaka Yoshie. | ||
| 39 | Masayuki Okamoto/Shogun Okamoto (2) and Yutaka Yoshie (2) | January 1, 2018 | Kinga Shinnen | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 62 | 0 | Okamoto won the title as Masayuki Okamoto, but immediately afterwards announced he was returning to the ring name Shogun Okamoto. | [8] | |
| 40 | Masato Tanaka (7) and Yuji Hino | March 4, 2018 | Kinga Shinnen | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 203 | 3 | |||
| 41 | Taru (2) and Chris Vice | September 23, 2018 | Chibiko Bullying Eradication Genki Hatsuratsu ~ A Really Strong Person Does Not Do Bullying But Will Stand Up | Iwate, Japan | 1 | 100 | 0 | |||
| 42 | Masato Tanaka (8) and Takuya Sugawara (2) | January 1, 2019 | Happy New Year | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 298 | 3 | [9] | ||
| 43 | Yuko Miyamoto and Masashi Takeda | October 26, 2019 | Yasukuni Shine 150th Anniversary Hono Pro Wrestling 17th Yamato Shinshu Chikara Matsuri | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 280 | 2 | |||
| — | Vacated | August 1, 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Takeda suffering an injury. | ||
| 44 | Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato | August 2, 2020 | We're Not Going To Lose To Corona! | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 93 | 1 | Defeated Yuko Miyamoto and Takashi Sasaki to win the vacant championships. | ||
| 45 | Quiet Storm and Yuji Hino (2) | November 3, 2020 | ZERO1 Hono Pro-Wrestling 18th Yamato Shinshu Chikara Matsuri | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 16 | 0 | [10] | ||
| — | Vacated | November 19, 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Hino leaving Zero1. | ||
| 46 | Shinjiro Otani (7) and Yumehito Imanari | December 25, 2020 | ZERO1 2020 Final Show ~ Christmas Night | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 268 | 1 | Defeated the Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota) in the 2020 Furinkazan Tag Tournament final which was also for the vacant titles. | [11] | |
| — | Vacated | September 19, 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 47 | Gajo and Tomohiko Hashimoto | November 22, 2021 | Furiknazan 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 114 | 1 | Defeated Hartley Jackson and Junya Matsunaga in the 2021 Furinkazan Tag Tournament final which was also for the vacant titles. | [12] | |
| 48 | Junya Matsunaga and Takafumi | March 6, 2022 | Shinjiro Otani Debut 30th Anniversary Year & ZERO1 Launch 21st Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 301 | 2 | [13] | ||
| 49 | Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota) |
January 1, 2023 | Zero1 Happy New Year 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 365 | 6 | [14] | ||
| 50 | Junya Matsunaga (2) and Tsugutaka Sato (2) | January 1, 2024 | Zero1 Happy New Year 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 79 | 3 | [15] | ||
| 51 | M2J (Kengo Mashimo and Naka Shunma) |
March 20, 2024 | 2AW Grand Slam In Korakuen Hall | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 168+ | 1 | This was a winner-takes-all match in which Mashimo and Shunma's 2AW Tag Team Championship were also on the line. | [16] | |
Combined reigns
As of September 4, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|---|
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest length is considered. |
By team
By wrestler
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masato Tanaka | 8 | 23 | 2,057 |
| 2 | Shinjiro Otani | 7 | 14 | ¤1,281 |
| 3 | Kohei Sato | 7 | 15 | 1,225 |
| 4 | Akebono | 3 | 6 | 720 |
| 5 | Takuya Sugawara | 2 | 7 | 697 |
| 6 | Daisuke Sekimoto | 2 | 5 | 665 |
| 7 | Minoru Fujita | 2 | 5 | 537 |
| 8 | Kamikaze | 3 | 6 | 492 |
| 9 | Zeus | 1 | 4 | 419 |
| 10 | Takao Omori | 3 | 8 | 409 |
| 11 | Takashi Sugiura | 1 | 6 | 397 |
| 12 | Junya Matsunaga | 2 | 5 | 380 |
| 13 | Hide Kubota | 1 | 6 | 365 |
| Yasu Kubota | 1 | 6 | 365 | |
| 15 | Steve Corino | 4 | 4 | 334 |
| 16 | Ryouji Sai | 3 | 4 | 306 |
| 17 | Takafumi | 1 | 2 | 301 |
| 18 | Masashi Takeda | 1 | 2 | 280 |
| Yuko Miyamoto | 1 | 2 | 280 | |
| 20 | Yumehito Imanari | 1 | 1 | 268 |
| 21 | Manabu Nakanishi | 1 | 2 | 257 |
| 22 | James Raideen | 1 | 2 | 253 |
| 23 | Ikuto Hidaka | 2 | 1 | 233 |
| 24 | Yoshihiro Takayama | 1 | 2 | 232 |
| 25 | Yuji Hino | 2 | 3 | 219 |
| 26 | Y2P-160 kg/Yutaka Yoshie | 2 | 1 | 187 |
| 27 | Yusaku Obata | 2 | 0 | 174 |
| 28 | Tsugutaka Sato | 2 | 4 | 172 |
| 29 | Shogun Okamoto/Masayuki Okamoto | 2 | 1 | 137 |
| 30 | Matt Ghaffari | 1 | 2 | 135 |
| 31 | Tom Howard | 1 | 2 | 135 |
| 32 | Shinya Hashimoto | 3 | 3 | 128 |
| 33 | Osamu Namiguchi | 1 | 1 | 123 |
| 34 | Taru | 2 | 0 | 120 |
| C. W. Anderson | 1 | 3 | 120 | |
| 36 | Shiro Koshinaka | 1 | 5 | 119 |
| 37 | Gajo | 1 | 1 | 114 |
| Tomohiko Hashimoto | 1 | 1 | 114 | |
| 39 | Hideki Suzuki | 1 | 1 | 109 |
| 40 | Kai | 1 | 0 | 101 |
| 41 | Chris Vice | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| 42 | Munenori Sawa | 1 | 0 | 95 |
| 43 | Charles Evans | 1 | 0 | 94 |
| 44 | Kengo Mashimo † | 1 | 1 | 168+ |
| Naka Shunma † | 1 | 1 | 168+ | |
| 46 | Towa Iwasaki | 1 | 1 | 93 |
| 47 | Yuki Ishikawa | 1 | 0 | ¤81 |
| 48 | Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 1 | 2 | 75 |
| 49 | Shito Ueda | 1 | 0 | 73 |
| 50 | Naoya Ogawa | 2 | 1 | 53 |
| 51 | Wataru Sakata | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Samoa Joe | 1 | 0 | 28 | |
| 53 | Keiji Sakoda | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 54 | Hartley Jackson | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 55 | Quiet Storm | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 56 | John Heidenreich | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Nathan Jones | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 58 | Mike Rapada | 1 | 0 | 3 |
See also
Footnotes
- The exact date on which Otani and Ishikawa were stripped of the championship is not known, which means that their reign lasted between 81 and 111 days.
References
External links
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