The UWA World Trios Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995.[1] Since then, the championship has been defended in various promotions in Japan.
| UWA World Trios Championship | |||||||||||
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 Daiki Shimomura with one of the titles | |||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | |||||||||||
| Date established | 1984 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and Toru Owashi) | ||||||||||
| Date won | October 24, 2021 | ||||||||||
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As it is a professional wrestling championship, the championship is not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers.[lower-alpha 1] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline,[lower-alpha 2] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[lower-alpha 3] or leaving the company.[lower-alpha 4]
The current champions are Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and Toru Owashi).
History
After the UWA's closing, the title was inactive for many years before being recycled as trios belts for the Toryumon Japan promotion. The titles fell back into disrepair due to Último Dragón leaving Toryumon and taking the name with him, causing the then-Toryumon workers to create Dragon Gate, where they created new belts for the new company. After leaving Toryumon Japan, the titles ended up in the hands of its descendant promotion El Dorado and the Mexico based Toryumon Gym. Neither group promoted shows on a regular basis, which produced two unsuccessful attempts to relaunch the championship. In 2007, El Dorado revived the title again. In 2008 El Dorado Wrestling folded and the title moved to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where it was active until 2012, the final champions were Harashima, Toru Owashi and Yukihiro Abe. On August 30, 2015, it was announced that the title would be revived by the Wrestle-1 promotion on October 9.[6] The title has since moved to Big Japan Pro Wrestling and DDT's Pro-Wrestling Basara sub-group.
Reigns
| 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 |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| † | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
| Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Los Fantásticos (Black Man, Kung Fu and Kato Kung Lee) |
March 18, 1984 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 1 | [lower-alpha 5] | 2 | Defeated Los Cadetos del Espacio (El Solar, Super Astro and Ultraman) to become the first champions. | [lower-alpha 6] | |
| Championship history is unrecorded from April to December, 1984. | ||||||||||
| 2 | Los Misioneros de la Muerte (Negro Navarro, El Signo and El Texano) |
1984 | Live event | N/A | 1 | [lower-alpha 5] | 3 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| Championship history is unrecorded from 1984 to 1985. | ||||||||||
| † | Los Brazos (El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) |
1985 | Live event | — | — | [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | Unclear if they defeated Los Misioneros de la Muerte to win the championship | [lower-alpha 6][8] | |
| † | Los Villanos (Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V) |
July 21, 1985 | Live event | — | — | [lower-alpha 5] | 3 | [lower-alpha 6][8] | ||
| Championship history is unrecorded from July 21, 1985 to April 24, 1987. | ||||||||||
| 3 | Los Misioneros de la Muerte (Negro Navarro, El Signo and El Texano) |
April 24, 1987 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 2 | [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | Defeated Los Villanos (Villano III, Villano IV and Villano V). | [lower-alpha 6] | |
| Championship history is unrecorded from April 24, 1987 to August 14, 1987. | ||||||||||
| 4 | Los Brazos (El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) |
August 14, 1987 | Live event | Panama | 1 | 290 | 0 | Defeated El Baron, Celestial and El Tauru. | [lower-alpha 6] | |
| 5 | Los Villanos (Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V) |
May 30, 1988 | Live event | Puebla, Mexico | 1 | [lower-alpha 5] | 3 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| Championship history is unrecorded from May 30, 1988 to April 23, 1989. | ||||||||||
| 6 | El Triángulo de la Muerte (Kahoz, Rambo and Zandokan) |
April 23, 1989 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 119 | 0 | Defeated Los Brazos. | [lower-alpha 6][9] | |
| 7 | Los Brazos (El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) |
August 20, 1989 | Live event | N/A | 2 | 210 | 0 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| 8 | El Triángulo de la Muerte (Kahoz, Rambo and Zandokan) |
March 18, 1990 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 2 | 88 | 0 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| 9 | Los Villanos (Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V) |
June 24, 1990 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 2 | 119 | 0 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| 10 | Los Brazos (El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) |
October 21, 1990 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 3 | 72 | 0 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| 11 | Los Villanos (Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V) |
January 1, 1991 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 3 | 96 | 2 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| 12 | The Hawaiian Beasts (Fatu, Great Kokina and The Samoan Savage) |
April 7, 1991 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 1 | 54 | 0 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| 13 | Los Villanos (Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V) |
May 31, 1991 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 4 | 275 | 6 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| 14 | Los Misioneros de la Muerte (Black Power II, Negro Navarro and El Signo) |
March 1, 1992 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 1 (1, 3, 3) |
455 | 6 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| 15 | El Engendro, Shu El Guerrero and Scorpio Jr. | May 30, 1993 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 1 | 209 | 3 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| 16 | Los Misioneros de la Muerte (El Texano, Negro Navarro and El Signo) |
December 21, 1993 | Live event | Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico | 3 (1, 4, 4) |
160 | 1 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| 17 | El Engendro, Shu El Guerrero and Scorpio Jr. | May 30, 1994 | Live event | Puebla, Mexico | 2 | 7 | 0 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| 18 | Los Misioneros de la Muerte (Negro Navarro, Rocky Santana and El Signo) |
June 6, 1994 | Live event | Puebla, Mexico | 1 (5, 1, 5) |
118 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Shu El Guerrero, Scorpio Jr. and Villano V | October 2, 1994 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | 1 (3, 3, 5) |
7 | 0 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| † | Los Misioneros de la Muerte (Negro Navarro, Rocky Santana and El Signo) |
October 9, 1994 | Live event | Naucalpan, Mexico | — | 22 | 0 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| † | Karloff Lagarde Jr., Perro Silva and Principe Maya | October 31, 1994 | Live event | Tulancingo, Mexico | — | [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||
| — | Deactivated | November 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | Championship abandoned when UWA closed | [lower-alpha 6] | |
| Toryumon Japan | ||||||||||
| 20 | Crazy-Max (Cima, Suwa and Big Fuji) |
May 18, 2001 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 51 | 2 | Defeated Apolo Dantés, Valentin Mayo and Negro Navarro after the title was revived by Toryumon Japan. | ||
| 21 | M2K (Darkness Dragon, Yasushi Kanda and Susumu Mochizuki) |
July 8, 2001 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Crazy-Max (Cima, Suwa and Big Fuji) |
July 19, 2001 | Live event | Kagoshima, Japan | 2 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 23 | Dragon Kid, Magnum Tokyo and Ryo Saito | August 14, 2001 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 75 | 2 | Defeated Crazy-Max and Darkness Dragon, Yasushi Kanda and Masaaki Mochizuki in a three-way match. | ||
| 24 | M2K (Darkness Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Mochizuki) |
October 28, 2001 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1, 2) |
72 | 0 | |||
| 25 | Crazy-Max (Cima, Big Fuji and Taru) |
January 8, 2002 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 3 (3, 3, 1) |
243 | 4 | |||
| 26 | Italian Connection (Milano Collection A.T., Yossino and "brother" Yassini) |
September 8, 2002 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 80 | 0 | |||
| 27 | Crazy-Max (Cima, Suwa and Big Fuji) |
November 27, 2002 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 4 (4, 3, 4) |
170 | 2 | |||
| 28 | Do Fixer (Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka) |
May 16, 2003 | Live event | Kobe, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 3) |
44 | 0 | |||
| 29 | Shin M2K (Kenichiro Arai, Dragon Kid and Masaaki Mochizuki) |
June 29, 2003 | IVrt Aniversario | Kobe, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 3) |
62 | 2 | |||
| 30 | Italian Connection (Milano Collection A.T., Condotti Shuji and Yossino) |
August 30, 2003 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1, 2) |
[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | Defeated Shin M2K (Kenichiro Arai, Dragon Kid and Masaaki Mochizuki), Crazy-Max (Cima, Suwa and Don Fujii) and Do Fixer (Genki Horiguchi, Magnum Tokyo and Susumu Yokosuka) in a four-way elimination match. | ||
| — | Vacated | September 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when the team split up. | ||
| 31 | Hagure Gundam/Aagan Iisou (Toru Owashi, Condotti Shuji and Yassini) |
September 20, 2003 | Live event | Kyoto, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 2) |
232 | 3 | Defeated Milano Collection A.T., Anthony W. Mori and Yossino. | ||
| 32 | Kenichiro Arai, Dragon Kid and Second Doi | May 9, 2004 | Live event | Shimonoseki, Japan | 1 (2, 3, 1) |
28 | 2 | |||
| — | Vacated | June 6, 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated after a match against Milano Collection A.T., Anthony W. Mori and Yossino ended in a no contest | ||
| — | Deactivated | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | Último Dragón left Toryumon and took the promotion's name with him; successor promotion Dragon Gate establishes the Open the Triangle Gate Championship as a successor. | ||
| 33 | Gedo, Jado and Katsushi Takemura | September 9, 2004 | Toryumon X Final | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [lower-alpha 8] | 0 | Defeated Taiji Ishimori, Shu and Kei Sato | ||
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | ||
| 34 | Los Salseros Japoneses (Takayasu Fukuda, Pineapple Hanai and Takeshi Minamino) |
May 14, 2005 | Toryumon Mexico 8th Anniversary | Mexico City | 1 | 385 | 0 | Defeated Solar I, Ultraman and Ultraman Jr.[10] | ||
| † | Maguro Ooma, Shu Sato and Kei Sato | June 3, 2006 | Michinoku Pro Live event | Tokyo, Japan | — | [lower-alpha 8] | N/A | |||
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons. | ||
| Pro-Wrestling El Dorado | ||||||||||
| 35 | Hell's Demons (Takuya Sugawara, Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) |
August 9, 2007 | Perfect Treasure | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 142 | 2 | Defeated Kagetora, Hercules Oosenga and Toru Owashi. | [11] | |
| — | Vacated | December 29, 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated after the team split up at I Was Born to Love Treasure. | [12] | |
| 36 | Nobutaka Araya, Toru Owashi and Takuya Sugawara | February 27, 2008 | Game of Treasure | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 2) |
209 | 0 | Defeated Hell's Demons (Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Go). | [13] | |
| 37 | The Italian Four Horsemen (Francesco Togo, Piza Michinoku and Antonio Honda) |
December 29, 2008 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 335 | 3 | Defeated Men's Teioh, Danshoku Dino and Yuhi Sato in a tournament final. | ||
| DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) | ||||||||||
| 38 | Belt Hunter×Hunter (Danshoku Dino, Hikaru Sato and Masa Takanashi) |
November 29, 2009 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 56 | 0 | Defeated Antonio Honda, Francesco Togo and Piza Michinoku; DDT assumes control of the championship. | ||
| 39 | Tokyo Gurentai (Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa Rongai) |
January 24, 2010 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 105 | 1 | |||
| 40 | Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Takoyakida | May 9, 2010 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 28 | 1 | |||
| 41 | Ebessan (III), Kanjyuro Matsuyama and Kuishinbo Kamen | June 6, 2010 | Live event | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 42 | Tokyo Gurentai (Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa Rongai) |
June 12, 2010 | Live event | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 43 | Hikaru Sato, Keisuke Ishii and Yoshihiko | June 13, 2010 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1, 1) |
42 | 0 | |||
| 44 | Great Kojika, Mr. #6 and Riho | July 25, 2010 | Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 101 | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving the team of Kudo, Yasu Urano and Antonio Honda. This match was also for the Jiyūgaoka 6-Person Tag Team Championship and the Sea Of Japan 6-Person Tag Team Championship. | ||
| 45 | Shit Heart♥Foundation (Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga) |
November 3, 2010 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (3, 1, 1) |
53 | 0 | |||
| 46 | Disaster Box (Harashima, Toru Owashi and Yukihiro Abe) |
December 26, 2010 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 3, 1) |
[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | |||
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Wrestle-1 (W-1) | ||||||||||
| 47 | Jackets (Jiro Kuroshio, Seiki Yoshioka and Yasufumi Nakanoue) |
October 9, 2015 | Fan Appreciation Day | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 25 | 0 | Defeated new Wild order (Akira, Jun Kasai and Kumagoro), after the title was revived by Wrestle-1. | ||
| 48 | Real Desperado (Kazma Sakamoto, Koji Doi and Nosawa Rongai) |
November 3, 2015 | Autumn Bout | Nagoya, Japan | 1 (1, 1, 3) |
24 | 0 | |||
| 49 | Jackets (Jiro Kuroshio, Seiki Yoshioka and Yasufumi Nakanoue) |
November 27, 2015 | Autumn Bout | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 41 | 0 | |||
| — | Vacated | January 7, 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to Yoshioka being sidelined following cecum surgery and being unable to attend a title defense set for January 10, 2016. | [14] | |
| 50 | Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka and Tajiri | January 31, 2016 | Sunrise | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 180 | 4 | Defeated Jackets (Jiro Kuroshio, Seiki Yoshioka and Yasufumi Nakanoue) to win the vacant title. | ||
| 51 | Andy Wu, Daiki Inaba and Seiki Yoshioka | July 29, 2016 | Symbol | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 1, 3) |
133 | 3 | |||
| 52 | Jun Kasai, Nosawa Rongai and Shuji Kondo | December 9, 2016 | Shining Winter | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 4, 3) |
75 | 0 | |||
| 53 | New Era (Daiki Inaba, Kohei Fujimura and Yusuke Kodama) |
February 22, 2017 | W-Impact | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1, 1) |
46 | 1 | [15] | ||
| 54 | Kaz Hayashi, Masayuki Kono and Shuji Kondo | April 9, 2017 | Cherry Blossom | Sapporo, Japan | 1 (2, 1, 4) |
7 | 0 | |||
| 55 | New Era (Andy Wu, Koji Doi and Kumagoro) |
April 16, 2017 | The Golden Battle in Kobe FOP | Kobe, Japan | 1 (2, 2, 1) |
20 | 0 | |||
| 56 | Kaz Hayashi, Manabu Soya and Shuji Kondo | May 6, 2017 | Triumph | Gifu, Japan | 1 (3, 1, 5) |
29 | 1 | |||
| 57 | Jay Freddie, Jiro Kuroshio and Kumagoro | June 4, 2017 | Outbreak | Kimitsu, Japan | 1 (1, 3, 2) |
14 | 0 | |||
| 58 | Ganseki Tanaka, Manabu Soya and Nosawa Rongai | June 18, 2017 | Outbreak | Shimizu, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 5) |
92 | 2 | |||
| 59 | New Era (Jiro Kuroshio, Koji Doi and Kumagoro) |
September 18, 2017 | Wrestle-1 4th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (4, 3, 3) |
33 | 0 | |||
| 60 | Enfants Terribles (Seigo Tachibana, Shotaro Ashino and Yusuke Kodama) |
October 21, 2017 | Updraft | Tsuchiura, Japan | 1 (1, 1, 2) |
42 | 2 | [16] | ||
| 61 | New Era (Koji Doi, Kumagoro and Takanori Ito) |
December 2, 2017 | Shining Winter | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (4, 4, 1) |
102 | 4 | [17] | ||
| 62 | Tokyo Gurentai (Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa Rongai) |
March 14, 2018 | Trans Magic | Tokyo, Japan | 3 (1, 1, 6) |
359 | 2 | Left Wrestle-1 while champions. | [18] | |
| — | Vacated | March 8, 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to a "lack of defenses". | [19] | |
| Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) | ||||||||||
| 63 | Sento Minzoku (Daiki Shimomura, Isami Kodaka and Ryuichi Sekine) |
July 21, 2019 | Osaka Surprise 42: Strong World 2019 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 55 | 2 | Defeated Banana Senga, Tsutomu Oosugi and Yuki Ishikawa when titles are revived by Big Japan Pro Wrestling. | [20] | |
| (DDT) DDT Pro-Wrestling: Pro-Wrestling Basara | ||||||||||
| 64 | Takato Nakano, Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasu Urano | September 14, 2019 | Basara 105: The 2nd Fox Prince | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 105 | 4 | [21] | ||
| 65 | Sparky (Ryota Nakatsu, Naoki Tanizaki and Akiyori Takizawa) |
December 28, 2019 | Basara 115: All Things In Nature | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 58 | 1 | [22] | ||
| Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) | ||||||||||
| 66 | Viva México Cabrones (Billyken Kid, Masamune, and Tsubasa) |
February 24, 2020 | Osaka Surprise 48: Sennen no Wadachi | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 496 | 4 | [23] | ||
| 67 | Andy Wu, Hub and Ultimate Spider Jr. | July 4, 2021 | Osaka Surprise 52: Proud Ruler 2021 | Osaka, Japan | 1 (3, 1, 1) |
36 | 0 | [24] | ||
| 68 | Sento Minzoku (Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita and Daiki Shimomura) |
August 9, 2021 | Osaka Surprise 53: Zero Gravity 2021 | Osaka, Japan | 1 (2, 4, 2) |
63 | 0 | [25] | ||
| — | Vacated | October 11, 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Pro-Wrestling Basara | ||||||||||
| 69 | Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and Toru Owashi) |
October 24, 2021 | Basara 173: Futō Fukutsu | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (6, 3, 4) |
1,102+ | 0 | Defeated Sento Minzoku (Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita and Daiki Shimomura) to win the vacant titles. | [26] | |
Combined reigns
As of October 30, 2024.
By wrestler
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|---|
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
Footnotes
- Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"[2]
- Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart"[3]
- Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson"[4]
- Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[5]
- Duncan & Will (2000) p. 399, Chapter: MEXICO: UWA World Tag Team Title [Flores, Mora] [7]
References
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