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The W*ING World Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship contested in both Wrestling International New Generations and International Wrestling Association. The titles were established and won around July 1992 and were active until July 24, 2004, when they were abandoned. Ryo Miyake suffered an injury in the summer of 2004 and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams's throat cancer rapidly worsened during the same time frame, both being unable to defend the titles.[1] There have been a total of 14 reigns shared between 11 different teams. Williams and Miyake were the last champions.
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W*ING World Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||
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Promotion | Wrestling International New Generations International Wrestling Association | ||||||||||||
Date established | July 1992 | ||||||||||||
Date retired | July 24, 2004 | ||||||||||||
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No. | Overall reign number |
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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 |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
Wrestling International New Generations | ||||||||||
1 | The Headhunters (Headhunter A and Headhunter B) |
July 1992 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 99-129 | Defeated Dick Murdoch and Dick Slater in the finals of a tournament to determine the inaugural champions. The exact date of their win is uncertain. | |||
2 | Mr. Pogo and Crash The Terminator | November 6, 1992 | House show | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 137 | ||||
— | Vacated | March 23, 1993 | — | — | — | — | The titles were vacated due to Mr. Pogo not showing up to a title defense. | |||
3 | Freddy Kruger and Leatherface | March 30, 1993 | House show | Hakata, Japan | 1 | 4 | Defeated Crash The Terminator and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a decision match for the vacant titles. | |||
4 | Mitsuhiro Matsunaga and Yukihiro Kanemura | April 3, 1993 | House show | Kagoshima, Japan | 1 | 6 | ||||
— | Vacated | April 9, 1993 | — | — | — | — | The titles were vacated due to Matsunaga giving up the championship to fight Leatherface. | |||
5 | The Headhunters (Headhunter A and Headhunter B) |
May 9, 1993 | House show | Honjō, Japan | 2 | 316 | Defeated Yukihiro Kanemura and Miguel Perez, Jr. in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant titles. | |||
— | Deactivated | March 21, 1994 | — | — | — | — | The titles were deactivated due to the Wrestling International New Generations promotion closure. | |||
International Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
6 | The Headhunters (Headhunter A and Headhunter B) |
November 17, 1994 | IWA Japan Texas Bronco New Coming | Yokohama, Japan | 3 | 106 | Defeated Dick Slater and Nobutaka Araya in 8-team round-robin tournament final to win the re-activated titles. The titles were renamed as the IWA World Tag Team Championship due to being revived by International Wrestling Association. | |||
7 | Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) |
March 3, 1995 | IWA Japan A Spring Breeze ~Condition Of Victory~ | Hiroshima, Japan | 1 | 170 | ||||
8 | The Headhunters (Headhunter A and Headhunter B) |
August 20, 1995 | IWA Japan KAWASAKI DREAM - The Indie Dream | Kawasaki, Japan | 4 | 40 | ||||
9 | Cactus Jack and Tracy Smothers | September 29, 1995 | IWA Japan DARKEST HOUR ~ A New Dawn ~ | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 2 | ||||
10 | Tarzan Goto and Mr. Gannosuke | October 1, 1995 | IWA Japan DARKEST HOUR ~ A New Dawn ~ | Akita, Japan | 1 | 391 | Also win NWA World Tag Team Championship on December 9, 1995, and defend titles simultaneously. | |||
— | Vacated | October 26, 1996 | — | — | — | — | The titles were vacated after Tarzan Goto and Mr. Gannosuke left the promotion. | |||
11 | The Faces of Death (Leatherface (2) and Jason the Terrible) |
November 23, 1999 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 782-886 | Defeat Yoshiya Yamashita and The Shooter in an 8-team tournament final to win the vacant titles. Shooter was unmasked by Tarzan Goto, who ran in during the final as Katsutoshi Niiyama. Leatherface and Jason the Terrible were formerly known as Rick Patterson and Rafael Rodríguez. The length of this reign is uncertain as their last documented title defense was at an Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide event from January 12, 2002 where they defeated The Headhunters to retain the titles. | [2] | ||
— | Vacated | January 12 - April 26, 2002 | — | — | — | — | The titles were vacated under unknown circumstances. | |||
12 | Jun Izumida and Shoichi Ichimiya | April 26, 2002 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 158 | Defeated Keizo Matsuda and Takashi Uwano in a one-night tournament final to win the vacant titles. | |||
13 | Keizo Matsuda and Takashi Uwano | October 1, 2002 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 51 | ||||
— | Vacated | November 21, 2002 | — | — | — | — | The titles were vacated after Uwano left the promotion. | |||
14 | Steve Williams and Ryo Miyake | November 30, 2003 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 234 | Defeated Keizo Matsuda and Leatherface in six-team tournament final to win the vacant titles. | |||
— | Deactivated | July 21, 2004 | — | — | — | — | The titles were deactivated and abandoned after Miyake suffered an injury and was unable to further defend the titles, as well as Williams's throat cancer quickly developing into Stage IV. |
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