NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
| NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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 Toru Yano with one of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship belts in February 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current champion(s) | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | May 3, 2016[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | December 21, 2015[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Promotion |
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The NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. NEVER is an acronym of the terms "New Blood", "Evolution", "Valiantly", "Eternal", and "Radical" and was a NJPW-promoted series of events, which featured younger up-and-coming talent and outside wrestlers not signed to the promotion.[5] The title was announced on December 21, 2015,[2][6] with the first champions crowned on January 4, 2016.[7][8] The title became NJPW's seventh active championship and the second to carry the NEVER name, following the NEVER Openweight Championship, which was introduced in November 2012.[9] Through NJPW's relationship with Ring of Honor (ROH), the title has also been defended in the American promotion.[10] The championship is contested for by teams of three wrestlers and is the first title of its kind in the history of NJPW.[2]
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a match with a predetermined outcome. There have been six reigns shared among four teams and twelve wrestlers. The current champions are The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), who are in their second reign both individually and as a team.[1]
Title history
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| Successful defenses | The number of successful defenses the champions had during their reign |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| # | Team | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Successful defenses | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe and Toru Yano | 1 | January 4, 2016 | 38 | Tokyo | Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome | 1[11] | Defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi) to become the inaugural champions. | [12] |
| 2 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi) |
1 | February 11, 2016 | 3 | Osaka | The New Beginning in Osaka | 0 | [13] | |
| 3 | Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe and Toru Yano | 2 | February 14, 2016 | 6 | Nagaoka | The New Beginning in Niigata | 0 | [14] | |
| 4 | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) |
1 | February 20, 2016 | 50 | Tokyo | Honor Rising: Japan 2016 | 2[15] | [16] | |
| 5 | Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin and Yoshitatsu | 1 | April 10, 2016 | 23 | Tokyo | Invasion Attack 2016 | 1 | [17] | |
| 6 | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) |
2 | May 3, 2016 | 0+ | Fukuoka | Wrestling Dontaku 2016 | 0 | [1] |
Combined reigns
(Left to right) Mark Briscoe and Jay Briscoe, former two-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions
As of May 3, 2016.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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By team
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) † |
2 | 2 | 50+ |
| 2 | Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe and Toru Yano | 2 | 1 | 44 |
| 3 | Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin and Yoshitatsu | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi) |
1 | 0 | 3 |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenny Omega † | 2 | 2 | 50+ |
| 1 | Matt Jackson † | 2 | 2 | 50+ |
| 1 | Nick Jackson † | 2 | 2 | 50+ |
| 4 | Jay Briscoe | 2 | 1 | 44 |
| 4 | Mark Briscoe | 2 | 1 | 44 |
| 4 | Toru Yano | 2 | 1 | 44 |
| 7 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Michael Elgin | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Yoshitatsu | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Bad Luck Fale | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Tama Tonga | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Yujiro Takahashi | 1 | 0 | 3 |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 レスリングどんたく 2016. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- 1 2 3 【WK10】1.4東京ドームは“8大選手権”！ 第2試合は初代NEVER無差別級6人タッグ王座戦！ 第3試合はROH世界選手権に！ NJランボー参戦選手も追加！. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). December 21, 2015. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ↑ バッドラック・ファレ. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ↑ マット・ジャクソン. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ↑ Nextジェネレーション育成 新プロジェクト「NEVER」シリーズがスタート!!. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). July 12, 2010. Archived from the original on December 28, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ↑ "NJPW Tokyo Dome Updates – Briscoes vs. Bullet Club for new titles, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. December 20, 2015. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave (January 3, 2016). "Wrestle Kingdom 10 live results: Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- ↑ 【新日・東京ドーム】「ＮＥＶＥＲ無差別級６人タッグ」矢野組が初代王者に. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (October 5, 2012). "News items: Velvet Sky launches clothing line, Details on Nash's next int'l tour, NJPW introducing new title". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ Rose, Bryan (February 26, 2016). "ROH 14th Anniversary live results: Jay Lethal vs. Kyle O'Reilly vs. Adam Cole". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ↑ "New Year Dash !!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ↑ Wrestle Kingdom 10 in 東京ドーム. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- ↑ "The New Beginning in Osaka". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ↑ "The New Beginning in Niigata". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Road to Invasion Attack 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ↑ "Honor Rising:Japan 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Invasion Attack 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved April 10, 2016.
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