NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship

NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Details
Current champion(s) James Raideen and Masato Tanaka
Date won May 6, 2016
Date established September 14, 2001
Promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1

The NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship[1] is a professional wrestling tag team title 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 & Keiji Sakoda (though Zero1 has since ceased to recognize their reign)[2][3][4] defeated Yuuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda.[5] This was during a time when Zero-One was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance; since the two organizations' parting 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 NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship, contested exclusively among junior heavyweights. There have been a total of 37 recognized individual champions and 30 recognized teams, who have had a combined 34 official reigns.

Title history

Wrestlers: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Samoa Joe & Keiji Sakoda 1 June 14, 2001 Osaka, Japan Defeated Yuuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda at Shingeki.[2][5]
Steve Corino & Mike Rapada 1 July 9, 2001 Tokyo, Japan Awarded the title by NWA president Howard Brody.[5]
Yuuki Ishikawa & Shinjiro Otani 1 July 12, 2001 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the True Century Battle tour.[5][6]
Vacated October 2001[7] Vacated due to Ishikawa leaving ZERO-ONE.[5]
Shinjiro Otani(2) & Masato Tanaka 1 January 6, 2002 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Tom Howard & Samoa Joe at Vast Energy.[8]
Jon Heidenreich & Nathan Jones 1 October 20, 2002 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Improvement II tour.[9]
Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa 1 October 26, 2002 Osaka, Japan Won the title on the Improvement II tour.[9]
Matt Ghaffari & Tom Howard 1 December 15, 2002 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Truth Creation.[8]
Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa 2 April 29, 2003 Nagoya, Japan Won the title on the 01 Division tour.[10]
Vacated May 2, 2003 Stripped by NWA Chairman Richard Arpin due to Ogawa throwing Ghaffari over the top rope in winning the title.[4]
C.W. Anderson & Steve Corino(2) 1 May 2, 2003 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Kohei Sato & Hirotaka Yokoi at 01WORLD.[11]
Shinjiro Otani(3) & Masato Tanaka 2 August 31, 2003 Gifu, Japan Won the title at 01 Summer Gift.[12]
Shiro Koshinaka & Takao Omori 1 February 19, 2004 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Embers tour.[13]
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Shinya Hashimoto (3) 1 June 17, 2004 Sendai, Japan Won the title at Ambitious.[14]
Takao Omori(2) & Shinjiro Otani(4) 1 August 31, 2004 Morioka, Japan Won the title at Determination II.[15][16]
Wataru Sakata & Masato Tanaka(3) 1 October 3, 2004 Tokyo, Japan This match, on the New Truth Whirlpool-1 II tour, was restarted after Otani & Omori won by disqualification; Sakata & Tanaka won the restart.[17]
Vacated October 31, 2004[18] Vacated due to ZERO-ONE leaving the NWA.[5]
Ryouji Sai & Kohei Sato 1 April 14, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka at Outburst Revolution.[19]
Minoru Fujita & Ikuto Hidaka 1 October 10, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Interception tour.[20]
Steve Corino(3) & Y2P-160kg 1 February 25, 2006 Osaka, Japan Won the title on the Happening tour.[21]
Ryouji Sai & Kohei Sato 2 June 20, 2006 Yokohama, Japan Won the title on the Rights tour.[22]
Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori (3) 1 June 24, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Rights tour.[22]
Kohei Sato(3) & Yoshihiro Takayama 1 March 8, 2007 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Ex-Impact.[23]
Minoru Fujita(2) & Takuya Sugawara 1 October 26, 2007 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Innovation tour.
Charles Evans & Mr. Wrestling 3(4)
Mr. Wrestling 3 formerly Steve Corino
1 November 28, 2008 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the ZERO1 BEAT tour.
Vacated March 3, 2009 Vacated due to Charles Evans' rebellious actions against World Premier Federation.
Ryouji Sai(3) & Osamu Namiguchi 1 March 15, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Steve Corino & Mr. Wrestling III for the vacant title at Wrestler's 1.
Kohei Sato(4) & Kamikaze 1 July 16, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Wrestler's tour.
Ikuto Hidaka(2) & Munenori Sawa 1 October 24, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Wrestler's 6 ~ Never Gonna Stop!
Shinjiro Otani(5) & Akebono 1 January 27, 2010 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Wrestler's 9
Vacated December 21, 2010 Nagoya, Japan
Kohei Sato(5) & KAMIKAZE(2) 2 December 21, 2010 Nagoya, Japan Defeated Masato Tanaka and Daisuke Sekimoto in the finals of a tournament for the vacant title at Furinkazan 2010
Masato Tanaka(4) & Zeus 1 September 14, 2011 Tokyo, Japan
Shito Ueda & Yusaku Obata 1 November 6, 2012 Tokyo, Japan
Vacated January 18, 2013 Vacated due to Obata being sidelined with an injury.[4]
Akebono(2) & Daisuke Sekimoto 1 February 3, 2013 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Kohei Sato and Zeus to win the vacant title.[24]
Vacated December 31, 2013 Vacated due to Sekimoto being sidelined with a knee injury.
Kamikaze(3) & Shinjiro Otani(6) 1 January 1, 2014 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Masato Tanaka and Yusaku Obata to win the vacant title.
Masato Tanaka(5) & Takashi Sugiura 1 May 6, 2014 Tokyo, Japan
Daisuke Sekimoto(2) & Kohei Sato(6) 1 June 7, 2015 Tokyo, Japan
James Raideen & Masato Tanaka(6) 1 May 6, 2016 Tokyo, Japan

List of reigns by length

As of May 6, 2016.

Wrestlers Days Held Date Won Date Lost
Masato Tanaka & Zeus 419 September 14, 2011 November 6, 2012
Minoru Fujita & Takuya Sugawara 399 October 26, 2007 November 28, 2008
Masato Tanaka & Takashi Sugiura 397 May 6, 2014 June 7, 2015
Daisuke Sekimoto & Kohei Sato 334 June 7, 2015 May 6, 2016
Akebono & Daisuke Sekimoto 331 February 3, 2013 December 31, 2013
Shinjiro Otani & Akebono 328 January 27, 2010 December 21, 2010
Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka 287 January 6, 2002 October 20, 2002
Kohei Sato & KAMIKAZE 267 December 21, 2010 September 14, 2011
Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori 257 June 24, 2006 March 8, 2007
Kohei Sato & Yoshihiro Takayama 232 March 8, 2007 October 26, 2007
Ryouji Sai & Kohei Sato 179 April 14, 2005 October 10, 2005
Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka 172 August 31, 2003 February 19, 2004
Minoru Fujita & Ikuto Hidaka 138 October 10, 2005 February 25, 2006
Matt Ghaffari & Tom Howard 135 December 15, 2002 April 29, 2003
Kamikaze & Shinjiro Otani 125 January 1, 2014 May 6, 2014
Ryouji Sai & Osamu Namiguchi 123 March 15, 2009 July 16, 2009
C.W. Anderson & Steve Corino 121 May 2, 2003 August 31, 2003
Shiro Koshinaka & Takao Omori 119 February 19, 2004 June 17, 2004
Steve Corino & Y2P-160 kg 115 February 25, 2006 June 20, 2006
Kohei Sato & KAMIKAZE 100 July 16, 2009 October 24, 2009
Charles Evans & Mr. Wrestling 3 95 November 28, 2008 March 3, 2009
Ikuto Hidaka & Munenori Sawa 95 October 24, 2009 January 27, 2010
Yuuki Ishikawa & Shinjiro Otani 81 July 12, 2001 October 1, 2001
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Shinya Hashimoto 75 June 17, 2004 August 31, 2004
Shito Ueda & Yusaku Obata 73 November 6, 2012 January 18, 2013
Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa 50 October 26, 2002 December 15, 2002
Takao Omori & Shinjiro Otani 33 August 31, 2004 October 3, 2004
Wataru Sakata & Masato Tanaka 28 October 3, 2004 October 31, 2004
Samoa Joe & Keiji Sakoda 25 June 14, 2001 July 9, 2001
Jon Heidenreich & Nathan Jones 6 October 20, 2002 October 26, 2002
Ryouji Sai & Kohei Sato 4 June 20, 2006 June 24, 2006
Steve Corino & Mike Rapada 3 July 9, 2001 July 12, 2001
Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa 3 April 29, 2003 May 2, 2003
James Raideen & Masato Tanaka 0+ May 6, 2016 Current champions

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1.Masato Tanaka61303+
2.Kohei Sato61116
3Shinjiro Otani61026
4.Daisuke Sekimoto2665
5.Akebono2659
6. Minoru Fujita2537
7.KAMIKAZE3492
8.Zeus1419
9.Takao Omori3409
10.Takuya Suguwara1399
11.Takashi Sugiura1397
12.Steve Corino4334
13.Ryouji Sai3306
14.Manabu Nakanishi1257
15.Ikuto Hidaka2233
16.Yoshihiro Takayama1232
17.Matt Ghafari1135
17.Tom Howard1135
18.Shinya Hashimoto3128
19.Osamu Namiguchi1123
20.C.W Anderson1121
21.Shiro Koshinaka1119
22.Y2P-160 kg1115
23.Charles Evans195
23.Munenori Sawa195
25.Yuuki Ishikawa181
26.Yoshiaki Fujiwara175
27.Shito Ueda173
27.Yusaku Obata173
29.Naoya Ogawa253
30.Wataru Sakata128
30.Samoa Joe128
32.Keiji Sakata125
33.John Heidenreich16
33.Nathan Jones16
35.Mike Rapada13
36.James Raideen10+

See also

References

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