Tag League Greatest

The Tag League Greatest is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by Wrestle-1. It was created in 2014. The inaugural tournament, which was held to determine the first Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions, was won by Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo.

Results

List of winners

• 2014: Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo

2014

The 2014 Tag League Greatest featured two blocks containing five participants each and took place between November 15 and 30, 2014. The winners of the tournament would become the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions.^[1] The two blocks containing the ten participating teams were revealed on November 3.^[2][3][4] The teams were later given official team names on November 14.^[5] Held under a points system, with two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The top two teams from each block would advance to the knockout stage. Matches in the tournament had a 30-minute time limit, which is the same as matches for Wrestle-1.^[5] On November 27, Seiki Yoshioka pulled out of the tournament with a knee injury, forcing his team to forfeit their final match in the tournament.^[6][7] On November 30, Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo) defeated the new Wild order (Akira and Manabu Soya) in the finals to win the tournament and become the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions And Won His First Tag League Greatest.^[8][9]

Final standings

A		B
Wrestlers	Score	Wrestlers	Score
Masayuki Kono and Tajiri (Desperado)	8	Kai and Ryota Hama (Akatenrou)	6
Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo (Team 246)	6	Akira and Manabu Soya (new Wild order)	5
Jiro Kuroshio and Masakatsu Funaki (Ikemen Samurai)	4	Minoru Tanaka and Seiki Yoshioka (Too Sharp)	4
Taiyō Kea and Yasufumi Nakanoue (Sunrise)	2	Hiroshi Yamato and Seiya Sanada (Seiya to Hiroshi)	4
Mazada and Nosawa Rongai (Tokyo Gurentai)	0	Koji Doi and Yusuke Kodama (Novus)	1

A	Kuroshio Funaki	Hayashi Kondo	Kono Tajiri	Mazada Nosawa	Kea Nakanoue
Kuroshio Funaki	X	Hayashi Kondo (12:10)[10]	Kono Tajiri (10:52)[11]	Kuroshio Funaki (09:55)[12]	Kuroshio Funaki (12:38)[13]
Hayashi Kondo	Hayashi Kondo (12:10)[10]	X	Kono Tajiri (14:46)[12]	Hayashi Kondo (06:28)[14]	Hayashi Kondo (13:28)[11]
Kono Tajiri	Kono Tajiri (10:52)[11]	Kono Tajiri (14:46)[12]	X	Kono Tajiri (03:35)[13]	Kono Tajiri (09:18)[14]
Mazada Nosawa	Kuroshio Funaki (09:55)[12]	Hayashi Kondo (06:28)[14]	Kono Tajiri (03:35)[13]	X	Kea Nakanoue (07:54)[10]
Kea Nakanoue	Kuroshio Funaki (12:38)[13]	Hayashi Kondo (13:28)[11]	Kono Tajiri (09:18)[14]	Kea Nakanoue (07:54)[10]	X
B	Akira Soya	Yamato Sanada	Kai Hama	Doi Kodama	Tanaka Yoshioka
Akira Soya	X	Draw (30:00)[11]	Kai Hama (16:22)[10]	Akira Soya (09:52)[12]	Akira Soya (14:46)[14]
Yamato Sanada	Draw (30:00)[11]	X	Yamato Sanada (17:08)[12]	Draw (30:00)[14]	Tanaka Yoshioka (15:50)[13]
Kai Hama	Kai Hama (16:22)[10]	Yamato Sanada (17:08)[12]	X	Kai Hama (12:05)[13]	Kai Hama (forfeit)[6]
Doi Kodama	Akira Soya (09:52)[12]	Draw (30:00)[14]	Kai Hama (12:05)[13]	X	Tanaka Yoshioka (10:20)[10]
Tanaka Yoshioka	Akira Soya (14:46)[14]	Tanaka Yoshioka (15:50)[13]	Kai Hama (forfeit)[6]	Tanaka Yoshioka (10:20)[10]	X

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Kono and Tajiri	Pin
	B2	Akira and Soya	09:15
						Akira and Soya		Pin
						Hayashi and Kondo		26:05
	B1	Kai and Hama	Pin
	A2	Hayashi and Kondo	11:37

See also

• G1 Tag League
• World's Strongest Tag Determination League
• Global Tag League
• Furinkazan

References

1. "Wrestle-1タッグ王座新設のお知らせ". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). September 22, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
2. "『First Tag League Greatest～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～』出場チーム、大会概要、公式戦日程決定!!". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
3. Ｗ―１初代タッグ王座決定リーグ戦出場チーム決定. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
4. 初代Ｗ-１タッグ王座　組み合わせ発表. Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
5. "いよいよ明日開幕！「First Tag League Greatest～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～」出場各チーム名称決定!!". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 14, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
6. 11月28日（金）神奈川・横浜ラジアントホール大会、変更後の対戦カードのお知らせ. Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 27, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
7. Ｗ―１吉岡が緊急入院. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). November 28, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
8. "W-1 11.30後楽園大会　初代タッグ王者決定リーグ優勝決定戦、W-1王座＆EWPインターコンチW前哨戦". Battle News (in Japanese). November 30, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
9. カズ＆近藤が初代Ｗ－１タッグ王者. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
10. "Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 17, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
11. "Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 28, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
12. "Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
13. "Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 22, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
14. "Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 19, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.

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