WWF International Tag Team Championship

The WWF International Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship in the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1969 to 1972 and in the renamed World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro Wrestling for a short time in 1985.

Title history

#	Team	Reigns	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Rising Suns (Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa)	1	June 1, 1969	190	Japan	House Show	Won a fictitious tournament to become the first champions.
2	Victor Rivera and Tony Marino	1	December 9, 1969	188	New York, NY	House Show	This was a 2-out-of-3 falls match.
/	Bruno Sammartino and The Battman	1	December 13, 1969	0	Pittsburgh, PA	House Show	Defeat the Rising Suns. The title change 4 days prior in New York City was not recognized in Pittsburgh. Following this match Rivera & Marino continue to be recognized as champions.
3	The Mongols (Bepo and Geto Mongol)	1	June 15, 1970	368	New York, NY	House Show	This was a 2-out-of-3 falls match. Mongols left the New York promotion in February 1971 and defended the title in the Pittsburgh promotion only.
4	Bruno Sammartino (2) and Dominic DeNucci	1	June 18, 1971	14	Pittsburgh, PA	House Show	This was a 2-out-of-3 falls match.
5	The Mongols (Bepo and Geto Mongol)	2	July 2, 1971	133	Pittsburgh, PA	House Show
6	Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler	1	November 12, 1971	36	Pittsburgh, PA	House Show	Had won WWWF World Tag Team Championship on June 3, 1971.
7	Geto Mongol (3) and Johnny De Fazio	1	December 18, 1971	14	Pittsburgh, PA	House Show
-	Vacated	-	January 1, 1972	-	-	-	Titles were vacated and became inactive when the Pittsburgh promotion was sold to the National Wrestling Federation.
8	Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura	1	May 24, 1985	159	Kobe, Japan	House Show	Defeated Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis in a tournament final.
-	Deactivated	-	October 31, 1985	-	-	-	Titles were abandoned when New Japan ended its partnership with the WWF.
Fujinami and Kimura beat Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in the annual tag team tournament final on December 12, 1985, to become the first IWGP Tag Team Champions.

List of combined reigns

By team

Rank	Team	# Of Reigns	Combined Days
1	The Mongols (Bepo and Geto Mongol)	2	501
2	Rising Suns (Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa)	1	190
3	Victor Rivera and Tony Marino	1	188
4	Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura	1	159
5	Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler	1	36
6	Bruno Sammartino and Dominic DeNucci	1	14
6	Bepo Mongol and Johnny De Fazio	1	14
8	Bruno Sammartino and The Battman	1	0

By wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	# Of Reigns	Combined Days
1	Geto Mongol	2	515
2	Bepo Mongol	3	501
3	Toru Tanaka	1	190
3	Mitsu Arakawa	1	190
5	Tony Marino	2	188
6	Victor Rivera	1	185
7	Tatsumi Fujinami	1	159
7	Kengo Kimura	1	159
9	Luke Graham	1	36
9	Tarzan Tyler	1	36
11	Bruno Sammartino	2	14
	Dominic DeNucci	1	14
	Johnny De Fazio	1	14

External links

WWWF/WWF International Tag Team Title History

Sporting positions
Preceded by WWWF United States Tag Team Championship	World (Wide) Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championship 1969–1972	Succeeded by WWWF World Tag Team Championship
Preceded by NWA North American Tag Team Championship	New Japan Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship 1985	Succeeded by IWGP Tag Team Championship

Former championships in WWE

World	World Martial Arts Heavyweight (reigns) (1978–1985) WCW/World (reigns) (2001) ECW (reigns) (2006–2010) World Heavyweight (reigns) (2002–2013)

Secondary	United States (reigns) (1970–1975) North American Heavyweight (reigns) (1979–1981) International Heavyweight (reigns) (1959–1963, 1982–1985) Canadian (reigns) (1985–1986) European (reigns) (1997–2002)

Tag Team	United States Tag Team (reigns) (1963–1967) International Tag Team (reigns) (1969–1985) Women's Tag Team (reigns) (1983–1989) Intercontinental Tag Team (reigns) (1991) WCW Tag Team (reigns) (2001) World Tag Team (reigns) (1971–2010)

Divisional	Junior Heavyweight (reigns) (1967–1985) Light Heavyweight (reigns) (1981–2001) Cruiserweight (reigns) (2001–2008) Women's (reigns) (1956–2010) Divas (reigns) (2008–2016)

Other	Million Dollar (reigns) (1989–1992, 1995–1996, 2010) Hardcore (reigns) (1998–2002)

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Championships

Active

Heavyweight	IWGP Heavyweight (reigns) IWGP Intercontinental (reigns) IWGP Tag Team (reigns)

Junior heavyweight	IWGP Junior Heavyweight (reigns) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team (reigns)

NEVER	NEVER Openweight (reigns) NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team (reigns)

Inactive

Tournaments

Active	Best of the Super Juniors G1 Climax New Japan Cup Super J Cup Super Jr. Tag Tournament World Tag League

Inactive	Young Lion Cup (1985–2005)

Miscellaneous

Partnerships

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