IWGP Tag Team Championship
IWGP Tag Team Championship
The IWGP Tag Team Championship is NJPW’s world tag team title. It was created on December 12, 1985.
Current champions: Knock Out Brothers (Oskar and Yuto-Ice), who won on September 28, 2025 at Destruction in Kobe.
Inaugural champions: Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami.
Records
- Most reigns by a team: Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) with seven.
- Most reigns by an individual: Hiroyoshi Tenzan with 12.
- Longest single reign: Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) for 564 days.
- Shortest reign: Keiji Muto and Shiro Koshinaka for 6 days.
- Oldest champion: Tomohiro Ishii (49 years old).
- Youngest champion: Callum Newman (22 years old).
Totals
- There have been about 110 reigns among 97 wrestlers forming 72 teams.
Context
- It is one of two weight-specific tag team titles in NJPW, the other being the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
- IWGP stands for International Wrestling Grand Prix.
Note: The title has occasionally been defended or recognized outside NJPW, including in other promotions.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 17:46 (CET).