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List of IWGP Tag Team Champions

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List of IWGP Tag Team Champions
Summary

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The IWGP Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" are the initials of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix. The title was introduced on December 12, 1985, at an NJPW live event. The IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is not the only tag team title contested for in NJPW; the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is also sanctioned by NJPW. According to NJPW's official website, the IWGP Tag Team Championship is considered the "IWGP Heavy Weight Class", while the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as the "IWGP Jr. Tag Class". Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Title changes usually happen at NJPW-promoted events;. However, the title has only changed hands twice at a non-NJPW event, it has been defended in several other promotions.

Hiroyoshi Tenzan currently holds the record for most reigns by an individual wrestler, with twelve. Tenzan's combined twelve reign lengths add up to 1,988 days, which is the most of any champion. At seven reigns, Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) hold the record for most by a team. Tenzan and Masahiro Chono's combined five reign lengths add up to 1,010 days (the most of any team). At days, Bad Intentions' (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) only reign is the longest in the title's history. Keiji Muto and Shiro Koshinaka's only reign is the shortest, at six days. Currently, Bad Intentions' only reign has the most defenses, with ten. Overall, there have been 111 reigns shared among 97 wrestlers, who made up 73 different teams.

The current champions are Knock Out Brothers (Yuto-Ice and Oskar), who are in their first reign as a team and individually. They won the titles by defeating Taichi and Tomohiro Ishii at Destruction in Kobe on September 28, 2025, in Kobe, Japan.

Title history

As of , . (2, 1) (2, 1) (2, 1) (2, 1) (1, 2) (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) (3, 3) (Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow) (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) (Hawk Warrior and Power WarriorKensuke Sasaki used the ring name Power Warrior, while he was a part of The Hell Raisers.) (1, 3) (Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton) (1, 2) (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) (2, 4) (4, 4) (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono) (1, 2) (3, 2) (2, 2) (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono) (2, 3) (5, 3) (Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima) (3, 6) (5, 4) (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono) (3, 5) (1, 2) (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) (4, 2) (7, 3) (Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto) (2, 1) (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) (5, 3) (1, 5) (Keiji Muto and Taiyō Kea) (6, 1) (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono) (6, 6) (7, 2) (2, 1) (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono) (8, 7) (Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori) (Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori) (3, 1) (Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko) (Togi Makabe and Toru Yano) (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) (Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams) (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi) (Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata) (1, 2) (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) (2, 1) (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) (9, 4) (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) (3, 2) (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) (10, 5) (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) (11, 6) (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) (1, 2) (Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata) (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) (2, 3) (Matt Taven and Michael Bennett) (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) (3, 4) (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) (2, 1) (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) (1, 3) (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) (12, 7) (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) (Evil and Sanada) (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (Evil and Sanada) (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (Night 2) (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) Night 1 (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi) (3, 1) (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) Night 1 (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada) (2, 3) Night 2 (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (2, 1) Night 1 (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (3, 2) (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (4, 3) (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo) (Chase Owens and Kenta) (2, 1) (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (5, 4) (Chase Owens and Kenta) (3, 2) Night 2 (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) (1, 1) (Great-O-Khan and Henare) (3, 1) (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) (Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi) (3, 1) (Jeff Cobb and Callum Newman) (3,1) (Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan) (2, 4) (4, 2) (Yuto-Ice and Oskar) (1, 1)

Combined reigns

As of , .

[[Guerrillas of Destiny]] ([[Tanga Loa]] (left) and [[Tama Tonga]] (right)), record seven-time champions
†
Indicates the current champions

By team

RankTeamNo. of
reignsCombined
defensesCombined days
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
and
(Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson)
(Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson)
(Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior)
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
and
Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.)
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
(Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko)
and
and
and
(Togi Makabe and Toru Yano)
and
and
and
(Brother Devon and Brother Ray)
and
(Evil and Sanada)
(Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)
and
and
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori)
and
(Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton)
(Matt/Matthew Jackson and Nick/Nicholas Jackson)
(Hanson and Raymond Rowe)
TMDK
(Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste)
Golden☆Ace
(Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi)
and
Knock Out Brothers †
(Yuto-Ice and Oskar)
and
(Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi)
(Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow)
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
Taichi and Tomohiro Ishii
(Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima)
and
(Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma)
(Keiji Muto and Taiyō Kea)
(Matt Taven and Michael Bennett)
Bullet Club
(Chase Owens and Kenta)
(Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams)
and
and
and
and
(Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto)
(Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano)
Los Ingobernables de Japon
(Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi)
United Empire
(Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan)
and
and
(Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano)
(Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata)
(Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher)
(Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens)
(Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata)
(El Phantasmo and Hikuleo)
(Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb)
and
(Great-O-Khan and Henare)
and
FinJuice
(David Finlay and Juice Robinson)
and
and
Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Tetsuya Naito and Sanada)
United Empire
(Jeff Cobb and Callum Newman)
and

By wrestler

Tag Team champion]] [[Hiroyoshi Tenzan
RankWrestlerNo. of
reignsCombined
defensesCombined days
Taichi
Zack Sabre Jr.
Kota Ibushi
Yuto-Ice †
Oskar †
Kenta
Bad Luck Fale

Footnotes

References

;General

;Specific

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