Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (Zero1)
The Intercontinental Tag Team Championship[1] is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promoting 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 and Keiji Sakoda (though Zero1 has since ceased to recognize both their reign as well as the following reign by Steve Corino and Mike Rapada)[2][3][4] defeated Yuuki Ishikawa and 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 47 recognized individual champions and 39 recognized teams, who have had a combined 44 official reigns.
| Intercontinental Tag Team Championship | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||||||
| Promotion | New Wrestling Alliance Pro Wrestling Zero1 | ||||||||
| Date established | June 14, 2001 | ||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato | ||||||||
| Date won | August 2, 2020 | ||||||||
| Other name(s) | |||||||||
NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
| (NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda | June 14, 2001 | Shingeki | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 25 | 0 | Defeated Yuuki Ishikawa and Katsumi Usuda. | ||
| 2 | Steve Corino and Mike Rapada | July 9, 2001 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 0 | Awarded the title by NWA president Howard Brody. | ||
| 3 | Shinjiro Otani and Yuuki Ishikawa | July 12, 2001 | True Century Battle Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [Note 1] | 0 | |||
| — | Vacated | October 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Ishikawa leaving ZERO-ONE. | ||
| 4 | Emblem (Shinjiro Otani (2) and Masato Tanaka) |
January 6, 2002 | Vast Energy | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 287 | 5 | Defeated Samoa Joe and Tom Howard. | ||
| 5 | Nathan Jones and Jon Heidenreich | October 20, 2002 | Improvement II Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa | October 26, 2002 | Improvement II Tour | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 50 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Matt Ghaffari and Tom Howard | December 15, 2002 | Truth Creation | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 135 | 2 | |||
| 8 | Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa | April 29, 2003 | 01 Division Tour | Nagoya, Japan | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| — | Vacated | May 3, 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | Stripped by NWA Chairman Richard Arpin due to Ogawa throwing Ghaffari over the top rope in winning the title. | ||
| 9 | Steve Corino (2) and C.W. Anderson | May 3, 2003 | 01WORLD | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 120 | 3 | Defeated Kohei Sato and Hirotaka Yokoi. | ||
| 10 | Emblem (Shinjiro Otani (3) and Masato Tanaka) |
August 31, 2003 | 01 Summer Gift | Gifu, Japan | 2 | 172 | 2 | |||
| 11 | Takao Omori and Shiro Koshinaka | February 19, 2004 | Embers Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 119 | 5 | |||
| 12 | Shinya Hashimoto (3) and Yoshiaki Fujiwara | June 17, 2004 | Ambitious | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 75 | 2 | |||
| Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) | ||||||||||
| 13 | Shinjiro Otani (4) and Takao Omori (2) | August 31, 2004 | Determination II | Morioka, Japan | 1 | 33 | 1 | |||
| 14 | Masato Tanaka (3) and Wataru Sakata | October 3, 2004 | New Whirlpool-1 Truth II Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 28 | 0 | |||
| — | Vacated | October 31, 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to ZERO-ONE leaving the NWA. | ||
| 15 | Kohei Sato and Ryoji Sai | April 14, 2005 | Outburst Revolution Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 179 | 3 | Defeated Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka. | ||
| 16 | Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita | October 10, 2005 | Interception Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 138 | 1 | |||
| 17 | Steve Corino (3) and Y2P-160kg | February 25, 2006 | Happening Tour | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 115 | 1 | |||
| 18 | Kohei Sato and Ryoji Sai | June 20, 2006 | Rights Tour | Odawara, Japan | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Wild Child (Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori (3)) |
June 24, 2006 | Rights Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 257 | 2 | |||
| 20 | Yoshihiro Takayama and Kohei Sato (3) | March 8, 2007 | Max Satisfaction Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 232 | 2 | |||
| 21 | Minoru Fujita (2) and Takuya Sugawara | October 26, 2007 | Innovation Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 399 | 4 | |||
| 22 | Mr. Wrestling 3 (4) and Charles Evans | November 28, 2008 | Zero1 Beat Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 94 | 0 | |||
| — | Vacated | March 2, 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Charles Evans' rebellious actions against World Premier Federation. | ||
| 23 | Ryoji Sai (3) and Osamu Namiguchi | March 15, 2009 | Wrestler's 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 123 | 1 | Defeated Steve Corino and Mr. Wrestling 3. | ||
| 24 | Kohei Sato (4) and Kamikaze | July 16, 2009 | Wrestler's | Utsunomiya, Japan | 1 | 100 | 2 | |||
| 25 | Ikuto Hidaka (2) and Munenori Sawa | October 24, 2009 | Wrestler's 6 ~ Never Gonna Stop! | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 95 | 0 | |||
| 26 | Shinjiro Otani (5) and Akebono | January 27, 2010 | Wrestler's 9 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 315 | 4 | |||
| — | Vacated | December 8, 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated so that the title could be decided in the Furinkazan tournament. | ||
| 27 | Kohei Sato (5) and Kamikaze | December 21, 2010 | Furinkazan | Nagoya, Japan | 2 | 267 | 3 | Defeated Masato Tanaka and Daisuke Sekimoto in the final of the Furinkazan tournament. | ||
| (NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) | ||||||||||
| 28 | Masato Tanaka (4) and Zeus | September 14, 2011 | Tenkaichi Jr. | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 419 | 4 | |||
| 29 | Shito Ueda and Yusaku Obata | November 6, 2012 | Universe | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 73 | 0 | |||
| Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) | ||||||||||
| — | Vacated | January 18, 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Obata being sidelined with an injury. | ||
| 30 | ZERO64 (Akebono (2) and Daisuke Sekimoto) |
February 3, 2013 | Change the World | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 330 | 1 | Defeated Kohei Sato and Zeus. | ||
| — | Vacated | December 30, 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Sekimoto being sidelined with an injury. | ||
| 31 | Shinjiro Otani (6) and Kamikaze (3) | January 1, 2014 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 125 | 1 | Defeated Masato Tanaka and Yusaku Obata. | ||
| 32 | Dangan Yankees (Masato Tanaka (5) and Takashi Sugiura) |
May 6, 2014 | Destiny | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 397 | 6 | |||
| 33 | Kohei Sato (6) and Daisuke Sekimoto (2) | June 7, 2015 | Long, Long Way | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 334 | 4 | |||
| 34 | Masato Tanaka (6) and James Raideen | May 6, 2016 | Children's Day Special | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 253 | 2 | |||
| 35 | Hartley Jackson and Taru | January 14, 2017 | New Year Dream Series | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 20 | 0 | [6][7] | ||
| 36 | Akebono (3) and Shogun Okamoto | February 3, 2017 | New Year Dream Series | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 75 | 1 | |||
| — | Vacated | April 19, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Akebono being sidelined with health issues. | ||
| 37 | Kai and Yusaku Obata (2) | May 21, 2017 | Shinsei Zero1 Dream Series ~ Growth | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 101 | 0 | Defeated Kohei Sato and Hideki Suzuki. | ||
| — | Vacated | August 30, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Kai and Obata being unable to defend the title because of scheduling conflicts. | ||
| 38 | Hideki Suzuki and Kohei Sato (7) | September 14, 2017 | Zero1 Dream Series | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 109 | 1 | Defeated Shogun Okamoto and Yutaka Yoshie. | ||
| 39 | Masayuki Okamoto/Shogun Okamoto (2) and Yutaka Yoshie (2) | January 1, 2018 | Kinga Shinnen | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 62 | 0 | Okamoto won the title as Masayuki Okamoto, but immediately afterwards announced he was returning to the ring name Shogun Okamoto. | [8] | |
| 40 | Masato Tanaka (7) and Yuji Hino (1) | March 4, 2018 | Kinga Shinnen | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 203 | 3 | |||
| 41 | Taru (2) and Chris Vice | September 23, 2018 | Chibiko Bullying Eradication Genki Hatsuratsu ~ A Really Strong Person Does Not Do Bullying But Will Stand Up | Iwate, Japan | 1 | 100 | 0 | |||
| 42 | Masato Tanaka (8) and Takuya Sugawara (2) | January 1, 2019 | Happy New Year | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 298 | 3 | |||
| 43 | Yuko Miyamoto (1) and Masashi Takeda (1) | October 26, 2019 | Yasukuni Shine 150th Anniversary Hono Pro Wrestling 17th Yamato Shinshu Chikara Matsuri | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 280 | 2 | |||
| — | Vacated | August 1, 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Takeda suffering an injury | ||
| 44 | Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato | August 2, 2020 | We're Not Going To Lose To Corona! | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 174+ | 0 | Defeated Yuko Miyamoto and Takashi Sasaki to win the vacant championship | ||
Combined reigns
As of January 23, 2021.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|---|
By team
Footnotes
- The exact date on which Otani and Ishikawa were stripped of the championship is not known, which means that their reign lasted between 81 and 111 days.
References
- "Pro Wrestling ZERO1 official results archives" (in Japanese). ZERO-ONE-MAX.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- "Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE results, 2001". Strong Style Spirit. Archived from the original on 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- "NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship title history". TitleHistories.com. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- "NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- "NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship official title history". ZEROONEUSA.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-14. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- "【プロレスリングZERO1】曙は完治せず治療に専念！インターコンチネンタルタッグ選手権はTARUの要求によりTARU&ハートリージャクソンの挑戦が決定！ | プロレスTODAY" (in Japanese). 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- "ZERO１ 埼玉大会新生ZERO１ 新春ドリーム・シリーズ (english: Zero1 Saitama Competition - Zero1 Rebirth - New Year Dream Series)" (in Japanese). January 15, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- 小幡が世界ヘビー、岡本＆吉江はインター―コンチ獲得、Sugiは入団＆政宗とライトタッグ奪取、ブードゥに朱崇花加入…1・1後楽園リポート！. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.