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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the . The title was introduced on August 8, 1998, at an NJPW live event. The IWGP Juni ...

is a

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owned by the

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(NJPW)

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. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix. The title was introduced on August 8, 1998, at a NJPW

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. The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is not the only tag team title contested for in NJPW; the

IWGP Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of the NJPW's governing body, the . The title was introduced on December 12, 1985 at an NJPW live event. The ...

is also sanctioned by NJPW. According to NJPW's official website, the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as the "IWGP Jr. Tag Class", while the IWGP Tag Team Championship is considered the "IWGP Heavy Weight Class". The title is contested for by junior heavyweight wrestlers; the weight-limit for the title is per partner. Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won as a result of a predetermined outcome. Title changes happen mostly at NJPW-promoted events. The inaugural champions were

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and

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, who defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. and

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on August 8, 1998, in the final of a tournament.

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holds the record for most reigns by an individual wrestler, with eight. At seven reigns,

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(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) hold the record for the most by a team. Gedo and Jado's combined four reign lengths add up to 960 days—the most of any team. NJPW keep track of all championship title defenses per reign, which is unlike most mainstream wrestling organizations. They also hold the most total defenses as champions, with 15.

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holds the records for most combined days and most total defenses by an individual wrestler, with 990 days and 17 defenses respectively across his 7 reigns with 4 different partners.

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(

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and Ryusuke Taguchi) hold the record for most defenses during a single reign, with 7.

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and

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's only reign, Minoru and Prince Devitt's first reign,

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and

's only reign, Apollo 55's fourth reign, Jushin Thunder Liger's sixth and

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's first reign, The Young Bucks' second, fourth, and seventh reigns,

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's (

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and Rocky Romero) first, second and fourth reigns,

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and

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's first and second reigns and Roppongi 3K's (

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and Yoh) second reign share the record for the fewest successful defenses, with zero. At 348 days, Otani and Takaiwa's second reign is the longest in the title's history. Minoru and Prince Devitt's first reign is the shortest, at 21 days. Overall, there have been 70 reigns shared among 52 wrestlers, who made up 39 different teams.

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( Francesco Akira and TJP) are the current champions in their first reign as a team. They won the titles by defeating Six or Nine (

and Master Wato) on June 20, 2022, at New Japan Road.

Title history

Combined reigns

The Young Bucks ROH and IWGP Jr Heavy Tag Team Champions

As of , .

By team

By wrestler

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References

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External links

New Japan Pro-Wrestling.co.jp
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