The UWA World Tag Team Championship is a

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championship created by the

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(UWA) and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995. After the UWA's closing, the title was inactive until 2008, when El Dorado Wrestling revived the title. On March 26, 2008, Kagetora and

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won the title in

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at El Dorado's ''Eye of the Treasure'' event, defeating Mazada and

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. It has since been defended in several promotions, including Kohaku Wrestling Wars,

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and Union Pro Wrestling. There have been a total of 30 reigns shared between 22 different teams consisting of 41 distinctive champions. The current champions are and Taro Nohashi who are in their third reign as a team. As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company.

Title history

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Combined reigns

By team

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and

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, , 2 , , 590 , - !5 , and Taro Nohashi , , 3 , , 535 , - !6 , Masamune and

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and

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, , 1 , , 152 , - !12 , Fuma and

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, , 1 , , 146 , - !13 , Masato Shibata and

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, , 1 , , 144 , - !14 ,
, , 1 , , 133 , - !15 , Hiroshi Fukuda and

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, , 1 , , 75 , - !19 , and

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and Mazada , , 1 , , style="background-color:#bbeeff", ¤ , - ,

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and

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By wrestler

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, , 3 , , 907 , - !rowspan=2, 6 , Brahman Kei , , 2 , , 856 , - ,

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, , 1 , , 161 , - !rowspan=2, 20 ,

, , 1 , , 152 , - ,

, , 1 , , 152 , - !rowspan=2, 22 , Fuma , , 1 , , 146 , - ,

, , 1 , , 146 , - !rowspan=2, 24 , Masato Shibata , , 1 , , 141 , - ,

, , 1 , , 141 , - !rowspan=2, 26 , Dan Kroffat , , 1 , , 133 , - ,

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, , 1 , , 133 , - !rowspan=2, 28 , Hiroshi Fukuda , , 1 , , 126 , - ,

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, , 1 , , 81 , - !rowspan=2, 34 , Brazo de Oro , , 1 , , 75 , - ,

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, , 1 , , 75 , - !rowspan=2, 36 ,

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Footnotes

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uwa World Tag Team Championship El Dorado Wrestling championships Tag team wrestling championships Universal Wrestling Association championships World professional wrestling championships Michinoku Pro Wrestling champions