International Lightweight Tag Team Championship
Frank David and Shawn Guiness with the championships in September 2012
Details
PromotionNew Wrestling Alliance
Pro Wrestling Zero1
Date establishedDecember 26, 2003
Date retiredDecember 25, 2020
Other name(s)
NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Ikuto Hidaka and Dick Togo
Most reignsAs tag team: Takuya Sugawara and "brother" Yasshi, Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto, and Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa (2 reigns)
As individual: Takuya Sugawara and Ikuto Hidaka (7 reigns)
Longest reignIkuto Hidaka and Munenori Sawa (766 days)
Shortest reignShinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa (9 days)

The International Lightweight Tag Team Championship[1] was a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (<100 kg (220 lb)) wrestlers.[2] It was created on December 26, 2003 when Ikuto Hidaka and Dick Togo defeated Naohiro Hoshikawa and Tatsuhito Takaiwa in a tournament final.[3] This was during a time when Zero1 (then known as Pro Wrestling 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 in Zero1, along with the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship, typically contested among heavyweights. There have been a total of 39 recognized individual champions and 28 recognized teams, who have had a combined 31 official reigns.

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
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 Ikuto Hidaka and Dick Togo December 26, 2003 Rebel Z Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 55 2 Defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Naohiro Hoshikawa in a tournament final.
2 Low Ki and Leonardo Spanky February 19, 2004 Embers Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 106 2
3 Tomohiro Ishii and Tatsuhito Takaiwa June 4, 2004 Ambitious Tour Hachinohe, Japan 1 107 1
Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
4 Kaz Hayashi and Leonardo Spanky (2) September 19, 2004 New Whirlpool-1 Truth Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 162 0
— Vacated February 28, 2005 — — — — — Vacated due to a lack of title defenses.
5 Ikuto Hidaka (2) and Minoru Fujita March 27, 2005 Shippu Jinrai Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 516 9 Defeated Leonardo Spanky and Alex Shelley.
6 Motor City Machine Guns
(Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) 		August 25, 2006 Tenkaichi Jr. Tokyo, Japan 1 590 3
7 Minoru Fujita (2) and Takuya Sugawara April 6, 2008 Miracle Rocket ~2nd Impact~ Tokyo, Japan 1 119 1 This was also for Fujita and Sugawara's NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.
8 Ikuto Hidaka (3) and Munenori Sawa August 3, 2008 Fire Festival Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 766 8
9 Takuya Sugawara (2) and Kaijin Habu Otoko September 8, 2010 Euro Vintage Action Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 333 4
(NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
10 Ikuto Hidaka (4) and Takafumi Ito August 7, 2011 Fire Festival Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 178 1
11 Takuya Sugawara (3) and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi February 1, 2012 Zero1 Action Tokyo, Japan 1 29 – 59 0
— Vacated March 2012 — — — — —
12 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Susumu and Jimmy Kagetora) 		April 24, 2012 Zero1 Over the Rainbow Tokyo, Japan 1 124 2 Defeated the teams of Ikuto Hidaka and Craig Classic, and Takuya Sugawara and Mineo Fujita in a three-way match.
13 Takuya Sugawara (4) and Mineo Fujita August 26, 2012 Yokohama Big Fireworks Yokohama, Japan 1 22 0
14 Shawn Guinness and Frank David September 17, 2012 Tenkaichi Jr. Tokyo, Japan 1 556 1
Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
— Vacated March 27, 2014 — — — — — Vacated when David was unable to return to Japan for a title defense.
15 Billy Ken Kid and Tigers Mask March 30, 2014 11th Yasukuni Shrine Festival Tokyo, Japan 1 173 1 Defeated the teams of Ikuto Hidaka and Fujita "Jr." Hayato, and Mineo Fujita and Jason Lee, in a three-way match. Tigers Mask wrestled as Atsushi Maruyama after April 22, 2014.
16 Takuya Sugawara (5) and "brother" Yasshi September 19, 2014 Tenkaichi Special Tokyo, Japan 1 49 1
17 Shuji Kondo and Seiki Yoshioka November 7, 2014 Kassen ~ Battle Zero1 vs. W1 Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 114 1
18 Takuya Sugawara (6) and "brother" Yasshi March 1, 2015 Zero1_Fourteen Tokyo, Japan 2 206 2
19 Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa (2) September 23, 2015 Go for Broke! Tokyo, Japan 1 197 4
20 Dangan Yankees
(Ikuto Hidaka (5) and Fujita "Jr." Hayato) 		April 7, 2016 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 237 1
21 Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto November 30, 2016 Basara Common Destiny Tokyo, Japan 1 39 2
22 Cavalry
(Ryuichi Sekine and Ryota Nakatsu) 		January 8, 2017 Basara Osaka Winter in Oyodo Osaka, Japan 1 35 1
23 Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto February 12, 2017 Basara Tenka Fubu Nagoya, Japan 2 18 0
24 Junior Saints
(Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka) 		March 2, 2017 New Zero1 Dream Series Birth of Team Tokyo, Japan 1 71 2
25 Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa (3) May 12, 2017 First Ever! Bob Sapp Current Blast! Nagoya, Japan 2 9 0
26 Ikuto Hidaka (6) and Takuya Sugawara (7) May 21, 2017 Shinsei Zero1 Dream Series ~ Growth Tokyo, Japan 1 225 4
27 Masamune and Sugi January 1, 2018 Kinga Shinnen Tokyo, Japan 1 159 1
28 Fuminori Abe and Ikuto Hidaka (7) June 9, 2018 Dream Series Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 311 3
29 Kubota Brothers
(Yasu Kubota and Hide Kubota) 		April 16, 2019 Jump Up ~ Fly to the Future Tokyo, Japan 1 166 2
30 Billy Ken Kid (2) and HUB (2) September 29, 2019 Jump Up ~ Fly to the Future Osaka, Japan 1 371 0 Hub previously held the title as Kaijin Habu Otoko.
31 Sugi (2) and Raicho October 4, 2020 20th Anniversary Flame Festival ~ Fire Festival 2020 Osaka, Japan 1 82 0
— Vacated December 25, 2020 — — — — — Vacated when Sugi and Raicho leave the promotion; title abandoned.

Combined reigns

As of February 3, 2024.

By team

Record longest reigning champions at 766 days, Ikuto Hidaka and Munenori Sawa
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Team No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined days
1 Ikuto Hidaka and Munenori Sawa 1 8 766
2 Motor City Machine Guns
(Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley)		 1 3 590
3 Shawn Guinness and Frank David 1 1 556
4 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita 1 9 516
5 Billy Ken Kid and HUB 1 0 371
6 Takuya Sugawara and Kaijin Habu Otoko 1 4 333
7 Fuminori Abe and Ikuto Hidaka 1 3 311
8 Takuya Sugawara and "brother" Yasshi 2 3 255
9 Ikuto Hidaka and Fujita "Jr." Hayato 1 1 237
10 Ikuto Hidaka and Takuya Sugawara 1 4 225
11 Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa 2 4 206
12 Ikuto Hidaka and Takafumi Ito 1 1 178
13 Billy Ken Kid and Tigers Mask 1 1 173
14 Kubota Brothers
(Yasu Kubota and Hide Kubota)		 1 2 166
15 Kaz Hayashi and Leonardo Spanky 1 0 162
16 Masamune and Sugi 1 1 159
17 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Susumu and Jimmy Kagetora)		 1 2 124
18 Minoru Fujita and Takuya Sugawara 1 1 119
19 Shuji Kondo and Seiki Yoshioka 1 1 114
20 Tomohiro Ishii and Tatsuhito Takaiwa 1 1 107
21 Low Ki and Leonardo Spanky 1 2 106
22 Sugi and Raicho † 1 0 82
23 Junior Saints
(Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka)		 1 2 71
24 Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto 2 2 57
25 Ikuto Hidaka and Dick Togo 1 2 55
26 Cavalry
(Ryuichi Sekine and Ryota Nakatsu)		 1 1 35
27 Takuya Sugawara and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 1 0 29-59
28 Takuya Sugawara and Mineo Fujita 1 0 22

By individual

Record most reigns at seven(tied with Takuya Sugawara) and longest reigning (with partner Munenori Sawa) as well as combined reigning champion Ikuto Hidaka
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined days
1 Ikuto Hidaka 7 2,288
2 Sugi † 2 241
3 Raicho † 1 82
4 Takuya Sugawara 7 973
5 Munenori Sawa 1 766
6 Kaijin Habu Otoko/HUB 2 704
7 Minoru Fujita 2 635
8 Alex Shelley 1 590
Chris Sabin 1 590
10 Frank David 1 556
Shawn Guinness 1 556
12 Billyken Kid 2 371
13 Tatsuhito Takaiwa 3 313
14 Fuminori Abe 1 311
15 "brother" Yasshi 2 255
16 Fujita "Jr." Hayato 1 237
17 Shinjiro Otani 2 206
18 Takafumi Ito 1 178
19 Tigers Mask/Atsushi Maruyama 2 173
20 Yasu Kubota 1 166
Hide Kubota 1 166
22 Masamune 1 159
23 Leonardo Spanky 2 148
24 Jimmy Kagetora 1 124
Jimmy Susumu 1 124
26 Seiki Yoshioka 1 114
Shuji Kondo 1 114
28 Tomohiro Ishii 1 107
29 Low Ki 1 106
30 Koji Kanemoto 1 71
Minoru Tanaka 1 71
32 Isami Kodaka 2 57
Takumi Tsukamoto 2 57
34 Dick Togo 1 55
35 Kaz Hayashi 1 42
36 Ryota Nakatsu 1 35
Ryuichi Sekine 1 35
38 Mineo Fujita 1 22
39 Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 1 19

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pro Wrestling Zero1 official results archives" (in Japanese). Zero-One-Max.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
  2. ^ "NWA International Light Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. October 4, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship official title history". ZeroOneUSA.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2007-07-15.

External links

Pro Wrestling Zero1
Zero1 International Lightweight Tag Team Champions
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