# NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version)

The Los Angeles and Japan version of the NWA North American Tag Team Championship was a major tag team championship that was primarily defended in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliated New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and NWA Hollywood Wrestling promotions. The title essentially served as NJPW primary tag team title though it was also recognized and occasionally defended in the Los Angeles area. This title was the second NWA sanctioned title to be named the "NWA North American Tag Team Championship" and was retired on April 23, 1981, after announcement of the IWGP, a new governing body, which would promote their own-branded championships within NJPW.

## 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 |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| | NWA Hollywood Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | NWA Hollywood Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | NWA Hollywood Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | NWA Hollywood Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | NWA Hollywood Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | NWA Hollywood Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | NWA Hollywood Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) | NWA Hollywood Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) |
| 1 | Johnny Powers and Pat Patterson | August 1973 | N/A | N/A | 1 | | Powers and Patterson were recognized in Los Angeles and Japan as champions. | |
| 2 | Karl Von Schotz and Kurt Von Hess | May 1974 | Unknown | Unknown | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi | August 16, 1974 | Hollywood Wrestling house show | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 350 | | |
| — | Vacated | August 1, 1975 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after the Inoki and Sakaguchi wrestled Hollywood Blonds (Dale Roberts and Jerry Brown) to a no contest. | |
| 4 | HB Hollywood Blonds (Dale Roberts and Jerry Brown) | September 22, 1975 | Toukon Series 1975 | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 10 | Defeat Seiji Sakaguchi and Strong Kobayashi to win the vacant championship. | |
| 5 | Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi | October 2, 1975 | Toukon Series 1975 | Osaka, Japan | 2 | | | |
| — | Vacated | January 1976 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Antonio Inoki chose to focus on martial arts competition. | |
| 6 | Seiji Sakaguchi (3) and Strong Kobayashi | February 5, 1976 | New Year Golden Series 1976 | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 363 | Defeated Tiger Jeet Singh and Voodoo Mulumba in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | |
| 7 | Tiger Jeet Singh and Umanosuke Ueda | February 2, 1977 | New Year Golden Series 1977 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 176 | | |
| 8 | Seiji Sakaguchi (4) and Strong Kobayashi | July 28, 1977 | Asia Champion Series | Fukuoka, Japan | 2 | 616 | | |
| 9 | Hiro Matsuda and Masa Saito | April 5, 1979 | Big Fight Series | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 71 | | |
| 10 | Riki Choshu and Seiji Sakaguchi (5) | June 15, 1979 | Hollywood Wrestling house show | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 678 | | |
| — | Deactivated | April 23, 1981 | — | — | — | — | The championship was retired after the announcement of the IWGP, a new governing body that would promote their own-branded championships within NJPW. NJPW later introduces the IWGP Tag Team Championship. | |