G1 Climax Tag League

The World Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of a regular tag team tournament held since 1980, gaining its current name in 1999. The winners of the tournament, assuming they do not already hold the belts, obtain #1 contendership to the IWGP Tag Team Championship.
The World Tag League is held under a points system, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. The current format, introduced in 2006, is essentially identical to that of the G1 Climax, with the top two scoring teams from two blocks of five or six advancing to the semifinals, and the winners of those matches battling in the final.
==World Tag League winners==
Tournament	Year	Winners 	Total won	Reference
 	1980	Antonio Inoki and Bob Backlund 	1 	
 	1981	André the Giant and René Goulet 	1 	
 	1982	Antonio Inoki (2) and Hulk Hogan 	1 	
 	1983	Antonio Inoki (3) and Hulk Hogan (2) 	2 	
 	1984	Antonio Inoki (4) and Tatsumi Fujinami 	1 	
 	1985	Tatsumi Fujinami (2) and Kengo Kimura 	1 	
 	1986	Antonio Inoki (5) and Yoshiaki Fujiwara 	1 	
 	1987	Tatsumi Fujinami (3) and Kengo Kimura (2) 	2 	
 	1991	Tatsumi Fujinami (4) and Big Van Vader 	1 	
 	1992	Riki Choshu and Shinya Hashimoto 	1 	
 	1993	Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh 	1 	
 	1994	Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh 	2 	
 	1995	Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan 	1 	
 	1996	Shinya Hashimoto (2) and Scott Norton 	1 	
 	1997	Masahiro Chono (2) and Keiji Mutoh (3) 	1 	
 	1998	Satoshi Kojima and Keiji Mutoh (4) 	1 	
 	1999	Keiji Mutoh (5) and Scott Norton (2) 	1 	
 	2000	Takashi Iizuka and Yuji Nagata 	1 	
 	2001	Satoshi Kojima (2) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2)	1 	
 	2003	Osamu Nishimura and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3) 	1 	
 	2006	Masahiro Chono (3) and Shinsuke Nakamura 	1 	
 	2007	Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko 	1 	
 	2008	Satoshi Kojima (3) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (4)	1 	
 	2009	Karl Anderson and Giant Bernard (2) 	1 	
 	2010	Yuji Nagata (2) and Wataru Inoue 	1 	
 	2011	Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki 	1 	
 	2012	Hirooki Goto and Karl Anderson (2) 	1 	
 	2013	Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson (3) 	1 	
 	2014	Hirooki Goto (2) and Katsuyori Shibata 	1 	
 	2015	Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma 	1 	
 	2016	Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma 	2 	
 	2017	Evil and Sanada 	1 	
 	2018	Evil and Sanada 	2 	
 	2019	David Finlay and Juice Robinson 	1 	
 	2020	Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa 	1 	
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