World's Strongest Tag Determination League

The World's Strongest Tag Determination League Sekai Saikyō Taggu Kettei Rīgu-sen, more commonly known in the West as the Real World Tag League, is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by All Japan Pro Wrestling since 1977, usually run on the first weeks of December. The first tournament was actually called the Open Tag League, but it was renamed to its present name the following year.
The tournament is held under round-robin rules, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss; in earlier tournaments, only a time limit draw would provide the one point, with other methods (such as a double disqualifications and double countouts) providing nothing for either team.
The name "Real World Tag League" was a mistranslation by AJPW promoter Giant Baba; "saikyō" in Japanese means "strongest," not "real", but Baba used Engrish for promotional material.
Between 1988 and 1994, the World Tag Team Championship was annually vacated in time for the tournament, which would be used to determine the new champions. The rule was reinstated for the 2012 tournament, but was again ignored the following year, but was reinstated in 2014. In 2000 and 2015 the vacancy was determined by separate post-tournament playoffs between the 2nd and 3rd places.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima are the only team to win both the World's Strongest Tag Determination League and its counterpart in New Japan Pro Wrestling, the G1 Tag League, as well as the only team to win both tournaments in the same year (2008).
==Results==
===List of winners===
*1977: Dory Funk, Jr. & Terry Funk
*1978: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta
*1979: Dory Funk, Jr. & Terry Funk
*1980: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta
*1981: Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka
*1982: Dory Funk, Jr. & Terry Funk
*1983: Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen
*1984: Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta
*1985: Ted DiBiase & Stan Hansen
*1986: Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta
*1987: Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu
*1988: Terry Gordy & Stan Hansen
*1989: Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu
*1990: Terry Gordy & Steve Williams
*1991: Terry Gordy & Steve Williams	
*1992: Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Misawa
*1993: Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa
*1994: Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa
*1995: Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa
*1996: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
*1997: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
*1998: Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi
*1999: Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi
*2000: Mike Rotundo & Steve Williams
*2001: Taiyō Kea & Keiji Mutoh
*2002: Taiyō Kea & Satoshi Kojima
*2003: Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima
*2004: Jamal & Taiyō Kea
*2005: Bubba Ray & D–Von
*2006: Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan	
*2007: Joe Doering & Keiji Mutoh
*2008: Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
*2009: Masakatsu Funaki & Keiji Mutoh
*2010: KENSO & KONO
*2011: KAI & Seiya Sanada
*2012: Takao Omori & Manabu Soya
*2013: Joe Doering & Suwama
*2014: Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori
*2015: Kento Miyahara & Suwama
*2016: Takao Omori & Manabu Soya
Category:All Japan Pro Wrestling