Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship

**The Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship** was the top tag team championship in Wrestle-1. The title was announced on September 22, 2014, in conjunction with the start of a tournament to crown the first Wrestle-1 Champion. In Japanese the title's name includes the katakana term for "championship", *Chanpionshippu* (チャンピオンシップ), derived from the English language instead of the more common kanji term *Ōza* (王座).

## Overveiw

### Championship tournament

On September 22, 2014, during the second day of a tournament to determine the inaugural Wrestle-1 Champion, it was announced that Wrestle-1 would also be introducing its own tag team championship. Through Wrestle-1's relationship with American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), the promotion had previously presented a match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. The first Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions would be crowned in the "First Tag League Greatest" round-robin tournament taking place between November 15 and 30, 2014. The two blocks containing the ten participating teams were revealed on November 3. The teams were later given official team names on November 14. In the tournament, a win was worth two points, a draw one point and a loss zero points. The top two teams from each block advanced to the semifinals and the winners wrestled in the tournament final to determine the inaugural champions. On November 27, Seiki Yoshioka pulled out of the tournament with a knee injury, forcing his team to forfeit their final match in the tournament. On November 30, Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo) defeated the new Wild order (Akira and Manabu Soya) in the finals to win the tournament and become the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions.

Final standings
 Mazada and Nosawa Rongai(Tokyo Gurentai) | 0 | Koji Doi and Yusuke Kodama(Novus) | 1

## Gallery

* Champions

Shuji Kondo and Kaz HayashiJun Kasai and Manabu SoyaShuji Kondo and Masayuki KonoKazma Sakamoto and Yuji HinoYasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji OkabayashiKaz Hayashi and Kotaro SuzukiKumagoro and Koji DoiMasayuki Kono and Takanori ItoAkira and Manabu SoyaKuma Arashi and Shotaro AshinoJiro Kuroshio and Masato TanakaShuji Kondo and Koji DoiMasayuki Kono and AlejandroYusuke Kodama and Shotaro AshinoKoji Doi and Daiki Inaba

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *ja:Wrestle-1タッグ王座新設のお知らせ* (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2014-09-22). Retrieved on 2014-09-22.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `HayashiKondo1`
3. ↑ ja:河野 真幸 (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1*. Archived from the original on 2015-11-27. Retrieved on 2015-11-27.
4. ↑ ja:岡林 裕二 (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1*. Archived from the original on 2016-06-08. Retrieved on 2016-06-08.
5. ↑ Wrestle-1「Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 初代王者決定トーナメント」  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2014-09-22). Retrieved on 2014-09-22.
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7. ↑ Fighting Entertainment Wrestle-1 「開戦～Outbreak～」  (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2014-03-02). Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
8. ↑ Show results - 3/2 TNA vs. Wrestle-1 in Tokyo, Japan: "One Night Only" PPV results, set-up for Lockdown . *Pro Wrestling Torch* (2014-03-02). Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 *ja:First Tag League Greatest～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～』出場チーム、大会概要、公式戦日程決定!!* (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2014-11-03). Retrieved on 2014-11-03.
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12. ↑ *ja:いよいよ明日開幕！「First Tag League Greatest～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～」出場各チーム名称決定!!* (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2014-11-14). Retrieved on 2014-11-14.
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15. ↑ *ja:W-1 11.30後楽園大会　初代タッグ王者決定リーグ優勝決定戦、W-1王座＆EWPインターコンチW前哨戦* (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2014-11-30). Retrieved on 2014-11-30.
16. ↑ *ja:カズ＆近藤が初代Ｗ－１タッグ王者* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2014-12-01). Retrieved on 2014-12-01.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 *ja:Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～* (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2014-11-17). Retrieved on 2014-11-17.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 *ja:Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～* (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2014-11-28). Retrieved on 2014-11-28.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 *ja:Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～* (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2014-11-15). Retrieved on 2014-11-15.
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 *ja:Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～* (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2014-11-22). Retrieved on 2014-11-22.
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7 *ja:Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ～初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦～* (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2014-11-19). Retrieved on 2014-11-19.

## External links

* Official title history at W-1.co.jp
* Title history at Wrestling-Titles.com