UWA World Tag Team Championship

The UWA World Tag Team Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995.[1] After the UWA's closing, the title was inactive until 2008, when El Dorado Wrestling revived the title. On March 26, 2008, Kagetora and Kota Ibushi won the title in Tokyo, Japan at El Dorado's Eye of the Treasure event, defeating Mazada and Nosawa.[2] It has since been defended in several promotions, including Kohaku Wrestling Wars, Michinoku Pro Wrestling and Union Pro Wrestling. The current champions are Yapper Man 1 and Yapper Man 2. 22 different teams have held the championship, combining for 30 total reigns.

UWA World Tag Team Championship
Nosawa, claimed to have won the championship in Mexico with Mazada
Details
Promotion	El Dorado Wrestling Kohaku Wrestling Wars Michinoku Pro Wrestling Union Pro Wrestling Universal Wrestling Association
Date established	1982
Current champion(s)	Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2
Date won	October 19, 2019
Statistics First champion(s) Riki Choshu and Gran Hamada Most reigns Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga)/Yapper Man 1 and Yapper Man 2 (5 reigns)

As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers.[lower-alpha 1] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline,[lower-alpha 2] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[lower-alpha 3] or leaving the company.[lower-alpha 4]

Title history

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
N/A	Unknown information
(NLT)	Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed
†	Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
<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
Universal Wrestling Association
1	Riki Choshu and Gran Hamada	August 1, 1982	UWA Live Event	Naucalpan, Mexico	1	[lower-alpha 5]	Defeated Baby Face and El Canek to become the inaugural champions.	[7]
—	Vacated	1985 (NLT)	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons, abandoned by the UWA at this time
2	Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)	March 10, 1991	UWA Live Event	Tokyo, Japan	1	75	Defeated Perro Aguayo and Gran Hamada to win the vacant championship	[7]
3	Gran Hamada (2) and Perro Aguayo	June 13, 1991	UWA Live Event	Tokyo, Japan	1	220		[7]
—	Vacated	January 19, 1992	—	—	—	—	The title was vacated on January 19, 1992, after Perro Aguayo began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre on a regular basis	[7]
4	Gran Hamada (3) and Kendo	January 19, 1992	UWA Live Event	Tokyo, Japan	1	<1	Defeated Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) to win the vacant championship.	[7]
5	Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano)	January 19, 1992	UWA Live Event	Tokyo, Japan	1	161		[7]
6	The Can-Am Express (Dan Kroffat and Doug Furnas)	June 28, 1992	UWA Live Event	Naucalpan, Mexico	1	133		[7]
7	Los Villanos (Villano IV and Villano V)	November 8, 1992	UWA Live Event	Naucalpan, Mexico	1	119		[7]
†	The Can-Am Express (Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat)	March 7, 1993	UWA Live Event	Naucalpan, Mexico	—	[lower-alpha 6]		[7]
†	Los Villanos (Villano IV and Villano V)	April 1993 (NLT)	UWA Live Event	Mexico	—	[lower-alpha 7]		[7]
—	Deactivated	1995 (NLT)	—	—	—	—	The UWA Closed and the titles were abandoned.	[7]
†	Los Rayos Tapatío (Rayo Tapatío I and Rayo Tapatío II)	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	N/A	Los Rayos Tapatío began defending a title they claimed was the UWA World Tag Team Championship around 2000. They held the Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship and could possibly have made this claim to allow them to defend a championship outside of the Distrito Federal. It was never confirmed that they had physical possession of the original UWA title belts.	[8]
†	Los Villanos (Villano IV and Villano V)	2004 (NLT)		—	—	[lower-alpha 8]	Los Villanos began defending the UWA title again no later than 2004, at this point it was not sanctioned by a promotion but Los Villanos personal championship	[9]
8	Emilio Charles Jr. and Scorpio Jr.	April 7, 2004	Live event	Acapulco, Mexico	1	7		[9]
9	Los Villanos (Villano IV (2) and Villano V (2))	April 14, 2004	Live event	Acapulco, Mexico	2	925	The exact date on which Los Villanos stopped promoting the vacated the championship is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 925 and 1,441 days.	[lower-alpha 9] [9] }}
—	Deactivated	October 26, 2006	—	Pachuca, Mexico	—	—	Last known title defense for Los Villanos. After this the UWA title belts were not seen in Mexico again	[10]
10	Nosawa Rongai and Mazada	2008 (NLT)	Live event	[lower-alpha 10]	1	[lower-alpha 11]	Nosawa and Mazada proclaimed themselves as UWA World Tag Team Champions, claiming they had defeated Los Rayos Tapatío in July 2000 to win the championship. At this point the championship became the tag title for El Dorado Wrestling.
Pro-Wrestling El Dorado
11	Kagetora and Kota Ibushi	March 26, 2008	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	1	[lower-alpha 12]		[2]
—	Vacated	2008 (NLT)	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated due to inactivity.
12	Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga)	November 25, 2008	Face Busta Vol. 12	Tokyo, Japan	1	8	Defeated Jumping Kid Okimoto and Kagetora at Face Busta Vol. 12 in a decision match.
13	The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu)	December 3, 2008	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	1	497
Kohaku Pro-Wrestling Wars
14	Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi (2) and Hercules Senga (2))	April 14, 2010	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	2	252
15	Masamune and Minoru Fujita	December 22, 2010	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	1	344
16	Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi (3) and Hercules Senga (3))	December 1, 2011	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	3	667
†	Ikuto Hidaka and Menso-re Oyaji	November 29, 2012	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	—	228	Unrecognized by Michinoku Pro Wrestling.
†	Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga)	July 15, 2013	Live event	Osaka, Japan	—	205	Unrecognized by Michinoku Pro Wrestling.
17	Hiroki and Yasu Urano	February 5, 2014	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	1	81
Union Pro-Wrestling
18	Hiroshi Fukuda and Men's Teioh	April 27, 2014	Live event	Yokohama, Japan	1	126
19	Fuma and Isami Kodaka	August 31, 2014	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	1	146
20	Masato Shibata and Shuji Ishikawa	January 24, 2015	Live event	Yokohama, Japan	1	144
21	The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu)	June 17, 2015	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	2	359
Michinoku Pro-Wrestling
22	Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita (2)	June 10, 2016	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	1	463	This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.
23	Super Stars (Ayumu Gunji and Rui Hyugaji)	September 16, 2017	Live event	Yahaba, Japan	1	183	This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.
24	Gaina and Taro Nohashi	March 18, 2018	Konzen Ittai	Sendai, Japan	1	251	This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.
25	Bad Boy (Ken45° and Kengo)	November 24, 2018	Sendai 2 Days	Yahaba, Japan	1	163	This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.
26	Gaina (2) and Taro Nohashi (2)	May 6, 2019	Golden Week Series 2019	Yahaba, Japan	2	39	This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.
27	Ikuto Hidaka (2) and Minoru Fujita (3)	June 14, 2019	Michinoku 2019 Tokyo Conference Vol. 3	Tokyo, Japan	2	127	This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.
28	Yapper Man #1 (4) and Yapper Man #2 (4)	October 19, 2019	Michinoku 2019 Tokyo Conference Vol. 6	Tokyo, Japan	4	473+	This match was also contested for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship. Formerly held the title under the name Speed Of Sounds (Hercules Senga and Tsutomu Oosugi).

Combined reigns

As of February 3, 2020.

†	Indicates the current champion
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain.

By team

Rank	Team	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Speed of Sounds/Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2 † (Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga)	4	1,400+
2	Los Villanos (Villano IV and Villano V)	2	1,044¤
3	The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu)	2	856
4	Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita	2	590
5	Masamune and Minoru Fujita	1	344
6	Gaina and Taro Nohashi	2	290
7	Gran Hamada and Perro Aguayo	1	220
8	Super Stars (Ayumu Gunji and Rui Hyugaji)	1	183
9	Bad Boy (Ken45° and Kengo)	1	163
10	Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano)	1	161
11	Fuma and Isami Kodaka	1	146
12	Masato Shibata and Shuji Ishikawa	1	144
13	The Can-Am Express (Dan Kroffat and Doug Furnas)	1	133
14	Hiroshi Fukuda and Men's Teioh	1	126
15	Hiroki and Yasu Urano	1	81
16	Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)	1	75
17	Emilio Charles Jr. and Scorpio Jr.	1	7
18	Gran Hamada and Kendo	1	<1
19	Kagetora and Kota Ibushi	1	[lower-alpha 13]¤
	Nosawa Rongai and Mazada	1	[lower-alpha 14]¤
	Riki Choshu and Gran Hamada	1	[lower-alpha 15]¤

By wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Hercules Senga/Yapper Man #1 †	4	1,400+
	Tsutomu Oosugi/Yapper Man #2 †	4	1,400+
3	Villano IV	2	1,044¤
	Villano V	2	1,044¤
5	Minoru Fujita	3	907
6	Brahman Kei	2	856
	Brahman Shu	2	856
8	Ikuto Hidaka	2	563
9	Masamune	1	344
10	Gaina	2	290
	Taro Nohashi	2	290
12	Gran Hamada	3	220¤
13	Perro Aguayo	1	220
14	Ayumu Gunji	1	183
	Rui Hyugaji	1	183
16	Ken45°	1	163
	Kengo	1	163
18	Silver King	1	161
	El Texano	1	161
20	Fuma	1	146
	Isami Kodaka	1	146
22	Masato Shibata	1	141
	Shuji Ishikawa	1	141
24	Dan Kroffat	1	133
	Doug Furnas	1	133
26	Hiroshi Fukuda	1	126
	Men's Teioh	1	126
28	Hiroki	1	81
	Yasu Urano	1	81
30	Brazo de Oro	1	75
	Brazo de Plata	1	75
32	Emilio Charles Jr.	1	7
	Scorpio Jr.	1	7
34	Kendo	1	<1
35	Kagetora	1	[lower-alpha 16]¤
	Kota Ibushi	1	[lower-alpha 17]¤
	Mazada	1	[lower-alpha 18]¤
	Nosawa Rongai	1	[lower-alpha 19]¤
	Riki Choshu	1	[lower-alpha 20]¤

Footnotes

1. Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win/loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"[3]
2. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart"[4]
3. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson"[5]
4. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[6]
5. The exact date on which the championship was abandoned is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 884 and 1,248 days.
6. The exact date on which The Can-Am Connection lost the championship is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 25 and 54 days.
7. The exact date on which Los Villanos won the championship is unknown and the exact date the UWA Closed is uncertain, which means the title reign lasted between 611 and 1,004 days.
8. The exact date on which Los Villanos started defending the championship again is unknown, which means the continued title reign lasted between 1 and 3,659 days.
9. The exact date on which Los Villanos stopped promoting the vacated the championship is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 925 and 1,441 days.
10. The title match is possibly fictitious, no location has ever been mentioned.
11. It is most likely that Mazada and Nosawa made up the story of winning the championship to legitimize their claim.
12. The exact date on which the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 243 days.
13. The exact date on which the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 243 days.
14. It is most likely that Mazada and Nosawa made up the story of winning the championship to legitimize their claim.
15. The exact date on which the championship was abandoned is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 884 and 1,248 days.
16. The exact date on which the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 243 days.
17. The exact date on which the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 243 days.
18. It is most likely that Mazada and Nosawa made up the story of winning the championship to legitimize their claim.
19. It is most likely that Mazada and Nosawa made up the story of winning the championship to legitimize their claim.
20. The exact date on which the championship was abandoned is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 884 and 1,248 days.

References

• Hornbaker, Tim (2016). "Statistical notes". Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers (Revised ed.). New York, New York: Sports Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61321-808-2.
• Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

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3. Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
4. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
5. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
6. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.
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