The UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship created during the working relationship between the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) and the Japanese Universal Lucha Libre (also called the Universal Wrestling Federation, UWF) from 1991 to 1993, when the title became inactive. The championship was revived in 2001 by Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW), and later moved to its final home, Kaientai Dojo (K-DOJO), the following year. The title was abandoned in 2005, when it was replaced with Kaientai Dojo's Strongest-K Tag Team Championship instead.[1][2]
| UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Universal Wrestling Association (1991–1993) Universal Lucha Libre (1991–1993) Michinoku Pro Wrestling (2001–2002) Kaientai Dojo (2002–2005) | ||||||||||||
| Date established | November 8, 1991 November 2, 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | January 1, 1993 March 6, 2005 | ||||||||||||
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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.[a] On occasion the championship was declared vacant, which meant there is no champion at that point in time. This occurred due to either a storyline,[b] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury or otherwise being unable to defend the championship.[c][d]
Title history
edit| 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 |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| † | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Punish and Crush | November 8, 1991 | UWF show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 220 | Defeated Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. | [1] |
| 2 | Shu El Guerrero and Scorpio Jr. | June 15, 1992 | UWF show | Sōka, Saitama, Japan | 1 | 6 | [1] | |
| 3 | Punish and Crush | June 21, 1992 | UWF show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 0 | [1] | |
| — | Vacated | June 21, 1992 | — | — | — | — | Punish and Crush ceased teaming immediately after winning the title, vacating the championship in the process. | [1] |
| 4 | Bulldog K.T. (3) and Pat Tanaka | August 16, 1992 | UWF show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 96 | Defeated Kendo and Coolie S.Z. in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | [1] |
| 5 | Gran Hamada and The Great Sasuke | November 20, 1992 | UWF show | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 42 | Defeated Bulldog K.T. and Villano IV, who was filling in for Pat Tanaka as Tanaka had legitimately left the UWF. | [1] |
| — | Deactivated | January 1, 1993 | — | — | — | — | The championship was retired when the UWA/UWF working relationship ended. The championship was later revived by Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW) in 2001. | [1][2] |
| 6 | Gedo (4) and Dick Togo | November 2, 2001 | MPW show | Akita, Japan | 1 | 50 | Won the 2001 Michinoku Futaritabi Tag Team League to become the new champions. | [2] |
| 7 | Sasuke (2) and Sasuke the Great | December 22, 2001 | MPW show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 152 | [2] | |
| — | Vacated | May 23, 2002 | — | — | — | — | MPW vacated the championship due a lack of title defenses from Sasuke and Sasuke the Great. The championship then moved to Kaientai Dojo (K-DOJO). | [2] |
| 8 | Mr. X and Mr. X II | July 21, 2002 | K-DOJO show | Chiba, Chiba, Japan | 1 | 125 | Defeated Minoru Fujita and Daigoro Kashiwa in a tournament final. | [2] |
| 9 | Mike Lee Jr. and Super-X | November 23, 2002 | K-DOJO show | Chiba, Chiba, Japan | 1 | 428 | [2] | |
| 10 | Teppei Ishizaka and Daigoro Kashiwa | January 25, 2004 | K-DOJO show | Chiba, Chiba, Japan | 1 | 20 | [2] | |
| — | Vacated | February 14, 2004 | — | — | — | — | Teppei Ishizaka and Daigoro Kashiwa were stripped of the titles due to making an unauthorized defense against DJ Nira and Apple Miyuki. | [2] |
| † | Kengo Mashimo and Kunio Tojima | March 27, 2004 | K-DOJO show | Unknown | 1 | 0 | Mashimo and Tojima defeated Hi69 in a handicap match for the vacant chamoionship after Miyawaki, Hi69's scheduled partner, was injured. The two refused the titles after winning the match. | [2] |
| — | Vacated | March 27, 2004 | — | — | — | — | Kengo Mashimo and Kunio Tojima refused to be recognized as champions due to the nature of the match for the vacant championship. | [2] |
| 11 | Teppei Ishizaka and Daigoro Kashiwa | April 25, 2004 | K-DOJO show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 69 | Last eliminated Gentaro and Yoshiya in an eight-team elimination match. | [2] |
| 12 | Gentaro and Yoshiya | July 3, 2004 | K-DOJO show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 119 | [2] | |
| 13 | Ryota Chikuzen and Taka Michinoku | October 30, 2004 | K-DOJO show | Chiba, Chiba, Japan | 1 | 127 | [2] | |
| 14 | Kazma and Kengo Mashimo | March 6, 2005 | K-DOJO show | Chiba, Chiba, Japan | 1 | 0 | During this reign, Kazma and Kengo Mashimo also held the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship. | [2] |
| — | Deactivated | March 6, 2005 | — | — | — | — | The championship was abandoned and replaced with the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship. | [2] |
See also
editFootnotes
edit- ^ 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]
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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]
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[6]
References
edit- 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Tanabe, Hisaharu. "U.W.A./U.W.F. Intercontinental Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved July 14, 2007.
- ^ Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.