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ese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). It was created on November 16, 1955, in the Japan Wrestling Association (JWA) when King Kong Czaya and

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in a tournament final. Originally it was the top tag team title in the JWA, but its status became secondary once the NWA International Tag Team Championship was brought from the United States. It was abandoned in 1973 when the JWA closed, but was later revived in 1976 by AJPW in response to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) announcing the creation of its own version of the title. It is currently one of two tag team titles in AJPW, along with the World Tag Team Championship. It is also the current oldest active title in Japan. There have been a total of 117 official reigns and 34 vacancies, with the first 27 reigns from the JWA also being recognized by AJPW. There have been a total of 85 teams consisting of 100 distinctive champions who have won the championship. The current champions are Masao Inoue and Takao Omori who are in their first reign as a team.

Title history

Combined reigns

As of , .

By team

By wrestler

Notes

References

External links

Title history at All-Japan.co.jp
{{All Asia Tag Team Championship All Japan Pro Wrestling championships Tag team wrestling championships Continental professional wrestling championships 1955 establishments in Japan Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance championships