The was a title owned and promoted by the

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. The title was originally created in 2006 in

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(AJPW), with the inaugural champions crowned on December 15, 2006. The "F" in F-1 stands for "fake". In

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the title's name includes the

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term for "championship", , derived from the English language instead of the more common kanji term that was used in the name of the title when it was still owned by AJPW. Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won as a result of a match with a predetermined outcome. The last champions were

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History

The F-1 Tag Team Championship was an unofficial tag team title in All Japan Pro Wrestling that apparently was not recognized by the promotion. It's more of a comedy title as matches are a mix of regular wrestling and impromptu standup comedy routines involving the wrestlers. It was created by Mutoh in December 2006, and he and Japanese comedian Kannazuki were the first to win the titles. In May 2013, 11 wrestlers including Keiji Mutoh left All Japan Pro Wrestling, and established a new promotion, Wrestle-1. With the departure of its creator, the F-1 Tag Team Championship was abandoned. On August 30, 2015 it was announced that the title was going to be revived and new champions would be crowned on October 9. At Wrestle-1 Tour 2015 Fan Appreciation Day, Keiji Mutoh and Kannazuki reunited to defeat

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and

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to win the titles for their second time, starting their first reign as the F-1 Tag Team Champions in Wrestle-1; however they never defended the title as Kannazuki stopped wrestling thereafter. On February 29, 2020, Wrestle-1 announced that they would be closing down following their final event on April 1, thus deactivating all championship titles.

Reigns

By team

By wrestler

Footnotes

References

External links

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