The Global Tag League is a

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round-robin

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held by

Pro Wrestling Noah (stylised as Pro Wrestling NOAH) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) ace Mitsuharu Misawa after he had led a mass exodus in which 24 of AJPW's 26 contracted wrestlers left the ...

. It was created in 2008. The Global Tag League is held under a points system, with two points for a win, one for a time limit draw and none for any other kind of a draw or a loss. The team finishing atop the points standings are the winners. Matches in the Global Tag League have a 30-minute time limit, which is the same as matches for Noah's

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. In the below results, signifies the GHC Tag Team Champions at the time of each tournament.

List of winners

2008

The 2008 Global Tag League featured nine teams, and was held from March 29 to April 27.

2009

The 2009 Global Tag League featured eight teams, and was held from April 11 to May 6.

2010

The 2010 Global Tag League ran from January 9 through January 24. It was the first edition of the Global Tag League featuring a block system, with eight teams in two blocks of four. The top finishing teams from each block met in the final.

2011

The 2011 Global Tag League ran from April 16 to April 29 in the tournament's original round-robin format.

2012

The 2012 Global Tag League ran from April 11 to April 29 in the tournament's original round-robin format.

2013

The 2013 Global Tag League ran from April 13 through April 28. The 2013 edition was only the second to feature two blocks of teams; each consisting of five, with the top teams from each block meeting in the final.

Naomichi Marufuji (born September 26, 1979) is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions including New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), R ...

was sidelined with a knee injury on April 14 after his and

Takashi Sugiura is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined Noah's dojo in 2000, making his professional debut on December 23, 2000, and thus becoming the first wrestler ...

's first match, a win over

Shinya Ishikawa is a retired Japanese professional wrestler best known for his tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–2014) Ishikawa is known for his app ...

and

Yoshihito Sasaki is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his time with the Japanese professional wrestling promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Zero1. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2001-2013) Sasaki made ...

, had already taken place. On April 17, Noah announced that

Atsushi Kotoge (born October 18, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former one-time GHC Tag Team Champion, three-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion and record eleven-time GHC Junior Heavyweight T ...

would replace Marufuji in the tournament, but instead of inheriting Marufuji's and Sugiura's points, they would start at zero points and face Ishikawa and Sasaki in a new match.

2014

The 2014 Global Tag League ran from April 12 through April 27.

2015

The 2015 Global Tag League ran from April 19 through May 4.

Takeshi Morishima (born October 15, 1978) is a Japanese former professional wrestler. Morishima is best known for his work with Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former three-time GHC Heavyweight Champion. He has also performed for Ring of Honor (ROH) in the Uni ...

was scheduled to enter the tournament, but was forced to pull out due to injury and was replaced by

Super Crazy Francisco Islas Rueda (born December 3, 1973), better known by his ring name Super Crazy, is a Mexican ''luchador'' (or professional wrestler). In Mexico, Islas has worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and made appearances f ...

2016

The 2016 Global Tag League took place between April 21 and May 4.

2017

The 2017 Global Tag League took place from April 22 to May 4. On April 26, the team of

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and

Robbie E Robert Strauss (born October 1, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and manager. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand as a manager under the ring name Mr. Stone. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop A ...

was removed from the league with the two forfeiting the rest of their matches, due to controversial Instagram posts made by Bram.

2018

The 2018 Global Tag League took place from March 18 to April 11.

2019

The 2019 Global Tag League took place from April 6 to May 5.

2020

The 2020 Global Tag League took place from April 4 to April 18.

References

External links

Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH) Tournaments
{{Global Tag League Pro Wrestling Noah tournaments Tag team tournaments