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tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establish ...

championship contested for in the

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, and later Dragon Gate and

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. This title was the first tag team championship in Japan dedicated to junior heavyweight wrestlers. There have been twenty-two reigns (including one unrecognized) shared among twenty-one teams and thirty-three individuals. The current champions are

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and Rey Paloma.

Title history

The title was created in

(WAR) on February 23, 1996, when Fuyuki-gun (

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and Lionheart) defeated Lance Storm and

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in a tournament final. It was deemed inactive in 2000 when WAR folded, and was later revived by Dragon Gate on August 8, 2006. The I-J belts would be unified with the new

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, a tag title made specifically for Dragon Gate, on October 12, 2007. In September 2010, the championship was reactivated by