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owned by the

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. The championship was introduced on April 4, 2007, at an Ice Ribbon and Neo Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling co-promoted event, where the Neo Machineguns (Tanny Mouse and

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) defeated Aya Yuki and

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in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champions. Championship matches have a 20-minute time limit, and the title is

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in the event of a time limit draw. Though primarily contested for by female wrestlers, seven male wrestlers; Masako Takanashi, Chounko/

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, Yuki Sato,

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, Gentaro and

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, have also held the title.

History

Neo Machineguns (Tanny Mouse and

) were the first champion in the title's history. (

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and

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) holds the record for the longest reign at 356 days, as well as the most title defenses (9) in a single run along with Muscle Venus' (

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and

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) 3rd reign. Gentaro and

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hold the record for the shortest reign, at two days. This is Ice Ribbon (

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) hold the record for most reigns as a team, with four.

holds the record for most reigns individually, with nine. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been a total of 58 reigns shared among 46 different teams consisting of 56 distinctive wrestlers and 9 vacancies.

and Ibuki Hoshi are the current champions in their first reign.

Reigns

Combined reigns

As of ,

By team

By wrestler

References

External links

Title history at IceRibbon.com

International Ribbon Tag Team Championship
{{International Ribbon Tag Team Championship Ice Ribbon championships Women's professional wrestling tag team championships