The JWP Tag Team Championship was a
professional wrestling
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tag team
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championship
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owned by the
JWP Joshi Puroresu
, also known as or simply JWP, was a Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) promotion, founded in 1992 as a splinter promotion of Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. Celebrating its 25th anniversary at the time of its folding in 2 ...
promotion
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. The championship was introduced on August 9, 1992, when
Cutie Suzuki
(born October 22, 1969, as ), better known by her ring name , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who mostly wrestled for JWP Joshi Puroresu. In 1990 she was featured in an all female wrestling game based on her titled '' Cutie Suzuki ...
and
Mayumi Ozaki
(born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently working for Oz Academy.
Career
Ozaki debuted in a tag team match in August, 1986.
In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 19 ...
defeated
Dynamite Kansai
is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler, better known by the ring name .
Career
Chieko Suzuki was born on December 4, 1969, and was raised in Kyoto, Japan. In 1986 she auditioned for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW), but wa ...
and Sumiko Saito in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.
[ On August 3, 2008, the title was unified with the ]Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship
The is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Pure-J promotion. The title is named after the '' Daily Sports'' newspaper.
Title history
The championship was introduced by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion on August 3, 2008 ...
.[ Together, the two titles were sometimes referred to as the "JWP Double Crown Tag Team Championship". When JWP Joshi Puroresu went out of business in April 2017, the two titles were separated again with the JWP title remaining with the JWP production company, while the Daily Sports title moved on to ]Command Bolshoi
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. She debuted for Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (JWP) in November 1991 and worked for its follow-up promotion JWP Joshi Puroresu from 1992 until its folding in 2017, also serving as its final president. D ...
's new follow-up promotion.
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. There were forty-nine reigns shared among thirty-nine different wrestlers and thirty-seven teams. The title was retired on April 2, 2017, when JWP Joshi Puroresu went out of business. That same day, Command Bolshoi and Leon
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won the final match contested for the title by making their second successful defense against Kazuki and Rydeen Hagane.[
]
Reigns
Cutie Suzuki
(born October 22, 1969, as ), better known by her ring name , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who mostly wrestled for JWP Joshi Puroresu. In 1990 she was featured in an all female wrestling game based on her titled '' Cutie Suzuki ...
and Mayumi Ozaki
(born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently working for Oz Academy.
Career
Ozaki debuted in a tag team match in August, 1986.
In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 19 ...
were the first champions in the title's history,[ while ]Command Bolshoi
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. She debuted for Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (JWP) in November 1991 and worked for its follow-up promotion JWP Joshi Puroresu from 1992 until its folding in 2017, also serving as its final president. D ...
and Leon
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were the final.[ ]Kaori Yoneyama
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit. Yoneyama started her career in 1999, working with the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. During the following years, she became a one-time J ...
and Toujyuki Leon's only reign holds the record for the longest reign, at 448 days. Azumi Hyuga and Command Bolshoi's only reign holds the record for the shortest reign, at less than one day. Uematsu☆Ran (Ran Yu-Yu
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and Toshie Uematsu
is a female Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for her popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. She was one of the members of the first class of wrestlers trained by Chigusa Nagayo when Nagayo formed the GAEA Japan promotion. Uematsu fi ...
) hold the record for most reigns as a team, with four.[ Yu-Yu also shares the record for most reigns individually with Command Bolshoi, with seven.][ Overall, there were forty-nine reigns shared among thirty-nine different wrestlers and thirty-seven teams.
]
Title history
Combined reigns
By team
By wrestler
See also
*Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship
The is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Pure-J promotion. The title is named after the '' Daily Sports'' newspaper.
Title history
The championship was introduced by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion on August 3, 2008 ...
*Goddess of Stardom Championship
The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom professional wrestling promotion, promotion.
Title history
On August 2, 2011, Stardom held a press conference t ...
*International Ribbon Tag Team Championship
The is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Ice Ribbon promotion. 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 Mo ...
*Oz Academy Tag Team Championship
The Oz Academy Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Oz Academy professional wrestling promotion. The championship was introduced on July 13, 2008, when Carlos Amano and Dynamite Kansai defeated Chik ...
* Wave Tag Team Championship
* Women's World Tag Team Championship
References
External links
JWP's official website
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JWP Joshi Puroresu championships
Women's professional wrestling tag team championships