IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship information
Professional wrestling tag team championship
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship belts
Details
Promotion
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)
Date established
August 8, 1998
Current champion(s)
Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney)
Date won
February 4, 2024
Other name(s)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1998–present)
IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship
IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)
Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Most reigns
As tag team: The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (7 reigns) As individual: Rocky Romero (8 reigns)
Longest reign
Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa (second reign, 348 days)
Shortest reign
Minoru and Prince Devitt (first reign, 21 days)
Oldest champion
Tiger Mask IV 51 years and 6 days
Youngest champion
Francesco Akira 22 years, 7 months and 8 days
The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (IWGPジュニアタッグ王座, IWGP juniataggu ōza) is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix (インターナショナル・レスリング・グラン・プリ, intānashonaru resuringu guran puri). The title was introduced on August 8, 1998, at an NJPW live event.[1] The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is one of two tag team titles contested for in NJPW; the IWGP Tag Team Championship is also sanctioned by NJPW.[2] According to NJPW's official website, the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as the "IWGP Jr. Tag Class", while the IWGP Tag Team Championship is considered the "IWGP Heavyweight Class".[2] The title is contested for by junior heavyweight wrestlers; the weight-limit for the title is 100 kg (220 lb) per partner.[3] Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won as a result of a predetermined outcome.
^"IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship history: Reign 1". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). NJPW.co.jp. Archived from the original on September 21, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
^ ab"IWGP Tag Team Championship history". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). NJPW.co.jp. Archived from the original on September 27, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
^"No Limit、またしてもIWGP Jr.タッグ奪還ならず！/4月19日TNA「Lock Down」試合結果(1)". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). NJPW.co.jp. April 20, 2009. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2009. Translated version shows that it was questioned if Hernandez weighed more than 100kg, the weight-limit.
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