The UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship created during the working relationship between the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) and the Japanese Universal Lucha Libre (also called the Universal Wrestling Federation, UWF) from 1991 to 1993, when the title became inactive. The championship was revived in 2001 by Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW), and later moved to its final home, Kaientai Dojo (K-DOJO), the following year. The title was abandoned in 2005, when it was replaced with Kaientai Dojo's Strongest-K Tag Team Championship instead.

As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. On occasion the championship was declared vacant, which meant there is no champion at that point in time. This occurred due to either a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury or otherwise being unable to defend the championship.

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
DaysNumber of days held
N/AUnknown information
Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1Punish and CrushNovember 8, 1991UWF showTokyo, Japan1220Defeated Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.
2Shu El Guerrero and Scorpio Jr.June 15, 1992UWF showSōka, Saitama, Japan16
3Punish and CrushJune 21, 1992UWF showTokyo, Japan20
VacatedJune 21, 1992Punish and Crush ceased teaming immediately after winning the title, vacating the championship in the process.
4Bulldog K.T. (3) and Pat TanakaAugust 16, 1992UWF showTokyo, Japan196Defeated Kendo and Coolie S.Z. in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
5Gran Hamada and The Great SasukeNovember 20, 1992UWF showOsaka, Japan142Defeated Bulldog K.T. and Villano IV, who was filling in for Pat Tanaka as Tanaka had legitimately left the UWF.
DeactivatedJanuary 1, 1993The championship was retired when the UWA/UWF working relationship ended. The championship was later revived by Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW) in 2001.
6Gedo (4) and Dick TogoNovember 2, 2001MPW showAkita, Japan150Won the 2001 Michinoku Futaritabi Tag Team League to become the new champions.
7Sasuke (2) and Sasuke the GreatDecember 22, 2001MPW showTokyo, Japan1152
VacatedMay 23, 2002MPW vacated the championship due a lack of title defenses from Sasuke and Sasuke the Great. The championship then moved to Kaientai Dojo (K-DOJO).
8Mr. X and Mr. X IIJuly 21, 2002K-DOJO showChiba, Chiba, Japan1125Defeated Minoru Fujita and Daigoro Kashiwa in a tournament final.
9Mike Lee Jr. and Super-XNovember 23, 2002K-DOJO showChiba, Chiba, Japan1428
10Teppei Ishizaka and Daigoro KashiwaJanuary 25, 2004K-DOJO showChiba, Chiba, Japan120
VacatedFebruary 14, 2004Teppei Ishizaka and Daigoro Kashiwa were stripped of the titles due to making an unauthorized defense against DJ Nira and Apple Miyuki.
Kengo Mashimo and Kunio TojimaMarch 27, 2004K-DOJO showUnknown10Mashimo and Tojima defeated Hi69 in a handicap match for the vacant championship after Miyawaki, Hi69's scheduled partner, was injured. The two refused the titles after winning the match.
VacatedMarch 27, 2004Kengo Mashimo and Kunio Tojima refused to be recognized as champions due to the nature of the match for the vacant championship.
11Teppei Ishizaka and Daigoro KashiwaApril 25, 2004K-DOJO showTokyo, Japan269Last eliminated Gentaro and Yoshiya in an eight-team elimination match.
12Gentaro and YoshiyaJuly 3, 2004K-DOJO showTokyo, Japan1119
13Ryota Chikuzen and Taka MichinokuOctober 30, 2004K-DOJO showChiba, Chiba, Japan1127
14Kazma and Kengo MashimoMarch 6, 2005K-DOJO showChiba, Chiba, Japan10During this reign, Kazma and Kengo Mashimo also held the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship.
DeactivatedMarch 6, 2005The championship was abandoned and replaced with the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship.

See also

Footnotes

  • Hornbaker, Tim (2016). "Statistical notes". Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers (Revised ed.). New York, New York: Sports Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61321-808-2.
  • Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

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