The AAAW Tag Team Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship formerly contested in the Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion Gaea Japan. The title which was originally known as the AAAW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship before weight classes were dropped in 1998, was abandoned when GAEA closed in 2005. It was revived in May 2022 and began being sanctioned by Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling ever since.
| AAAW Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||
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 Itsuki Aoki (left) and Rin Kadokura (right) with the belts in 2022 | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling Gaea Japan | ||||||||||||
| Date established | November 2, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Magenta (Maria and Riko Kawahata) | ||||||||||||
| Date won | December 10, 2023 | ||||||||||||
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Title history edit
On November 2, 1996, Meiko Satomura and Sonoko Kato defeated Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato to become the inaugural champions.[1] On March 29, 1998, during Nagashima and Sato's reign, the title was re-named from AAAW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to AAAW Tag Team Championship. The title remained active until the closing of Gaea Japan on April 10, 2005.[1]
Reactivation tag league (2022) edit
On May 1, 2022, the title reactivated under Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling, where Itsuki Aoki and Rin Kadokura won it by defeating Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe in a tag league finals, tournamrent which began on February 24, 2022.[2]
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe | 4 | Itsuki Aoki and Rin Kadokura | 4 |
| Hibiscus Mii and Takumi Iroha | 3 | Las Fresa de Egoistas (Makoto and Maria) |
3 |
| Ancham and Chikayo Nagashima | 3 | Riko Kawahata and Yuki Miyazaki | 3 |
| Nippon Ganbare Union (Yuna Manase and Yuuri) |
2 | Ai Houzan and Yurika Oka | 2 |
| Block A | Ito Watanabe |
Mii Iroha |
Ancham Nagashima |
Manase Yuuri |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ito Watanabe |
— | Ito Watanabe (14:13)[3] |
Ancham Nagashima (12:52)[4] |
Ito Watanabe (14:13)[5] |
| Mii Iroha |
Ito Watanabe (14:13)[3] |
— | Mii Iroha |
Draw (20:00)[4] |
| Ancham Nagashima |
Ancham Nagashima (12:52)[4] |
Mii Iroha |
— | Double Count Out (15:25)[6] |
| Manase Yuuri |
Ito Watanabe (14:13)[5] |
Draw (20:00)[4] |
Double Count Out (15:25)[6] |
— |
| Block B | Aoki Kadokura |
Makoto Maria |
Kawahata Miyazaki |
Houzan Oka |
| Aoki Kadokura |
— | Aoki Kadokura (16:36)[3] |
Kawahata Miyazaki (12:40)[5] |
Aoki Kadokura (15:51)[4] |
| Makoto Maria |
Aoki Kadokura (16:36)[3] |
— | Makoto Maria (14:31)[4] |
Draw (20:00) |
| Kawahata Miyazaki |
Kawahata Miyazaki (12:40)[5] |
Makoto Maria (14:31)[4] |
— | Draw (20:00)[6] |
| Houzan Oka |
Aoki Kadokura (15:51)[4] |
Draw (20:00) |
Draw (20:00)[6] |
— |
| Final May 1, 2022 | ||||
| A1 | Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe | Pin | ||
| B1 | Itsuki Aoki and Rin Kadokura | 17:48[7] | ||
Reigns edit
As of April 27, 2024, there have been a total of 19 reigns shared between 15 teams composed of 22 individual champions. Meiko Satomura and Sonoko Kato were the inaugural champions. As a team, Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato has the most reigns at four, while individuall, Nagashima has the most reigns at six. Nagashima and Sato's second reign is the longest at 518 days, while The Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka)'s reign is the shortest at five days. Nagashima is the oldest champion at 46 years old.
Magenta (Maria and Riko Kawahata) are the current champions in their first reign as a team, as well as individually. They won it by defeating Chikayo Nagashima and Takumi Iroha on December 10, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan.
Names edit
| Name[1] | Years[1] |
|---|---|
| AAAW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | November 2, 1996 – May 1998 |
| AAAW Tag Team Championship | May 1998 – April 10, 2005 May 1, 2022 – present |
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
| Gaea Japan | ||||||||||
| 1 | Meiko Satomura and Sonoko Kato | November 2, 1996 | We Are Gaea Japan! | Singapore | 1 | 512 | 3 | Defeated Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato to become the inaugural champions. | [1] | |
| 2 | Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato | March 29, 1998 | Full Bloom – Day 2 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 147 | 0 | During the reign, the name of the title was changed from "AAAW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship" to "AAAW Tag Team Championship". | [1] | |
| 3 | Aja Kong and Mayumi Ozaki | August 23, 1998 | Hard Luck – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 329 | 1 | [1] | ||
| 4 | Oz Academy (Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato) |
July 18, 1999 | Surprise Attack – Day 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 518 | 3 | [1] | ||
| 5 | Akira Hokuto and Mayumi Ozaki (2) | December 17, 2000 | Deep Endless – Day 5 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 126 | 1 | [1] | ||
| 6 | Oz Academy (Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato) |
April 22, 2001 | Limit Break – Day 4 | Osaka, Japan | 3 | 350 | 0 | [1] | ||
| 7 | Kaoru and Mayumi Ozaki (3) | April 7, 2002 | Limit Break – Day 1 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 196 | 1 | [1] | ||
| 8 | Ayako Hamada and Meiko Satomura (2) | October 20, 2002 | Yokohama Mega Ride | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 114 | 1 | [1] | ||
| 9 | Aja Kong (2) and Devil Masami | February 11, 2003 | War Cry – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 224 | 0 | [1] | ||
| 10 | Chikayo Nagashima (4) and Meiko Satomura (3) | September 23, 2003 | New Energy – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 147 | 3 | [1] | ||
| 11 | Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu | February 17, 2004 | War Cry – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 33 | 0 | [1] | ||
| 12 | Oz Academy (Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato) |
March 21, 2004 | Edge Of The Heart – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 40 | 0 | [1] | ||
| 13 | The Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka) |
April 30, 2004 | Yoyogi Limit Break | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 5 | 2 | [1] | ||
| 14 | Aja Kong (3) and Amazing Kong | May 5, 2004 | Junction – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 138 | 0 | [1][8] | ||
| 15 | Carlos Amano and Manami Toyota | September 20, 2004 | New Energy – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 195 | 0 | [1] | ||
| 16 | Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu | April 3, 2005 | Yokohama Final Impact | Yokohama, Japan | 2 | 7 | 0 | [1] | ||
| — | Deactivated | April 10, 2005 | Eternal Last Gong | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | The title retired at the final Gaea show. | [1] | |
| Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
| 17 | Itsuki Aoki and Rin Kadokura | May 1, 2022 | Marvelous 6th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 138 | 0 | Defeated Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe in the finals of a tag league to win the revived titles. | [2][9] | |
| 18 | Chikayo Nagashima (6) and Takumi Iroha | September 16, 2022 | Marvelous | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 450 | 1 | [10] | ||
| 19 | Magenta (Maria and Riko Kawahata) |
December 10, 2023 | Marvelous | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 139+ | 0 | [11][12] | ||
Combined reigns edit
As of April 27, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champions |
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By team edit
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oz Academy[a] (Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato) |
4 | 3 | 1,055 |
| 2 | Meiko Satomura and Sonoko Kato | 1 | 3 | 512 |
| 3 | Chikayo Nagashima and Takumi Iroha | 1 | 1 | 450 |
| 4 | Aja Kong and Mayumi Ozaki | 1 | 1 | 329 |
| 5 | Aja Kong and Devil Masami | 1 | 0 | 224 |
| 6 | Kaoru and Mayumi Ozaki | 1 | 1 | 196 |
| 7 | Carlos Amano and Manami Toyota | 1 | 0 | 195 |
| 8 | Chikayo Nagashima and Meiko Satomura | 1 | 0 | 147 |
| 9 | Aja Kong and Amazing Kong | 1 | 0 | 138 |
| Itsuki Aoki and Rin Kadokura | 1 | 0 | 138 | |
| 11 | Akira Hokuto and Mayumi Ozaki | 1 | 1 | 126 |
| 12 | Magenta † (Maria and Riko Kawahata) |
1 | 0 | 139+ |
| 13 | Ayako Hamada and Meiko Satomura | 1 | 1 | 114 |
| 14 | Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu | 2 | 0 | 40 |
| 15 | The Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka) |
1 | 2 | 5 |
By wrestler edit
| Rank | wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chikayo Nagashima | 6 | 4 | 1,652 |
| 2 | Sugar Sato | 4 | 3 | 1,055 |
| 3 | Meiko Satomura | 3 | 4 | 773 |
| 4 | Aja Kong | 3 | 1 | 691 |
| 5 | Mayumi Ozaki | 3 | 3 | 651 |
| 6 | Sonoko Kato | 1 | 3 | 512 |
| 7 | Takumi Iroha | 1 | 1 | 450 |
| 8 | Devil Masami | 1 | 0 | 224 |
| 9 | Kaoru | 1 | 1 | 196 |
| 10 | Carlos Amano | 1 | 0 | 195 |
| Manami Toyota | 1 | 0 | 195 | |
| 12 | Amazing Kong | 1 | 0 | 138 |
| Itsuki Aoki | 1 | 0 | 138 | |
| Rin Kadokura | 1 | 0 | 138 | |
| 15 | Akira Hokuto | 1 | 1 | 126 |
| 16 | Maria † | 1 | 0 | 139+ |
| Riko Kawahata † | 1 | 0 | 139+ | |
| 18 | Ayako Hamada | 1 | 1 | 114 |
| 19 | Ran Yu-Yu | 2 | 0 | 40 |
| Toshie Uematsu | 2 | 0 | 40 | |
| 21 | Chigusa Nagayo | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Lioness Asuka | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Notes edit
- ^ Nagashima and Sato started to called their team Oz Academy since their second reign.
References edit
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