Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship
The Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship (Japanese: 天龍プロジェクト認定WAR世界6人タッグ王座, Hepburn: Tenryū Purojekuto Nintei WAR Sekai Roku-nin Taggu Ōza) is a six-man tag team title contested for in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Tenryu Project. The title was established in Wrestle Association R (WAR) in 1994, the first title of its kind in Japan.
| Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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 Kouki Iwasaki with one of the title belts in July 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | WAR (1994–2006) Tenryu Project (2010–present) | ||||||||||
| Date established | June 30, 1994 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Kuma Arashi, Masayuki Kono and Yusuke Kodama | ||||||||||
| Date won | October 17, 2023 | ||||||||||
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History
Names
| Name | Years |
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| WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship | June 30, 1994–July 27, 2006 |
| Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Championship | June 9, 2010–November 15, 2015 |
| Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship | July 1, 2021–present |
Inaugural tournament
Genichiro Tenryu had the idea for the WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship from his stay in World Championship Wrestling, where he held the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship with The Road Warriors during the time he elevated to the top of All Japan Pro Wrestling. On June 30, 1994, an eight-team single elimination tournament was held in Sendai to crown the inaugural champions. The tournament saw Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado) defeat Animal Hamaguchi, Genichiro Tenryu and Koki Kitahara in the final.[1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado) | N/A | |||||||||||||
| Hideo Takayama, Hiroshi Itakura and Ichiro Yaguchi | N/A | |||||||||||||
| Fuyuki-gun | N/A | |||||||||||||
| Dos Caras, Como and Lionheart | N/A | |||||||||||||
| Arashi, Ashura Hara and Super Strong Machine | Dec | |||||||||||||
| Dos Caras, Brett Como and Lionheart | 30:00 | |||||||||||||
| Fuyuki-gun | N/A | |||||||||||||
| Hamaguchi, Tenryu and Kitahara | N/A | |||||||||||||
| Masao Orihara, Shiryu and The Great Sasuke | N/A | |||||||||||||
| Koji Ishinriki, Masanobu Kurisu and Takashi Ishikawa | N/A | |||||||||||||
| Orihara, Shiryu and The Great Sasuke | N/A | |||||||||||||
| Hamaguchi, Tenryu and Kitahara | N/A | |||||||||||||
| Animal Hamaguchi, Genichiro Tenryu and Koki Kitahara | N/A | |||||||||||||
| Kendo Nagasaki, Kishin Kawabata and Ryo Miyake | N/A | |||||||||||||
This title was essentially WAR's main championship, as it drew both heavyweights and junior heavyweights for competition. The promotion closed in 2000, and the title was abandoned.
Revivals
Genichiro Tenryu revived the title in 2010, for his new Tenryu Project promotion, as the Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Championship. It was disbanded when Tenryu closed the promotion after his retirement on November 15, 2015.[2]
The title was reactivated in July 2021 as the Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship and a four-team tournament was held between January and February 2022 to crown new champions.[3][4]
| First round January 9 | Final February 1 | ||||||
| Keita Yano, Toru and Shota | 2 | ||||||
| Mizuki Watase, Shoki Kitamura and Takuro Niki | 1 | ||||||
| Yano, Toru and Shota | 1 | ||||||
| Arai, Sato and Kono | 2 | ||||||
| Kenichiro Arai, Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono | 2 | ||||||
| Rey Paloma, Shigehiro Irie and Jun Tonsho | 0 | ||||||
Reigns
As of October 25, 2023, there have been a total of 21 reigns shared among 17 different teams consisting of 38 distinctive wrestlers. Gaina, Kengo and Kouki Iwasaki are the current champions in their first reign, both individually and as a team.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| 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 |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
| Wrestle Association R (WAR) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado) |
June 30, 1994 | WAR | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 57 | 0 | Defeated Animal Hamaguchi, Koki Kitahara and Genichiro Tenryu in the finals of an eight-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. | [1] | |
| 2 | Bob Backlund, Scott Putski and The Warlord | August 26, 1994 | Revolutionary Ignition '94 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 6 | 0 | [5] | ||
| 3 | Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado) |
September 1, 1994 | Revolutionary Ignition '94 | Saku, Japan | 2 | 129 | 3 | [6] | ||
| 4 | Heisei Ishingun (Tatsutoshi Goto, Shiro Koshinaka and Michiyoshi Ohara) |
January 8, 1995 | Early Spring Super Revolution '95 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 112 | 3 | [7] | ||
| 5 | Animal Hamaguchi, Koki Kitahara and Genichiro Tenryu | April 30, 1995 | Warfare: Disruption | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 97 | 2 | [8] | ||
| 6 | Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado) |
August 5, 1995 | Summer Tour in R | Kagoshima, Japan | 3 | 60 | 0 | [9] | ||
| 7 | Arashi, Nobutaka Araya and Koki Kitahara (2) | October 4, 1995 | The Restart: Restart | Hamamatsu, Japan | 1 | 170 | 3 | [10] | ||
| 8 | Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado) |
March 22, 1996 | House show | Hamamatsu, Japan | 4 | 65 | 2 | [11] | ||
| 9 | Golden Cups (Yoji Anjo, Yoshihiro Takayama and Kenichi Yamamoto) |
May 26, 1996 | The R-One Day Special | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 12 | 0 | [12] | ||
| 10 | Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado) |
June 7, 1996 | UWFi vs. WAR: Tosen! | Sapporo, Japan | 5 | 12 | 1 | This was a show co-produced with Union of Wrestling Forces International (UWFi). | [13] | |
| — | Vacated | June 19, 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated so it could be put up for grab in a tournament. | [14] | |
| 11 | Masahito Kakihara, Yuhi Sano and Nobuhiko Takada | July 20, 1996 | WAR 4th Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 83 | 0 | Defeated Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado) in the finals of an eight-team tournament to win the vacant title. | [15] | |
| 12 | Yoji Anjo (2), Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow and Hiromichi Fuyuki (6) | October 11, 1996 | Osaka Crush Night! | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 17 | 0 | [16] | ||
| 13 | Nobutaka Araya (2), Genichiro Tenryu (2) and Último Dragón | October 28, 1996 | WAR-ism '96 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | <1 | 0 | [17] | ||
| — | Deactivated | October 28, 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | Genichiro Tenryu retired the title in order to create a heavyweight title. | [14][18] | |
| 14 | Nobutaka Araya (3), Koki Kitahara (3) and Lance Storm | July 6, 1997 | WAR 5th Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 113 | 1 | Defeated Tommy Dreamer, Nobukazu Hirai and Mitsuharu Kitao to win the revived title. | [19] | |
| 15 | Nobukazu Hirai, Mitsuharu Kitao and Masaaki Mochizuki | October 27, 1997 | WAR-ism '97 | Isesaki, Japan | 1 | 247 | 1 | [20] | ||
| — | Vacated | July 1, 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated when Mitsuharu Kitao announced his retirement from wrestling. | [14] | |
| — | Deactivated | July 27, 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | WAR closed in 2000, and held its official final event on July 27, 2006. | [14] | |
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| 16 | Tatsutoshi Goto (2), Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihiro Takayama (2) | June 9, 2010 | Next Revolution | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 112 | 1 | Defeated Koki Kitahara, Mitsuo Momota and Genichiro Tenryu to win the revived title, now renamed Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Tenryu Project introduces the rule that any one of the champion team members can be replaced by another wrestler. Aired on tape delay on June 25, 2010. | [21] | |
| 17 | Arashi (2), Suwama and Tomohiro Ishii | September 29, 2010 | Never So | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 268 | 1 | [22] | ||
| — | Vacated | June 24, 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | Suwama requests Tenryu to replace him so that he can concentrate on wrestling for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). | [14] | |
| 18 | Arashi (3), Genichiro Tenryu (3) and Tomohiro Ishii (2) | June 24, 2011 | — | — | 1 | 1,216 | 1 | Title is awarded to the team of Arashi, Tenryu and Ishii. | [14] | |
| — | Vacated | October 22, 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to inactivity. | [14] | |
| 19 | Buki, Classic Kid and Ryuichi Kawakami | December 2, 2014 | Survive | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 270 | 2 | Defeated Arashi, Nosawa Rongai and Ricky Fuji in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant title. This was a show co-produced with VKF Pro-Wrestling. After Classic was sidelined with a neck injury in March 2015, both Heddi French and Hikaru Sato were given the role of one-off replacements, defending the title alongside Buki and Kawakami, while Classic was still recognized as one third of the official champions. | [23][24][25] | |
| — | Vacated | August 29, 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated when Kawakami suffered an injury. | [14][26] | |
| — | Deactivated | November 15, 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | Title retired when Tenryu closed the promotion. | [14][27] | |
| — | Vacated | July 1, 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Title reactivated but left vacant when Tenryu Project was relaunched in 2021. | [28] | |
| 20 | Kenichiro Arai, Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono | February 1, 2022 | Survive the Revolution Vol. 16 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 504 | 3 | Defeated Keita Yano, Toru and Shota in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant title. | [2] | |
| 21 | Gaina, Kengo and Kouki Iwasaki | June 20, 2023 | Still Revolution Vol. 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 119 | 1 | [2][29] | ||
| 22 | Kuma Arashi, Masayuki Kono (2) and Yusuke Kodama | October 17, 2023 | Tenryu Project Still Revolution Vol. 7 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 8+ | 0 | [2][30] | ||
Combined reigns
As of October 25, 2023.
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| † | Indicates the current champion |
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By team
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Arashi | 3 | 5 | 1,654 |
| 2 | Tomohiro Ishii | 2 | 2 | 1,484 |
| 3 | Genichiro Tenryu | 3 | 3 | 1,313 |
| 4 | Masayuki Kono † | 2 | 3 | 512+ |
| 5 | Kenichiro Arai | 1 | 3 | 504 |
| Kohei Sato | 1 | 3 | 504 | |
| 7 | Koki Kitahara | 3 | 6 | 380 |
| 8 | Hiromichi Fuyuki | 6 | 6 | 340 |
| 9 | Gedo | 5 | 6 | 323 |
| Jado | 5 | 6 | 323 | |
| 11 | Nobutaka Araya | 3 | 4 | 283 |
| 12 | Buki | 1 | 2 | 270 |
| Classic Kid | 1 | 0 | 270 | |
| Ryuichi Kawakami | 1 | 2 | 270 | |
| 15 | Suwama | 1 | 1 | 268 |
| 16 | Nobukazu Hirai | 1 | 1 | 247 |
| Mitsuharu Kitao | 1 | 1 | 247 | |
| Masaaki Mochizuki | 1 | 1 | 247 | |
| 19 | Tatsutoshi Goto | 2 | 4 | 224 |
| 20 | Yoshihiro Takayama | 2 | 2 | 124 |
| 21 | Gaina | 1 | 1 | 119 |
| Kengo | 1 | 1 | 119 | |
| Kouki Iwasaki | 1 | 1 | 119 | |
| 24 | Lance Storm | 1 | 1 | 113 |
| 25 | Shiro Koshinaka | 1 | 3 | 112 |
| Michiyoshi Ohara | 1 | 3 | 112 | |
| Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | 1 | 112 | |
| 28 | Animal Hamaguchi | 1 | 2 | 97 |
| 29 | Masahito Kakihara | 1 | 0 | 83 |
| Yuhi Sano | 1 | 0 | 83 | |
| Nobuhiko Takada | 1 | 0 | 83 | |
| 32 | Yoji Anjo | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| 33 | Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 34 | Kenichi Yamamoto | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 35 | Bob Backlund | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Scott Putski | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| The Warlord | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 38 | Kuma Arashi † | 1 | 0 | 8+ |
| Yusuke Kodama † | 1 | 0 | 8+ | |
| 40 | Último Dragón | 1 | 0 | <1 |
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