Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
Men's professional wrestling championship
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship Current design of the titles (2022–present)
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)Date established June 8, 2022 Current champion(s) TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste ) Date won June 9, 2024
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship (2022-present)
NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
The Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship (STRONG無差別級王座 , STRONG musabetsu-kyū ōza ) is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned and promoted by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion . The title is exclusively featured on NJPW's United States based television program NJPW Strong Live . The current champions are TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste ) who are in their second reign as a team and individually. They defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo ) June 9, 2024 at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall on June 9, 2024 in Osaka, Japan .
History
On June 8, 2022, NJPW announced the creation of the championship, with it being contested in an eight-team tournament that was then scheduled to determine the inaugural champions, culminating in a final match at Strong: High Alert on July 24, 2022. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis ) defeated Christopher Daniels and Yuya Uemura in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions.
Inaugural championship tournament (2022)
Tournament bracket
Reigns
Record tying two-time and current champions TMDK - Mikey Nicholls (left) and Shane Haste (right)
As of June 30, 2024, there have been a total of nine reigns shared between six different teams composed of twelve individual champions. The inaugural champions were Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis ). Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo ) first reign is longest reign at 186 days, while TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste )'s first reign was the shortest at 29 days. Chris Sabin is the oldest champion at 40 while Kyle Fletcher is the youngest at 23.
The current champions are TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste ), who are in their record-tying second reign, as a team and individually. They defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo ) at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall on June 9, 2024 in Osaka, Japan .
Key
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
Days recog.
Number of days held recognized by the promotion
Defenses
Number of successful defenses
+
Current reign is changing daily
Combined reigns
As of June 30, 2024.
†
Indicates the current champions
By team
By wrestler
Notes
References
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^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 19, 2022). "NJPW STRONG #100 - Ignition 2022 - Tag 3 - TV-Show @ The Vermont Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 25, 2022 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 19, 2022). "NJPW STRONG #101 - Ignition 2022 - Tag 4 - TV-Show @ The Vermont Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 31, 2022 .
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^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 28, 2022). "NJPW Rumble On 44th Street - Pay Per View @ Palladium Times Square in New York City, New York, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 28, 2022 .
^ Jeremy, Lambert (April 15, 2023). "Aussie Open Win NJPW STRONG Tag Titles At NJPW Capital Collision" . Fightful. Retrieved April 15, 2023 .
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