BJW Tag Team Championship Professional wrestling tag team championship
BJW Tag Team Championship Current design of the BJW Tag Team Championship (1997 – present)
Promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling Date established June 3, 1997 Current champion(s) Dale Patricks and Madman Pondo Date won October 29, 2024
The BJW Tag Team Championship (BJW認定タッグ王座 , BJW nintei taggu ōza ) is the top tag team title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling . The championship has been the leading tag team championship in the promotion since 1997. There have been a total of 62 reigns shared between 46 different teams consisting of 56 distinctive champions. The current champions are Dale Patricks and Madman Pondo who are in their first reign as a team.
Title history
The title was created on June 3, 1997, when Takashi Ishikawa and Kengo Kimura defeated Shoji Nakamaki and Takashi Okano in the finals of a five-team scramble tournament to become the first champions. The championship has been the leading tag team championship in the promotion since 1997. The title matches are done with normal rules, but they also can be done by deathmatches. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Title changes usually happen at BJW-promoted events; although the title has only changed hands twice at a non-BJW event, it has been defended in several other promotions like Combat Zone Wrestling and Fuyuki Army.
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
Defenses
Number of successful defenses
+
Current reign is changing daily
Combined reigns
As of February 2, 2025.
†
Indicates the current champion
By team
By wrestler
Record twelve-time and current champion as individual Daisuke Sekimoto
See also
References
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