NWA International Tag Team Championship

This was a regional NWA championship based in Japan. For the version of this title that was promoted in NWA All Star Wrestling in Canada, see NWA International Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version).

The NWA International Tag Team Championship was a National Wrestling Alliance-sanctioned title contested in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Western States Sports. Prior to being used in AJPW, the title was defended in the Japan Wrestling Association (JWA). The title lasted from 1962 through 1988. It is now part of the World Tag Team Championship, also known as the "Double Cup".

Title history +KeyNo.The overall championship reignReignThe reign number for the specific wrestler listed.EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed handsN/AThe specific information is not known —Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign No.ChampionsReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotes11N/AN/ARecognized as first champions; may have held the title as early as 1959. 2The Flying Scotts ( and Sandy Scott)1Live event 31TexasLive event 41Fort Worth, TexasLive event 52Texas, United StatesLive event 6 and Mike Padosis1Texas, United StatesLive event 7 and Michiaki Yoshimura1Tokyo, JapanLive eventEstablished the title in Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance. 8 and Bill Watts1Fukushima, JapanLive event 9 (2) and Antonio Inoki1Osaka, JapanLive event Title held up when Inoki no-shows a scheduled defense against Crusher Lisowski and Dr. Bill Miller in Hiroshima, Japan due to heavy snow. 10 (3) and Antonio Inoki2Tokyo, JapanLive eventDefeated Crusher Lisowski and Bill Miller in rematch to win the held up title. 11 and Wilbur Snyder1Hiroshima, JapanLive event 12 (4) and Antonio Inoki3Sapporo, JapanLive event 13Dick the Bruiser and Crusher Lisowski1Sapporo, JapanLive event 14 (5) and Antonio Inoki4Osaka, JapanLive event 15The Funks1Los Angeles, CaliforniaLive event 16 (6) and Seiji Sakaguchi1Los Angeles, California, United StatesLive event Baba left the JWA to found All Japan Pro Wrestling. 17Kintarō Ōki and Seiji Sakaguchi (2)1Tokyo, JapanLive eventDefeated Bobo Brazil and Gene Kiniski to win the vacant title. 18 and Johnny Valentine1Osaka, JapanLive event 19Kintarō Ōki (2) and Umanosuke Ueda1Nagoya, JapanLive event 20 (2) and Fritz Von Erich1Yaizu, JapanLive event 21 (3) and Karl Von Steiger1N/AN/AThe JWA closed on April 20, 1973. Von Erich forfeited his half of the title and Krupp chose Karl von Steiger as his new partner to defend the title in Western States Sports. 22The Funks2Amarillo, TexasLive event 23 and Ciclon Negro1Lubbock, TexasLive event 24The Funks3TexasLive event 25 (7) and Jumbo Tsuruta1San Antonio, TexasLive eventReturned to All Japan Pro Wrestling with the championship 26 (3) and Kim Duk1Tokyo, JapanLive event 27 (8) and Jumbo Tsuruta2Tokyo, JapanLive event 28 (4) and Kim Duk2Seoul, South KoreaLive event 29 (9) and Jumbo Tsuruta3Tokyo, JapanLive event 30Abdullah the Butcher and Ray Candy1Tokyo, JapanLive event 31 (10) and Jumbo Tsuruta4Tokyo, JapanLive event 32 and Stan Hansen1Matsuyama, JapanLive event 33 (11) and Jumbo Tsuruta5Nagasaki, JapanLive event 34 and Umanosuke Ueda (2)1Fukuoka, JapanLive event 35 (12) and Jumbo Tsuruta6Tokyo, JapanLive event Baba was injured 36 and Jumbo Tsuruta (7)1Hiroshima, JapanLive eventDefeated Jerry Blackwell and Bruiser Brody to win the vacant title.37 and Yoshiaki Yatsu1Sapporo, JapanLive event 38 (2) and Jumbo Tsuruta (8)2Sapporo, JapanLive event 391Tokyo, JapanLive event 40 (9) and Yoshiaki Yatsu (2)1Tokyo, JapanLive event Unified with the PWF Tag Team Championship to form the World Tag Team Championship, also known as the "Double Cup".

List of combined reigns By Team RankTeam# Of ReignsCombined Days1Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta63,1272Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki41,4443Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk37494Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta 25555Flying Scotts (George Scott and Sandy Scott15476Bull Curry and Fred Curry15297The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk)14568The Fabulous Kangoroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan)1365Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu13659Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura133510Karl and Kurt Von Stroheim226311Kintarō Ōki and Kim Duk222712Giant Baba and Seiji Sakaguchi111113Kintarō Ōki and Seiji Sakaguchi18214Fritz Von Goehring and Mike Padosis16615Kintarō Ōki and Umanosuke Ueda14316 Tarzan Tyler and Bill Watts 1 2517Danny Hodge and Wilbur Snyder12617"Killer" Karl Krupp and Johnny Valentine112"Killer" Karl Krupp and Karl Von Steiger11219Abdullah the Butcher and Ray Candy1720Tiger Jeet Singh and Umanosuke Ueda1621"Killer" Karl Kox and Ciclon Negro15Ron Bass and Stan Hansen1523Dick the Bruiser and Crusher Lisowski1224"Killer" Karl Krupp and Fritz Von Erich10Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu10

By wrestler RankTeam# Of ReignsCombined Days1Giant Baba125,0172Jumbo Tsuruta93,6623Antonio Inoki41,4444Dory Funk Jr3749Terry Funk37495Genichiro Tenryu25556George Scott1547Sandy Scott15477Bull Curry1529Fred Curry15298Animal1456Hawk14569Al Costello1365Roy Heffernan1365Riki Choshu1365Yoshiaki Yatsu236510Kintarō Ōki435211Michiaki Yoshimura133512Karl Von Stroheim2263Kurt Von Stroheim226313Kim Duk222714Seiji Sakaguchi219315Fritz Von Goehring166Mike Padosis16616Umanosuke Ueda24917Danny Hodge126Wilbur Snyder12618Tarzan Tyler125Bill Watts12519"Killer" Karl Krupp32320Johnny Valentine11221Abdullah the Butcher17Ray Candy1722Tiger Jeet Singh1623"Killer" Karl Kox15Ciclon Negro15Ron Bass15Stan Hansen1524Dick the Bruiser12Crusher Lisowski1225Fritz Von Erich10

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