is a professional wrestling round-robin hardcore tag team tournament annually held by Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), considered a spin-off of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's World Tag League and All Japan Pro Wrestling's World's Strongest Tag Determination League. The tournament was established in 1999 as Saikyo Tag League and then renamed as Big Japan Tag League in 2011 before returning to its old name Saikyo Tag League in 2014. A new format was introduced in 2014 in which the teams were divided into two blocks, "Strong Style Block" and "Deathmatch Block". The strong style block consists of normal tag team matches and deathmatch block consists of matches contested under deathmatch rules.
The Saikyo Tag League is held under a points system, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. Top four teams advance to the semifinals in the knockout format and then the winning teams compete in the finals.
List of winners TournamentYearWinnersTotal wonas a teamReferenceSaikyo Tag League1999Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamakawa1Saikyo Tag League2000Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamakawa (2)2Saikyo Tag League2001Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto1Saikyo Tag League2002Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto (2)2Saikyo Tag League2003Daikokubo Benkei and Abdullah Kobayashi1Saikyo Tag League2009Masashi Takeda and Isami Kodaka1Big Japan Tag League2011Daisuke Sekimoto (3) and Yuji Okabayashi1Big Japan Tag League2012Isami Kodaka (2) and Yuko Miyamoto1Big Japan Tag League2013Isami Kodaka (3) and Yuko Miyamoto (2)2Saikyo Tag League2014Isami Kodaka (4) and Yuko Miyamoto (3)3Saikyo Tag League2015Daisuke Sekimoto (4) and Yuji Okabayashi (2)2Saikyo Tag League2016Daisuke Sekimoto (5) and Yuji Okabayashi (3)3Saikyo Tag League2017Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani1Saikyo Tag League2018Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue1Saikyo Tag League2019Yuji Okabayashi (4) and Shigehiro Irie1Saikyo Tag League2020Daichi Hashimoto (2) and Hideyoshi Kamitani (2)2Saikyo Tag League2022Abdullah Kobayashi (2) and Daiju Wakamatsu1
Tournament history 1999 The 1999 Saikyo Tag League was the first edition of the tournament which featured four teams in one block. The tournament was held between October 27 and November 8, 1999.
+Final standings Ryuji Yamakawa and Tomoaki Honma 6 Shadow WX and The Winger 4 Kamikaze and Shunme Matsuzaki 2 Jun Kasai and Mike Samples 0 Results KasaiSamples KamikazeMatsuzuki YamakawaHonma WXWinger KasaiSamples KamikazeMatsuzuki(25:08) YamakawaHonma(16:30) WXWinger(15:25)KamikazeMatsuzuki KamikazeMatsuzuki(25:08) YamakawaHonma(19:14) WXWinger(29:43) YamakawaHonma YamakawaHonma(16:30) YamakawaHonma(19:14) YamakawaHonma(19:55) WXWinger WXWinger(15:25) WXWinger(29:43) YamakawaHonma(19:55)
2000 The 2000 Saikyo Tag League featured a new format as it had eight teams divided into two blocks with four teams in each block. The tournament was held between September 17 and October 30, 2000. +Final standings Block A Block B Abdullah the Butcher and Shadow WX 6 Ryuji Yamakawa and Tomoaki Honma 6 Daisuke Sekimoto and Men's Teioh 4 Jun Kasai and Zandig 4 Daikokubō Benkei and Shunme Matsuzaki 2 Justice Pain and Wifebeater 2 Abdullah Kobayashi and Kamikaze 0 Mad Man Pondo and Mitch Page 0 Block A AbdullahWX KobayashiKamikaze BenkeiMatsuzaki SekimotoTeioh AbdullahWX AbdullahWX(11:04) AbdullahWX(8:58) AbdullahWX(14:56) KobayashiKamikaze AbdullahWX(11:04) BenkeiMatsuzaki(19:35) SekimotoTeioh(18:37) BenkeiMatsuzaki AbdullahWX(8:58) BenkeiMatsuzaki(19:35) SekimotoTeioh(11:57) SekimotoTeioh AbdullahWX(14:56) SekimotoTeioh(18:37) SekimotoTeioh(11:57) Block B KasaiZandig PainWifebeater PondoPage YamakawaHonma KasaiZandig KasaiZandig(9:38) KasaiZandig(8:51) YamakawaHonma(14:32) PainWifebeater KasaiZandig(9:38) PainWifebeater(13:24) YamakawaHonma(13:09) PondoPage KasaiZandig(8:51) PainWifebeater(13:24) YamakawaHonma(16:28) YamakawaHonma YamakawaHonma(14:32) YamakawaHonma(13:09) YamakawaHonma(16:28)
2001 The 2001 Saikyo Tag League consisted of one block with five teams and was held between September 11 and September 23, 2001. +Final standings Daisuke Sekimoto and Men's Teioh 6 Hideki Hosaka and Kamikaze 5 Abdullah Kobayashi and Daikokubō Benkei 5 Masato Tanaka and Shunme Matsuzaki 4 Fantastik and Ryuji Ito 0 Results KobayashiBenkei FantasikIto HosakaKamikaze TanakaMatsuzaki SekimotoTeioh KobayashiBenkei KobayashiBenkei(15:30) Draw(30:00) KobayashiBenkei(15:48) SekimotoTeioh(15:04) FantasikIto KobayashiBenkei(15:30) HosakaKamikaze(18:21) TanakaMatsuzaki(20:04) SekimotoTeioh(13:30) HosakaKamikaze Draw(30:00) HosakaKamikaze(18:21) TanakaMatsuzaki(17:05) HosakaKamikaze(18:55) TanakaMatsuzaki KobayashiBenkei(15:48) TanakaMatsuzaki(20:04) TanakaMatsuzaki(17:05) SekimotoTeioh(16:35) SekimotoTeioh SekimotoTeioh(15:04) SekimotoTeioh(13:30) HosakaKamikaze(18:55) SekimotoTeioh(16:35)
2002 The 2002 Saikyo Tag League consisted of total ten teams and two blocks with five teams in each block. The tournament was held between October 8 and October 31, 2002. +Final standings Block A Block B Daisuke Sekimoto and Men's Teioh 8 Homicide and ODD 6 Shadow WX and The Winger 6 Daisaku Shimoda and Ryuji Ito 5 Great Kojika and Ryuji Yamakawa 4 Abdullah Kobayashi and Daikokubō Benkei 5 Gosaku and Kintaro Kanemura 2 Mafia and Monster Mack 4 2 Tuff Tony and Mad Man Pondo 0 Bancho Matsuzaki and Jaki Numazawa 0 Block A TonyPondo SekimotoTeioh GosakuKanemura KojikaYamakawa WXWingerTonyPondo SekimotoTeioh(14:42) GosakuKanemura(16:04) KojikaYamakawa(16:10) WXWinger(17:56) SekimotoTeioh SekimotoTeioh(14:42) SekimotoTeioh(15:40) SekimotoTeioh(15:36) SekimotoTeioh(13:04) GosakuKanemura GosakuKanemura(16:04) SekimotoTeioh(15:40) KojikaYamakawa(14:13) WXWinger(15:02) KojikaYamakawa KojikaYamakawa(16:10) SekimotoTeioh(15:36) KojikaYamakawa(14:13) WXWinger(15:23) WXWinger WXWinger(17:56) SekimotoTeioh(13:04) WXWinger(15:02) WXWinger(15:23) Block B KobayashiBenkei MatsuzakiNumazawa ShimodaIto HomicideODD MafiaMack KobayashiBenkei KobayashiBenkei(14:53) Draw(20:00) HomicideODD(17:31) KobayashiBenkei(14:47) MatsuzakiNumazawa KobayashiBenkei(14:53) ShimodaIto(14:32) HomicideODD(12:24) MafiaMack(9:51) ShimodaIto Draw(20:00) ShimodaIto(14:32) HomicideODD(13:10) ShimodaIto(11:34) HomicideODD HomicideODD(17:31) HomicideODD(12:24) HomicideODD(13:10) MafiaMack(17:24) MafiaMack KobayashiBenkei(14:47) MafiaMack(9:51) ShimodaIto(11:34) MafiaMack(17:24)
2003 The 2003 Saikyo Tag League consisted of one block with five teams and was held between October 8 and November 8, 2003. +Final standings Abdullah Kobayashi and Daikokubō Benkei 6 2 Tuff Tony and Daisuke Sekimoto 6 Men's Teioh and Mr. Big Japan 4 Mad Man Pondo and Shadow WX 2 Hiroyuki Kondo and Katsumasa Inoue 2 Results TonySekimoto KobayashiBenkei KondoInoue TeiohJapan PondoWX TonySekimoto KobayashiBenkei(17:57) TonySekimoto(20:11) TonySekimoto(17:15) TonySekimoto(15:32) KobayashiBenkei KobayashiBenkei(17:57) KondoInoue(20:36) KobayashiBenkei(16:01) KobayashiBenkei(14:03) KondoInoue TonySekimoto(20:11) KondoInoue(20:36) TeiohJapan(17:15) PondoWX(20:05) TeiohJapan TonySekimoto(17:15) KobayashiBenkei(16:01) TeiohJapan(17:15) TeiohJapan(12:31) PondoWX TonySekimoto(15:32) KobayashiBenkei(14:03) PondoWX(20:05) TeiohJapan(12:31)
2009 The 2009 Saikyo Tag League was the sixth edition of the tournament which marked the return of the tournament after a six-year hiatus. It was held between February 13 and May 28, 2009. +Final standings Block A Block B Daisuke Sekimoto and Mammoth Sasaki/Masato Tanaka 6 Isami Kodaka and Masashi Takeda 6 Ryuji Ito and Shuji Ishikawa 5 Takashi Sasaki and Yuko Miyamoto 6 Shadow WX and The Winger 4 Shinya Ishikawa and Yoshihito Sasaki 4 Abdullah Kobayashi and Masada 4 Jaki Numazawa and Jun Kasai 2 Atsushi Ohashi and Yuji Okabayashi 0 Kankuro Hoshino and Katsumasa Inoue 2 Block A KobayashiMasada OhashiOkabayashi SekimotoSasaki/Tanaka ItoShuji WXWinger KobayashiMasada KobayashiMasada(14:56) SekimotoTanaka(16:45) KobayashiMasada(15:53) WXWinger(18:37) OhashiOkabayashi KobayashiMasada(14:56) SekimotoTanaka(16:19) ItoShuji(15:46) WXWinger(7:35) SekimotoSasaki/Tanaka SekimotoTanaka(16:45) SekimotoTanaka(16:19) Draw(30:00) SekimotoTanaka(14:12) ItoShuji KobayashiMasada(15:53) ItoShuji(15:46) Draw(30:00) ItoShuji(15:53) WXWinger WXWinger(18:37) WXWinger(7:35) SekimotoTanaka(14:12) ItoShuji(15:53) Block B KodakaTakeda NumazawaKasai HoshinoInoue ShinyaY. Sasaki T. SasakiMiyamoto KodakaTakeda KodakaTakeda(forfeit) KodakaTakeda(14:10) ShinyaY. Sasaki(13:48) KodakaTakeda(21:13) NumazawaKasai KodakaTakeda(forfeit) NumazawaKasai(15:04) ShinyaY. Sasaki(forfeit) T. SasakiMiyamoto(21:47) HoshinoInoue KodakaTakeda(14:10) NumazawaKasai(15:04) HoshinoInoue(11:58) T. SasakiMiyamoto(18:18) ShinyaY. Sasaki ShinyaY. Sasaki(13:48) ShinyaY. Sasaki(forfeit) HoshinoInoue(11:58) T. SasakiMiyamoto(12:47) T. SasakiMiyamoto KodakaTakeda(21:13) T. SasakiMiyamoto(21:47) T. SasakiMiyamoto(18:18) T. SasakiMiyamoto(12:47)
2011 The 2011 Big Japan Tag League was held between September 19 and November 22, 2011. +Final standings Block A Block B Jaki Numazawa and Jun Kasai 8 Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei 8 Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi7Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto8Abdullah Kobayashi and Masashi Takeda6Masada and Ryuji Ito6Michael Dante and Tommy End6Shinobu and Yoshihito Sasaki6Kankuro Hoshino and Shadow WX2Devon Moore and Rory Mondo2Ryuichi Kawakami and Shinya Ishikawa1Masato Inaba and Takashi Sasaki0 Block A KobayashiTakeda SekimotoOkabayashi NumazawaKasai HoshinoWX DanteEnd KawakamiIshikawa KobayashiTakeda SekimotoOkabayashi(19:51) KobayashiTakeda(17:43) KobayashiTakeda(11:44) DanteEnd(14:37) KobayashiTakeda(8:28) SekimotoOkabayashi SekimotoOkabayashi(19:51) NumazawaKasai(19:55) SekimotoOkabayashi(16:04) SekimotoOkabayashi(19:24) Draw(30:00) NumazawaKasai KobayashiTakeda(17:43) NumazawaKasai(19:55) NumazawaKasai(15:37) NumazawaKasai(13:05) NumazawaKasai(16:39) HoshinoWX KobayashiTakeda(11:44) SekimotoOkabayashi(16:04) NumazawaKasai(15:37) DanteEnd(11:07) HoshinoWX(11:17) DanteEnd DanteEnd(14:37) SekimotoOkabayashi(19:24) NumazawaKasai(13:05) DanteEnd(11:07) DanteEnd(13:28) KawakamiIshikawa KobayashiTakeda(8:28) Draw(30:00) NumazawaKasai(16:39) HoshinoWX(11:17) DanteEnd(13:28) Block B Brahman K.Brahman S. MooreMondo KodakaMiyamoto MasadaIto InabaT. Sasaki ShinobuY. Sasaki Brahman K.Brahman S. Brahman K.Brahman S.(11:21) Brahman K.Brahman S.(12:40) Brahman K.Brahman S.(14:28) Brahman K.Brahman S.(13:19) ShinobuY. Sasaki(11:48) MooreMondo Brahman K.Brahman S.(11:21) KodakaMiyamoto(11:09) MasadaIto(11:15) MooreMondo(12:09) ShinobuY. Sasaki(8:59) KodakaMiyamoto Brahman K.Brahman S.(12:40) KodakaMiyamoto(11:09) KodakaMiyamoto(20:58) KodakaMiyamoto(15:37) KodakaMiyamoto(17:08) MasadaIto Brahman K.Brahman S.(14:28) MasadaIto(11:15) KodakaMiyamoto(20:58) MasadaIto(15:27) MasadaIto(12:52) InabaT. Sasaki Brahman K.Brahman S.(13:19) MooreMondo(12:09) KodakaMiyamoto(15:37) MasadaIto(15:27) ShinobuY. Sasaki(12:38) ShinobuY. Sasaki ShinobuY. Sasaki(11:48) ShinobuY. Sasaki(8:59) KodakaMiyamoto(17:08) MasadaIto(12:52) ShinobuY. Sasaki(12:38)
2012 The 2012 Big Japan Tag League was held between September 25 and November 24, 2012. +Final standings Block A Block BOsamu Nishimura and Shinya Ishikawa10Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto8Shinobu and Yuji Okabayashi6Ryuji Ito and Takumi Tsukamoto6Hercules Senga and Tsutomu Oosugi4Jaki Numazawa and Takashi Sasaki4Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito Sasaki4Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu4Daichi Hashimoto and Kazuki Hashimoto4Shadow WX and Shuji Ishikawa4Amigo Suzuki and Jun Ogawauchi2Abdullah Kobayashi and Drake Younger4