UWA World Tag Team Championship
Current Champions
History of Championship
The UWA World Tag Team championships were part of LLI/El Toreo promotion until 1995, when the group folded. Since that time, various teams have made claims on the title or spontaneously declared themselves champions, occasionally inventing a loose story to explain the belts. As with most of the UWA belts, the championships themselves have no present significances and are purely drawing on past name value to make the champion seem more important.
At present time, there are at least three different teams who may claim to be UWA World Tag Team Champions:
- Villano IV & Villano V, who were the last champions while LLI was still around
- Animal & Kensuke Sasaki, who won a match for the vacant championship on May 11, 2008, in a match declared as the authentic battle for the titles by a former official of the UWA
- Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei of Japan's El Dorado promotion. Those belts stem originally with NOSAWA & MASADA, who claimed they won the belts on a tour of Mexico
There was also a fourth title line, involving Los Rayos Tapatíos, but it has been dropped.
Animal & Kensuke Sasaki are the closest thing to 'offical'champions. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei may be the most meaningful championship, since their championship is actually used on an ongoing basis in a promotion. All the different branches are still people claiming to be the champion of a promotion that has not existed in many years, so none of them are especially important.
Champions Listing (UWA/LLI era)
Sources:
- ↑ Arena 1250, Box y Lucha 1552, Lucha Libre 969, Matt Farmer
- ↑ ricardo aguilar hidalgo @ box y luchaDJ Spectro, Box y Lucha 1556, Box y Lucha 1557, Comabtes 362, Lucha Libre 959
- ↑ WON 1991-04-08
- ↑ SL 11
- ↑ WON 1991-06-17
- ↑ WON 1991-06-24
- ↑ WON
- ↑ WON
- ↑ SL
- ↑ luchadb
Dragonmania Branch
On May 11, 2008, at the annual May Dragonmania show, the previously scheduled Terrible & Damian 666 versus Animal & Kensuke Sasaki was changed to a title match for the vacant UWA World Tag Team Titles. New belts, matching the design used for the UWA World Heavyweight Championship were presented to the winners and the match was made official by the UWA.
| # | Champion(s) | Defeated | Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Animal & Kensuke Sasaki | Terrible & Damian 666 | 2008.05.11 | Arena Mexico | |
| title change | |||||
| successful title defense | |||||
| championship matches which were announced, but results were not found | |||||
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Villanos Branch
| # | Champion(s) | Defeated | Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Emilio Charles Jr. & Scorpio Jr. | Villano IV & Villano V | 2004.04.07 | Arena Coliseo De Acapulco | |
| 11 | Villano IV [3] & Villano V [3] | Emilio Charles Jr. & Scorpio Jr. | 2004.04.14 | Arena Coliseo De Acapulco | |
| 1 | Andy Barrow & Chicano Power | 2004.05.15 | Arena Aztahuacan | ||
| 2 | El Signo & Negro Navarro | 2006.10.18 | Arena Xalapa | ||
| 3 | El Signo & Negro Navarro | 2006.10.26 | Polideportivo de la Universidad de Pachuca - Pachuca | ||
| 4 | Hector Garza & Chucho el Roto | 2011.12.25 | Arena Lopez Mateos | ||
| title change | |||||
| successful title defense | |||||
| championship matches which were announced, but results were not found | |||||
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Tapatios Branch
In the post-UWA era, during the long stretch where their Villano's championships were inactive, Los Rayo Tapatios briefly defended and lost a set of the tag team championship as the UWA World Tag Team Championships. These might have been the Distrio Federal Tag championships under a different name (getting around not being defending in DF).
The titles returned in 2019 labeled as "UWA Intercontinental Tag Team" Championship in Promociones Nueva Generacion based out of Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. "World Couples THL Champion" it's written in the belt
| # | Champion(s) | Defeated | Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Vuelo Especial & El Endeivor | Rayo Tapatio I & Rayo Tapatio II | 2001.03.11 | Oaxaca | |
| 1 | Sombra de Plata (CMLL) & Mastin | 2001.04.15 | Oaxaca | ||
| figured out they were defending the D.F. Tag Team Titles using the UWA name? | |||||
| Unclear Title History | |||||
| -[1] | Rayo Tapatio I & Rayo Tapatio II | Toro Rojo & Turipache 2000 | 2019.12.07 | Centro Deportivo Roma, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas | |
| title change | |||||
| successful title defense | |||||
| championship matches which were announced, but results were not found | |||||
Japan Branch
In 2008, Nosawa and Masada proclaimed themselves as UWA World Tag Team Champions, claiming they had defeated Rayo de Tapatio I & Rayo de Tapatio II in July 2000. (They apparently kept the title win quiet for a good six to eight years.) It's possible these were the belts the Tapatios were defending, or that they purchased them from the Villanos or the belts were just grabbed out of a closet somewhere.
Nosawa & Masada quickly lost the championship to El Dorado's KAGETORA & Kota Ibushi. El Dorado's ancestral promotion, Toryumon, used the UWA World Trios Championship among other UWA titles, and it appeared as though the tag team titles may serve a similar purpose of giving a newer group some additional legitimacy new championships wouldn't provide. The El Dorado promotion did not last long, but the championships have remained active. They've transferred thru the Michinoku Pro, Kaientai and DDT promotions.
There's no actual connection to the UWA, which has been deceased for many years, but UWA means something in that niche. The Japan belts means as much as the Mexico belts - there's no governing body or promotion backing them, they're simply whatever the people who have them want them to be. However, since there's a trail of title events to explain the Mexico branch and there's not the same with the Japan branch, the Japan championships are decided to be a Disputed Branch.
| # | Champion(s) | Defeated | Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rayo de Tapatios win championship? or is this also the DF state title? | |||||
| 8 | NOSAWA & MASADA | Rayo de Tapatio I & Rayo de Tapatio II | 2000.??.?? | ? | |
| 9 | KAGETORA & Kota Ibushi | Nosawa & Masada | 2008.03.26 | Tokyo | |
| 1 | Touru Owashi & Takuya Sugawara | 2008.04.24 | Tokyo | ||
| championship vacated due to inactivity | |||||
| decision match for vacant championship | |||||
| 10 | Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga | KAGETORA & Jumping Kid Okimoto | 2008.11.25 | Tokyo | |
| 11 | Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei | Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga | 2008.12.03 | Tokyo | |
| 1 | Great Sasuke & Yoshitsune | 2009.01.18 | Sendai, Japan | ||
| 12 | Tsutomu Oosugi [2] & Hercules Senga [2] | Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei | 2010.04.14 | Tokyo | |
| 13 | Masamune & Minoru Fujita | Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei | 2010.12.22 | ? | |
| 14 | Tsutomu Oosugi [3] & Hercules Senga [3] | Masamune & Minoru Fujita | 2011.12.01 | Shin-kiba 1st Ring | |
| 15 | Ikuto Hidaka & Menso~re Oyaji | Tsutomu Oosugi [3] & Hercules Senga [3] | 2012.11.29 | ? | |
| 16 | Tsutomu Oosugi [4] & Hercules Senga [4] | Ikuto Hidaka & Menso~re Oyaji | 2013.07.15 | ? | |
| 17 | HIROKI & Yasu Urano | Tsutomu Oosugi [4] & Hercules Senga [4] | 2014.02.05 | ? | |
| 1 | Hiro Tonai & Yuki Sato | 2014.02.22 | Blue Field, Chiba, Chiba | ||
| 18 | Hiroshi Fukuda & Men's Teioh | HIROKI & Yasu Urano | 2014.04.27 | Radiant Hall, Yokohama | |
| 1 | FUMA & Seiya Morohashi | 2014.05.18 | Korakuen Hall | ||
| 2 | Tsutomu Osugi & Hercules Senga | 2014.07.26 | Korakuen Hall | ||
| 19 | Fuma & Isami Kodaka | Hiroshi Fukuda & Men's Teioh | 2014.08.31 | Shinjuku FACE | |
| 1 | Shuji Ishikawa & SAGAT | 2014.09.15 | Radiant Hall, Yokohama | ||
| 2 | Hiraku Sato & Masato Shibata | 2014.11.03 | Radiant Hall, Yokohama | ||
| 3[1] | Shuji Ishikawa & Masato Shibata | 2015.01.24 | Radiant Hall, Yokohama | ||
| 20 | Masato Shibata & Shuji Ishikawa | Fuma & Isami Kodaka | 2015.01.24 | Radiant Hall, Yokohama | |
| 21 | Brahman Shu [2] & Brahman Kei [2] | Masato Shibata & Shuji Ishikawa | 2015.06.17 | Shin-kiba 1st Ring | |
| 22[2] | Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita | Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei | 2016.06.10 | Korakuen Hall | |
| 1[3] | Yapperman 1 & Yapperman 2 | 2017.04.15 | Shin-kiba 1st Ring | ||
| 2[4] | Yapperman 3 & Yapperman 3 | 2017.06.18 | Korakuen Hall | ||
| 23[5] | Rui Hyugaji & Ayumu Gunji | Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita | 2017.09.16 | Yahaba-machi Chomin Sogo Taiikukan, Iwate | |
| 1[6] | Manjimaru & Kengo | 2017.11.05 | Yahaba-machi Chomin Sogo Taiikukan, Iwate | ||
| 24[7] | GAINA & Taro Nohashi | Rui Hyugaji & Ayumu Gunji | 2018.03.17 | Yahaba Chomin Sogo Taiikukan in Iwate | |
| 1[8] | Yapperman 1 & Yapperman 2 | 2018.04.14 | Shinkiba 1stRING | ||
| 2 | Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami | 2018.07.07 | Shinkiba 1stRING | [9] | |
| title change | |||||
| successful title defense | |||||
| championship matches which were announced, but results were not found | |||||
Sources:
- ↑ no contest
- ↑ Puroresu Spirit; title for title with the Tohoku Jr. Tag Team championship
- ↑ Puroresu Spirit]
- ↑ Puroresu Spirit]
- ↑ Puroresu Spirit
- ↑ Puroresu Spirit
- ↑ Puroresu Spirit
- ↑ Puroresu Spirit
- ↑ Puroresu Spirit
Source: Wrestling Data
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Gallery of Title Belts
Sources
| Universal Wrestling Association Championships |
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| Official: Heavy (Dr. Wagner Jr.) |
| Outlaw: Light (Kato Kung Lee Jr.), Junior Light Heavy (Diluvio Negro II) |
| Now in Japan: Welter, Middle, Junior Heavy, Tag, Trios, |
| Defunct: Feather, Light Heavy, Women, International Women, Women Junior, Women's Tag, |
| Associated: WWF Light Heavy |
