WAR_World_Six-Man_Tag_Team_Championship

Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship

Professional wrestling trios tag team championship

The Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship (Japanese: 天龍プロジェクト認定WAR世界6人タッグ王座, Hepburn: Tenryū Purojekuto Nintei WAR Sekai Roku-nin Taggu Ōza) is a six-man tag team title contested for in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Tenryu Project. The title was established in Wrestle Association R (WAR) in 1994, the first title of its kind in Japan.

Quick Facts Details, Promotion ...

Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship

Kouki Iwasaki with one of the title belts in July 2023

Details

Promotion

WAR (1994–2006)
Tenryu Project (2010–present)

Date established

June 30, 1994

Current champion(s)

Kengo, Minoru Suzuki and "brother" Yasshi

Date won

February 19, 2024

Other name(s)

WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship
(1994–2006)
Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Championship
(2010–2015)
Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship
(2021–present)

Statistics
First champion(s)	Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado
Most reigns	(As a tag team) Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado (5 times) (As individual) Hiromichi Fuyuki (6 times)
Longest reign	Arashi, Genichiro Tenryu and Tomohiro Ishii (1,216 days)
Shortest reign	Nobutaka Araya, Genichiro Tenryu and Último Dragón (<1 day)

History

Names

More information Name, Years ...

Name	Years
WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship	June 30, 1994–July 27, 2006
Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Championship	June 9, 2010–November 15, 2015
Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship	July 1, 2021–present

Inaugural tournament

Genichiro Tenryu had the idea for the WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship from his stay in World Championship Wrestling, where he held the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship with The Road Warriors during the time he elevated to the top of All Japan Pro Wrestling. On June 30, 1994, an eight-team single elimination tournament was held in Sendai to crown the inaugural champions. The tournament saw Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado) defeat Animal Hamaguchi, Genichiro Tenryu and Koki Kitahara in the final.^[1]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Fuyuki-gun
(Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado)

N/A

Hideo Takayama, Hiroshi Itakura and Ichiro Yaguchi

N/A

Fuyuki-gun

N/A

Dos Caras, Como and Lionheart

N/A

Arashi, Ashura Hara and Super Strong Machine

Dec

Dos Caras, Brett Como and Lionheart

30:00

Fuyuki-gun

N/A

Hamaguchi, Tenryu and Kitahara

N/A

Masao Orihara, Shiryu and The Great Sasuke

N/A

Koji Ishinriki, Masanobu Kurisu and Takashi Ishikawa

N/A

Orihara, Shiryu and The Great Sasuke

N/A

Hamaguchi, Tenryu and Kitahara

N/A

Animal Hamaguchi, Genichiro Tenryu and Koki Kitahara

N/A

Kendo Nagasaki, Kishin Kawabata and Ryo Miyake

N/A

This title was essentially WAR's main championship, as it drew both heavyweights and junior heavyweights for competition. The promotion closed in 2000, and the title was abandoned.

Revivals

Genichiro Tenryu revived the title in 2010, for his new Tenryu Project promotion, as the Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Championship. It was disbanded when Tenryu closed the promotion after his retirement on November 15, 2015.^[2]

The title was reactivated in July 2021 as the Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship and a four-team tournament was held between January and February 2022 to crown new champions.^[3]^[4]

First round January 9		Final February 1

Keita Yano, Toru and Shota	2

Mizuki Watase, Shoki Kitamura and Takuro Niki	1
		Yano, Toru and Shota	1

		Arai, Sato and Kono	2
Kenichiro Arai, Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono	2

Rey Paloma, Shigehiro Irie and Jun Tonsho	0

Reigns

As of April 27, 2024, there have been a total of 24 reigns shared among 20 different teams consisting of 45 distinctive wrestlers. Kengo, Minoru Suzuki and "brother" Yasshi are the current champions in their first reign, while it's the second individually for Kengo.

More information No., Reign ...

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
<1	Reign lasted less than a day
+	Current reign is changing daily

More information No., Champion ...

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics			Notes	Ref.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses	Notes	Ref.
	Wrestle Association R (WAR)
1	Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado)	June 30, 1994	WAR	Sendai, Japan	1	57	0	Defeated Animal Hamaguchi, Koki Kitahara and Genichiro Tenryu in the finals of an eight-team tournament to become the inaugural champions.	^[1]
2	Bob Backlund, Scott Putski and The Warlord	August 26, 1994	Revolutionary Ignition '94	Yokohama, Japan	1	6	0		^[5]
3	Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado)	September 1, 1994	Revolutionary Ignition '94	Saku, Japan	2	129	3		^[6]
4	Heisei Ishingun (Tatsutoshi Goto, Shiro Koshinaka and Michiyoshi Ohara)	January 8, 1995	Early Spring Super Revolution '95	Tokyo, Japan	1	112	3		^[7]
5	Animal Hamaguchi, Koki Kitahara and Genichiro Tenryu	April 30, 1995	Warfare: Disruption	Tokyo, Japan	1	97	2		^[8]
6	Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado)	August 5, 1995	Summer Tour in R	Kagoshima, Japan	3	60	0		^[9]
7	Arashi, Nobutaka Araya and Koki Kitahara	October 4, 1995	The Restart: Restart	Hamamatsu, Japan	1 (1, 1, 2)	170	3		^[10]
8	Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado)	March 22, 1996	House show	Hamamatsu, Japan	4	65	2		^[11]
9	Golden Cups (Yoji Anjo, Yoshihiro Takayama and Kenichi Yamamoto)	May 26, 1996	The R-One Day Special	Yokohama, Japan	1	12	0		^[12]
10	Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado)	June 7, 1996	UWFi vs. WAR: Tosen!	Sapporo, Japan	5	12	1	This was a show co-produced with Union of Wrestling Forces International (UWFi).	^[13]
—	Vacated	June 19, 1996	—	—	—	—	—	Title vacated so it could be put up for grab in a tournament.	^[14]
11	Masahito Kakihara, Yuhi Sano and Nobuhiko Takada	July 20, 1996	WAR 4th Anniversary Show	Tokyo, Japan	1	83	0	Defeated Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado) in the finals of an eight-team tournament to win the vacant title.	^[15]
12	Yoji Anjo, Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow and Hiromichi Fuyuki	October 11, 1996	Osaka Crush Night!	Osaka, Japan	1 (2, 1, 6)	17	0		^[16]
13	Nobutaka Araya, Genichiro Tenryu and Último Dragón	October 28, 1996	WAR-ism '96	Osaka, Japan	1 (2, 2, 1)	<1	0		^[17]
—	Deactivated	October 28, 1996	—	—	—	—	—	Genichiro Tenryu retired the title in order to create a heavyweight title.	^[14]^[18]
14	Nobutaka Araya, Koki Kitahara and Lance Storm	July 6, 1997	WAR 5th Anniversary Show	Tokyo, Japan	1 (3, 3, 1)	113	1	Defeated Tommy Dreamer, Nobukazu Hirai and Mitsuharu Kitao to win the revived title.	^[19]
15	Nobukazu Hirai, Mitsuharu Kitao and Masaaki Mochizuki	October 27, 1997	WAR-ism '97	Isesaki, Japan	1	247	1		^[20]
—	Vacated	July 1, 1998	—	—	—	—	—	Title vacated when Mitsuharu Kitao announced his retirement from wrestling.	^[14]
—	Deactivated	July 27, 2006	—	—	—	—	—	WAR closed in 2000, and held its official final event on July 27, 2006.	^[14]
	Tenryu Project
16	Tatsutoshi Goto, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihiro Takayama	June 9, 2010	Next Revolution	Tokyo, Japan	1 (2, 1, 2)	112	1	Defeated Koki Kitahara, Mitsuo Momota and Genichiro Tenryu to win the revived title, now renamed Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Tenryu Project introduces the rule that any one of the champion team members can be replaced by another wrestler. Aired on tape delay on June 25, 2010.	^[21]
17	Arashi, Suwama and Tomohiro Ishii	September 29, 2010	Never So	Tokyo, Japan	1 (2, 1, 1)	268	1		^[22]
—	Vacated	June 24, 2011	—	—	—	—	—	Suwama requests Tenryu to replace him so that he can concentrate on wrestling for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).	^[14]
18	Arashi, Genichiro Tenryu and Tomohiro Ishii	June 24, 2011	—	—	1 (3, 3, 2)	1,216	1	Title is awarded to the team of Arashi, Tenryu and Ishii.	^[14]
—	Vacated	October 22, 2014	—	—	—	—	—	Title vacated due to inactivity.	^[14]
19	Buki, Classic Kid and Ryuichi Kawakami	December 2, 2014	Survive	Tokyo, Japan	1	270	2	Defeated Arashi, Nosawa Rongai and Ricky Fuji in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant title. This was a show co-produced with VKF Pro-Wrestling. After Classic was sidelined with a neck injury in March 2015, both Heddi French and Hikaru Sato were given the role of one-off replacements, defending the title alongside Buki and Kawakami, while Classic was still recognized as one third of the official champions.	^[23]^[24]^[25]
—	Vacated	August 29, 2015	—	—	—	—	—	Title vacated when Kawakami suffered an injury.	^[14]^[26]
—	Deactivated	November 15, 2015	—	—	—	—	—	Title retired when Tenryu closed the promotion.	^[14]^[27]
—	Vacated	July 1, 2021	—	—	—	—	—	Title reactivated but left vacant when Tenryu Project was relaunched in 2021.	^[28]
20	Kenichiro Arai, Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono	February 1, 2022	Survive the Revolution Vol. 16	Tokyo, Japan	1	504	3	Defeated Keita Yano, Toru and Shota in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant title.	^[2]
21	Gaina, Kengo and Kouki Iwasaki	June 20, 2023	Still Revolution Vol. 3	Tokyo, Japan	1	119	1		^[2]^[29]
22	Kuma Arashi, Masayuki Kono and Yusuke Kodama	October 17, 2023	Still Revolution Vol. 7	Tokyo, Japan	1 (1, 2, 1)	33	0		^[2]^[30]
23	Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Kazuki Hashimoto	November 19, 2023	Ryūkon Cup III: Live For Today	Tokyo, Japan	1	92	1	This was a best 2-out-of-3 falls match.	^[2]^[31]
24	Kengo, Minoru Suzuki and "brother" Yasshi	February 19, 2024	Still Revolution Vol. 10	Tokyo, Japan	1 (2, 1, 1)	68+	0	This was a best 2-out-of-3 falls match.	^[2]^[32]

Combined reigns

As of April 27, 2024.

Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado), record five-time champions

More information † ...

†	Indicates the current champion

By team

More information Rank, Team ...

Rank	Team	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Arashi, Genichiro Tenryu and Tomohiro Ishii	1	1	1,216
2	Kenichiro Arai, Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono	1	3	504
3	Fuyuki-gun (Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado)	5	6	323
4	Buki, Classic Kid and Ryuichi Kawakami	1	2	270
5	Arashi, Suwama and Tomohiro Ishii	1	1	268
6	Nobukazu Hirai, Mitsuharu Kitao and Masaaki Mochizuki	1	1	247
7	Arashi, Nobutaka Araya and Koki Kitahara	1	3	170
8	Gaina, Kengo and Kouki Iwasaki	1	1	119
9	Nobutaka Araya, Koki Kitahara and Lance Storm	1	1	113
10	Heisei Ishingun (Tatsutoshi Goto, Shiro Koshinaka and Michiyoshi Ohara)	1	3	112
10	Tatsutoshi Goto, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihiro Takayama	1	1	112
12	Animal Hamaguchi, Koki Kitahara and Genichiro Tenryu	1	2	97
13	Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Kazuki Hashimoto	1	1	92
14	Masahito Kakihara, Yuhi Sano and Nobuhiko Takada	1	0	83
15	Kengo, Minoru Suzuki and "brother" Yasshi †	1	0	68+
16	Kuma Arashi, Masayuki Kono and Yusuke Kodama	1	0	33
17	Yoji Anjo, Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow and Hiromichi Fuyuki	1	0	17
18	Golden Cups (Yoji Anjo, Yoshihiro Takayama and Kenichi Yamamoto)	1	1	12
19	Bob Backlund, Scott Putski and The Warlord	1	0	6
20	Nobutaka Araya, Genichiro Tenryu and Último Dragón	1	0	<1

By wrestler

More information Rank, Wrestler ...

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Arashi	3	5	1,654
2	Tomohiro Ishii	2	2	1,484
3	Genichiro Tenryu	3	3	1,313
4	Masayuki Kono	2	3	537
5	Kenichiro Arai	1	3	504
5	Kohei Sato	1	3	504
7	Koki Kitahara	3	6	380
8	Hiromichi Fuyuki	6	6	340
9	Gedo	5	6	323
9	Jado	5	6	323
11	Nobutaka Araya	3	4	283
12	Buki	1	2	270
	Classic Kid	1	0	270
	Ryuichi Kawakami	1	2	270
15	Suwama	1	1	268
16	Nobukazu Hirai	1	1	247
	Mitsuharu Kitao	1	1	247
	Masaaki Mochizuki	1	1	247
19	Tatsutoshi Goto	2	4	224
20	Kengo †	2	1	187+
21	Yoshihiro Takayama	2	2	124
22	Gaina	1	1	119
22	Kouki Iwasaki	1	1	119
24	Lance Storm	1	1	113
25	Shiro Koshinaka	1	3	112
	Michiyoshi Ohara	1	3	112
	Daisuke Sekimoto	1	1	112
28	Animal Hamaguchi	1	2	97
29	Daichi Hashimoto	1	1	92
	Hideyoshi Kamitani	1	1	92
	Kazuki Hashimoto	1	1	92
32	Masahito Kakihara	1	0	83
	Yuhi Sano	1	0	83
	Nobuhiko Takada	1	0	83
35	Minoru Suzuki †	1	0	68+
35	"brother" Yasshi †	1	0	68+
37	Kuma Arashi	1	0	33
37	Yusuke Kodama	1	0	33
39	Yoji Anjo	2	1	29
40	Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow	1	0	17
41	Kenichi Yamamoto	1	1	12
42	Bob Backlund	1	0	6
	Scott Putski	1	0	6
	The Warlord	1	0	6
45	Último Dragón	1	0	<1

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