| Asia Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 4, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | April 23, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
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TheAsia Tag Team Championship (アジアタッグ王座,ajiataggu ōza) was a tag team championship established and promoted byNew Japan Pro-Wrestling.[1] It was New Japan Pro-Wrestling's version of theAll Asia Tag Team Championship. The first champions wereSeiji Sakaguchi andStrong Kobayashi, who defeatedTiger Jeet Singh andGama Singh in a tournament final.[2] The second and final champions were Tiger Jeet Singh andUmanosuke Ueda, who dethroned the previous champions on July 15, 1977. Both tag teams also won theNWA North American Tag Team Championship at some point during their reigns, but the title was defended separately. The title was retired on April 23, 1981 due to an announcement of the IWGP, a new governing body, which would promote their own-branded championships.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defences | Number of successful defences |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||||
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| 1 | Seiji Sakaguchi andStrong Kobayashi | October 4, 1976 | Asia League Tournament | Sendai,Japan | 1 | 284 | 0 | This was a final of the Asia Tag Team League andtwo out of three falls match, in which Sakaguchi and Kobayashi defeatedTiger Jeet andGama Singh 2–1 to become the inaugural champions. | |||
| 2 | Tiger Jeet Singh andUmanosuke Ueda | July 15, 1977 | Asia Champion Series | Sapporo,Japan | 1 | 1,420 | 0 | This was two out of three falls match, in which Singh and Ueda won 2–1. | |||
| — | Deactivated | April 23, 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | Championship retired after announcement of the IWGP. | |||
