Post by 円相! TV on Jun 27, 2024 0:59:59 GMT
The World Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship was established by the International Development Office (IDO) of the All-Japan Sports and Wrestling Commission (AJSWC) in May 2023. With very few team titles contested solely among wrestlers below the heavyweight division, MAX-J brand CEO Masaaki Sano pitched the World Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship as a rare opportunity to create a premier championship at the sub-heavyweight class that could be used to promote Japanese athletics around the globe. A tournament was held at the three-day CRUISERWORLD! event co-promoted by MAX-J and POLLO ROAD that would eventually crown METAL HERO and Earth Warrior as the first champions.
As an official world championship, the title must be contested in at least two countries during the calendar year, running from May 1 to April 30th (to commemorate the anniversary of the Reiwa era). If this requirement is not met, the current champions must vacate the title and it will return to the possession of the AJSWC where it will exist in an inactive status. Each of the participants must weigh no more than 100 kg (220.5 lb) by the start-time of the event. Failure to meet weigh-in requirements will result in both champions vacating the titles.
The title can be contested under both pro-wrestling and official AJSWC sport form (modified submission shootfighting) rules which must be approved by the IDO-AJSWC prior to each contest. Those rules can be found here.
The current champions are Hayato Hamada and Jin Hirai.
1. 7/9/2023: METAL HERO and Earth Warrior defeat MEZA and LYNX (20:58) via pinfall after METAL HERO uses the Kujira Blaster on MEZA to become the 1st champions (tournament final).
V1. 8/21/2023: METAL HERO and Earth Warrior (c) defeat Nizbel and Azalo (12:29) via pinfall when HERO uses a running kick on Nizbel (1st defense).
V2. 9/23/2023 (Sport Form Rules): METAL HERO and Earth Warrior (c) defeat Katsuhiko Himura and NOBOSUKE when Earth Warrior eliminates NOBOSUKE (R1 9:05) via submission with a kneebar and Katsuhiko Himura is eliminated (R2 8:46) via referee stoppage (2nd defense).
V3. 2/10/2024: METAL HERO and Earth Warrior (c) defeat AJ Knight and Jimmy Winner (45:36) via pinfall after HERO uses a backdrop hold on Knight (3rd defense).
2. 7/4/2024: Hayato Hamada and Jin Hirai defeat METAL HERO and Earth Warrior (c) (!7:08) via referee stoppage (knee) when METAL HERO can no longer continue to become the 2nd champions.
V1: 7/28/2024: Hayato Hamada and Jin Hirai defeat Jeremy Squire and Crazy Boy (19:12) via pinfall when Hamada uses the Stealth Katana DDT on Crazy Boy (1st defense).