Ultimate Tag League

The Ultimate Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by DDT Pro-Wrestling.^[1] It was created in 2000 as the DDT Tag League (DDTタッグリーグ, DDT taggu rīgu) and was renamed KO-D (King of DDT) Tag League (KO-Dタッグリーグ, KO-D taggu rīgu) in 2001. In 2021, the tournament was brought back 16 years after the previous edition under its current name.^[1]

The Ultimate Tag League is held under a points system, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. From 2000 to 2003, wins by pinfall, submission or knockout were awarded 3 points and wins via countout or disqualification were only worth 2 points. Number of entrants and formats have changed over the years, with up to three blocks of participants and the occasional inclusion of semifinals. Matches in the DDT/KO-D Tag League had a 20-minute time limit. The Ultimate Tag League 2021 matches have a 30-minute time limit.

List of winners[]

Tournament	Year	Winners (total won as an individual)	Total won as a team	Reference
DDT Tag League	2000	Koichiro Kimura and Tomohiko Hashimoto	1	[2]
KO-D Tag League	2001	Super Uchuu Power (2) and Mikami	1	[2]
KO-D Tag League	2002	Mikami (2) and Thanomsak Toba	1	[2]
KO-D Tag League	2003	Tomohiko Hashimoto (2) and Seiya Morohashi	1	[2]
KO-D Tag League	2004	Hero! and Kudo	1	[2]
KO-D Tag League	2005	Daichi Kakimoto and Kota Ibushi	1	[2]
Ultimate Tag League	2021	Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata	1	[1][3]

Results[]

2000[]

The 2000 DDT Tag League featured two blocks of three teams and ran from August 24 to September 14.^[4][5]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Sanshiro Takagi and Exciting Yoshida	6	Mikami and Thanomsak Toba	3
Takashi Sasaki and Yuki Nishino	3	Koichiro Kimura and Tomohiko Hashimoto	3
Poison Sawada Black and  [ja]	0	"Showa" and Neo Winger	2

Block A	Takagi Yoshida	Sawada  [ja]	Sasaki Nishino
Takagi Yoshida	—	Takagi Yoshida (10:44)[6]	Takagi Yoshida (14:47)[7]
Sawada  [ja]	Takagi Yoshida (10:44)[6]	—	Sasaki Nishino (11:22)[8]
Sasaki Nishino	Takagi Yoshida (14:47)[7]	Sasaki Nishino (11:22)[8]	—
Block B	Mikami Toba	"Showa" Winger	Kimura Hashimoto
Mikami Toba	—	"Showa" Winger (11:18)[a][6]	Mikami Toba (12:43)[7]
"Showa" Winger	"Showa" Winger (11:18)[a][6]	—	Kimura Hashimoto (12:02)[8]
Kimura Hashimoto	Mikami Toba (12:43)[7]	Kimura Hashimoto (12:02)[8]	—

	Block B Decision					Final
						A1	Takagi and Yoshida	15:05[9]
						B2	Kimura and Hashimoto	Sub
	B1	Mikami and Toba	8:18[9]
	B2	Kimura and Hashimoto	Pin			Third place
						A2	Sasaki and Nishino	Pin
						B1	Mikami and Toba	11:09[9]

2001[]

The 2001 KO-D Tag League ran from August 25 to September 30 and saw eight teams compete in a single block, with the top two scoring teams advancing to a final. On August 16, Mikami and Super Uchuu Power vacated the KO-D Tag Team Championship and put the titles on the line in the tournament.^[10]

Final standings

Sanshiro Takagi and Sanshiro Takagi[b]	16
Super Uchuu Power and Mikami	12
Poison Sawada Julie and  [ja]	11
Takashi Sasaki and Thanomsak Toba	10
[ja] and  [ja]	9
Tomohiko Hashimoto and Retsu Maekawa	8
[ja] and Tomohiro Ishii	6
"Showa" and  [ja]	5

Results	"Showa"  [ja]	[ja] Ishii	Sasaki Toba	[ja]  [ja]	Takagi Takagi	Sawada  [ja]	Uchuu Mikami	Hashimoto Maekawa
"Showa"  [ja]	—	Double Countout (11:48)[11]	Sasaki Toba (13:43)[12]	"Showa" 80's (14:05)[a][13]	Double Countout (15:06)[c][14]	Sawada Hebikage (9:04)[a][15]	Uchuu Mikami (13:11)[16]	Double Countout (9:59)[17]
[ja] Ishii	Double Countout (11:48)[11]	—	Draw (20:00)[18]	Cougar Condor (10:27)[d][17]	Takagi Takagi (16:26)[19]	Fujisawa Ishii (12:51)[20]	Uchuu Mikami (0:36)[12]	Draw (20:00)[13]
Sasaki Toba	Sasaki Toba (13:43)[12]	Draw (20:00)[18]	—	Cougar Condor (14:25)[21]	Takagi Takagi (2:02)[22]	Sawada Hebikage (12:17)[23]	Sasaki Toba (13:02)[19]	Sasaki Toba (14:05)[16]
[ja]  [ja]	"Showa" 80's (14:05)[a][13]	Cougar Condor (10:27)[d][17]	Cougar Condor (14:25)[21]	—	Cougar Condor (11:53)[20]	Sawada Hebikage (16:54)[12]	Uchuu Mikami (13:14)[18]	Hashimoto Maekawa (11:33)[15]
Takagi Takagi	Double Countout (15:06)[c][14]	Takagi Takagi (16:26)[19]	Takagi Takagi (2:02)[22]	Cougar Condor (11:53)[20]	—	Takagi Takagi (14:39)[24]	Takagi Takagi (15:13)[23]	Takagi Takagi (19:02)[12]
Sawada  [ja]	Sawada Hebikage (9:04)[a][15]	Fujisawa Ishii (12:51)[20]	Sawada Hebikage (12:17)[23]	Sawada Hebikage (16:54)[12]	Takagi Takagi (14:39)[24]	—	Uchuu Mikami (15:18)[22]	Sawada Hebikage (16:51)[14]
Uchuu Mikami	Uchuu Mikami (13:11)[16]	Uchuu Mikami (0:36)[12]	Sasaki Toba (13:02)[19]	Uchuu Mikami (13:14)[18]	Takagi Takagi (15:13)[23]	Uchuu Mikami (15:18)[22]	—	Hashimoto Maekawa (14:59)[25]
Hashimoto Maekawa	Double Countout (9:59)[17]	Draw (20:00)[13]	Sasaki Toba (14:05)[16]	Hashimoto Maekawa (11:33)[15]	Takagi Takagi (19:02)[12]	Sawada Hebikage (16:51)[14]	Hashimoto Maekawa (14:59)[25]	—

	Final
	1	Takagi and Takagi	18:21[26]
	2	Uchuu and Mikami	Pin

	Third place
	3	Sawada and  [ja]	7:48[26]
	4	Sasaki and Toba	Pin

2002[]

The 2002 KO-D Tag League ran from July 13 to August 25 and saw eight teams compete in a single block. On May 16, Mikami had to vacate the KO-D Tag Team Championship due to an injury. It was then decided than the tournament would crown new champions. Due to a four-way tie for first place, the four teams were paired in the semifinals, with the two winners facing off in the final. Tomohiko Hashimoto suffered an injury after one match. He was temporarily replaced by JPWA Lion #1 for one match and then permanently replaced by Seiya Morohashi for the remaining matches. Morohashi suffered a mild injury too and also had to forfeit a match.^[27]

Final standings

Mikami and Thanomsak Toba	11
Super Uchuu Power and Poison Sawada Julie	11
Sanshiro Takagi and  [ja]	11
Takashi Sasaki and Gentaro	11
Kintaro Kanemura and  [ja]	10
[ja] and Seiya Morohashi/Tomohiko Hashimoto	9
Shoichi Ichimiya and Survival Tobita	9
[ja] and Toguro Habukage	6

Results	Takagi  [ja]	[ja] Morohashi/Hashimoto	Mikami Toba	Uchuu Sawada	[ja] Habukage	Ichimiya Tobita	Kanemura  [ja]	Sasaki Gentaro
Takagi  [ja]	—	Tachihikari Hashimoto (15:08)[28]	Takagi Maeda (15:50)[29]	Uchuu Sawada (19:40)[30]	Takagi Maeda (13:14)[31]	Ichimiya Tobita (15:39)[32]	Takagi Maeda (14:52)[33]	Takagi Maeda (19:57)[a][34]
[ja] Morohashi/Hashimoto	Tachihikari Hashimoto (15:08)[28]	—	Mikami Toba (Forfeit)[35]	Uchuu Sawada (17:22)[33]	Tachihikari Morohashi (15:39)[36]	Tachihikari Morohashi (14:19)[37]	Kanemura Miwa (11:29)[30]	Sasaki Gentaro (14:26)[e][38]
Mikami Toba	Takagi Maeda (15:50)[29]	Mikami Toba (Forfeit)[35]	—	Draw (20:00)[39]	Mikami Toba (15:18)[32]	Ichimiya Tobita (11:22)[40]	Mikami Toba (12:40)[41]	Draw (20:00)[36]
Uchuu Sawada	Uchuu Sawada (19:40)[30]	Uchuu Sawada (17:22)[33]	Draw (20:00)[39]	—	Hebikage Habukage (17:30)[42]	Ichimiya Tobita (17:00)[a][28]	Double Countout (12:57)[29]	Uchuu Sawada (19:47)[43]
[ja] Habukage	Takagi Maeda (13:14)[31]	Tachihikari Morohashi (15:39)[36]	Mikami Toba (15:18)[32]	Hebikage Habukage (17:30)[42]	—	Hebikage Habukage (12:30)[44]	Kanemura Miwa (8:25)[40]	Sasaki Gentaro (16:04)[45]
Ichimiya Tobita	Ichimiya Tobita (15:39)[32]	Tachihikari Morohashi (14:19)[37]	Ichimiya Tobita (11:22)[40]	Ichimiya Tobita (17:00)[a][28]	Hebikage Habukage (12:30)[44]	—	Kanemura Miwa (9:42)[38]	Double Countout (15:04)[46]
Kanemura  [ja]	Takagi Maeda (14:52)[33]	Kanemura Miwa (11:29)[30]	Mikami Toba (12:40)[41]	Double Countout (12:57)[29]	Kanemura Miwa (8:25)[40]	Kanemura Miwa (9:42)[38]	—	Sasaki Gentaro (12:52)[47]
Sasaki Gentaro	Takagi Maeda (19:57)[a][34]	Sasaki Gentaro (14:26)[e][38]	Draw (20:00)[36]	Uchuu Sawada (19:47)[43]	Sasaki Gentaro (16:04)[45]	Double Countout (15:04)[46]	Sasaki Gentaro (12:52)[47]	—

	Semifinals					Final
	3	Takagi and  [ja]	19:50[48]
	2	Uchuu and Sawada	Pin
						2	Uchuu and Sawada	25:52[50]
						1	Mikami and Toba	Pin
	1	Mikami and Toba	Pin
	4	Sasaki and Gentaro	18:28[49]			Third place
						3	Takagi and  [ja]	19:48[51]
						4	Sasaki and Gentaro	Pin

2003[]

The 2003 KO-D Tag League was held from September 11 to September 28 and featured two blocks of five teams. On the first day of the tournament, the KO-D Tag Team Champions Takashi Sasaki and Thanomsak Toba lost their match against Super Uchuu Power and Super Uchuu Power Omega. They decided to vacate the titles in order to put them up for grab in the tournament.^[52]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Takashi Sasaki and Thanomsak Toba	9	Tomohiko Hashimoto and Seiya Morohashi	7
Super Uchuu Power and Super Uchuu Power Omega	7	[ja] and Ryu Echigo	6
Hero! and Kudo	6	Sanshiro Takagi and Yoshihiro Sakai	6
Danshoku Dino and O.K. Revolution	4	Gill Nakano and  [ja]	5
Ricky Fuji and Yusuke Inokuma	3	Badboy Hido and Shuji Ishikawa	4

Block A	T. Sasaki Toba	Hero! Kudo	Uchuu Omega	Fuji Inokuma	Dino Revolution
T. Sasaki Toba	—	T. Sasaki Toba (10:47)[53]	Uchuu Omega (15:17)[54]	T. Sasaki Toba (12:40)[55]	T. Sasaki Toba (15:08)[56]
Hero! Kudo	T. Sasaki Toba (10:47)[53]	—	Hero! Kudo (14:05)[57]	Hero! Kudo (12:57)[58]	Dino Revolution (12:04)[59]
Uchuu Omega	Uchuu Omega (15:17)[54]	Hero! Kudo (14:05)[57]	—	Uchuu Omega (10:50)[60]	Draw (20:00)[58]
Fuji Inokuma	T. Sasaki Toba (12:40)[55]	Hero! Kudo (12:57)[58]	Uchuu Omega (10:50)[60]	—	Fuji Inokuma (13:06)[61]
Dino Revolution	T. Sasaki Toba (15:08)[56]	Dino Revolution (12:04)[59]	Draw (20:00)[58]	Fuji Inokuma (13:06)[61]	—
Block B	Hido Ishikawa	Hashimoto Morohashi	[ja] Echigo	Takagi Sakai	Nakano  [ja]
Hido Ishikawa	—	Hashimoto Morohashi (8:27)[f][60]	Hido Ishikawa (12:13)[62]	Takagi Sakai (10:42)[61]	Double Countout (9:18)[58]
Hashimoto Morohashi	Hashimoto Morohashi (8:27)[f][60]	—	K. Sasaki Echigo (13:08)[54]	Hashimoto Morohashi (16:39)[63]	Double Countout (8:22)[56]
[ja] Echigo	Hido Ishikawa (12:13)[62]	K. Sasaki Echigo (13:08)[54]	—	K. Sasaki Echigo (12:10)[58]	Nakano Matsumoto (5:59)[55]
Takagi Sakai	Takagi Sakai (10:42)[61]	Hashimoto Morohashi (16:39)[63]	K. Sasaki Echigo (12:10)[58]	—	Takagi Sakai (10:39)[g][64]
Nakano  [ja]	Double Countout (9:18)[58]	Double Countout (8:22)[56]	Nakano Matsumoto (5:59)[55]	Takagi Sakai (10:39)[g][64]	—

	Final
	A1	T. Sasaki and Toba	14:09[65]
	B1	Hashimoto and Morohashi	Pin

2004[]

The 2004 KO-D Tag League was held from September 16 to September 30 and featured three blocks of four teams. The points system was changed to a more traditional system of 2 points for a victory and 1 point for a draw. The winners would also win the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship.^[66]

Final standings

Block A		Block B		Block C
Hero! and Kudo	5	Tomohiko Hashimoto and Seiya Morohashi	6	Poison Sawada Julie and Clone Boy Jami	6
Sanshiro Takagi and Kota Ibushi	3	Takashi Sasaki and Gentaro	4	Danshoku Dino and Glenn "Q" Spectre	4
Masahiro Takanashi and Mineo Fujita	2	Muscle Sakai and  [ja]	2	Koichiro Kimura and  [ja]	2
Shoichi Ichimiya and Gorgeous Matsuno	2	Giant and Kuma Sentoin	0	Daichi Kakimoto and  [ja]	0

Block A	Hero! Kudo	Takagi Ibushi	Takanashi Fujita	Ichimiya Matsuno
Hero! Kudo	–	Draw (20:00)[67]	Hero! Kudo (11:30)[68]	Hero! Kudo (10:29)[69]
Takagi Ibushi	Draw (20:00)[67]	–	Takagi Ibushi (10:21)[69]	Ichimiya Matsuno (14:50)[68]
Takanashi Fujita	Hero! Kudo (11:30)[68]	Takagi Ibushi (10:21)[69]	–	Takanashi Fujita (4:55)[70]
Ichimiya Matsuno	Hero! Kudo (10:29)[69]	Ichimiya Matsuno (14:50)[68]	Takanashi Fujita (4:55)[70]	–
Block B	Sasaki Gentaro	Sakai  [ja]	Giant Sentoin	Hashimoto Morohashi
Sasaki Gentaro	–	Sasaki Gentaro (7:31)[67]	Sasaki Gentaro (9:20)[68]	Hashimoto Morohashi (13:34)[69]
Sakai  [ja]	Sasaki Gentaro (7:31)[67]	–	Sakai Senshu (12:45)[69]	Hashimoto Morohashi (9:01)[68]
Giant Sentoin	Sasaki Gentaro (9:20)[68]	Sakai Senshu (12:45)[69]	–	Hashimoto Morohashi (9:01)[70]
Hashimoto Morohashi	Hashimoto Morohashi (13:34)[69]	Hashimoto Morohashi (9:01)[68]	Hashimoto Morohashi (9:01)[70]	–
Block C	Sawada Jami	Dino Spectre	Kimura  [ja]	Kakimoto  [ja]
Sawada Jami	–	Sawada Jami (11:20)[71]	Sawada Jami (14:58)[68]	Sawada Jami (15:12)[69]
Dino Spectre	Sawada Jami (11:20)[71]	–	Dino Spectre (13:17)[69]	Dino Spectre (17:58)[68]
Kimura  [ja]	Sawada Jami (14:58)[68]	Dino Spectre (13:17)[69]	–	Kimura Kenshin (11:52)[72]
Kakimoto  [ja]	Sawada Jami (15:12)[69]	Dino Spectre (17:58)[68]	Kimura Kenshin (11:52)[72]	–

Playoff

Semifinals

Final

C1

Sawada and Jami

13:04[73]

A2

Takagi and Ibushi

16:09[74]

C2

Dino and Spectre

Pin

B2

Sasaki and Gentaro

C2

Dino and Spectre

15:10[75]

C2

Dino and Spectre

Pin

A1

Hero! and Kudo

Pin

A1

Hero! and Kudo

Pin

B1

Hashimoto and Morohashi

9:21[76]

2005[]

The 2005 KO-D Tag League featured two blocks of four teams and ran from September 10 to September 23. Toru Owashi was forced to drop out of the tournament after his first match and forfeited his remaining matches. Due to a three-way tie for first place in block B, the three teams faced off in a three-way decision match, with the winners advancing to the final.^[77]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Danshoku Dino and Glenn "Q" Spectre	4	Shoichi Ichimiya and Poison Julie Sawada	4
Sanshiro Takagi and Muscle Sakai	3	Francesco Togo and Don Maestro	4
Seiya Morohashi and Thanomsak Toba	3	Daichi Kakimoto and Kota Ibushi	4
Toru Owashi and Darkside Hero!	2	Mikami and Gorgeous Matsuno	0

Block A	Dino Spectre	Owashi Hero!	Takagi Sakai	Morohashi Toba
Dino Spectre	–	Dino Spectre (Forfeit)[78]	Takagi Sakai (13:44)[79]	Dino Spectre (17:25)[80]
Owashi Hero!	Dino Spectre (Forfeit)[78]	–	Owashi Hero! (10:19)[81]	Morohashi Toba (Forfeit)[78]
Takagi Sakai	Takagi Sakai (13:44)[79]	Owashi Hero! (10:19)[81]	–	Draw (20:00)[82]
Morohashi Toba	Dino Spectre (17:25)[80]	Morohashi Toba (Forfeit)[78]	Draw (20:00)[82]	–
Block B	Ichimiya Sawada	Togo Maestro	Kakimoto Ibushi	Mikami Matsuno
Ichimiya Sawada	–	Ichimiya Sawada (13:46)[83]	Kakimoto Ibushi (14:05)[84]	Ichimiya Sawada (17:02)[85]
Togo Maestro	Ichimiya Sawada (13:46)[83]	–	Togo Maestro (15:23)[86]	Togo Maestro (11:56)[87]
Kakimoto Ibushi	Kakimoto Ibushi (14:05)[84]	Togo Maestro (15:23)[86]	–	Kakimoto Ibushi (9:24)[88]
Mikami Matsuno	Ichimiya Sawada (17:02)[85]	Togo Maestro (11:56)[87]	Kakimoto Ibushi (9:24)[88]	–

	Block B Decision					Final
						A1	Dino and Spectre	18:22[89]
						B3	Kakimoto and Ibushi	Pin
	B1	Ichimiya and Sawada
	B2	Togo and Maestro	11:10[90]
	B3	Kakimoto and Ibushi	Pin

2021[]

The Ultimate Tag League 2021 ran from May 9 to May 27 and featured five teams competing in a single block with the team scoring the most points to be declared the winners. Due to a tie, the top two scoring teams faced off in a tie-breaker. The time limit for the matches was increased from 20 minutes to 30 minutes.^[91]

Final standings

Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata (The37Kamiina)	5
Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino (Damnation)	5
Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi (Junretsu)	4
Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi (Eruption)	4
Chris Brookes and Antonio Honda (The Iyasarerus)	2

Results	Higuchi Sakaguchi	Akiyama Oishi	Takeshita Katsumata	Brookes Honda	Sasaki Hino
Higuchi Sakaguchi	—	Akiyama Oishi (15:47)[92]	Higuchi Sakaguchi (20:25)[93]	Higuchi Sakaguchi (15:18)[94]	Sasaki Hino (14:40)[3]
Akiyama Oishi	Akiyama Oishi (15:47)[92]	—	Takeshita Katsumata (18:10)[3]	Brookes Honda (13:09)[95]	Akiyama Oishi (14:12)[94]
Takeshita Katsumata	Higuchi Sakaguchi (20:25)[93]	Takeshita Katsumata (18:10)[3]	—	Takeshita Katsumata (17:22)[92]	Draw (30:00)[95]
Brookes Honda	Higuchi Sakaguchi (15:18)[94]	Brookes Honda (13:09)[95]	Takeshita Katsumata (17:22)[92]	—	Sasaki Hino (13:54)[93]
Sasaki Hino	Sasaki Hino (14:40)[3]	Akiyama Oishi (14:12)[94]	Draw (30:00)[95]	Sasaki Hino (13:54)[93]	—

	Tie-breaker
	1	Sasaki and Hino	14:37[3]
	2	Takeshita and Katsumata	Pin

See also[]

• Global Tag League
• World Tag League
• World's Strongest Tag League
• DDT Pro-Wrestling
• Professional wrestling in Japan

References[]

Notes[]

Footnotes[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Wrestle Universe