WWF International Tag Team Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	Rising Suns; (Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa)
Final champion(s)	Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura
Most reigns	As Tag Team (2 reigns): The Mongols; (Bepo and Geto); As Individual (3 reigns): Geto;
Longest reign	The Mongols; (Bepo and Geto); (1st reign, 368 days)
Shortest reign	Bruno Sammartino and The Battman; (0 days)
Oldest champion	Tarzan Tyler; (43 years, 343 days)
Youngest champion	Bepo; (22 years, 244 days)
Heaviest champion	The Mongols; (Bepo and Geto); (563 lbs combined)
Lightest champion	Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura; (463 lbs combined)

WWF International Tag Team Championship
WWF International Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion	WWWF/WWF; NJPW
Date established	June 1, 1969 (original); May 24, 1985 (second)
Date retired	1972 (original); October 31, 1985 (second)
Other name(s)
	WWWF International Tag Team Championship (1969-1972); WWF International Tag Team Championship (1985);
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	Rising Suns; (Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa)
Final champion(s)	Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura
Most reigns	As Tag Team (2 reigns): The Mongols; (Bepo and Geto); As Individual (3 reigns): Geto;
Longest reign	The Mongols; (Bepo and Geto); (1st reign, 368 days)
Shortest reign	Bruno Sammartino and The Battman; (0 days)
Oldest champion	Tarzan Tyler; (43 years, 343 days)
Youngest champion	Bepo; (22 years, 244 days)
Heaviest champion	The Mongols; (Bepo and Geto); (563 lbs combined)
Lightest champion	Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura; (463 lbs combined)

The WWF International Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship in the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1969 to 1972 and in the renamed World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro-Wrestling for a short time in 1985.

Title history[]

Names[]

Name	Years
WWWF International Tag Team Championship	June 1, 1969 – 1972
WWF International Tag Team Championship	May 24, 1985 – October 31, 1985

Reigns[]

Key
No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
†	Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Notes	Ref.
1	Rising Suns (Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa)	June 1, 1969	House Show	Japan	1	190	Won a fictitious tournament to become the first champions.
2	Victor Rivera and Tony Marino	December 9, 1969	WWWF	New York, New York	1	188	This was a 2-out-of-3 falls match.
†	Bruno Sammartino and The Battman	December 13, 1969	House Show	Pittsburgh, PA	1	0	Defeat the Rising Suns. The title change 4 days prior in New York City was not recognized in Pittsburgh. Following this match Rivera and Marino continued to be recognized as champions.
3	The Mongols (Bepo and Geto)	June 15, 1970	WWWF	New York, New York	1	368	This was a 2-out-of-3 falls match. Mongols left the New York promotion in February 1971 and defended the title in the Pittsburgh promotion only.
4	Bruno Sammartino (2) and Dominic DeNucci	June 18, 1971	WWWF	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1	14	This was a 2-out-of-3 falls match.
5	The Mongols (Bepo and Geto)	July 2, 1971	House Show	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	2	133
6	Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler	November 12, 1971	House Show	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1	36	Had won WWWF World Tag Team Championship on June 3, 1971
7	Geto Mongol (3) and Johnny DeFazio	December 18, 1971	House show	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1	^{[Note 1]}
—	Deactivated	1972	—	—	—	—	Abandoned when the Pittsburgh promotion is sold to the National Wrestling Federation
8	Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura	May 24, 1985	IWGP & WWF Championship Series	Kobe, Japan	1	159	Defeated Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis in a tournament final.	^[1]
—	Deactivated	October 31, 1985	—	—	—	—	Titles were abandoned when New Japan ended its partnership with the WWF.

List of combined reigns[]

By team[]

Rank	Team	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	The Mongols (Bepo and Geto)	2	501
2	Rising Suns (Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa)	1	190
3	Victor Rivera and Tony Marino	1	188
4	Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura	1	159
5	Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler	1	36
6	Bruno Sammartino and Dominic DeNucci	1	14
6	Bepo Mongol and Johnny De Fazio	1	14
8	Bruno Sammartino and The Battman	1	0

By wrestler[]

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Bepo Mongol	3	515
2	Geto Mongol	2	501
3	Toru Tanaka	1	190
3	Mitsu Arakawa	1	190
5	Tony Marino	2	188
6	Victor Rivera	1	185
7	Tatsumi Fujinami	1	159
7	Kengo Kimura	1	159
9	Luke Graham	1	36
9	Tarzan Tyler	1	36
11	Bruno Sammartino	2	14
	Dominic DeNucci	1	14
	Johnny De Fazio	1	14

Footnotes[]

^ The length of the reign is too uncertain to calculate.

^ The WWWF/WWF (now WWE) did not recognize the title reign of Bruno Sammartino and The Battman and instead recognized the reign of Sammartino and Dominic DeNucci as the shortest at 14 days.

References[]

^ Hoops, Brian (May 24, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 24): Harley Race wins NWA title due to interesting circumstances, Ric Flair beats Kerry Von Erich in Japan". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 18, 2017.

External links[]

WWWF/WWF International Tag Team Title History

Sporting positions
Preceded by WWWF United States Tag Team Championship	World (Wide) Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championship 1969–1972	Succeeded by WWWF World Tag Team Championship
Preceded by NWA North American Tag Team Championship	New Japan Pro-Wrestling Tag Team Championship 1985	Succeeded by IWGP Tag Team Championship

[2] The length of the reign is too uncertain to calculate.

[1] The WWWF/WWF (now WWE) did not recognize the title reign of Bruno Sammartino and The Battman and instead recognized the reign of Sammartino and Dominic DeNucci as the shortest at 14 days.

[F4W0524-3] Hoops, Brian (May 24, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 24): Harley Race wins NWA title due to interesting circumstances, Ric Flair beats Kerry Von Erich in Japan". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 18, 2017.

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