World Tag League (NJPW)#2022
{{short description|Professional wrestling tag team tournament}}
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The {{Nihongo|World Tag League|WORLDタッグリーグ{{Cite web|url=https://www.njpw.co.jp/champions/world-tag-league|title=WORLDタッグリーグ}}|WORLD taggurīgu}}{{cite web | url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=7132 | title= 2013年1月4日（金）『レッスルキングダム7 in 東京ドーム』開催!! 今後のシリーズ＆大会名も続々決定!! | date= February 29, 2012 | access-date= March 4, 2012 | work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling | language=ja}} is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of a regular tag team tournament held since 1980, gaining the name {{Nihongo|G1 Tag League|G1タッグリーグ|G1 taggurīgu}} in 1999. In 2012, NJPW's new owners, the Bushiroad company, renamed the tournament to its current form. Since the tournament acquired its current name, the winning team earns the right to challenge for the IWGP Tag Team Championship at the following year's Wrestle Kingdom, assuming the team does not hold the title at the time of their victory.
The World Tag League is held under a points system, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a time limit draw, and 0 for a loss, no contest or double decision. The current format, introduced in 2014, is essentially identical to that of the G1 Climax, with the top-scoring team from two blocks of eight advancing to the final.
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List of winners
1980
The 1980 MSG Tag League featured 9 teams in a single block and was held from November 21 to December 10, 1980.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings |
| Antonio Inoki and Bob Backlund
| 34 |
|---|
| Stan Hansen and Hulk Hogan
| 32 |
| André the Giant and The Hangman
| 28 |
| Tiger Jeet Singh and Umanosuke Ueda
| 24 |
| Seiji Sakaguchi and Strong Kobayashi
| 20 |
| Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura
| 15 |
| Willem Ruska and Bad News Allen
| 10 |
| Kantaro Hoshino and Riki Choshu
| 9 |
| Ox Baker and Johnny Powers
| 0 |
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||||||
| Results | Baker Powers | Hansen Hogan | Inoki Backlund | Hoshino Choshu | Ruska Allen | Singh Ueda | Sakaguchi Kobayashi | André Hangman | Fujinami Kimura |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Powers | {{n/a|—}} || Draw | |||||||||
| Hansen Hogan | Draw | |||||||||
| Inoki Backlund | Inoki | |||||||||
| Hoshino Choshu | Hoshino | |||||||||
| Ruska Allen | Ruska | |||||||||
| Singh Ueda | Singh | |||||||||
| Sakaguchi Kobayashi | Sakaguchi | |||||||||
| André Hangman | Draw | |||||||||
| Fujinami Kimura | Fujinami |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1= Final
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=Antonio Inoki and Bob Backlund
| RD1-score1= Pin
| RD1-seed2=2
| RD1-team2=Stan Hansen and Hulk Hogan
| RD1-score2=17:35
}}
1981
The 1981 MSG Tag League featured 10 teams in a single block and was held from November 19 to December 10, 1981. Due to a tie for second place, the two second-place teams faced each other in a semifinal to decide the finalists.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| André the Giant and Rene Goulet
| 10 | |
| Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami
| 8 | |
| Stan Hansen and Dick Murdoch
| 8 | |
| Tiger Toguchi and Killer Khan
| 6 | |
| Seiji Sakaguchi and Kengo Kimura
| 6 | |
| Rusher Kimura and Animal Hamaguchi
| 2 | |
| Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu
| 2 | |
| Bad News Allen and Pat Patterson
| 2 | |
| Samoans Afa and Sika
| 2 | |
| El Canek and Super Maquina
| 2 |
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | ||||||||||
| Results | Afa Sika | Allen Patterson | Choshu Yatsu | El Canek Maquina | Hansen Murdoch | Inoki Fujinami | Sakaguchi Kengo | Rusher Hamaguchi | André Goulet | Toguchi Khan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afa Sika | {{n/a|—}} || Draw | ||||||||||
| Allen Patterson | Draw | ||||||||||
| Choshu Yatsu | Choshu | ||||||||||
| El Canek Maquina | Draw | ||||||||||
| Hansen Murdoch | Draw | ||||||||||
| Inoki Fujinami | Draw | ||||||||||
| Sakaguchi Kengo |Sakaguchi | ||||||||||
| Rusher Hamaguchi | Draw | ||||||||||
| André Goulet | Draw | ||||||||||
| Toguchi Khan | Draw |
{{3TeamBracket|
|align = center
|RD2-seed1 = 1
|RD2-score1 = Pin
|RD1-seed1 = 2
|RD1-team1 = Inoki and Fujinami
|RD1-score1 = DCO
|RD2-seed2 = 2
|RD2-team2 = Inoki and Fujinami
|RD2-score2 = 8:05
|RD1-seed2 = 3
|RD1-team2 = Hansen and Murdoch
|RD1-score2 = 12:47
}}
1982
The 1982 MSG Tag League featured 8 teams in a single block and was held from November 19 to December 10, 1982. "Young Simpson" may be a mistranslation; no data has been found other than being tag team partner of British wrestler Wayne Bridges.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings ! Wrestlers !! Score |
| Antonio Inoki and Hulk Hogan
| 28 |
|---|
| Killer Khan and Tiger Toguchi
| 23 |
| Seiji Sakaguchi and Tatsumi Fujinami
| 22 |
| Dick Murdoch and Masked Superstar
| 21 |
| André the Giant and Rene Goulet
| 20 |
| Adrian Adonis and Dino Bravo
| 9 |
| El Canek and Perro Aguayo
| 4 |
| Wayne Bridges and Young Samson{{cite web|url=http://www.puroresu.com/newjapan/results/nj198211msgtag.html|title=NJPW: 1982: The 3rd Madison Square Garden Tag Team League|access-date=2017-05-21|publisher=Puroresu.com}}
| 0 |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1=Final
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=Killer Khan and Tiger Toguchi
| RD1-seed2=2
| RD1-team2=Hulk Hogan and Antonio Inoki
| RD1-score1=Sub
| RD1-score2=31:47
}}
1983
The 1983 MSG Tag League featured 9 teams in a single block and was held from November 18 to December 8, 1983.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings ! Wrestlers !! Score |
| André the Giant and Swede Hanson{{cite web|url=http://www.puroresu.com/newjapan/results/nj198311msgtag.html|title=NJPW: 1983: The 4th Madison Square Garden Tag Team League|access-date=2016-11-01|publisher=Puroresu.com}}
| 32.0 |
|---|
| Antonio Inoki and Hulk Hogan
| 28.5 |
| Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch
| 27.5 |
| Riki Choshu and Animal Hamaguchi
| 26.5 |
| Tatsumi Fujinami and Akira Maeda
| 24.0 |
| Killer Khan and Tiger Toguchi
| 16.5 |
| Seiji Sakaguchi and Kengo Kimura
| 14.0 |
| Bobby Duncum and Curt Hennig
| 5.0 |
| Wayne Bridges and Otto Wanz
| 5.0 |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1=Final
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=Antonio Inoki and Hulk Hogan
| RD1-seed2=2
| RD1-team2=Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-score2=11:10
}}
† Hanson was injured and could not compete in the final.
1984
The 1984 MSG Tag League featured 7 teams in a single block and was held from November 16 to December 5, 1984.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
! Wrestlers !! Score |
| Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch
| 23 |
|---|
| Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami
| 22.5 |
| André the Giant and Gerry Morrow
| 21.5 |
| Seiji Sakaguchi and Kengo Kimura
| 13 |
| Tiger Toguchi and Kerry Brown
| 8 |
| Strong Machine #1 and Strong Machine #2
| 8 |
| Hulk Hogan and The Wild Samoan
| 0 |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1=Final
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami
| RD1-seed2=2
| RD1-team2=Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-score2=33:31
}}
1985
The 1985 IWGP Tag Title League featured 8 teams in a single block and was held from November 15 to December 12, 1985.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings ! Wrestlers !! Score |
| Bruiser Brody and Jimmy Snuka†
| 29 |
|---|
| Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura
| 23 |
| Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi
| 21 |
| Dick Murdoch and Masked Superstar
| 19 |
| Hacksaw Higgins and Nord the Barbarian
| 19 |
| El Canek and Dos Caras
| 9 |
| Mr. Pogo and Kendo Nagasaki
| 7 |
| Mike Kelly and Pat Kelly
| 0 |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1=Final
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi
| RD1-seed2=2
| RD1-team2=Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-score2=32:00
}}
†Brody and Snuka no-showed the finals and jumped to All Japan Pro Wrestling
1986
The 1986 Japan Cup Tag League featured 8 teams in a single block and was held from November 14, 1986 to December 11, 1986.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings ! Wrestlers !! Score |
| Antonio Inoki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara
| ?? |
|---|
| Osamu Kido and Akira Maeda
| ?? |
| Dick Murdoch and Masked Superstar
| ?? |
| Nobuhiko Takada and Shiro Koshinaka
| ?? |
| Keiji Mutoh and Tatsumi Fujinami
| ?? |
| Kengo Kimura and George Takano
| ?? |
| Tonga Kid and Wild Samoan{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=75172|title=NJPW Japan Cup Tag Team League 1986 - Tag 7|access-date=2016-11-06|publisher=Cagematch.net}}
| ?? |
| Seiji Sakaguchi and Umanosuke Ueda
| ?? |
{{3TeamBracket
|align = center
|RD2-seed1 = 1
|RD2-team1 = Inoki and Fujiwara
|RD2-score1 =
|RD1-seed1 = 2
|RD1-team1 = Osamu Kido and Akira Maeda
|RD1-score1 =
|RD2-seed2 = 2
|RD2-team2 = Kido and Maeda
|RD2-score2 =
|RD1-seed2 = 3
|RD1-team2 = Dick Murdoch and Masked Superstar
|RD1-score2 =
}}
1987
The 1987 Japan Cup Tag League featured 8 teams in a single block and was held from November 9, 1987 to December 7, 1987.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings ! Wrestlers !! Score |
| Antonio Inoki and Dick Murdoch
| 29 |
|---|
| Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura
| 26 |
| Masa Saito and Yoshiaki Fujiwara
| 26 |
| Seiji Sakaguchi and Scott Hall
| 17 |
| Keiji Mutoh and Nobuhiko Takada
| 13 |
| Akira Maeda and Super Strong Machine
| 10 |
| Kendo Nagasaki and Mr. Pogo
| 9 |
| Ron Starr and Ron Ritchie
| 0 |
{{3TeamBracket
|align = center
|RD2-seed1 = 1
|RD2-team1 = Inoki and Murdoch
|RD2-score1 =
|RD1-seed1 = 2
|RD1-team1 = Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura
|RD1-score1 =
|RD2-seed2 = 2
|RD2-team2 = Fujinami and Kimura
|RD2-score2 =
|RD1-seed2 = 3
|RD1-team2 = Masa Saito and Yoshiaki Fujiwara
|RD1-score2 =
}}
1991
The 1991 Super Grade Tag League featured 7 teams in a single block and was held from October 5 to October 17. Due to a tie for second place, the two second-place teams faced each other in a semifinal to decide the finalists.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Riki Choshu and Masa Saito
| 10 | |
| Tatsumi Fujinami and Big Van Vader
| 8 | |
| Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow and Masahiro Chono
| 8 | |
| Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh
| 6 | |
| Shinya Hashimoto and Scott Norton
| 6 | |
| The Great Kokina and The Wild Samoan
| 2 | |
| Kim Duk and Tiger Jeet Singh
| 2 |
{{3TeamBracket
|align = center
|RD2-seed1 = 1
|RD2-score1 =
|RD1-seed1 = 2
|RD1-team1 = Fujinami and Vader
|RD1-score1 =
|RD2-seed2 = 2
|RD2-team2 = Fujinami and Vader
|RD2-score2 =
|RD1-seed2 = 3
|RD1-team2 = Bigelow and Chono
|RD1-score2 =
}}
1992
The 1992 Super Grade Tag League, featuring 7 teams, was held from October 8 to October 21.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Riki Choshu and Shinya Hashimoto
| 9 | |
| Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki
| 9 | |
| Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow and Keiji Mutoh
| 8 | |
| Masahiro Chono and Tony Halme
| 8 | |
| Scott Norton and Super Strong Machine
| 6 | |
| Tatsumi Fujinami and Manabu Nakanishi
| 2 | |
| Jim Neidhart and Tom Zenk
| 0 |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1=Final
| RD1-seed1= 1
| RD1-team1= Choshu and Hashimoto
| RD1-score1= Pin
| RD1-seed2= 2
| RD1-score2= 15:45
}}
1993
The 1993 Super Grade Tag League, featuring 10 teams, was held from October 8 to November 4.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton
| 14 | |
| Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh
| 14 | |
| Masahiro Chono and Shinya Hashimoto
| 13 | |
| Tatsumi Fujinami and Osamu Kido
| 13 | |
| Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior
| 10 | |
| Shiro Koshinaka and Michiyoshi Ohara
| 8 | |
| Takayuki Iizuka and Akira Nogami
| 6 | |
| The Barbarian and Masa Saito
| 4 | |
| Jyushin Thunder Liger and Wild Pegasus
| 4 | |
| Brad Armstrong and Sean Royal
| 0 |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1=Final
| RD1-seed1= 1
| RD1-team1= Hernandez and Norton
| RD1-score1= Pin
| RD1-seed2= 2
| RD1-score2= 13:46
}}
1994
The 1994 Super Grade Tag League, featuring 10 teams, was held from October 19 to October 30.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Masahiro Chono and Super Strong Machine
| 14 | |
| Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh
| 14 | |
| Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior
| 12 | |
| Tatsumi Fujinami and Yoshiaki Fujiwara
| 10 | |
| Osamu Kido and Scott Norton
| 10 | |
| Shinya Hashimoto and Manabu Nakanishi
| 8 | |
| Takayuki Iizuka and Akira Nogami
| 6 | |
| Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu
| 6 | |
| Mike Enos and Steven Regal
| 6 | |
| Nailz and Ron Simmons
| 4 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||||||
| align="center" | |||||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Chono Machine (14:43) | Chono Machine (13:40) | Chono Machine (12:47) | Chono Machine (9:58) | Chono Machine (9:04) | Iizuka Nogami (8:12) | Choshu Yatsu (11:35) | Chono Machine (9:18) | Chono Machine (8:29) |
| align="center"
| Chono | {{n/a|—}} | Hase Mutoh (17:25) | Hase Mutoh (17:14) | Hase Mutoh (11:31) | Hase Mutoh (17:19) | Iizuka Nogami (20:47) | Hase Mutoh (Unknown) | Hase Mutoh (13:39) | Hase Mutoh (13:39) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Hase Mutoh (17:25) | {{n/a|—}} | Hawk Warrior (8:50) | Kido Norton (5:59) | Hawk Warrior (11:41) | Hawk Warrior (10:59) | Hawk Warrior (9:17) | Hawk Warrior (6:58) | Hawk Warrior (4:06) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Hase Mutoh (17:14) | Hawk Warrior (8:50) | {{n/a|—}} | Kido Norton (10:04) | Fujinami Fujiwara (13:26) | Fujinami Fujiwara (8:43) | Fujinami Fujiwara (8:37) | Fujinami Fujiwara (unknown) | Fujinami Fujiwara (9:44) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Hase Mutoh (11:31) | Kido Norton (5:59) | Kido Norton (10:04) | {{n/a|—}} | Hashimoto Nakanishi (12:02) | Iizuka Nogami (11:02) | Kido Norton (unknown) | Kido Norton (19:55) | Kido Norton (8:03) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Hase Mutoh (17:19) | Hawk Warrior (11:41) | Fujinami Fujiwara (13:26) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (12:02) | {{n/a|—}} | Hashimoto Nakanishi (16:43) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (10:41) | Enos Regal (12:51) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (9:39) |
| align="center"
| Iizuka | Iizuka Nogami (20:47) | Hawk Warrior (10:59) | Fujinami Fujiwara (8:43) | Iizuka Nogami (11:02) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (16:43) | {{n/a|—}} | Choshu Yatsu (10:44) | Enos Regal (11:41) | Nailz Simmons (6:23) |
| align="center"
| Choshu | Hase Mutoh (Unknown) | Hawk Warrior (9:17) | Fujinami Fujiwara (8:37) | Kido Norton (unknown) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (10:41) | Choshu Yatsu (10:44) | {{n/a|—}} | Choshu Yatsu (10:30) | Nailz Simmons (8:42) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Hase Mutoh (13:39) | Hawk Warrior (6:58) | Fujinami Fujiwara (unknown) | Kido Norton (19:55) | Enos Regal (12:51) | Enos Regal (11:41) | Choshu Yatsu (10:30) | {{n/a|—}} | Enos Regal (9:42) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Hase Mutoh (13:39) | Hawk Warrior (4:06) | Fujinami Fujiwara (9:44) | Kido Norton (8:03) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (9:39) | Nailz Simmons (6:23) | Nailz Simmons (8:42) | Enos Regal (9:42) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{3TeamBracket
|align = center
|RD2-seed1 = 1
|RD2-score1 = Pin
|RD1-seed1 = 2
|RD1-team1 = Chono and Machine
|RD1-score1 = Pin
|RD2-seed2 = 2
|RD2-team2 = Chono and Machine
|RD2-score2 = 26:01
|RD1-seed2 = 3
|RD1-score2 = 13:40
}}
1995
The 1995 Super Grade Tag League, featuring 7 teams, was held from October 15 to October 30. Due to a tie for second place, the two second-place teams faced each other in a semifinal to decide the finalists. Masa Saito also replaced Riki Choshu in his team with Kensuke Sasaki after one match.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Osamu Kido and Kazuo Yamazaki
| 8 | |
| Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan
| 7 | |
| Shinya Hashimoto and Junji Hirata
| 7 | |
| Tatsutoshi Goto and Shiro Koshinaka
| 6 | |
| Keiji Mutoh and Osamu Nishimura
| 6 | |
| Takashi Iizuka and Akira Nogami
| 4 | |
| Masa Saito/Riki Choshu and Kensuke Sasaki
| 4 |
{{3TeamBracket
|align = center
|RD2-seed1 = 1
|RD2-team1 = Kido and Yamazaki
|RD2-score1 = Sub
|RD1-seed1 = 2
|RD1-score1 = Pin
|RD2-seed2 = 2
|RD2-team2 = Chono and Tenzan
|RD2-score2 = 12:50
|RD1-seed2 = 3
|RD1-team2 = Hashimoto and Hirata
|RD1-score2 = 14:45
}}
1996
The 1996 Super Grade Tag League, featuring 8 teams, was held from October 13 to November 1. It altered the traditional points system, rewarding just 1 point for a victory, and 0 for a draw or loss.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Keiji Mutoh and Rick Steiner
| 5 | |
| Shinya Hashimoto and Scott Norton
| 5 | |
| Takashi Iizuka and Kazuo Yamazaki
| 4 | |
| Riki Choshu and Kensuke Sasaki
| 4 | |
| Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan
| 3 | |
| Satoshi Kojima and Manabu Nakanishi
| 3 | |
| Tatsumi Fujinami and Shiro Koshinaka
| 2 | |
| Steven Regal and David Taylor
| 1 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||||
| align="center" | |||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Chono Tenzan (12:52) | Fujinami Koshinaka (11:56) | Hashimoto Norton (15:01) | Iizuka Yamazaki (14:22) | Chono Tenzan (10:40) | Mutoh Steiner (8:20) | Chono Tenzan (Forf) |
| align="center"
| Chono | {{n/a|—}} | Choshu Sasaki (Forf) | Choshu Sasaki (9:40) | Draw (30:00) | Choshu Sasaki (12:32) | Mutoh Steiner (11:24) | Choshu Sasaki (Forf) |
| align="center"
| Fujinami | Choshu Sasaki (Forf) | {{n/a|—}} | Hashimoto Norton (13:06) | Iizuka Yamazaki (Forf) | Kojima Nakanishi (Forf) | Fujinami Koshinaka (8:15) | Regal Taylor (10:29) |
| align="center"
| Hashimoto | Choshu Sasaki (9:40) | Hashimoto Norton (13:06) | {{n/a|—}} | Hashimoto Norton (13:04) | Hashimoto Norton (15:03) | Mutoh Steiner (13:56) | Hashimoto Norton (Forf) |
| align="center"
| Iizuka | Draw (30:00) | Iizuka Yamazaki (Forf) | Hashimoto Norton (13:04) | {{n/a|—}} | Kojima Nakanishi (11:20) | Iizuka Yamazaki (11:58) | Iizuka Yamazaki (Forf) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Choshu Sasaki (12:32) | Kojima Nakanishi (Forf) | Hashimoto Norton (15:03) | Kojima Nakanishi (11:20) | {{n/a|—}} | Mutoh Steiner (16:28) | Kojima Nakanishi (12:11) |
| align="center"
| Mutoh | Mutoh Steiner (11:24) | Fujinami Koshinaka (8:15) | Mutoh Steiner (13:56) | Iizuka Yamazaki (11:58) | Mutoh Steiner (16:28) | {{n/a|—}} | Mutoh Steiner (12:13) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Choshu Sasaki (Forf) | Regal Taylor (10:29) | Hashimoto Norton (Forf) | Iizuka Yamazaki (Forf) | Kojima Nakanishi (12:11) | Mutoh Steiner (12:13) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1=Final
| RD1-seed1= 1
| RD1-team1= Mutoh and Steiner
| RD1-score1= Pin
| RD1-seed2= 2
| RD1-team2= Hashimoto and Norton
| RD1-score2= 21:54
}}
1997
The 1997 Super Grade Tag League, featuring 8 teams, was held from November 18 to December 8. It used the same points system as the previous year, awarding 1 point for a win and 0 for a loss or draw. Due to a tie for second place, the two second-place teams faced each other in a semifinal to decide the finalists.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh
| 6 | |
| Shinya Hashimoto and Manabu Nakanishi
| 5 | |
| Kensuke Sasaki and Kazuo Yamazaki
| 5 | |
| Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura
| 4 | |
| nWo Sting and Hiroyoshi Tenzan
| 3 | |
| Satoshi Kojima and Tadao Yasuda
| 2 | |
| Kenny Kaos and Rob Rage
| 2 | |
| Tatsutoshi Goto and Michiyoshi Ohara
| 1 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||||
| align="center" | |||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Chono Mutoh (13:46) | Chono Mutoh (6:59) | Chono Mutoh (18:05) | Chono Mutoh (13:21) | Chono Mutoh (13:45) | Chono Mutoh (11:29) | Sasaki Yamazaki (24:21) |
| align="center"
| Chono | {{n/a|—}} | Goto Ohara (8:54) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (12:27) | Fujinami Kimura (8:26) | Fujinami Kimura (12:35) | Fujinami Kimura (9:48) | Fujinami Kimura (14:10) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Goto Ohara (8:54) | {{n/a|—}} | Hashimoto Nakanishi (11:41) | Kaos Rage (9:23) | Kojima Yasuda (10:12) | Sting Tenzan (11:10) | Sasaki Yamazaki (12:51) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Hashimoto Nakanishi (12:27) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (11:41) | {{n/a|—}} | Hashimoto Nakanishi (13:34) | Kojima Yasuda (14:51) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (13:45) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (18:53) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Fujinami Kimura (8:26) | Kaos Rage (9:23) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (13:34) | {{n/a|—}} | Kaos Rage (10:40) | Sting Tenzan (9:17) | Sasaki Yamazaki (9:25) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Fujinami Kimura (12:35) | Kojima Yasuda (10:12) | Kojima Yasuda (14:51) | Kaos Rage (10:40) | {{n/a|—}} | Sting Tenzan (12:02) | Sasaki Yamazaki (12:54) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Fujinami Kimura (9:48) | Sting Tenzan (11:10) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (13:45) | Sting Tenzan (9:17) | Sting Tenzan (12:02) | {{n/a|—}} | Sasaki Yamazaki (11:34) |
| align="center"
| Sasaki | Fujinami Kimura (14:10) | Sasaki Yamazaki (12:51) | Hashimoto Nakanishi (18:53) | Sasaki Yamazaki (9:25) | Sasaki Yamazaki (12:54) | Sasaki Yamazaki (11:34) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{3TeamBracket
|align = center
|RD2-seed1 = 1
|RD2-score1 = Sub
|RD1-seed1 = 2
|RD1-team1 = Hashimoto and Nakanishi
|RD1-score1 = Sub
|RD2-seed2 = 2
|RD2-team2 = Hashimoto and Nakanishi
|RD2-score2 = 23:33
|RD1-seed2 = 3
|RD1-team2 = Sasaki and Yamazaki
|RD1-score2 = 15:24
}}
1998
The 1998 Super Grade Tag League, featuring 7 teams, was held from November 16 to December 6. It returned to the traditional points system, awarding 2 points for a victory, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. 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. .
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Satoshi Kojima and Keiji Mutoh
| 8 | |
| Tatsumi Fujinami and Shinya Hashimoto
| 8 | |
| Kensuke Sasaki and Kazuo Yamazaki
| 8 | |
| Shiro Koshinaka and Genichiro Tenryu
| 8 | |
| Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi
| 6 | |
| nWo Sting and Hiroyoshi Tenzan
| 4 | |
| David Finlay and Jerry Flynn
| 0 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | ||||||
| align="center" | ||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Fujinami Hashimoto (11:49) | Kojima Mutoh (11:29) | Koshinaka Tenryu (10:09) | Nagata Nakanishi (12:57) | Sting Tenzan (9:59) | Sasaki Yamazaki (8:34) |
| align="center"
| Fujinami | {{n/a|—}} | Kojima Mutoh (12:21) | Fujinami Hashimoto (14:46) | Fujinami Hashimoto (16:05) | Fujinami Hashimoto (12:06) | Sasaki Yamazaki (16:07) |
| align="center"
| Kojima | Kojima Mutoh (12:21) | {{n/a|—}} | Koshinaka Tenryu (14:56) | Nagata Nakanishi (15:15) | Kojima Mutoh (19:35) | Kojima Mutoh (17:42) |
| align="center"
| Koshinaka | Fujinami Hashimoto (14:46) | Koshinaka Tenryu (14:56) | {{n/a|—}} | Koshinaka Tenryu (15:10) | Koshinaka Tenryu (12:18) | Sasaki Yamazaki (13:38) |
| align="center"
| Nagata | Fujinami Hashimoto (16:05) | Nagata Nakanishi (15:15) | Koshinaka Tenryu (15:10) | {{n/a|—}} | Sting Tenzan (13:24) | Sasaki Yamazaki (19:14) |
| align="center"
| Sting | Fujinami Hashimoto (12:06) | Kojima Mutoh (19:35) | Koshinaka Tenryu (12:18) | Sting Tenzan (13:24) | {{n/a|—}} | Sasaki Yamazaki (12:19) |
| align="center"
| Sasaki | Sasaki Yamazaki (16:07) | Kojima Mutoh (17:42) | Sasaki Yamazaki (13:38) | Sasaki Yamazaki (19:14) | Sasaki Yamazaki (12:19) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{4TeamBracket
| align= center
| RD2= Final
| RD1-seed1= 1
| RD1-score1= Pin
| RD1-seed2= 4
| RD1-team2= Koshinaka and Tenryu
| RD1-score2= 13:21
| RD1-seed3= 2
| RD1-team3= Sasaki and Yamazaki
| RD1-score3= Sub
| RD1-seed4= 3
| RD1-team4= Fujinami and Hashimoto
| RD1-score4= 17:45
| RD2-seed1= 1
| RD2-team1= Kojima and Mutoh
| RD2-score1= Pin
| RD2-seed2= 3
| RD2-team2= Fujinami and Hashimoto
| RD2-score2= 18:51
}}
1999
The 1999 G1 Tag League, featuring 9 teams, was held from September 10 to September 23.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Keiji Mutoh and Scott Norton
| 14 | |
| Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi
| 10 | |
| Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan
| 10 | |
| Junji Hirata and Shiro Koshinaka
| 8 | |
| Shinya Hashimoto and Meng
| 8 | |
| Masahiro Chono and Don Frye
| 6 | |
| Tatsutoshi Goto and Michiyoshi Ohara
| 6 | |
| Takashi Iizuka and Brian Johnston
| 6 | |
| Kazuyuki Fujita and Kensuke Sasaki
| 4 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | ||||||||
| align="center" | ||||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Chono Frye (10:53) | Goto Ohara (11:54) | Chono Frye (12:27) | Hirata Koshinaka (Forfeit) | Chono Frye (12:01) | Kojima Tenzan (Forfeit) | Mutoh Norton (Forfeit) | Nagata Nakanishi (12:58) |
| align="center"
| Chono | {{n/a|—}} | Fujita Sasaki (10:18) | Hashimoto Meng (8:45) | Hirata Koshinaka (12:20) | Fujita Sasaki (13:37) | Kojima Tenzan (13:14) | Mutoh Norton (11:00) | Nagata Nakanishi (14:29) |
| align="center"
| Goto | Fujita Sasaki (10:18) | {{n/a|—}} | Goto Ohara (7:09) | Goto Ohara (12:06) | Iizuka Johnston (10:56) | Kojima Tenzan (12:26) | Mutoh Norton (8:16) | Nagata Nakanishi (10:36) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Hashimoto Meng (8:45) | Goto Ohara (7:09) | {{n/a|—}} | Hirata Koshinaka (9:26) | Hashimoto Meng (8:24) | Hashimoto Meng (13:03) | Mutoh Norton (17:38) | Hashimoto Meng (11:48) |
| align="center"
| Hirata | Hirata Koshinaka (12:20) | Goto Ohara (12:06) | Hirata Koshinaka (9:26) | {{n/a|—}} | Iizuka Johnston (9:50) | Kojima Tenzan (13:14) | Mutoh Norton (13:12) | Hirata Koshinaka (13:52) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Fujita Sasaki (13:37) | Iizuka Johnston (10:56) | Hashimoto Meng (8:24) | Iizuka Johnston (9:50) | {{n/a|—}} | Iizuka Johnston (14:31) | Mutoh Norton (12:35) | Nagata Nakanishi (12:57) |
| align="center"
| Kojima | Kojima Tenzan (13:14) | Kojima Tenzan (12:26) | Hashimoto Meng (13:03) | Kojima Tenzan (13:14) | Iizuka Johnston (14:31) | {{n/a|—}} | Kojima Tenzan (17:17) | Nagata Nakanishi (19:02) |
| align="center"
| Mutoh | Mutoh Norton (11:00) | Mutoh Norton (8:16) | Mutoh Norton (17:38) | Mutoh Norton (13:12) | Mutoh Norton (12:35) | Kojima Tenzan (17:17) | {{n/a|—}} | Mutoh Norton (15:31) |
| align="center"
| Nagata | Nagata Nakanishi (14:29) | Nagata Nakanishi (10:36) | Hashimoto Meng (11:48) | Hirata Koshinaka (13:52) | Nagata Nakanishi (12:57) | Nagata Nakanishi (19:02) | Mutoh Norton (15:31) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{3TeamBracket
|align = center
|RD2-seed1 = 1
|RD2-score1 = Sub
|RD1-seed1 = 2
|RD1-team1 = Nagata and Nakanishi
|RD1-score1 = Pin
|RD2-seed2 = 2
|RD2-team2 = Nagata and Nakanishi
|RD2-score2 = 21:32
|RD1-seed2 = 3
|RD1-team2 = Kojima and Tenzan
|RD1-score2 = 13:42
}}
2000
The 2000 G1 Tag League, featuring 7 teams, was held from November 17 to November 30. It strayed slightly from the standard formula; as there was a four-way tie for first place, all four teams advanced to a small single-elimination tournament to decide the 2000 G1 Tag champions.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Takashi Iizuka and Yuji Nagata
| 8 | |
| Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan
| 8 | |
| Manabu Nakanishi and Yutaka Yoshie
| 8 | |
| Masahiro Chono and Scott Norton
| 8 | |
| Jyushin Thunder Liger and Super Strong Machine
| 4 | |
| Shiro Koshinaka and Kensuke Sasaki
| 4 | |
| T2000 Machine #1 and T2000 Machine #2
| 2 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | ||||||
| align="center" | ||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Chono Norton (14:49) | Kojima Tenzan (20:48) | Chono Norton (13:41) | Chono Norton (16:36) | Nakanishi Yoshie (14:56) | Chono Norton (10:06) |
| align="center"
| Chono | {{n/a|—}} | Kojima Tenzan (19:06) | Iizuka Nagata (22:24) | Iizuka Nagata (18:40) | Iizuka Nagata (18:28) | Iizuka Nagata (8:28) |
| align="center"
| Kojima | Kojima Tenzan (19:06) | {{n/a|—}} | Koshinaka Sasaki (15:23) | Kojima Tenzan (18:36) | Kojima Tenzan (15:52) | T2000 #1 T2000 #2 (12:28) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Iizuka Nagata (22:24) | Koshinaka Sasaki (15:23) | {{n/a|—}} | Liger Machine (12:58) | Nakanishi Yoshie (12:29) | Koshinaka Sasaki (7:01) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Iizuka Nagata (18:40) | Kojima Tenzan (18:36) | Liger Machine (12:58) | {{n/a|—}} | Nakanishi Yoshie (12:29) | Liger Machine (13:45) |
| align="center"
| Nakanishi | Iizuka Nagata (18:28) | Kojima Tenzan (15:52) | Nakanishi Yoshie (12:29) | Nakanishi Yoshie (12:29) | {{n/a|—}} | Nakanishi Yoshie (12:19) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Iizuka Nagata (8:28) | T2000 #1 T2000 #2 (12:28) | Koshinaka Sasaki (7:01) | Liger Machine (13:45) | Nakanishi Yoshie (12:19) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{4TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD2=Final
| RD1-seed1= 1
| RD1-team1= Kojima and Tenzan
| RD1-score1= Pin
| RD1-seed2= 3
| RD1-team2= Nakanishi and Yoshie
| RD1-score2= 15:58
| RD1-seed3= 2
| RD1-team3= Iizuka and Nagata
| RD1-score3= Sub
| RD1-seed4= 4
| RD1-score4= 12:06
| RD2-seed1= 1
| RD2-team1= Kojima and Tenzan
| RD2-score1= Pin
| RD2-seed2= 2
| RD2-team2= Iizuka and Nagata
| RD2-score2= 19:09
}}
2001
The 2001 G1 Tag League, featuring 8 teams, was held from November 30 to December 11.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Mike Barton and Jim Steele
| 9 | |
| Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan
| 8 | |
| Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi
| 8 | |
| Dan Devine and Kensuke Sasaki
| 8 | |
| Scott Norton and Super J
| 7 | |
| Jyushin Thunder Liger and Osamu Nishimura
| 6 | |
| Masahiro Chono and Giant Silva
| 6 | |
| Kenzo Suzuki and Hiroshi Tanahashi
| 4 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||||
| align="center"
! Devine | |||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Barton Steele (11:44) | Devine Sasaki (13:19) | Barton Steele (17:33) | Barton Steele (20:16) | Nagata Nakanishi (18:44) | Draw (30:00) | Barton Steele (16:50) |
| align="center"
| Barton | {{n/a|—}} | Chono Silva (11:34) | Chono Silva (12:54) | Liger Nishimura (12:16) | Nagata Nakanishi (12:00) | Norton Super J (10:35) | Chono Silva (12:49) |
| align="center"
! Devine | Devine | Chono Silva (11:34) | {{n/a|—}} | Kojima Tenzan (14:28) | Devine Sasaki (2:36) | Devine Sasaki (14:59) | Norton Super J (10:31) | Devine Sasaki (15:33) |
| align="center"
| Barton | Chono Silva (12:54) | Kojima Tenzan (14:28) | {{n/a|—}} | Liger Nishimura (25:57) | Kojima Tenzan (18:11) | Kojima Tenzan (15:32) | Kojima Tenzan (13:04) |
| align="center"
| Barton | Liger Nishimura (12:16) | Devine Sasaki (2:36) | Liger Nishimura (25:57) | {{n/a|—}} | Nagata Nakanishi (15:42) | Liger Nishimura (14:09) | Suzuki Tanahashi (19:10) |
| align="center"
| Nagata | Nagata Nakanishi (12:00) | Devine Sasaki (14:59) | Kojima Tenzan (18:11) | Nagata Nakanishi (14:52) | {{n/a|—}} | Norton Super J (12:41) | Nagata Nakanishi (15:48) |
| align="center"
| Draw | Norton Super J (10:35) | Norton Super J (10:31) | Kojima Tenzan (15:32) | Liger Nishimura (14:09) | Norton Super J (12:41) | {{n/a|—}} | Suzuki Tanahashi (6:51) |
| align="center"
| Barton | Chono Silva (12:49) | Devine Sasaki (15:33) | Kojima Tenzan (13:04) | Suzuki Tanahashi (19:10) | Nagata Nakanishi (15:48) | Suzuki Tanahashi (6:51) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{3RoundBracket-Byes
| align= center
| RD1= Semifinals Decision
| RD2= Semifinals
| RD3= Final
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1=
| RD1-score1=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=
| RD1-score2=
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3=
| RD1-score3=
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4=
| RD1-score4=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5=
| RD1-score5=
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6=
| RD1-score6=
| RD1-seed7= 3
| RD1-team7= Nagata and Nakanishi
| RD1-score7= Sub
| RD1-seed8= 4
| RD1-team8= Devine and Sasaki
| RD1-score8= 14:40
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1= N/A
| RD2-score1=
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2= N/A
| RD2-score2=
| RD2-seed3= 2
| RD2-team3= Kojima and Tenzan
| RD2-score3= Pin
| RD2-seed4= 3
| RD2-team4= Nagata and Nakanishi
| RD2-score4= 17:25
| RD3-seed1= 1
| RD3-team1= Barton and Steele
| RD3-score1= Pin
| RD3-seed2= 2
| RD3-team2= Kojima and Tenzan
| RD3-score2= 24:02
}}
2003
The 2003 G1 Tag League, featuring 8 teams, was held from October 15 to October 30. The match between Mike Barton and Jim Steele and Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie did not have the usual 30-minute time limit as it was also for Tanahashi and Yoshie's IWGP World Tag Team Championship, giving it a 60-minute time limit.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Yoshihiro Takayama and TOA
| 10 | |
| Osamu Nishimura and Hiroyoshi Tenzan
| 9 | |
| Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi
| 9 | |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie
| 7 | |
| Makai #1 and Tadao Yasuda
| 7 | |
| Mike Barton and Jim Steele
| 6 | |
| Blue Wolf and Shinsuke Nakamura
| 6 | |
| Masahiro Chono and Jyushin Thunder Liger
| 2 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||||
| align="center"
! Results !! Barton ! Takayama ! Tanahashi | |||||||
| align="center"
! Barton | {{n/a|—}} | Barton Steele (13:46) | Chono Liger (19:30) | Barton Steele (9:58) | Nagata Nakanishi (19:14) | Barton Steele (19:09) | Takayama TOA (13:11) | Tanahashi Yoshie (30:58) |
| align="center"
| Barton | {{n/a|—}} | Wolf Nakamura (Forfeit) | Makai #1 Yasuda (Forfeit) | Nagata Nakanishi (11:47) | Wolf Nakamura (21:22) | Takayama TOA (Forfeit) | Wolf Nakamura (10:13) |
| align="center"
| Chono | Wolf Nakamura (Forfeit) | {{n/a|—}} | Makai #1 Yasuda (12:59) | Nagata Nakanishi (Forfeit) | Nishimura Tenzan (Forfeit) | Takayama TOA (Forfeit) | Tanahashi Yoshie (Forfeit) |
| align="center"
| Barton | Makai #1 Yasuda (Forfeit) | Makai #1 Yasuda (12:59) | {{n/a|—}} | Nagata Nakanishi (12:38) | Draw (8:39) | Makai #1 Yasuda (4:32) | Tanahashi Yoshie (12:21) |
| align="center"
| Nagata | Nagata Nakanishi (11:47) | Nagata Nakanishi (Forfeit) | Nagata Nakanishi (12:38) | {{n/a|—}} | Nishimura Tenzan (21:05) | Takayama TOA (15:16) | Draw (30:00) |
| align="center"
| Barton | Wolf Nakamura (21:22) | Nishimura Tenzan (Forfeit) | Draw (8:39) | Nishimura Tenzan (21:05) | {{n/a|—}} | Nishimura Tenzan (16:36) | Nishimura Tenzan (18:22) |
| align="center"
! Takayama | Takayama | Takayama TOA (Forfeit) | Takayama TOA (Forfeit) | Makai #1 Yasuda (4:32) | Takayama TOA (15:16) | Nishimura Tenzan (16:36) | {{n/a|—}} | Takayama TOA (9:00) |
| align="center"
! Tanahashi | Tanahashi | Wolf Nakamura (10:13) | Tanahashi Yoshie (Forfeit) | Tanahashi Yoshie (12:21) | Draw (30:00) | Nishimura Tenzan (18:22) | Takayama TOA (9:00) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{3TeamBracket
|align = center
|RD2-seed1 = 1
|RD2-team1 = Takayama and TOA
|RD2-score1 = Pin
|RD1-seed1 = 2
|RD1-team1 = Nishimura and Tenzan
|RD1-score1 = Sub
|RD2-seed2 = 2
|RD2-team2 = Nishimura and Tenzan
|RD2-score2 = 14:10
|RD1-seed2 = 3
|RD1-team2 = Nagata and Nakanishi
|RD1-score2 = 20:05
}}
2006
The 2006 G1 Tag League featured two blocks of five and ran from October 15 to November 6.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Takashi Iizuka and Yuji Nagata
| style="width:35px" | 6 ! Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko | style="width:35px" | 6 | |
| Masahiro Chono and Shinsuke Nakamura
| 4 ! Koji Kanemoto and Hiroshi Tanahashi | 4 | |
| Akebono and Riki Choshu
| 4 ! Jyushin Thunder Liger and Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 4 | |
| Gedo and Jado
| 4 ! Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano | 3 | |
| Shiro Koshinaka and Togi Makabe
| 2 ! Manabu Nakanishi and Naofumi Yamamoto | 3 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | ||||
| align="center" | ||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Chono Nakamura (8:45) | Akebono Choshu (5:14) | Iizuka Nagata (7:08) | Akebono Choshu (8:20) |
| align="center"
| Chono | {{n/a|—}} | Chono Nakamura (10:17) | Iizuka Nagata (17:45) | Koshinaka Makabe (11:54) |
| align="center"
| Akebono | Chono Nakamura (10:17) | {{n/a|—}} | Gedo Jado (16:47) | Gedo Jado (10:24) |
| align="center"
| Iizuka | Iizuka Nagata (17:45) | Gedo Jado (16:47) | {{n/a|—}} | Iizuka Nagata (17:12) |
| align="center"
| Akebono | Koshinaka Makabe (11:54) | Gedo Jado (10:24) | Iizuka Nagata (17:12) | {{n/a|—}} |
| align="center" | ||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Bernard Tomko (12:03) | Bernard Tomko (17:16) | Bernard Tomko (13:27) | Nakanishi Yamamoto (12:33) |
| align="center"
| Bernard | {{n/a|—}} | Kanemoto Tanahashi (19:01) | Draw (14:43) | Ishii Yano (14:54) |
| align="center"
| Bernard | Kanemoto Tanahashi (19:01) | {{n/a|—}} | Draw (30:00) | Draw (30:00) |
| align="center"
| Bernard | Draw (14:43) | Draw (30:00) | {{n/a|—}} | Liger Tenzan (17:16) |
| align="center"
| Nakanishi | Ishii Yano (14:54) | Draw (30:00) | Liger Tenzan (17:16) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{3RoundBracket-Byes
| align= center
| RD1= Block B Decision
| RD2= Semifinals
| RD3= Final
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1=
| RD1-score1=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=
| RD1-score2=
| RD1-seed3= B2
| RD1-team3= Kanemoto and Tanahashi
| RD1-score3= Pin
| RD1-seed4= B3
| RD1-score4= 14:24
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5=
| RD1-score5=
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6=
| RD1-score6=
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7=
| RD1-score7=
| RD1-seed8=
| RD1-team8=
| RD1-score8=
| RD2-seed1= A1
| RD2-team1= Iizuka and Nagata
| RD2-score1= Sub
| RD2-seed2= B2
| RD2-team2= Kanemoto and Tanahashi
| RD2-score2= 16:49
| RD2-seed3= B1
| RD2-team3= Bernard and Tomko
| RD2-score3= Sub
| RD2-seed4= A2
| RD2-team4= Chono and Nakamura
| RD2-score4= 8:16
| RD3-seed1= B2
| RD3-team1= Kanemoto and Tanahashi
| RD3-score1= Pin
| RD3-seed2= A2
| RD3-team2= Chono and Nakamura
| RD3-score2= 18:32
}}
2007
The 2007 G1 Tag League was held from October 18, 2007 to November 2, 2007 over ten shows, featuring eight teams in one block. Due to a four-way tie for first place, a four-team semifinal was set up, with the matchups being randomly drawn.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|
| Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko
| 8 | |
| Hirooki Goto and Milano Collection AT
| 8 | |
| Koji Kanemoto and Hiroshi Tanahashi
| 8 | |
| Togi Makabe and Toru Yano
| 8 | |
| Takashi Iizuka and Naofumi Yamamoto
| 6 | |
| Gedo and Jado
| 6 | |
| Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi
| 6 | |
| Akebono and Masahiro Chono
| 6 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||||
| align="center" | |||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Bernard Tomko (8:56) | Gedo Jado (5:48) | Akebono Chono (11:38) | Akebono Chono (12:42) | Kanemoto Tanahashi (13:49) | Makabe Yano (10:59) | Akebono Chono (17:08) |
| align="center"
| Bernard | {{n/a|—}} | Bernard Tomko (11:19) | Bernard Tomko (14:46) | Iizuka Yamamoto (8:53) | Bernard Tomko (19:01) | Makabe Yano (9:57)1 | Nagata Nakanishi (13:53) |
| align="center"
| Gedo | Bernard Tomko (11:19) | {{n/a|—}} | Goto Milano (14:22) | Gedo Jado (12:54) | Kanemoto Tanahashi (10:31) | Makabe Yano (13:02) | Gedo Jado (15:23) |
| align="center"
| Akebono | Bernard Tomko (14:46) | Goto Milano (14:22) | {{n/a|—}} | Iizuka Yamamoto (13:42) | Goto Milano (20:10) | Goto Milano (13:22) | Goto Milano (10:16) |
| align="center"
| Akebono | Iizuka Yamamoto (8:53) | Gedo Jado (12:54) | Iizuka Yamamoto (13:42) | {{n/a|—}} | Kanemoto Tanahashi (20:40) | Iizuka Yamamoto (10:13) | Nagata Nakanishi (18:19) |
| align="center"
| Kanemoto | Bernard Tomko (19:01) | Kanemoto Tanahashi (10:31) | Goto Milano (20:10) | Kanemoto Tanahashi (20:40) | {{n/a|—}} | Kanemoto Tanahashi (14:25) | Nagata Nakanishi (19:15) |
| align="center"
| Makabe | Makabe Yano (9:57)1 | Makabe Yano (13:02) | Goto Milano (13:22) | Iizuka Yamamoto (10:13) | Kanemoto Tanahashi (14:25) | {{n/a|—}} | Makabe Yano (13:40) |
| align="center"
| Akebono | Nagata Nakanishi (13:53) | Gedo Jado (15:23) | Goto Milano (10:16) | Nagata Nakanishi (19:15) | Nagata Nakanishi (19:15) | Makabe Yano (13:40) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{4TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD2=Final
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-seed2=4
| RD1-score2=6:44
| RD1-seed3=2
| RD1-score3=Pin
| RD1-seed4=3
| RD1-team4=Kanemoto and Tanahashi
| RD1-score4=14:20
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1=Bernard and Tomko
| RD2-score1=Pin
| RD2-seed2=3
| RD2-team2=Kanemoto and Tanahashi
| RD2-score2=18:02
}}
1This was a handicap match, not involving Tomko due to scheduling conflicts.
2008
The 2008 G1 Tag League, featuring 12 teams in two blocks, will be held from October 18 to November 5.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan
| style="width:35px" | 8 ! Togi Makabe and Toru Yano | style="width:35px" | 8 | |
| Hirooki Goto and Shinsuke Nakamura
| 7 ! Manabu Nakanishi and Yutaka Yoshie | 7 | |
| Giant Bernard and Rick Fuller
| 7 | 6 | |
| Wataru Inoue and Koji Kanemoto
| 4 ! Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro | 4 | |
| Taichi Ishikari and Milano Collection AT
| 4 ! Negro Casas and Rocky Romero | 4 | |
| Takashi Iizuka and Tomohiro Ishii
| 2 ! Mitsuhide Hirasawa and Yuji Nagata | 1 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||
| align="center" | |||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Draw (10:38) | Bernard Fuller (11:13) | Bernard Fuller (14:15) | Bernard Fuller (11:20) | Kojima Tenzan (14:29) |
| align="center"
| Draw | {{n/a|—}} | Goto Nakamura (10:16) | Goto Nakamura (20:48) | Goto Nakamura (16:40) | Kojima Tenzan (24:47) |
| align="center"
| Bernard | Goto Nakamura (10:16) | {{n/a|—}} | Inoue Kanemoto (11:52) | Ishikari Milano (3:53) | Iizuka Ishii (11:15) |
| align="center"
| Bernard | Goto Nakamura (20:48) | Inoue Kanemoto (11:52) | {{n/a|—}} | Inoue Kanemoto (13:21) | Kojima Tenzan (17:52) |
| align="center"
| Bernard | Goto Nakamura (16:40) | Ishikari Milano (3:53) | Inoue Kanemoto (13:21) | {{n/a|—}} | Kojima Tenzan (15:28) |
| align="center"
| Kojima | Kojima Tenzan (24:47) | Iizuka Ishii (11:15) | Kojima Tenzan (17:52) | Kojima Tenzan (15:28) | {{n/a|—}} |
| align="center" | |||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Gedo Jado (12:51) | Makabe Yano (16:29) | Gedo Jado (15:34) | Gedo Jado (16:25) | Casas Romero (11:53) |
| align="center"
| Gedo | {{n/a|—}} | Makabe Yano (12:01) | Naito Yujiro (12:18) | Draw (30:00) | Casas Romero (9:34) |
| align="center"
| Makabe | Makabe Yano (12:01) | {{n/a|—}} | Makabe Yano (13:36) | Nakanishi Yoshie (18:30) | Makabe Yano (13:00) |
| align="center"
| Gedo | Naito Yujiro (12:18) | Makabe Yano (13:36) | {{n/a|—}} | Nakanishi Yoshie (15:57) | Naito Yujiro (13:24) |
| align="center"
| Gedo | Draw (30:00) | Nakanishi Yoshie (18:30) | Nakanishi Yoshie (15:57) | {{n/a|—}} | Nakanishi Yoshie (9:57) |
| align="center"
| Casas | Casas Romero (9:34) | Makabe Yano (13:00) | Naito Yujiro (13:24) | Nakanishi Yoshie (9:57) | {{n/a|—}} |
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| align= center
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| RD2=Semifinals
| RD3=Final
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1=
| RD1-score1=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=
| RD1-score2=
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3=
| RD1-score3=
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4=
| RD1-score4=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5=
| RD1-score5=
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6=
| RD1-score6=
| RD1-seed7=A2
| RD1-score7=Pin
| RD1-seed8=A3
| RD1-team8=Bernard and Fuller
| RD1-score8= 11:22
| RD2-seed1=A1
| RD2-score1=Pin
| RD2-seed2=B2
| RD2-team2=Nakanishi and Yoshie
| RD2-score2=19:45
| RD2-seed3=B1
| RD2-score3=Pin
| RD2-seed4=A2
| RD2-score4=11:49
| RD3-seed1=A1
| RD3-team1=Kojima and Tenzan
| RD3-score1=Sub
| RD3-seed2=B1
| RD3-team2=Makabe and Yano
| RD3-score2=23:56
}}
2009
The 2009 G1 Tag League featured two blocks of five and ran from October 17 through November 1.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Shinsuke Nakamura and Toru Yano
| style="width:35px" | 6 ! Karl Anderson and Giant Bernard | style="width:35px" | 8 | |
| Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori
| 6 ! Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi | 4 | |
| Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata
| 4 ! Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma | 4 | |
| Tomohiro Ishii and Masato Tanaka
| 4 ! Masahiro Chono and Akira | 2 | |
| Hirooki Goto and Kazuchika Okada
| 0 | 2 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | ||||
| align="center" | ||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Inoue Nagata (17:06) | Ishii Tanaka (12:00) | Nakamura Yano (15:39) | Nakanishi Omori (12:13) |
| align="center"
| Inoue | {{n/a|—}} | Ishii Tanaka (14:23) | Inoue Nagata (16:27) | Nakanishi Omori (17:07) |
| align="center"
| Ishii | Ishii Tanaka (14:23) | {{n/a|—}} | Nakamura Yano (14:26) | Nakanishi Omori (14:23) |
| align="center"
| Nakamura | Inoue Nagata (16:27) | Nakamura Yano (14:26) | {{n/a|—}} | Nakamura Yano (16:55) |
| align="center"
| Nakanishi | Nakanishi Omori (17:07) | Nakanishi Omori (14:23) | Nakamura Yano (16:55) | {{n/a|—}} |
| align="center" | ||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Anderson Bernard (8:45) | Devitt Taguchi (12:59) | Akira Chono (13:10) | Honma Makabe (14:16) |
| align="center"
| Anderson | {{n/a|—}} | Anderson Bernard (11:20) | Anderson Bernard (11:51) | Anderson Bernard (11:32) |
| align="center"
| Devitt | Anderson Bernard (11:20) | {{n/a|—}} | Gedo Jado (13:23) | Devitt Taguchi (10:29) |
| align="center"
| Akira | Anderson Bernard (11:51) | Gedo Jado (13:23) | {{n/a|—}} | Honma Makabe (13:02) |
| align="center"
| Honma | Anderson Bernard (11:32) | Devitt Taguchi (10:29) | Honma Makabe (13:02) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{4TeamBracket
| align= center
| RD1= Semifinals
| RD2= Final
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-seed2=B2
| RD1-team2=Devitt and Taguchi
| RD1-score2=9:39
| RD1-seed3=B1
| RD1-team3=Anderson and Bernard
| RD1-score3=Pin
| RD1-seed4=A2
| RD1-team4=Nakanishi and Omori
| RD1-score4=11:31
| RD2-seed1=B2
| RD2-team1=Devitt and Taguchi
| RD2-score1=Pin
| RD2-seed2=B1
| RD2-team2=Anderson and Bernard
| RD2-score2=16:01
}}
2010
The 2010 G1 Tag League featured two blocks of six and ran from October 22 through November 7.{{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/results/circuittruth10.html|title=Circuit 2010 Truth ~G1 Tag League~ (10/22/10 to 11/7/10)|work=Strong Style Spirit|date=October 11, 2010|access-date=October 11, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=2154|title=(Results) New Japan, 10/11/10|work=Strong Style Spirit|date=October 11, 2010|access-date=October 11, 2010}}
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Yuji Nagata and Wataru Inoue
| style="width:35px" | 8 ! Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi | style="width:35px" | 6 | |
| Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man
| 8 ! Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson | 6 | |
| Masato Tanaka and Tomohiro Ishii
| 6 ! Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tajiri | 6 | |
| Hirooki Goto and Tama Tonga
| 4 ! Daniel Puder and Shinsuke Nakamura | 4 | |
| Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma
| 4 ! Terrible and El Texano, Jr. | 4 | |
| King Fale and Super Strong Machine
| 0 ! Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano | 4 |
{{4TeamBracket
| align= center
| RD1= Semifinals
| RD2= Final
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-seed2=B2
| RD1-team2=Bernard and Anderson
| RD1-seed3=B1
| RD1-team3=Naito and Takahashi
| RD1-score3=Pin
| RD1-seed4=A2
| RD1-team4=Nakanishi and Strong Man
| RD2-seed1=A1
| RD2-team1=Nagata and Inoue
| RD2-score1=Pin
| RD2-seed2=B1
| RD2-team2=Naito and Takahashi
}}
2011
The 2011 G1 Tag League featured two blocks of six and ran from October 22 through November 6.{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=6358|title=タッグの祭典、今年も開幕！「G1 Tag League 2011」出場チーム発表！|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|date=September 20, 2011|access-date=September 20, 2011|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=6477|title=開幕から棚橋＆後藤vs中邑＆矢野!! 『G1 Tag League』ブロック分け＆全カード発表!!|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|date=October 11, 2011|access-date=October 11, 2011|language=ja}}
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson
| style="width:35px" | 8 ! Shinsuke Nakamura and Toru Yano | style="width:35px" | 10 | |
| Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki
| 8 ! Hirooki Goto and Hiroshi Tanahashi | 6 | |
| Masato Tanaka and Yujiro Takahashi
| 6 ! Satoshi Kojima and Togi Makabe | 6 | |
| Tetsuya Naito and Tomoaki Honma
| 4 ! Don Fujii and Tomohiro Ishii | 4 | |
| Strong Man and Tama Tonga
| 2 ! Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Wataru Inoue | 4 | |
| King Fale and Yuji Nagata
| 2 ! Hideo Saito and Takashi Iizuka | 0 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||
| align="center" | |||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Bernard Anderson (11:20){{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3235|title=(Results) New Japan, 11/4/11|work=Strong Style Spirit|date=November 4, 2011|access-date=November 4, 2011}} | Bernard Anderson (11:50){{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3222|title=(Results) New Japan, 10/22/11|work=Strong Style Spirit|date=October 22, 2011|access-date=October 22, 2011}} | Tanaka Takahashi (11:35){{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3231|title=(Results) New Japan 10/30/11 + 10/29 Camp Zama|work=Strong Style Spirit|date=October 30, 2011|access-date=October 30, 2011}} | Bernard Anderson (12:01){{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3233|title=(Results) New Japan, 11/3/11|work=Strong Style Spirit|date=November 3, 2011|access-date=November 3, 2011}} | Bernard Anderson (13:41){{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3227|title=(Results) New Japan, 10/24/11|work=Strong Style Spirit|date=October 24, 2011|access-date=October 24, 2011}} |
| align="center" | {{n/a|—}} | Archer Suzuki (11:56) | Tanaka Takahashi (11:49) | Strong Man Tonga (10:30){{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3225|title=(Results) New Japan, 10/23/11|work=Strong Style Spirit|date=October 23, 2011|access-date=October 23, 2011}} | Fale Nagata (12:09){{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=3229|title=(Results) New Japan, 10/26/11|work=Strong Style Spirit|date=October 26, 2011|access-date=October 26, 2011}} |
| align="center" | Archer Suzuki (11:56) | {{n/a|—}} | Archer Suzuki (12:24) | Archer Suzuki (14:54) | Archer Suzuki (12:49) |
| align="center" | Tanaka Takahashi (11:49) | Archer Suzuki (12:24) | {{n/a|—}} | Tanaka Takahashi (9:35) | Naito Honma (10:45) |
| align="center" | Strong Man Tonga (10:30) | Archer Suzuki (14:54) | Tanaka Takahashi (9:35) | {{n/a|—}} | Naito Honma (11:56) |
| align="center" | Fale Nagata (12:09) | Archer Suzuki (12:49) | Naito Honma (10:45) | Naito Honma (11:56) | {{n/a|—}} |
| align="center" | |||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Fujii Ishii (10:17) | Goto Tanahashi (18:07) | Fujii Ishii (12:22) | Kojima Makabe (12:39) | Nakamura Yano (13:21) |
| align="center" | {{n/a|—}} | Goto Tanahashi (14:16) | Tenzan Inoue (12:37) | Kojima Makabe (11:13) | Nakamura Yano (10:02) |
| align="center" | Goto Tanahashi (14:16) | {{n/a|—}} | Tenzan Inoue (15:37) | Goto Tanahashi (17:49) | Nakamura Yano (16:56) |
| align="center" | Tenzan Inoue (12:37) | Tenzan Inoue (15:37) | {{n/a|—}} | Kojima Makabe (14:20) | Nakamura Yano (15:37) |
| align="center" | Kojima Makabe (11:13) | Goto Tanahashi (17:49) | Kojima Makabe (14:20) | {{n/a|—}} | Nakamura Yano (13:04) |
| align="center" | Nakamura Yano (10:02) | Nakamura Yano (16:56) | Nakamura Yano (15:37) | Nakamura Yano (13:04) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{4TeamBracket
| align= center
| RD1= Semifinals
| RD2= Final
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-team1=Bernard and Anderson
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-seed2=B2
| RD1-team2=Goto and Tanahashi
| RD1-seed3=B1
| RD1-score3=Pin
| RD1-seed4=A2
| RD2-seed1=A1
| RD2-team1=Bernard and Anderson
| RD2-score1=Pin
| RD2-seed2=A2
| RD2-team2=Archer and Suzuki
}}
2012
The 2012 edition of the newly rebranded World Tag League took place from November 20 through December 2.{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=8171|title=「World Tag League 2012」日程＆11月21日・22日TDCホール2Daysチケット情報が決定！！|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|date=September 14, 2012|access-date=September 14, 2012|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=8507|title=11月20日(火)開幕!! 『World Tag League 2012』の出場メンバー決定!! 棚橋はなんとキャプテンとタッグ結成!!|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|date=November 11, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2012|language=ja}}
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Togi Makabe and Wataru Inoue
| style="width:35px" | 8 ! Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima | style="width:35px" | 8 | |
| Hirooki Goto and Karl Anderson
| 8 ! Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer | 8 | |
| Masaaki Mochizuki and Yuji Nagata
| 8 ! Masato Tanaka and Yujiro Takahashi | 6 | |
| Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii
| 6 ! Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano | 6 | |
| Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi
| 6 ! MVP and Shelton Benjamin | 6 | |
| Kengo Mashimo and Minoru Suzuki
| 6 ! Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man | 4 | |
| Captain New Japan and Hiroshi Tanahashi
| 0 ! Diamante Azul and Rush | 4 |
{{4TeamBracket
| RD1= Semifinals
| RD2= Final
| align= center
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-team1=Togi Makabe and Wataru Inoue
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-seed2=B2
| RD1-team2=Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer
| RD1-score2=12:10{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=656|title=NJPW 40ｔｈ anniversary Tour World Tag League 2012|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|access-date=December 2, 2012|language=ja}}
| RD1-seed3=B1
| RD1-team3=Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima
| RD1-score3=Pin
| RD1-seed4=A2
| RD1-team4=Hirooki Goto and Karl Anderson
| RD2-seed1=B2
| RD2-team1=Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer
| RD2-score1=Pin
| RD2-seed2=A2
| RD2-team2=Hirooki Goto and Karl Anderson
}}
2013
The 2013 edition of the World Tag League took place from November 23 through December 8.{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=10297|title=『World Tag League 2013』日程＆11.23(土)後楽園大会のチケット情報が決定！|date=September 20, 2013|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|access-date=September 20, 2013|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=10583 |script-title=ja:『ワールドタッグ』出場チーム決定!! 内藤＆ソンブラ! コンウェイ＆ダンも参戦! アンダーソンは"新顔"ドク・ギャローズとタッグ結成!! |date=November 11, 2013 |access-date=November 11, 2013 |work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111133749/http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=10583 |archive-date=November 11, 2013 }}
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer
| style="width:35px" | 10 ! Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson | style="width:35px" | 8 | |
| Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma
| 8 ! Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima | 8 | |
| Bad Luck Fale and Prince Devitt
| 6 ! Jax Dane and Rob Conway | 6 | |
| Masato Tanaka and Yujiro Takahashi
| 6 ! Minoru Suzuki and Shelton X Benjamin | 6 | |
| Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii
| 6 ! La Sombra and Tetsuya Naito | 6 | |
| Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man
| 4 ! Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi | 4 | |
| Captain New Japan and Hiroshi Tanahashi
| 2 ! Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano | 4 |
{{4TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1= Semifinals
| RD2= Final
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-team1=Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-seed2=B2
| RD1-team2=Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima
| RD1-score2=12:54{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=793|title=World Tag League 2013|access-date=December 8, 2013|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}}
| RD1-seed3=B1
| RD1-team3=Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson
| RD1-score3=Pin
| RD1-seed4=A2
| RD1-team4=Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma
| RD2-seed1=B2
| RD2-team1=Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima
| RD2-score1=Pin
| RD2-seed2=B1
| RD2-team2=Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson
}}
2014
The 2014 edition of the World Tag League took place from November 22 through December 7.{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=12391|title=11月、12月シリーズ「World Tag League 2014」の日程が決定!! 優勝決定戦は愛知県体育館で開催!!|date=September 19, 2014|access-date=September 19, 2014|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=12707 |title=『World Tag League 2014』出場チーム＆公式戦のスケジュールが決定！ 棚橋はヨシタツとタッグを結成！ |date=November 10, 2014 |access-date=November 10, 2014 |work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112222204/http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=12707 |archive-date=November 12, 2014 }} Following his team's opening match in the tournament, Yoshitatsu was forced to pull out of the tournament with a neck injury, leading to him and Hiroshi Tanahashi forfeiting the rest of their matches.{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=12797|script-title=ja:【お詫びとお知らせ】ヨシタツ選手が首の怪我でシリーズ全戦欠場、リーグ戦は不戦敗に|date=November 23, 2014|access-date=November 22, 2014|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}}
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson
| style="width:35px" | 10 ! Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata | style="width:35px" | 8 | |
| Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi
| 8 ! Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii | 8 | |
| Matt Taven and Michael Bennett
| 8 ! Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer | 8 | |
| A.J. Styles and Yujiro Takahashi
| 8 ! Kazushi Sakuraba and Toru Yano | 7 | |
| La Sombra and Tetsuya Naito
| 8 ! Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka | 7 | |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima
| 8 ! Bad Luck Fale and Tama Tonga | 6 | |
| Jax Dane and Rob Conway
| 6 ! Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata | 6 | |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yoshitatsu
| 0 ! Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma | 6 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||||
| align="center" | |||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Styles Takahashi (10:21) | Styles Takahashi (forfeit) | Styles Takahashi (14:06) | Styles Takahashi (8:48){{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=911|title=World Tag League 2014|access-date=December 3, 2014|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}} | Okada Yoshi-Hashi (11:56) | Taven Bennett (10:41) | Sombra Naito (11:36) |
| align="center" | {{n/a|—}} | Gallows Anderson (forfeit) | Tenzan Kojima (9:48) | Gallows Anderson (7:29) | Gallows Anderson (11:17) | Gallows Anderson (8:45) | Gallows Anderson (10:32){{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=907|title=World Tag League 2014|access-date=November 28, 2014|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}} |
| align="center" | Gallows Anderson (forfeit) | {{n/a|—}} | Tenzan Kojima (forfeit) | Dane Conway (forfeit) | Okada Yoshi-Hashi (12:31) | Taven Bennett (forfeit) | Sombra Naito (forfeit) |
| align="center" | Tenzan Kojima (9:48) | Tenzan Kojima (forfeit) | {{n/a|—}} | Tenzan Kojima (8:04) | Tenzan Kojima (13:26) | Taven Bennett (7:29) | Sombra Naito (11:20) |
| align="center" | Gallows Anderson (7:29){{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=904|title=World Tag League 2014|access-date=November 23, 2014|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}} | Dane Conway (forfeit) | Tenzan Kojima (8:04) | {{n/a|—}} | Okada Yoshi-Hashi (8:59) | Dane Conway (6:31){{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=909|title=World Tag League 2014|access-date=November 30, 2014|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}} | Dane Conway (7:46){{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=912 |title=World Tag League 2014 |access-date=December 5, 2014 |work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210130824/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=912 |archive-date=December 10, 2014 }} |
| align="center" | Gallows Anderson (11:17) | Okada Yoshi-Hashi (12:31) | Tenzan Kojima (13:26) | Okada Yoshi-Hashi (8:59) | {{n/a|—}} | Okada Yoshi-Hashi (12:00) | Sombra Naito (14:29) |
| align="center" | Gallows Anderson (8:45) | Taven Bennett (forfeit) | Taven Bennett (7:29) | Dane Conway (6:31) | Okada Yoshi-Hashi (12:00) | {{n/a|—}} | Taven Bennett (9:35) |
| align="center"
| Sombra | Gallows Anderson (10:32) | Sombra Naito (forfeit) | Sombra Naito (11:20) | Dane Conway (7:46) | Sombra Naito (14:29) | Taven Bennett (9:35) | {{n/a|—}} |
| align="center" | |||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Smith Archer (6:25){{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=910|title=World Tag League 2014|access-date=December 2, 2014|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}} | Fale Tonga (10:10) | Fale Tonga (9:20) | Fale Tonga (7:54) | Suzuki Iizuka (8:32) | Nakamura Ishii (11:02) | Makabe Honma (9:19) |
| align="center" | {{n/a|—}} | Goto Shibata (10:04) | Sakuraba Yano (7:51) | Smith Archer (11:08){{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=908|title=World Tag League 2014|access-date=November 29, 2014|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}} | Smith Archer (11:09) | Nakamura Ishii (10:56) | Smith Archer (11:49){{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=906|title=World Tag League 2014|access-date=November 27, 2014|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}} |
| align="center" | Goto Shibata (10:04) | {{n/a|—}} | Sakuraba Yano (9:24) | Nakanishi Nagata (11:04) | Goto Shibata (10:00) | Goto Shibata (9:55) | Goto Shibata (9:05) |
| align="center" | Sakuraba Yano (7:51) | Sakuraba Yano (9:24) | {{n/a|—}} | Nakanishi Nagata (10:14) | Draw (10:42) | Sakuraba Yano (12:07) | Makabe Honma (9:10) |
| align="center" | Smith Archer (11:08) | Nakanishi Nagata (11:04) | Nakanishi Nagata (10:14) | {{n/a|—}} | Suzuki Iizuka (9:54) | Nakamura Ishii (8:11) | Nakanishi Nagata (10:27) |
| align="center"
| Suzuki | Smith Archer (11:09) | Goto Shibata (10:00) | Draw (10:42) | Suzuki Iizuka (9:54) | {{n/a|—}} | Suzuki Iizuka (11:57) | Makabe Honma (9:30) |
| align="center" | Nakamura Ishii (10:56) | Goto Shibata (9:55) | Sakuraba Yano (12:07) | Nakamura Ishii (8:11) | Suzuki Iizuka (11:57) | {{n/a|—}} | Nakamura Ishii (15:25) |
| align="center" | Smith Archer (11:49) | Goto Shibata (9:05) | Makabe Honma (9:10) | Nakanishi Nagata (10:27) | Makabe Honma (9:30) | Nakamura Ishii (15:25) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1=Final
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-team1=Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-seed2=B1
| RD1-team2=Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata
| RD1-score2=20:58{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=913 |title=World Tag League 2014 |access-date=December 7, 2014 |work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211051544/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=913 |archive-date=December 11, 2014 }}
}}
2015
The 2015 edition of the World Tag League took place from November 21 through December 9.{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=14821|title=最終戦は12月9日（水）仙台！『World Tag League 2015』の日程が決定！ 11月22日（日）豊橋のチケット情報が確定！ |date=September 10, 2015|access-date=September 10, 2015|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}} A.J. Styles was sidelined with a back injury following November 24, forcing him and Yujiro Takahashi to forfeit the rest of their matches.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma
| style="width:35px" | 8 ! Evil and Tetsuya Naito | style="width:35px" | 10 | |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin
| 8 ! Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata | 8 | |
| Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian
| 6 ! Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson | 8 | |
| Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi
| 6 ! Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii | 6 | |
| Kazushi Sakuraba and Toru Yano
| 6 ! Matt Taven and Michael Bennett | 4 | |
| Bad Luck Fale and Tama Tonga
| 4 ! Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima | 4 | |
| Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata
| 4 ! A.J. Styles and Yujiro Takahashi | 2 |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1=Final
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-team1=Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-seed2=B1
| RD1-team2=Evil and Tetsuya Naito
| RD1-score2=21:36{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=1064|title=World Tag League 2015|access-date=December 9, 2015|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}}
}}
2016
The 2016 edition of the World Tag League took place from November 18 through December 10.{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=17176|title=「World Tag League 2016」の日程が決定！ 最終戦は"今年最後のビッグマッチ"宮城・セキスイハイムスーパーアリーナに初進出！|date=August 16, 2016|access-date=August 16, 2016|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}}
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
| style="width:35px" | 12 ! Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma | style="width:35px" | 10 | |
| Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi
| 8 | 10 | |
| Hanson and Raymond Rowe
| 8 ! Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi | 8 | |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima
| 8 ! Katsuyori Shibata and Yuji Nagata | 8 | |
| Rush and Tetsuya Naito
| 8 ! Hirooki Goto and Tomohiro Ishii | 8 | |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi and Juice Robinson
| 6 ! Billy Gunn and Yoshitatsu | 6 | |
| Brian Breaker and Leland Race
| 6 ! Chase Owens and Kenny Omega | 6 | |
| Henare and Manabu Nakanishi
| 0 ! Bad Luck Fale and Bone Soldier | 0 |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1=Final
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-team1=Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-seed2=B1
| RD1-team2=Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma
| RD1-score2=26:39{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/13450?showResult=1|title=戦国炎舞 -Kizna- Presents World Tag League 2016|access-date=December 10, 2016|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}}
}}
2017
The 2017 edition of the World Tag League took place from November 18 through December 11.{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/112362|title=『World Tag League』11月24日(金)米子、11月26日(日)愛知、11月28日(火)長野、12月1日(金)豊橋、12月2日(土)大阪中央、12月5日(火)大分のチケット概要が決定！|date=August 30, 2017|access-date=August 30, 2017|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}} The tournament featured the NJPW debuts of Chuckie T., Jeff Cobb and Sami Callihan.{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/121426|title=【『World Tag』出場チーム決定!】 "新顔"が続々登場! ジュース&キャラハン組! エルガン&ジェフ・コブ組！バレッタ&チャッキーT組! 復活のヘナーレは真壁とタッグ結成!|date=November 6, 2017|access-date=November 6, 2017|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}} The tournament featured a format change, where several top wrestlers, namely Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Kenny Omega and Tetsuya Naito, who already had matches booked for Wrestle Kingdom 12, were left out of the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/japan/njpw-reveals-full-world-tag-league-2017-lineup-245816|title=NJPW reveals full World Tag League 2017 lineup|last=Currier|first=Joseph|date=November 6, 2017|access-date=November 6, 2017|work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter}}
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Evil and Sanada
| style="width:35px" | 10 ! Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa | style="width:35px" | 10 | |
| Juice Robinson and Sami Callihan
| 8 ! Hanson and Raymond Rowe | 10 | |
| Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi
| 8 ! Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer | 10 | |
| Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi
| 8 ! Beretta and Chuckie T. | 8 | |
| Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens
| 6 ! Jeff Cobb and Michael Elgin | 8 | |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima
| 6 ! Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano | 8 | |
| Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka
| 6 ! Henare and Togi Makabe | 2 | |
| Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata
| 4 ! David Finlay and Katsuya Kitamura | 0 |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1=Final
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-seed2=B1
| RD1-team2=Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
| RD1-score2=21:54{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/111998?showResult=1|title=鉄拳Presents World Tag League 2017|access-date=December 11, 2017|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}}
}}
2018
The 2018 tournament saw a change to a single block and a decrease in teams. From the previous year's 16, 14 teams were competing in the 2018 league.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+ Final standings |
| Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
| 20 |
|---|
| Sanada and Evil
| 20 |
| Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano
| 18 |
| Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr.
| 18 |
| Michael Elgin and Jeff Cobb
| 16 |
| Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi
| 16 |
| Juice Robinson and David Finlay
| 16 |
| Beretta and Chuckie T.
| 14 |
| Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka
| 10 |
| Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi
| 10 |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima
| 10 |
| Togi Makabe and Toa Henare
| 8 |
| Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi
| 6 |
| Ayato Yoshida and Shota Umino
| 0 |
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center" | ||||||||||||||
| Results | Makabe Henare | Tenzan Kojima | Nagata Nakanishi | Yoshida Umino | Robinson Finlay | Elgin Cobb | Ishii Yano | Beretta Chuckie | Page Takahashi | Tonga Loa | Suzuki Iizuka | Archer Smith | Sabre Taichi | Sanada Evil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makabe Henare | {{n/a|—}} || Tenzan | ||||||||||||||
| Tenzan Kojima | Tenzan | ||||||||||||||
| Nagata Nakanishi | Makabe | ||||||||||||||
| Yoshida Umino | Makabe | ||||||||||||||
| Robinson Finlay | Robinson | ||||||||||||||
| Elgin Cobb | Elgin | ||||||||||||||
| Ishii Yano | Ishii | ||||||||||||||
| Beretta Chuckie | Makabe | ||||||||||||||
| Page Takahashi | Page | ||||||||||||||
| Tonga Loa | Tonga | ||||||||||||||
| Suzuki Iizuka | Makabe | ||||||||||||||
| Archer Smith | Archer | ||||||||||||||
| Sabre Taichi | Sabre | ||||||||||||||
| Sanada Evil | Sanada |
{{2TeamBracket
| align=center
| RD1=Final
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1= Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
| RD1-score1= Pin
| RD1-seed2=2
| RD1-score2= 27:01
}}
2019
In 2019, the World Tag League sees 16 teams competing in a single block, with the first-placed team being declared the winner. The tournament winners advanced to an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 14.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+ Final standings |
| Juice Robinson and David Finlay
| 26 |
|---|
| Evil and Sanada
| 26 |
| Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
| 24 |
| Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi
| 22 |
| Zack Sabre Jr and Taichi
| 18 |
| Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer
| 18 |
| Toru Yano and Colt Cabana
| 18 |
| Kenta and Yujiro Takahashi
| 16 |
| Jeff Cobb and Mikey Nicholls
| 16 |
| Shingo Takagi and Terrible
| 12 |
| Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens
| 12 |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima
| 8 |
| Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma
| 8 |
| Hirooki Goto and Karl Fredericks
| 6 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare
| 6 |
| Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi
| 4 |
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
! Current Standings !! Tama |
| Tama Tanga | {{n/a|—}} ||Evil |
|---|
| Evil Sanada |Evil |
| Ishii Yoshi-Hashi | Ishii |
| Yano Cabana |Yano |
| Cobb Nicholls |Tama |
| Sabre Taichi |Tama |
| Robinson Finlay |Tama |
| Makabe Honma |Tama |
| Suzuki Archer |Tama |
| Kenta Yujiro |Tama |
| Tenzan Kojima |Tama |
| Tanahashi Henare |Tama |
| Nagata Nakanishi |Tama |
| Goto Fredericks |Tama |
| Fale Owens |Tama |
| Takagi Terrible |Tama |
2020
The 2020 World Tag League took place in tandem with the 2020 Best of the Super Juniors from November 15 to December 11.{{Cite web|last=NJPW|title=Regarding World Tag League 2020/Best of the Super Jr. 27 event schedules {{!}} NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/82022|access-date=2020-10-10|website=NJPW|language=en}} The World Tag League sees 10 teams competing in a single block, with the top two teams facing in the finals. The tournament winners advanced to an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 15.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+ Final standings |
| Juice Robinson and David Finlay
| 12 |
|---|
| Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
| 12 |
| Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.
| 12 |
| Shingo Takagi and Sanada
| 10 |
| Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano
| 10 |
| Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi
| 10 |
| Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb
| 10 |
| Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens
| 6 |
| Evil and Yujiro Takahashi
| 6 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare
| 2 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||||||
| align="center"
!Results | |||||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Evil Takahashi (12:11) | Robinson Finlay (16:42) | Robinson Finlay (11:20) | Robinson Finlay (21:32) | Robinson Finlay (15:50) | Robinson Finlay (15:47) | Fale Owens (9:03) | Khan Cobb (15:15) | Robinson Finlay (11:18) |
| align="center"
| Evil | {{n/a|—}} | Tonga Loa (8:36) | Evil Takahashi (11:16) | Taichi Sabre (13:58) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (13:03) | Evil Takahashi (12:20) | Fale Owens (3:33) | Khan Cobb (13:02) | Tanahashi Henare (13:03) |
| align="center" | Tonga Loa (8:36) | {{n/a|—}} | Ishii Yano (12:10) | Tonga Loa (10:07) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (14:28) | Tonga Loa (15:28) | Tonga Loa (18:51) | Tonga Loa (15:53) | Tonga Loa (3:55) |
| align="center"
| Robinson | Evil Takahashi (11:16) | Ishii Yano (12:10) | {{n/a|—}} | Taichi Sabre (10:36) | Ishii Yano (15:08) | Takagi Sanada (12:24) | Ishii Yano (5:35){{Cite web|last=NJPW|title=2020.11.15 WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2020 ＆ BEST OF THE SUPER Jr.27 {{!}} NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/82365|access-date=2020-11-15|website=NJPW|language=en}} | Ishii Yano (13:29) | Ishii Yano (13:43) |
| align="center"
| Robinson | Taichi Sabre (13:58) | Tonga Loa (18:51) | Taichi Sabre (10:36) | {{n/a|—}} | Taichi Sabre (10:29) | Takagi Sanada (20:36) | Taichi Sabre (7:32) | Taichi Sabre (14:50) | Taichi Sabre (19:37) |
| align="center"
| Robinson | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (13:03) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (14:28) | Ishii Yano (15:08) | Taichi Sabre (10:29) | {{n/a|—}} | Takagi Sanada (17:20) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (8:03) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (13:41) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (12:39) |
| align="center"
| Robinson | Evil Takahashi (12:20) | Tonga Loa (15:28) | Takagi Sanada (12:24) | Takagi Sanada (20:36) | Takagi Sanada (17:20) | {{n/a|—}} | Takagi Sanada (9:45){{Cite web|last=NJPW|title=2020.11.22 WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2020 ＆ BEST OF THE SUPER Jr.27 {{!}} NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/82372|access-date=2020-11-22|website=NJPW|language=en}} | Khan Cobb (11:46) | Takagi Sanada (19:25) |
| align="center"
| Fale | Fale Owens (3:33) | Tonga Loa (10:07) | Ishii Yano (5:35) | Taichi Sabre (7:32) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (8:03) | Takagi Sanada (9:45) | {{n/a|—}} | Khan Cobb (6:47) | Fale Owens (10:35) |
| align="center"
| Khan | Khan Cobb (13:02) | Tonga Loa (15:53) | Ishii Yano (13:29) | Taichi Sabre (14:50) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (13:41) | Khan Cobb (11:46) | Khan Cobb (6:47) | {{n/a|—}} | Khan Cobb (2:28) |
| align="center"
| Robinson | Tanahashi Henare (13:03) | Tonga Loa (3:55) | Ishii Yano (13:43) | Taichi Sabre (19:37) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (12:39) | Takagi Sanada (19:25) | Fale Owens (10:35) | Khan Cobb (2:28) | {{n/a|—}} |
| align="center" |
{{2TeamBracket
| align= center
| RD1= Final
| RD1-seed1= 1
| RD1-team1= Juice Robinson and David Finlay
| RD1-score1= Pin
| RD1-seed2= 2
| RD1-team2= Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
| RD1-score2= 22:15
}}
2021
The 2021 World Tag League will take place in tandem with the 2021 Best of the Super Juniors from November 13 to December 15. The World Tag League sees 12 teams competing in a single block, with the top two teams facing in the finals. The tournament winners advance to an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 16.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+ Final standings |
| Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi
| 18 |
|---|
| Evil and Yujiro Takahashi
| 16 |
| Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.
| 16 |
| Tetsuya Naito and Sanada
| 16 |
| Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
| 14 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toru Yano
| 14 |
| Great-O-Khan and Aaron Henare
| 14 |
| Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens
| 12 |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima
| 6 |
| Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma
| 4 |
| Yuji Nagata and Tiger Mask IV
| 2 |
| Minoru Suzuki and Taka Michinoku
| 0 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||||||||
| align="center"
!Results | |||||||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a}} | Taichi Sabre (17:41) | Tonga Loa (14:00) | Tonga Loa (12:56) | Goto Hashi (20:02) | Evil Takahashi (11:15) | Tonga Loa (11:28) | Naito Sanada (18:30) | Tonga Loa (14:47) | Tonga Loa (13:31) | Tonga Loa (7:01) | Tonga Loa (9:52) |
| align="center"
| Taichi | {{n/a}} | Taichi Sabre (13:39) | Taichi Sabre (16:34) | Goto Hashi (24:44) | Evil Takahashi (17:10) | Taichi Sabre (18:32) | Taichi Sabre (29:49) | Taichi Sabre (11:23) | O-Khan Henare (19:05) | Taichi Sabre (11:48) | Taichi Sabre (18:44) |
| align="center"
| Tonga | Taichi Sabre (13:39) | {{n/a}} | Kojima Tenzan (11:39) | Goto Hashi (10:41) | Evil Takahashi (11:18) | Fale Owens (10:34) | Naito Sanada (13:01) | Tanahashi Yano (13:01) | O-Khan Henare (12:17) | Makabe Honma (9:07) | Makabe Honma (10:11) |
| align="center"
| Tonga | Taichi Sabre (16:34) | Kojima Tenzan (11:39) | {{n/a}} | Goto Hashi (11:16) | Evil Takahashi (11:24) | Fale Owens (10:45) | Naito Sanada (11:32) | Tanahashi Yano (9:17) | O-Khan Henare (12:43) | Kojima Tenzan (10:09) | Kojima Tenzan (9:27) |
| align="center"
| Goto | Goto Hashi (24:44) | Goto Hashi (10:41) | Goto Hashi (11:16) | {{n/a}} | Evil Takahashi (11:20) | Goto Hashi (11:24) | Naito Sanada (18:12) | Goto Hashi (11:24) | Goto Hashi (19:43) | Goto Hashi (10:59) | Goto Hashi (10:09) |
| align="center"
| Evil | Evil Takahashi (17:10) | Evil Takahashi (11:18) | Evil Takahashi (11:24) | Evil Takahashi (11:20) | {{n/a}} | Fale Owens (7:53) | Evil Takahashi (17:46) | Tanahashi Yano (12:16) | O-Khan Henare (12:51) | Evil Takahashi (8:23) | Evil Takahashi (9:31) |
| align="center"
| Tonga | Taichi Sabre (18:32) | Fale Owens (10:34) | Fale Owens (10:45) | Goto Hashi (11:24) | Fale Owens (7:53) | {{n/a}} | Naito Sanada (10:22) | Tanahashi Yano (9:53) | Fale Owens (9:13) | Fale Owens (9:52) | Fale Owens (9:03) |
| align="center"
| Naito | Taichi Sabre (29:49) | Naito Sanada (13:01) | Naito Sanada (11:32) | Naito Sanada (18:12) | EVIL Takahashi (17:46) | Naito Sanada (10:22) | {{n/a}} | Naito Sanada (15:18) | O-Khan Henare (21:28) | Naito Sanada (13:56) | Naito Sanada (11:02) |
| align="center"
| Tonga | Taichi Sabre (11:23) | Tanahashi Yano (13:01) | Tanahashi Yano (9:17) | Goto Hashi (11:24) | Tanahashi Yano (12:16) | Tanahashi Yano (9:53) | Naito Sanada (15:18) | {{n/a}} | Tanahashi Yano (11:49) | Tanahashi Yano (8:49) | Tanahashi Yano (10:37) |
| align="center"
| Tonga | O-Khan Henare (19:05) | O-Khan Henare (12:17) | O-Khan Henare (12:43) | Goto Hashi (19:43) | O-Khan Henare (12:51) | Fale Owens (9:13) | O-Khan Henare (21:28) | Tanahashi Yano (11:49) | {{n/a}} | O-Khan Henare (10:11) | O-Khan Henare (10:17) |
| align="center"
| Tonga | Taichi Sabre (11:48) | Makabe Honma (9:07) | Kojima Tenzan (10:09) | Goto Hashi (10:59) | Evil Takahashi (8:23) | Fale Owens (9:52) | Naito Sanada (13:56) | Tanahashi Yano (8:49) | O-Khan Henare (10:11) | {{n/a}} | Nagata Tiger (14:46) |
| align="center"
| Tonga | Taichi Sabre (18:44) | Makabe Honma (10:11) | Kojima Tenzan (9:27) | Goto Hashi (10:09) | Evil Takahashi (9:31) | Fale Owens (9:03) | Naito Sanada (11:02) | Tanahashi Yano (10:37) | O-Khan Henare (10:17) | Nagata Tiger (14:46) | {{n/a}} |
{{2TeamBracket
| align = center
| RD1= Final
| RD1-seed1= 1
| RD1-team1= Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi
| RD1-score1= 19:58
| RD1-seed2= 2
| RD1-team2= Evil and Yujiro Takahashi
| RD1-score2= Pin
}}
2022
The 2022 World Tag League took place in tandem with the 2022 Super Junior Tag League from November 21 to December 14. The World Tag League sees 10 teams competing in a single block, with the top two teams facing in the finals. The tournament winners advance to an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 17. On December 2, it was announced that Chase Owens would be absent for the remainder of the tournament, following the passing of a family member, leading them to forfeit the remainder of their matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/138354|title=Chase Owens to withdraw from World Tag League|date=December 2, 2022|access-date=December 5, 2022|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling}}
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings |
| Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis
|14 |
|---|
| Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi
|14 |
| Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls
|12 |
| Tetsuya Naito and Sanada
|12 |
| Great-O-Khan and Aaron Henare
|10 |
| Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer
|8 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toru Yano
|8 |
| Evil and Yujiro Takahashi
|6 |
| Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens
|4 |
| Alex Coughlin and Gabriel Kidd
|2 |
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center" | |||||||||
| align="center"
!Results | |||||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a}} | Haste Nicholls (14:26) | Fletcher Davis (11:19) | Fletcher Davis (15:18) | Fletcher Davis (11:20) | Fletcher Davis (forfeit) | Naito Sanada (20:20) | Fletcher Davis (12:37) | Fletcher Davis (13:34) | Fletcher Davis (13:34) |
| align="center"
| Haste | {{n/a}} | Haste Nicholls (16:07) | Goto Hashi (14:23) | Haste Nicholls (8:47) | Haste Nicholls (forfeit) | Haste Nicholls (12:01) | Tanahashi Yano (12:26) | O-Khan Henare (10:13) | Haste Nicholls (1:40) |
| align="center"
| Fletcher | Haste Nicholls (16:07) | {{n/a}} | Goto Hashi (11:36) | Coughlin Kidd (10:46) | Fale Owens (10:05) | Naito Sanada (14:17) | Tanahashi Yano (4:02) | O-Khan Henare (9:46) | Suzuki Archer (9:24) |
| align="center"
| Fletcher | Goto Hashi (14:23) | Goto Hashi (11:36) | {{n/a}} | Goto Hashi (9:12) | Goto Hashi (forfeit) | Goto Hashi (21:36) | Tanahashi Yano (13:44) | Goto Hashi (13:21) | Goto Hashi (13:26) |
| align="center"
| Fletcher | Haste Nicholls (8:47) | Coughlin Kidd (10:46) | Goto Hashi (9:12) | {{n/a}} | Fale Owens (8:34) | Evil Takahashi (15:40) | Evil Takahashi (9:44) | O-Khan Henare (9:58) | Evil Takahashi (9:41) |
| align="center"
| Fletcher | Haste Nicholls (forfeit) | Fale Owens (10:05) | Goto Hashi (forfeit) | Fale Owens (8:34) | {{n/a}} | Naito Sanada (forfeit) | Tanahashi Yano (3:35) | O-Khan Henare (forfeit) | Suzuki Archer (10:18) |
| align="center"
| Naito | Haste Nicholls (12:01) | Naito Sanada (14:17) | Goto Hashi (21:36) | Evil Takahashi (15:40) | Naito Sanada (forfeit) | {{n/a}} | Naito Sanada (16:18) | Naito Sanada (22:45) | Naito Sanada (15:28) |
| align="center"
| Fletcher | Tanahashi Yano (12:26) | Tanahashi Yano (4:02) | Tanahashi Yano (13:44) | Evil Takahashi (9:44) | Tanahashi Yano (3:35) | Naito Sanada (16:18) | {{n/a}} | O-Khan Henare (10:26) | Suzuki Archer (12:45) |
| align="center"
| Fletcher | O-Khan Henare (10:13) | O-Khan Henare (9:46) | Goto Hashi (13:21) | O-Khan Henare (9:58) | O-Khan Henare (forfeit) | Naito Sanada (22:45) | O-Khan Henare (10:26) | {{n/a}} | Suzuki Archer (13:34) |
| align="center"
| Fletcher | Haste Nicholls (1:40) | Suzuki Archer (9:24) | Goto Hashi (13:26) | Evil Takahashi (9:41) | Suzuki Archer (10:18) | Naito Sanada (15:28) | Suzuki Archer (12:45) | Suzuki Archer (13:34) | {{n/a}} |
{{2TeamBracket
| align = center
| RD1= Final
| RD1-seed1= 1
| RD1-team1= Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis
| RD1-score1= 28:22
| RD1-seed2= 2
| RD1-team2= Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi
| RD1-score2= Pin
}}
2023
The 2023 edition of the World Tag League took place from November 20 to December 10. The tournament returned to block format for the first time since 2017. It featured sixteen competing teams divided across two blocks. The first two placed teams of each block moved to the semifinals and the winners of those matches to the final.
The League featured the debut of Mogul Embassy's Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona (collectively known as Gates of Agony), CMLL's Zandokan Jr., Atlantis Jr. and Soberano Jr., Alex Zayne, former Young Lions Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, Ren Narita and Ryohei Oiwa, Guerrillas of Destiny's Hikuleo and El Phantasmo (at the time holders of the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship), Bullet Club's Rogue Army member Jack Bonza and Pro Wrestling Noah's Kaito Kiyomiya.
The winning team advanced to an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 18. Since Bishamon were the reigning champions, as the winners of the Tag League they got the privilege to choose their challengers which they choose runner-ups Guerrillas of Destiny as their opponents with Guerrillas of Destiny's Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship also on the line.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Alex Coughlin and Gabe Kidd
|10 !Hikuleo and El Phantasmo |10 | |
| Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls
|10 !Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi |9 | |
| Great-O-Khan and Henare
|8 !Lance Archer and Alex Zayne |8 | |
| Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano
|8 !Taichi and Yuya Uemura |8 | |
| Evil and Yujiro Takahashi
|6 !Atlantis Jr. and Soberano Jr. |7 | |
| Shota Umino and Ren Narita
|6 !Yota Tsuji and Zandokan Jr. |6 | |
| Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona
|4 !Minoru Suzuki and Yuji Nagata |4 | |
| Kaito Kiyomiya and Ryohei Oiwa
|4 !Bad Luck Fale and Jack Bonza |4 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||||
| align="center" | |||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Ishii Yano (22:31) | Umino Narita (24:40) | Haste Nicholls (20:00) | Coughlin Kidd (13:18) | Evil Takahashi (9:38) | Umino Narita (27:31) | Umino Narita (10:40) |
| align="center"
| Ishii | {{n/a|—}} | O-Khan Henare (13:06) | Ishii Yano (9:51) | Coughlin Kidd (12:02) | Evil Takahashi (9:16) | Ishii Yano (13:47) | Ishii Yano (10:13) |
| align="center"
| Umino | O-Khan Henare (13:06) | {{n/a|—}} | Haste Nicholls (15:15) | Coughlin Kidd (9:55) | O-Khan Henare (2:38) | O-Khan Henare (14:33) | O-Khan Henare (16:18) |
| align="center"
| Haste | Ishii Yano (9:51) | Haste Nicholls (15:15) | {{n/a|—}} | Coughlin Kidd (15:50) | Haste Nicholls (16:27) | Haste Nicholls (11:38) | Haste Nicholls (10:52) |
| align="center"
| Coughlin | Coughlin Kidd (12:02) | Coughlin Kidd (9:55) | Coughlin Kidd (15:50) | {{n/a|—}} | Coughlin Kidd (14:03) | Kiyomiya Oiwa (12:03) | Kaun Liona (8:57) |
| align="center"
| Evil | Evil Takahashi (9:16) | O-Khan Henare (2:38) | Haste Nicholls (16:27) | Coughlin Kidd (14:03) | {{n/a|—}} | Kiyomiya Oiwa (16:14) | Evil Takahashi (10:54) |
| align="center"
| Umino | Ishii Yano (13:47) | O-Khan Henare (14:33) | Haste Nicholls (11:38) | Kiyomiya Oiwa (12:03) | Kiyomiya Oiwa (16:14) | {{n/a|—}} | Kaun Liona (11:34) |
| align="center"
| Umino | Ishii Yano (10:13) | O-Khan Henare (16:18) | Haste Nicholls (10:52) | Kaun Liona (8:57) | Evil Takahashi (10:54) | Kaun Liona (11:34) | {{n/a|—}} |
| align="center"
! Block B !! Goto ! Tsuji ! Fale | |||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Hikuleo Phantasmo (20:14) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (11:42) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (23:42) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (16:06) | Draw (30:00) | Archer Zayne (11:30) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (11:14) |
| align="center"
| Hikuleo | {{n/a|—}} | Hikuleo Phantasmo (11:34) | Taichi Uemura (20:50) | Tsuji Zandokan (14:51) | Hikuleo Phantasmo (16:20) | Hikuleo Phantasmo (15:15) | Hikuleo Phantasmo (11:02) |
| align="center"
| Goto | Hikuleo Phantasmo (11:34) | {{n/a|—}} | Taichi Uemura (15:31) | Tsuji Zandokan (9:45) | Atlantis Soberano (10:01) | Suzuki Nagata (10:23) | Suzuki Nagata (9:43) |
| align="center"
| Goto | Taichi Uemura (20:50) | Taichi Uemura (15:31) | {{n/a|—}} | Taichi Uemura (19:30) | Taichi Uemura (15:02) | Archer Zayne (11:54) | Fale Bonza (11:06) |
| align="center"
! Tsuji | Goto | Tsuji Zandokan (14:51) | Tsuji Zandokan (9:45) | Taichi Uemura (19:30) | {{n/a|—}} | Atlantis Soberano (14:01) | Tsuji Zandokan (13:16) | Fale Bonza (8:35) |
| align="center"
| Draw | Hikuleo Phantasmo (16:20) | Atlantis Soberano (10:01) | Taichi Uemura (15:02) | Atlantis Soberano (14:01) | {{n/a|—}} | Archer Zayne (9:40) | Atlantis Soberano (9:17) |
| align="center"
| Archer | Hikuleo Phantasmo (15:15) | Suzuki Nagata (10:23) | Archer Zayne (11:54) | Tsuji Zandokan (13:16) | Archer Zayne (9:40) | {{n/a|—}} | Archer Zayne (11:15) |
| align="center"
! Fale | Goto | Hikuleo Phantasmo (11:02) | Suzuki Nagata (9:43) | Fale Bonza (11:06) | Fale Bonza (8:35) | Atlantis Soberano (9:17) | Archer Zayne (11:15) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{4TeamBracket
| align = center
| RD1= Semifinals
| RD2= Final
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-team1= Alex Coughlin and Gabe Kidd
| RD1-score1= Pin
| RD1-seed2=B2
| RD1-team2= Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi
| RD1-score2=20:47
| RD1-seed3=B1
| RD1-team3=Hikuleo and El Phantasmo
| RD1-score3=16:44
| RD1-seed4=A2
| RD1-team4= Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls
| RD1-score4= Pin
| RD2-seed1= B2
| RD2-team1= Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi
| RD2-score1=40:30
| RD2-seed2= B1
| RD2-team2=Hikuleo and El Phantasmo
| RD2-score2=Pin
}}
2024
The 2024 edition of the World Tag League took place from November 19 to December 8. It featured sixteen teams divided across two blocks with the first placed teams of each block moving to the final.
The league featured the debut of Callum Newman, Hiromu Takahashi, Boltin Oleg, and Bullet Club Rogue Army members Stevie and Tome Filip (collectively known as The Natural Classics).
On December 6, it was announced that Henare suffered an injury on his right knee, forcing him and The Great-O-Khan to forfeit, not only their B Block match against Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi, but also their IWGP Tag Team Championships, leaving the January 4 bout and January 5 program with the Young Bucks uncertain. Furthermore, the teams of Toru Yano and Boltin Oleg, and Evil and Ren Narita won their respective matches, resulting that three teams ended up in a 10 points tie. Then was announced an impromptu Three Way Tag Team match to decide the winner of the B Block, that Naito and Takahashi won.
The winning team traditionally earns an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom. However, due to the situation around the IWGP Tag Team Championship, Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi won't have a title match, instead they will face each other at Wrestle Kingdom 19.{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/tetsuya-naito-bout-official-njpw-wrestle-kingdom-19|title=Tetsuya Naito Bout Official For NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19|work=Fightful|access-date=December 8, 2024}} Furthermore, Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi have been added to the IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Dynasty.
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block A | colspan="2" style="width:50%" | Block B |
|---|---|
| Gabe Kidd and Sanada
|10 !Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi |10 | |
| Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi
|8 !Great-O-Khan and Henare |10 | |
| Shingo Takagi and Yota Tsuji
|8 !Toru Yano and Boltin Oleg |10 | |
| Jeff Cobb and Callum Newman
|6 !Evil and Ren Narita |10 | |
| Kenta and Chase Owens
|6 !Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls |6 | |
| Shota Umino and Tomoaki Honma
|6 !Stevie Filip and Tome Filip |4 | |
| Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa
|6 !Hiroshi Tanahashi and Jado |4 | |
| Alex Zayne and Ryusuke Taguchi
|6 !Taichi and Taka Michinoku |2 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||||||
| align="center"
! Block A !! Goto | |||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (10:28) | Umino Honma (17:06) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (12:16) | Zayne Taguchi (11:02) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (15:40) | Goto Yoshi-Hashi (23:01) | Kidd Sanada (18:41) |
| align="center"
| Goto | {{n/a|—}} | Kenta Owens (5:24) | Cobb Newman (10:32) | Zayne Taguchi (13:05) | Kenta Owens (12:58) | Kenta Owens (18:57) | Kidd Sanada (3:50) |
| align="center"
| Umino | Kenta Owens (5:24) | {{n/a|—}} | Cobb Newman (9:16) | Zayne Taguchi (14:11) | Umino Honma (18:40) | Umino Honma (22:53) | Kidd Sanada (12:59) |
| align="center"
| Goto | Cobb Newman (10:32) | Cobb Newman (9:16) | {{n/a|—}} | Cobb Newman (10:44) | Takagi Tsuji (17:50) | Sabre Oiwa (15:11) | Kidd Sanada (5:27) |
| align="center"
| Zayne | Zayne Taguchi (13:05) | Zayne Taguchi (14:11) | Cobb Newman (10:44) | {{n/a|—}} | Takagi Tsuji (12:23) | Sabre Oiwa (17:36) | Kidd Sanada (13:09) |
| align="center"
| Goto | Kenta Owens (12:58) | Umino Honma (18:40) | Takagi Tsuji (17:50) | Takagi Tsuji (18:40) | {{n/a|—}} | Takagi Tsuji (24:18) | Takagi Tsuji (21:43) |
| align="center"
| Goto | Kenta Owens (18:57) | Umino Honma (22:53) | Sabre Oiwa (15:11) | Sabre Oiwa (17:36) | Takagi Tsuji (24:18) | {{n/a|—}} | Sabre Oiwa (19:40) |
| align="center"
| Kidd | Kidd Sanada (3:50) | Kidd Sanada (12:59) | Kidd Sanada (5:27) | Kidd Sanada (13:09) | Takagi Tsuji (21:43) | Sabre Oiwa (19:40) | {{n/a|—}} |
| align="center"
! S. Filip | |||||||
| align="center"
| {{n/a|—}} | Taichi Michinoku (10:50) | O-Khan Henare (19:21) | Naito Takahashi (forfeit) | O-Khan Henare (15:38) | O-Khan Henare (10:02) | O-Khan Henare (10:33) | O-Kahn Henare (20:34) |
| align="center"
| Taichi | {{n/a|—}} | Haste Nicholls (11:12) | Naito Takahashi (14:01) | Tanahashi Jado (20:05) | S. Filip T. Filip (13:17) | Yano Oleg (10:57) | Evil Narita (12:01) |
| align="center"
| O-Khan | Haste Nicholls (11:12) | {{n/a|—}} | Naito Takahashi (16:12) | Haste Nicholls (13:35) | Haste Nicholls (13:19) | Yano Oleg (10:22) | Evil Narita (11:50) |
| align="center"
| Naito | Naito Takahashi (14:01) | Naito Takahashi (16:12) | {{n/a|—}} | Tanahashi Jado (15:52) | Naito Takahashi (10:20) | Yano Oleg (11:20) | Naito Takahashi (19:23) |
| align="center"
| O-Khan | Tanahashi Jado (20:05) | Haste Nicholls (13:35) | Tanahashi Jado (15:52) | {{n/a|—}} | S. Filip T. Filip (12:49) | Yano Oleg (11:25) | Evil Narita (11:22) |
| align="center"
! S. Filip | O-Khan | S. Filip T. Filip (13:17) | Haste Nicholls (13:19) | Naito Takahashi (10:20) | S. Filip T. Filip (12:49) | {{n/a|—}} | Yano Oleg (9:15) | Evil Narita (11:05) |
| align="center"
| O-Khan | Yano Oleg (10:57) | Yano Oleg (10:22) | Yano Oleg (11:20) | Yano Oleg (11:25) | Yano Oleg (9:15) | {{n/a|—}} | Evil Narita (10:58) |
| align="center"
| O-Kahn | Evil Narita (12:01) | Evil Narita (11:50) | Naito Takahashi (19:23) | Evil Narita (11:05) | Evil Narita (11:22) | Evil Narita (10:58) | {{n/a|—}} |
{{4TeamBracket-3way-playoff
| align = center
| RD1= B Block Decision
| RD2= Final
| RD1-seed1= B1
| RD1-team1= Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi
| RD1-score1=Pin
| RD1-seed2= B2
| RD1-team2= Toru Yano and Boltin Oleg
| RD1-score2=17:16
| RD1-seed3= B3
| RD1-team3= Evil and Ren Narita
| RD1-score3= –
| RD2-seed1= A1
| RD2-team1= Gabe Kidd and Sanada
| RD2-score1=27:12
| RD2-seed2= B1
| RD2-team2= Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi
| RD2-score2=Pin
}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.njpw.co.jp/champions/world-tag-league World Tag League at NJPW.co.jp] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.njpw.co.jp/champions/g1-tag-league G1 Tag League at NJPW.co.jp] {{in lang|ja}}
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