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The Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship (STRONG無差別級王座, STRONG musabetsu-kyū ōza) is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned and promoted by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The title is exclusively featured on NJPW's United States based television program NJPW Strong Live. The current champions are TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) who are in their second reign as a team and individually. They defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo) June 9, 2024 at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall on June 9, 2024 in Osaka, Japan.
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | June 8, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | June 9, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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On June 8, 2022, NJPW announced the creation of the championship, with it being contested in an eight-team tournament that was then scheduled to determine the inaugural champions, culminating in a final match at Strong: High Alert on July 24, 2022. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) defeated Christopher Daniels and Yuya Uemura in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions.
Quarterfinals Strong: Ignition (6/19)[1][2] | Semifinals Strong: Ignition (6/19)[3][4] | Final Strong: High Alert (7/24)[5] | ||||||||||||
Stray Dog Army (Barrett Brown and Misterioso) | Pin | |||||||||||||
Midnight Heat (Eddie Pearl and Ricky Gibson) | 8:28 | |||||||||||||
Stray Dog Army | 7:27 | |||||||||||||
Aussie Open | Pin | |||||||||||||
Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) | Pin | |||||||||||||
The Dark Order (Alan Angels and Evil Uno) | 12:44 | |||||||||||||
Aussie Open | Pin | |||||||||||||
Christopher Daniels and Yuya Uemura | 11:57 | |||||||||||||
Christopher Daniels and Yuya Uemura | Pin | |||||||||||||
The Factory (Aaron Solo and Nick Comoroto) | 9:17 | |||||||||||||
Christopher Daniels and Yuya Uemura | Pin | |||||||||||||
TMDK | 10:02 | |||||||||||||
West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs) | 10:21 | |||||||||||||
TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) | Pin |
As of September 22, 2024, there have been a total of nine reigns shared between six different teams composed of twelve individual champions. The inaugural champions were Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis). Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo) first reign is longest reign at 186 days, while TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste)'s first reign was the shortest at 29 days. Chris Sabin is the oldest champion at 40 while Kyle Fletcher is the youngest at 23.
The current champions are TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste), who are in their record-tying second reign, as a team and individually. They defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo) at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall on June 9, 2024 in Osaka, Japan.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
As of September 22, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champions |
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Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by NJPW |
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1 | Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo) | 2 | 5 | 215 | |
2 | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) | 1 | 3 | 169 | |
3 | TMDK † (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) | 2 | 1 | 134+ | |
4 | Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) | 2 | 4 | 132 | 112 |
5 | Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin and Gabe Kidd) | 1 | 0 | 97 | |
6 | Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) | 1 | 0 | 30 |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by NJPW |
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1 | Hikuleo | 2 | 5 | 215 | |
El Phantasmo | 2 | 5 | 215 | ||
3 | Alex Shelley | 1 | 3 | 169 | |
Chris Sabin | 1 | 3 | 169 | ||
5 | Mikey Nicholls † | 2 | 1 | 134+ | |
Shane Haste † | 2 | 1 | 134+ | ||
7 | Kyle Fletcher | 2 | 4 | 132 | 112 |
Mark Davis | 2 | 4 | 132 | 112 | |
9 | Alex Coughlin | 1 | 0 | 97 | |
Gabe Kidd | 1 | 0 | 97 | ||
11 | Hirooki Goto | 1 | 0 | 30 | |
Yoshi-Hashi | 1 | 0 | 30 | ||
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