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Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship

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Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
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The Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship (STRONG無差別級タッグ王座, STRONG musabetsu-kyū taggu 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 Strong brand and is usually defended at NJPW Strong branded shows in America. The reigning champions are United Empire (TJP and Templario), who are in their first reign as a team and individually. They won the titles by defeating World Class Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) at Resurgence on May 9, 2025 in Ontario, California.

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History

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.

Inaugural championship tournament (2022)

Tournament bracket

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
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Reigns

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As of August 7, 2025, there have been a total of twelve reigns shared between nine different teams composed of eighteen individual champions. The inaugural champions were Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis). Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo) first reign is the 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 United Empire (TJP and Templario) are the reigning champions in their first reign as a team and individually. They won the titles by defeating World Class Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) at Resurgence on May 9, 2025 in Ontario, California.

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Combined reigns

As of August 7, 2025.

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