The FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship was a tag team hardcore wrestling championship contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.
| FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | December 9, 1991 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | June 16, 1999 | ||||||||||
| Other name(s) | |||||||||||
WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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Title history
editNames
edit| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Championship | December 9, 1991–September 19, 1992 |
| FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship | January 18, 1994–June 13, 1999 |
Reigns
edit| No: | Wrestlers: | Reigns: | Date: | Days held: | Location: | Event: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto | 1 | December 9, 1991 | 150 | Tokyo, Japan | FMW | Onita and Goto defeated Grigory Verichev and Koba Kurtanidze in the finals of a World's Strongest Tag Team Tournament to become the first WWA World Martial Arts Tag Team Champions.[1] |
| 2 | Sabu and Horace Boulder | 1 | May 7, 1992 | 17 | Tokyo, Japan | FMW | [1] |
| 3 | Tarzan Goto (2) and Grigory Verichev |
1 | May 25, 1992 | 117 | Tokyo, Japan | FMW | [1] |
| — | Abandoned | — | September 19, 1992 | — | Yokohama, Kanagawa | 3rd Anniversary Show | The title was abandoned after the 3rd Anniversary Show. |
| 4 | Big Titan and The Gladiator | 1 | January 18, 1994 | 93 | Saitama, Japan | FMW | The title was re-installed as FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship. Titan and Gladiator defeated Atsushi Onita and Katsutoshi Niiyama in a tournament final to win the vacant title.[2][3] |
| 5 | Mr. Pogo and Hisakatsu Oya | 1 | April 21, 1994 | 101 | Aomori, Japan | FMW | [2] |
| 6 | Atsushi Onita (2) and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga | 1 | July 31, 1994 | [Note 1] | Yokohama, Japan | FMW | [2] |
| — | Vacated | — | October 1994 | — | — | FMW | The title was vacated when Onita and Matsunaga split up.[2] |
| 7 | W*ING Alliance (Mr. Pogo (2) and The Gladiator (2)) |
1 | October 28, 1994 | 119 | Tokyo, Japan | FMW | Pogo and Gladiator defeated Atsushi Onita and Mr. Gannosuke for vacant title.[2] |
| 8 | Atsushi Onita (3) and Mr. Gannosuke | 1 | February 24, 1995 | 11 | Tokyo, Japan | FMW | [2] |
| 9 | W*ING Alliance (Mr. Pogo (3) and Yukihiro Kanemura) |
1 | March 7, 1995 | 59 | Iwate, Japan | FMW | [2] |
| 10 | Lethal Weapon (Ricky Fuji and Hisakatsu Oya (2)) |
1 | May 5, 1995 | 123 | Kawasaki, Japan | 6th Anniversary Show | [2] |
| 11 | Daisuke Ikeda and Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 1 | September 5, 1995 | 107 | Sapporo, Japan | Grand Slam Tour | [2] |
| 12 | Lethal Weapon (Hisakatsu Oya (3) and Horace Boulder) |
1 | December 21, 1995 | 15 | Yokohama, Japan | Year End Spectacular | [2] |
| 13 | The Faces of Dead (Super Leather and Jason the Terrible) |
1 | January 5, 1996 | 85 | Tokyo, Japan | FMW | [2] |
| 14 | The Headhunters (A and B) |
1 | March 30, 1996 | 391 | Tokyo, Japan | FMW | [2] |
| 15 | W*ING Alliance (W*ING Kanemura (2) and Hido) |
1 | April 25, 1997 | 118 | Osaka, Japan | Fighting Creation Tour | [2] |
| 16 | Funk Masters of Wrestling (Mr. Gannosuke (2) and Hisakatsu Oya (4)) |
1 | August 21, 1997 | 59 | Yokosuka, Japan | Super Dynamism Tour | [2] |
| 17 | ZEN (Atsushi Onita (3) and Yukihiro Kanemura (3)) |
1 | October 19, 1997 | [Note 2] | Sendai, Japan | Power Splash Tour | [2] |
| — | Vacated | — | November 1997 | — | — | — | Onita and Kanemura were stripped of the title due to Onita's inactivity.[2] |
| 18 | ZEN/Team No Respect (Mr. Gannosuke (3) and Yukihiro Kanemura (4)) |
1 | November 28, 1997 | 121 | Tokyo, Japan | Scramble Survivor Tour | Defeated Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka for the vacant title.[2] |
| 19 | Team No Respect (Kodo Fuyuki and Hido (2)) |
1 | March 29, 1998 | 19 | Niigata, Japan | Winning Road Tour | [2] |
| 20 | Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka | 1 | April 17, 1998 | 40 | Sapporo, Japan | Fuyuki Army | [2] |
| 21 | Team No Respect (Kodo Fuyuki (2) and Yukihiro Kanemura (5)) |
1 | May 27, 1998 | 152 | Fukuoka, Japan | Neo FMW | [2] |
| 21 | Hayabusa (2) and Daisuke Ikeda (2) | 1 | October 26, 1998 | [Note 3] | Chiba, Japan | Fuyuki Army | [2] |
| — | Vacated | — | January 1999 | — | — | — | Title vacated due to Ikeda's health problems.[2] |
| 22 | Masato Tanaka (2) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda | 1 | May 3, 1999 | 41 | Nagoya, Japan | Strongest Tag League Tour | Defeated Hayabusa and Kodo Fuyuki in an eight-team round-robin tournament final for vacant title.[2] |
| 23 | Team No Respect (Koji Nakagawa and Gedo) |
1 | June 13, 1999 | 3 | Okayama, Japan | Making of a New Legend Tour | [2] |
| — | Retired | — | June 16, 1999 | — | Chiba, Japan | Making of a New Legend Tour | The title was replaced with the WEW World Tag Team Championship.[2] |
- ^ The exact date when Atsushi Onita and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vacated the title is uncertain, which means that their reign lasted between 62 and 89 days.
- ^ The exact date when Atsushi Onita and Yukihiro Kanemura vacated the title is uncertain, which means that their reign lasted between 13 and 40 days.
- ^ The exact date when Hayabusa and Daisuke Ikeda vacated the title is uncertain, which means that their reign lasted between 67 and 97 days.
References
edit- ^ a b c Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Japan: WWA Martial Arts Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Japan: FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (January 18, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/18): Ivan Koloff defeats Bruno Sammartino for WWWF title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.