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Saikyo Tag League (最侠タッグリーグ, Saikyō Taggu Rīgu, lit. "Maximum Tag League") is a professional wrestling round-robin hardcore tag team tournament annually held by Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), considered a spin-off of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's World Tag League and All Japan Pro Wrestling's World's Strongest Tag Determination League. The tournament was established in 1999 as Saikyo Tag League and then renamed as Big Japan Tag League in 2011 before returning to its old name Saikyo Tag League in 2014.[1][2] A new format was introduced in 2014 in which the teams were divided into two blocks, "Strong Style Block" and "Deathmatch Block". The strong style block consists of normal tag team matches and deathmatch block consists of matches contested under deathmatch rules.[3]
| Saikyo Tag League | |
|---|---|
| Promotions | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| Nicknames | Saikyo Tag League (1999–2009, 2013–present) Big Japan Tag League (2011–2013) |
| First event | 1999 |
The Saikyo Tag League is held under a points system, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. Top four teams advance to the semifinals in the knockout format and then the winning teams compete in the finals.
List of winners
edit| Tournament | Year | Winners (total won as an individual) |
Total won as a team |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saikyo Tag League | 1999 | Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamakawa | 1 | [1] |
| Saikyo Tag League | 2000 | 2 | [4] | |
| Saikyo Tag League | 2001 | Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | [5] |
| Saikyo Tag League | 2002 | Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto (2) | 2 | [6] |
| Saikyo Tag League | 2003 | Daikokubo Benkei and Abdullah Kobayashi | 1 | [7] |
| Saikyo Tag League | 2009 | Masashi Takeda and Isami Kodaka | 1 | [8] |
| Big Japan Tag League | 2011 | Daisuke Sekimoto (3) and Yuji Okabayashi | 1 | [2] |
| Big Japan Tag League | 2012 | Isami Kodaka (2) and Yuko Miyamoto | 1 | [9] |
| Big Japan Tag League | 2013 | Isami Kodaka (3) and Yuko Miyamoto (2) | 2 | [10] |
| Saikyo Tag League | 2014 | Isami Kodaka (4) and Yuko Miyamoto (3) | 3 | [3] |
| Saikyo Tag League | 2015 | Daisuke Sekimoto (4) and Yuji Okabayashi (2) | 2 | [11] |
| Saikyo Tag League | 2016 | Daisuke Sekimoto (5) and Yuji Okabayashi (3) | 3 | [12] |
| Saikyo Tag League | 2017 | Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani | 1 | [13] |
| Saikyo Tag League | 2018 | Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue | 1 | |
| Saikyo Tag League | 2019 | Yuji Okabayashi (4) and Shigehiro Irie | 1 | [14] |
| Saikyo Tag League | 2020 | Daichi Hashimoto (2) and Hideyoshi Kamitani (2) | 2 | [15] |
Tournament history
edit1999
editThe 1999 Saikyo Tag League was the first edition of the tournament which featured four teams in one block. The tournament was held between October 27 and November 8, 1999.[1]
| Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamakawa | 6 |
|---|---|
| Shadow WX and The Winger | 4 |
| Kamikaze and Shunme Matsuzaki | 2 |
| Mike Samples and Jun Kasai | 0 |
2000
editThe 2000 Saikyo Tag League featured a new format as it had eight teams divided into two blocks with four teams in each block. The tournament was held between September 17 and October 30, 2000.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullah the Butcher and Shadow WX | 6 | Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamakawa | 6 |
| Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto | 4 | Zandig and Jun Kasai | 4 |
| Daikokubo Benkei and Shunme Matsuzaki | 2 | Wifebeater and Justice Pain | 2 |
| Kamikaze and Abdullah Kobayashi | 0 | Mad Man Pondo and Mitch Page | 0 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Abdullah the Butcher and Shadow WX | Pin | |||||||
| B2 | Zandig and Jun Kasai | 7:49 | |||||||
| B2 | Zandig and Jun Kasai | Pin | |||||||
| B1 | Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamakawa | 8:54 | |||||||
| B1 | Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamakawa | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto | 16:55 | |||||||
2001
editThe 2001 Saikyo Tag League consisted of one block with five teams and was held between September 11 and September 23, 2001.
| Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto | 6 |
|---|---|
| Kamikaze and Hideki Hosaka | 5 |
| Abdullah Kobayashi and Daikokubo Benkei | 5 |
| Masato Tanaka and Shunme Matsuzaki | 4 |
| Fantastik and Ryuji Ito | 0 |
2002
editThe 2002 Saikyo Tag League consisted of total ten teams and two blocks with five teams in each block. The tournament was held between October 8 and October 31, 2002.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto | 8 | ODD and Homicide | 6 |
| Shadow WX and Winger | 6 | Ryuji Ito and Daisaku Shimoda | 5 |
| Ryuji Yamakawa and Great Kojika | 4 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Daikokubo Benkei | 5 |
| Kintaro Kanemura and Gosaku | 2 | Mafia and Monster Mack (Da Hit Squad) |
4 |
| Mad Man Pondo and 2 Tuff Tony | 0 | Bancho Matsuzaki and Jaki Numazawa | 0 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto | Pin | |||||||
| B2 | Ryuji Ito and Daisaku Shimoda | 14:41 | |||||||
| A1 | Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto | Pin | |||||||
| B1 | ODD and Homicide | 13:57 | |||||||
| A2 | Shadow WX and Winger | Pin | |||||||
| B1 | ODD and Homicide | 13:10 | |||||||
2003
editThe 2003 Saikyo Tag League consisted of one block with five teams and was held between October 8 and November 8, 2003.
| Daikokubo Benkei and Abdullah Kobayashi | 6 |
|---|---|
| Daisuke Sekimoto and 2 Tuff Tony | 6 |
| Men's Teioh and Mr. Big Japan | 4 |
| Shadow WX and Mad Man Pondo | 2 |
| Katsumasa Inoue and Hiroyuki Kondo | 2 |
| Semi-final | ||
| Men's Teioh and Mr. Big Japan | Pin | |
| Daisuke Sekimoto and 2 Tuff Tony | 18:28 | |
| Final | ||
| Men's Teioh and Mr. Big Japan | Pin | |
| Daikokubo Benkei and Abdullah Kobayashi | 17:02 | |
2009
editThe 2009 Saikyo Tag League was the sixth edition of the tournament which marked the return of the tournament after a six-year hiatus. It was held between February 13 and May 28, 2009.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mammoth Sasaki/Masato Tanaka and Daisuke Sekimoto | 6 | Masashi Takeda and Isami Kodaka | 6 |
| Ryuji Ito and Shuji Ishikawa | 5 | Yuko Miyamoto and Takashi Sasaki | 6 |
| Shadow WX and The Winger | 4 | Yoshihito Sasaki and Shinya Ishikawa | 4 |
| Abdullah Kobayashi and Masada | 4 | Jun Kasai and Jaki Numazawa | 2 |
| Atsushi Ohashi and Yuji Okabayashi | 0 | Katsumasa Inoue and Kankuro Hoshino | 2 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Masato Tanaka and Daisuke Sekimoto | Pin | |||||||
| B2 | Yuko Miyamoto and Takashi Sasaki | 22:24 | |||||||
| B2 | Yuko Miyamoto and Takashi Sasaki | Pin | |||||||
| B1 | Masashi Takeda and Isami Kodaka | 5:35 | |||||||
| A2 | Ryuji Ito and Shuji Ishikawa | Pin | |||||||
| B1 | Masashi Takeda and Isami Kodaka | 17:10 | |||||||
- Masato Tanaka was a replacement for the injured Mammoth Sasaki.
2011
editThe 2011 Big Japan Tag League was held between September 19 and November 22, 2011.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun Kasai and Jaki Numazawa | 8 | Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei (The Brahman Brothers) |
8 |
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi (Strong BJ) |
7 | Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | 8 |
| Abdullah Kobayashi and Masashi Takeda | 6 | Ryuji Ito and Masada | 6 |
| Tommy End and Michael Dante (Summerian Death Squad) |
6 | Yoshihito Sasaki and Shinobu | 6 |
| Shadow WX and Kankuro Hoshino | 2 | Devon Moore and Rory Mondo | 2 |
| Shinya Ishikawa and Ryuichi Kawakami | 1 | Takashi Sasaki and Masato Inaba | 0 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| B1 | Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi | 13:27 | |||||||
| A2 | Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi | Pin | |||||||
| A1 | Jun Kasai and Jaki Numazawa | 17:48 | |||||||
| A1 | Jun Kasai and Jaki Numazawa | Pin | |||||||
| B2 | Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | 14:13 | |||||||
2012
editThe 2012 Big Japan Tag League was held between September 25 and November 24, 2012.[16][17]
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Osamu Nishimura and Shinya Ishikawa | 10 | Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | 8 |
| Yuji Okabayashi and Shinobu | 6 | Ryuji Ito and Takumi Tsukamoto | 6 |
| Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga (Speed of Sounds) |
4 | Takashi Sasaki and Jaki Numazawa | 4 |
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito Sasaki | 4 | Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei (The Brahman Brothers) |
4 |
| Daichi Hashimoto and Kazuki Hashimoto | 4 | Shadow WX and Shuji Ishikawa | 4 |
| Jun Ogawauchi and Amigo Suzuki | 2 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Drake Younger | 4 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Osamu Nishimura and Shinya Ishikawa | Sub | |||||||
| A2 | Yuji Okabayashi and Shinobu | 15:29 | |||||||
| A2 | Yuji Okabayashi and Shinobu | Pin | |||||||
| B1 | Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | 20:38 | |||||||
| B1 | Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | Pin | |||||||
| B2 | Ryuji Ito and Takumi Tsukamoto | 14:51 | |||||||
2013
editThe 2013 Saikyo Tag League was held between September 25 and November 22, 2013.[18][19]
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi | 10 | Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | 8 |
| Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto | 8 | Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga (Speed of Sounds) |
6 |
| Jun Kasai and Jaki Numazawa | 6 | Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei (The Brahman Brothers) |
6 |
| Kazuki Hashimoto and Yusaku Obata | 4 | Jake and Dave Christ (The Irish Airborne) |
4 |
| Ryuichi Kawakami and Axeman | 2 | Shinya Ishikawa and Madoka | 4 |
| Kankuro Hoshino and Masato Inaba | 0 | Ryuji Ito and Yoshihito Sasaki | 2 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi | Pin | |||||||
| B2 | Speed of Sounds | 13:37 | |||||||
| B2 | Speed of Sounds | Pin | |||||||
| B1 | Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | 15:22 | |||||||
| B1 | Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto | 18:29 | |||||||
2014
editThe 2014 Saikyo Tag League featured twelve teams and two blocks with six tag teams in each block. The tournament featured a new format in which one block was named "Strong Style Block" which consisted of matches contested under strong style format and the other block was named "Deathmatch Block" in which matches were contested under deathmatch format. The tournament was held between September 20 and November 21, 2014.[20][21]
| Strong Style Block | Deathmatch Block | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Koji Kanemoto and Kazuki Hashimoto | 8 | Ryuji Ito and Abdullah Kobayashi | 8 |
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani | 8 | Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | 8 |
| Manabu Soya and Ryuichi Kawakami | 6 | Kankuro Hoshino and Masato Inaba | 6 |
| Shuji Ishikawa and Kohei Sato | 6 | Saburo Inematsu and Ryuichi Sekine | 4 |
| Shiori Asahi and Shinobu | 2 | Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei (The Brahman Brothers) |
4 |
| Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga (Speed of Sounds) |
0 | Masashi Takeda and Jaki Numazawa | 0 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Koji Kanemoto and Kazuki Hashimoto | Pin | |||||||
| B2 | Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto | 16:10 | |||||||
| B2 | Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto | Pin | |||||||
| B1 | Ryuji Ito and Abdullah Kobayashi | 18:44 | |||||||
| B1 | Ryuji Ito and Abdullah Kobayashi | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Daisuke Sekimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani | 13:08 | |||||||
2015
editThe 2015 Saikyo Tag League featured twelve teams and two blocks with six tag teams in each block. The tournament was held between September 21 and October 29, 2015.[22][23]
| Strong Style Block | Deathmatch Block | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi | 8 | Ryuji Ito and Ryuichi Sekine | 8 |
| Shuji Ishikawa and Kohei Sato | 8 | Kankuro Hoshino and Masato Inaba | 6 |
| Ryota Hama and Hideyoshi Kamitani | 6 | Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto | 6 |
| Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga (Speed of Sounds) |
4 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Takayuki Ueki | 6 |
| Hideki Suzuki and Yoshihisa Uto | 2 | Jaki Numazawa and Takumi Tsukamoto | 2 |
| Daichi Hashimoto and Kazuki Hashimoto | 2 | Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei (The Brahman Brothers) |
2 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi | Pin | |||||||
| B2 | Kankuro Hoshino and Masato Inaba | 17:32 | |||||||
| A1 | Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Shuji Ishikawa and Kohei Sato | 18:30 | |||||||
| B1 | Ryuji Ito and Ryuichi Sekine | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Shuji Ishikawa and Kohei Sato | 17:00 | |||||||
2016
editThe 2016 Saikyo Tag League featured a unique format as it featured four blocks with each block consisting of four tag teams. Two blocks were Strong Style blocks and two were Deathmatch blocks in the tournament. The tournament was held between September 4 and October 31, 2016.[24][25]
| Strong Style Block A | Strong Style Block B | Deathmatch Block A | Deathmatch Block B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa | 6 | Akebono and Ryota Hama | 6 | Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | 4 | Ryuji Ito and Toshiyuki Sakuda | 4 |
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi | 4 | Hideyoshi Kamitani and Daichi Hashimoto | 4 | Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki | 4 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa | 4 |
| Tsutomu Oosugi and Hercules Senga (Speed of Sounds) |
2 | Ryuichi Kawakami and Yasufumi Nakanoue | 2 | Kankuro Hoshino and Masato Inaba | 2 | Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei (The Brahman Brothers) |
2 |
| Hideki Suzuki and Takuya Nomura | 0 | Yoshihisa Uto and Kazumi Kikuta | 0 | Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto | 2 | Saburo Inematsu and Ryuichi Sekine | 2 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Ryuji Ito and Toshiyuki Sakuda | 12:40 | |||||||||||||
| Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Takayuki Ueki and Masaya Takahashi | 9:51 | |||||||||||||
| Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Takayuki Ueki and Masaya Takahashi | 13:44 | |||||||||||||
| Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi | 18:28 | |||||||||||||
| Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Hideyoshi Kamitani and Daichi Hashimoto | 15:10 | |||||||||||||
| Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi | 13:46 | |||||||||||||
| Akebono and Ryota Hama | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi | 12:14 | |||||||||||||
2017
editThe 2017 Saikyo Tag League featured twelve teams and two blocks with six tag teams in each block. The tournament was held between September 6 and October 15, 2017.[26][27]
| Strong Style Block | Deathmatch Block | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Kohei Sato | 7 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Ryuji Ito | 8 |
| Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani | 6 | Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki | 6 |
| Shingo Takagi and Yuji Okabayashi | 5 | Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | 6 |
| Ryuichi Kawakami and Yoshihisa Uto | 4 | Jaki Numazawa and Kenji Fukimoto | 4 |
| Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue | 4 | Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto | 4 |
| Hideki Suzuki and Shogun Okamoto | 4 | Minoru Fujita and Kankuro Hoshino | 2 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Daisuke Sekimoto and Kohei Sato | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani | 13:10 | |||||||
| A2 | Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani | Pin | |||||||
| B1 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Ryuji Ito | 16:06 | |||||||
| B1 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Ryuji Ito | Sub | |||||||
| B2 | Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki | 11:45 | |||||||
2018
editThe 2018 Saikyo Tag League featured a total of fourteen teams with seven teams in each block. The tournament took place between August 12 and October 25, 2018.[28][29]
| Strong Style Block | Deathmatch Block | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue | 10 | Ryuji Ito and Ryuichi Sekine | 10 |
| Okami (Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani) |
8 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Yoshihisa Uto | 8 |
| Ryuichi Kawakami and Kazumi Kikuta | 6 | Masaya Takahashi and Kyu Mogami | 6 |
| Tatsuhiko Yoshino and Kota Sekifuda | 6 | Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto) |
6 |
| Hideki Suzuki and Daisuke Sekimoto | 6 | Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda | 4 |
| Kazuki Hashimoto and Yuya Aoki | 4 | Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka | 4 |
| Astronauts (Takuya Nomura and Fuminori Abe) |
2 | Minoru Fujita and Kankuro Hoshino | 4 |
| Strong Style Block | Suzuki Sekimoto |
Hashimoto Kamitani |
K. Hashimoto Aoki |
Kawakami Kikuta |
Hama Nakanoue |
Nomura Abe |
Yoshino Sekifuda |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki Sekimoto |
— | Suzuki Sekimoto (13:10) |
Suzuki Sekimoto (11:53) |
Kawakami Kikuta (12:12) |
Hama Nakanoue (10:26) |
Suzuki Sekimoto (09:49) |
Yoshina Sekifuda (11:38) |
| Hashimoto Kamitani |
Suzuki Sekimoto (13:10) |
— | Hashimoto Kamitani (11:01) |
Hashimoto Kamitani (15:10) |
Hama Nakanoue (13:16) |
Hashimoto Kamitani (15:47) |
Hashimoto Kamitani (13:05) |
| K. Hashimoto Aoki |
Suzuki Sekimoto (11:53) |
Hashimoto Kamitani (11:01) |
— | Kawakami Kikuta (11:16) |
Hama Nakanouse (12:33) |
K. Hashimoto Aoki (11:37) |
K. Hashimoto Aoki (10:01) |
| Kawakami Kikuta |
Kawakami Kikuta (12:12) |
Hashimoto Kamitani (15:10) |
Kawakami Kikuta (11:16) |
— | Kawakami Kikuta (11:16) |
Kawakami Kikuta (10:11) |
Yoshino Sekifuda (12:33) |
| Hama Nakanoue |
Hama Nakanoue (10:26) |
Hama Nakanoue (13:16) |
Hama Nakanouse (12:33) |
Kawakami Kikuta (11:16) |
— | Nomura Abe (10:58) |
Hama Nakanoue (11:29) |
| Nomura Abe |
Suzuki Sekimoto (09:49) |
Hashimoto Kamitani (15:47) |
K. Hashimoto Aoki (11:37) |
Kawakami Kikuta (10:11) |
Nomura Abe (10:58) |
— | Yoshino Sekifuda (10:36) |
| Yoshino Sekifuda |
Yoshina Sekifuda (11:38) |
Hashimoto Kamitani (13:05) |
K. Hashimoto Aoki (10:01) |
Yoshino Sekifuda (12:33) |
Hama Nakanoue (11:29) |
Yoshino Sekifuda (10:36) |
— |
| Deathmatch Block | Kobayashi Uto |
Takahashi Mogami |
Miyamoto Kodaka |
Ito Sekine |
Takeda Tsukamoto |
Fujita Hoshino |
Ueki Sakuda |
| Kobayashi Uto |
— | Kobayashi Uto (13:30) |
Kobayashi Uto (11:37) |
Ito Sekine (12:14) |
Takeda Tsukamoto (13:02) |
Kobayashi Uto (17:42) |
Kobayashi Uto (15:24) |
| Takahashi Mogami |
Kobayashi Uto (13:30) |
— | Takahashi Mogami (09:27) |
Ito Sekine (14:38) |
Takahashi Mogami (13:38) |
Fujita Hoshino (15:35) |
Takahashi Mogami (12:47) |
| Miyamoto Kodaka |
Kobayashi Uto (11:37) |
Takahashi Mogami (09:27) |
— | Ito Sekine (forfeit) |
Takeda Tsukamoto (forfeit) |
Miyamoto Kodaka (15:27) |
Miyamoto Kodaka (12:07) |
| Ito Sekine |
Ito Sekine (12:14) |
Ito Sekine (14:38) |
Ito Sekine (forfeit) |
— | Ito Sekine (18:19) |
Ito Sekine (12:36) |
Ueki Sakuda (15:53) |
| Takeda Tsukamoto |
Takeda Tsukamoto (13:02) |
Takahashi Mogami (13:38) |
Takeda Tsukamoto (forfeit) |
Ito Sekine (18:19) |
— | Fujita Hoshino (12:33) |
Takeda Tsukamoto (14:04) |
| Fujita Hoshino |
Kobayashi Uto (17:42) |
Fujita Hoshino (15:35) |
Miyamoto Kodaka (15:27) |
Ito Sekine (12:36) |
Fujita Hoshino (12:33 |
— | Ueki Sakuda (12:28) |
| Ueki Sakuda |
Kobayashi Uto (15:24) |
Takahashi Mogami (12:47) |
Miyamoto Kodaka (12:07) |
Ueki Sakuda (15:53) |
Takeda Tsukamoto (14:04) |
Ueki Sakuda (12:28) |
— |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue | Pin | |||||||
| B2 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Yoshihisa Uto | 11:39 | |||||||
| A1 | Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani | 14:08 | |||||||
| B1 | Ryuji Ito and Ryuichi Sekine | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani | 14:08 | |||||||
2019
editThe 2019 Saikyo Tag League featured a total of fourteen teams with seven teams in each block. The tournament took place between September 1 and November 26, 2019.[30]
| Strong Style Block | Deathmatch Block | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi | 10 | Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto) |
10 |
| Okami (Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani) |
10 | Rickey Shane Page and Ryuji Ito | 8 |
| Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami | 8 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Kankuro Hoshino | 8 |
| Daisuke Sekimoto and The Bodyguard | 8 | Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto) |
6 |
| Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue | 8 | Toshiyuki Sakuda and Yuki Ishikawa | 4 |
| StrongHearts (El Lindaman and T-Hawk) |
6 | Drew Parker and Orca Uto | 4 |
| Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) |
6 | 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers (Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki)[a] |
2 |
| Akira Hyodo and Takuho Kato | 0 | ||
| Strong Style Block | Sekimoto Bodyguard |
Hashimoto Kamitani |
Hama Nakanoue |
Kikuta Kawakami |
Abe Nomura |
Hyodo Kato |
Lindaman T-Hawk |
Irie Okabayashi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sekimoto Bodyguard |
— | Hashimoto Kamitani (23:18) |
Sekimoto Bodyguard (16:31) |
Kikuta Kawakami (13:28) |
Abe Nomura (19:54) |
Sekimoto Bodyguard |
Sekimoto Bodyguard (16:36) |
Sekimoto Bodyguard (18:38) |
| Hashimoto Kamitani |
Hashimoto Kamitani (23:18) |
— | Hama Nakanoue (14:46) |
Hashimoto Kamitani (20:56) |
Hashimoto Kamitani (14:14) |
Hashimoto Kamitani (15:26) |
Irie Okabayashi (20:44) | |
| Hama Nakanoue |
Sekimoto Bodyguard (16:31) |
Hama Nakanoue (14:46) |
— | Kikuta Kawakami (12:29) |
Hama Nakanoue |
Hama Nakanoue (11:33) |
Lindaman T-Hawk (10:46) |
Irie Okabayashi (16:59) |
| Kikuta Kawakami |
Kikuta Kawakami (13:28) |
Hashimoto Kamitani (20:56) |
Kikuta Kawakami (12:29) |
— | Abe Nomura (12:05) |
Kikuta Kawakami (9:50) |
Lindaman T-Hawk (12:35) |
Kikuta Kawakami (13:46) |
| Abe Nomura |
Abe Nomura (19:54) |
Hashimoto Kamitani (14:14) |
Hama Nakanoue |
Abe Nomura (12:05) |
— | Abe Nomura |
Lindaman T-Hawk (11:39) |
Irie Okabayashi (14:57) |
| Hyodo Kato |
Sekimoto Bodyguard |
Hashimoto Kamitani (15:26) |
Hama Nakanoue (11:33) |
Kikuta Kawakami (9:50) |
Abe Nomura |
— | Lindaman T-Hawk (10:52) |
Irie Okabayashi |
| Lindaman T-Hawk |
Sekimoto Bodyguard (16:36) |
Lindaman T-Hawk (10:46) |
Lindaman T-Hawk (12:35) |
Lindaman T-Hawk (11:39) |
Lindaman T-Hawk (10:52) |
— | Irie Okabayashi (17:19) | |
| Irie Okabayashi |
Sekimoto Bodyguard (18:38) |
Irie Okabayashi (20:44) |
Irie Okabayashi (16:59) |
Kikuta Kawakami (13:46) |
Irie Okabayashi (14:57) |
Irie Okabayashi |
Irie Okabayashi (17:19) |
— |
| Deathmatch Block | Kodaka Miyamoto |
Takeda Tsukamoto |
Ito Page |
Kobayashi Hoshino |
Uto Parker |
Sakuda Ishikawa |
Takahashi Ueki | |
| Kodaka Miyamoto |
— | Kodaka Miyamoto (15:43) |
Ito Page (10:28) |
Kobayashi Hoshino (15:06) |
Kodaka Miyamoto (12:17) |
Sakuda Ishikawa |
Kodaka Miyamoto (forfeit) | |
| Takeda Tsukamoto |
Kodaka Miyamoto (15:43) |
— | Takeda Tsukamoto |
Takeda Tsukamoto |
Takeda Tsukamoto (11:20) |
Takeda Tsukamoto (forfeit) | ||
| Ito Page |
Ito Page (10:28) |
Takeda Tsukamoto |
— | Ito Page (12:16) |
Ito Page (9:07) |
Sakuda Ishikawa (11:19) |
Ito Page (forfeit) | |
| Kobayashi Hoshino |
Kobayashi Hoshino (15:06) |
Takeda Tsukamoto |
Ito Page (12:16) |
— | Kobayashi Hoshino (12:04) |
Kobayashi Hoshino (12:57) |
Kobayashi Hoshino (forfeit) | |
| Uto Parker |
Kodaka Miyamoto (12:17) |
Takeda Tsukamoto (11:20) |
Ito Page (9:07) |
Kobayashi Hoshino (12:04) |
— | Uto Parker (15:01) |
Uto Parker (forfeit) | |
| Sakuda Ishikawa |
Sakuda Ishikawa |
Sakuda Ishikawa (11:19) |
Kobayashi Hoshino (12:57) |
Uto Parker (15:01) |
— | Takahashi Ueki (13:14) | ||
| Takahashi Ueki |
Kodaka Miyamoto (forfeit) |
Takeda Tsukamoto (forfeit) |
Ito Page (forfeit) |
Kobayashi Hoshino (forfeit) |
Uto Parker (forfeit) |
Takahashi Ueki (13:14) |
— |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Yuji Okabayashi and Shigehiro Irie | Pin | |||||||
| B2 | Hideyoshi Kamitani and Daichi Hashimoto | 10:32 | |||||||
| A1 | Yuji Okabayashi and Shigehiro Irie[14] | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Rickey Shane Page and Ryuji Ito | 16:19 | |||||||
| B1 | Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Rickey Shane Page and Ryuji Ito | 12:43 | |||||||
2020
editThe 2020 Saikyo Tag League took place as a single-elimination tournament between September 23 and October 20, 2020.[31]
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers (Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki) | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu) | 10:49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers (Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki) | 15:27 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Kohei Sato | 12:20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kuma Arashi and Yasufumi Nakanoue | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto) | 13:29 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Abdullah Kobayashi and Minoru Fujita | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jaki Numazawa and Kenji Fukimoto | 15:40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Okami (Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani) | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kuma Arashi and Yasufumi Nakanoue | 11:55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata | 21:40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Okami (Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani) | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Okami (Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani) | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) | 11:58 | ||||||||||||||||||
2022
editThe 2022 Saikyo Tag League was held from September 4 to February 13, 2023, and the format returning its old round-robin format instead of singles-elimination tournament format.[32]
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) |
10 | Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto) |
13 |
| Hiroyuki Suzuki and Takuho Kato | 10 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Daiju Wakamatsu | 12 |
| Yasufumi Nakanoue and Andy Wu | 10 | Shigehiro Irie and Yuya Aoki | 10 |
| Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto) |
10 | Okami (Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani) |
9 |
| Kohei Sato and Kazumi Kikuta | 9 | Yuji Okabayashi and Chicharito Shoki | 8 |
| Kota Sekifuda and Tomato Kaji | 8 | Michio Kageyama and Yusaku Ito | 8 |
| Masaya Takahashi and Masked GO!GOGO | 6 | Kazuki Hashimoto and Satsuki Nagao | 8 |
| Ryuji Ito and Jaki Numazawa | 5 | Kankuro Hoshino and Yuichi Taniguchi | 2 |
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Kazumasa Yoshida | 4 | Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu) |
2 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura | Pin | |||||||
| B1 | Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto | 11:28 | |||||||
| Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto | 17:57 | ||||||||
| Abdullah Kobayashi and Daiju Wakamatsu | Pin | ||||||||
| B2 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Daiju Wakamatsu | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Hiroyuki Suzuki and Takuho Kato | 16:06 | |||||||
Notes
edit- ^ Takahashi and Ueki pulled out of the tournament after their first match.
See also
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