Wrestle-1 Tag League

The Wrestle-1 Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by Wrestle-1. It was created in 2014. Originally known as the Tag League Greatest in 2014. The tournament was given its current name in June 2017. The inaugural tournament, was held to determine the first Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions, which was won by Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo who also became the longest reigning Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions. The winners of the tournament can choose a title shot of their choosing.

The Wrestle-1 Tag League is held under a round-robin system, with two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The teams finishing a top of the points standings in the two blocks advance to the knockout stage, where the winner is determined in a head-to-head match. Matches in the Wrestle-1 Tag League have a 30-minute time limit, which is the same as matches for Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship.

List of winners

Tournament	Year	Winners (total won as an individual)	Total won as a team	Reference
Tag League League	2014	Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo	1	^[1]
Wrestle-1 Tag League	2017	Koji Doi and Kumagoro	1	^[2]

2014

The 2014 Tag League Greatest featured two blocks containing five participants each and took place between November 15 and 30, 2014. The winners of the tournament would become the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions. The two blocks containing the ten participating teams were revealed on November 3. The teams were later given official team names on November 14. Held under a points system, with two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The top two teams from each block would advance to the knockout stage. Matches in the tournament had a 30-minute time limit, which is the same as matches for Wrestle-1. On November 27, Seiki Yoshioka pulled out of the tournament with a knee injury, forcing his team to forfeit their final match in the tournament. On November 30, Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo) defeated the new Wild order (Akira and Manabu Soya) in the finals to win the tournament and become the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions.

Final standings
Block A		Block B
Masayuki Kono and Tajiri (Desperado)	8	Kai and Ryota Hama (Akatenrou)	6
Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo (Team 246)	6	Akira and Manabu Soya (New Wild Order)	5
Jiro Kuroshio and Masakatsu Funaki (Ikeman Samurai)	4	Minoru Tanaka and Seiki Yoshioka (Too Sharp)	4
Taiyo Kea and Yasufumi Nakanoue (Sunrise)	2	Hiroshi Yamato and Seiya Sanada (Seiya to Hiroshi)	4
Nosawa Rongai and Mazada (Tokyo Gurentai)	0	Koji Doi and Yusuke Kodama (Novus)	1

Semifinals			Finals


1	Kono & Tajiri	Pin

3	Akira & Soya	9:15
			1	Akira & Soya	Pin

			2	Hayashi & Kondo	26:05
2	Kai & Hama	Pin

4	Hayashi & Kondo	11:37

2017

On June 14th, Wrestle-1 announced the creation of the Wrestle-1 Tag League in the fall. On July 31st, Wrestle-1 president Kaz Hayashi announced that the Wrestle-1 Tag League would be on September 24th until October 11th^[3], covering five shows. All participants and blocks were announced on September 18th.

Final standings
Block A		Block B
Daiki Inaba and Jiro Kuroshio (New Era)	5	Yuji Hino and Jake Omen (Beast Tyrant)	6
Koji Doi and Kumagoro (DoiKuma)	3	Masayuki Kono and Takanori Ito (Team Japan)	4
Mazada and Nosawa Rongai (Tokyo Gurentai)	2	Shotaro Ashino and Yusuke Kodama (Enfants Terrible)	2
Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo (Team 246 Presidents)	2	Manabu Soya and Ganseki Tanaka (Get Wild&Rock)	0

Semifinals			Finals


1	Inada & Kuroshio	Pin

3	Kono & Ito	11:56
			1	Inada & Kuroshio	Pin

			2	Doi & Kumagoro	34:02
2	Hino & Omen	Pin

4	Doi & Kumagoro	9:44

2018

The 2018 Wrestle-1 Tag League would be on September 18th until September 29th covering four shows.^[4]

Final standings
Block A		Block B
Manabu Soya and Daiki Inaba	2	Takanori Ito and Ryuji Hijikata	2
Kaz Hayashi and Pegaso Illuminal	2	Ganseki Tanaka and Tsugutaka Sato	0
Andy Wu and El Hijo del Pantera	0	Masayuki Kono and Yukio Naya	0
Shotaro Ashino and Kuma Arashi	0	Shuji Kondo and Koji Doi	0

	Semifinals					Finals


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References

↑ http://www.purolove.com/wrestle1/history/tagleaguegreatest14.php
↑ http://www.purolove.com/wrestle1/results/17updraft.php
↑ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=4609
↑ Wrestle-1 Tour 2018 5th Anniversary at Purolove.com retrieved on September 21, 2018

External Links

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[1] ttp://www.purolove.com/wrestle1/history/tagleaguegreatest14.php

[2] ttp://www.purolove.com/wrestle1/results/17updraft.php

[3] ttps://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=4609

[4] Wrestle-1 Tour 2018 5th Anniversary at Purolove.com retrieved on September 21, 2018