UWA World Trios Championship

The UWA World Trios Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995.[1] After the UWA's closing, the title was inactive for many years before being recycled as trios belts for the Toryumon Japan promotion. The titles fell back into disrepair due to Último Dragón leaving Toryumon and taking the name with him, causing the then-Toryumon workers to create Dragon Gate, where they created new belts for the new company. After leaving Toryumon Japan, the titles ended up in the hands of its descendant promotion El Dorado and the Mexico based Toryumon Gym. Neither group promoted shows on a regular basis, which produced two unsuccessful attempts to relaunch the championship. In 2007, El Dorado revived the title again. In 2008 El Dorado Wrestling folded and the title moved to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where it was active until 2012, the final champions were Harashima, Toru Owashi and Yukihiro Abe. On August 30, 2015, it was announced that the title would be revived by the Wrestle-1 promotion on October 9.[2] The title has since moved to Big Japan Pro Wrestling and DDT's Pro-Wrestling Basara sub-group.

UWA World Trios Championship
The three championship belts
Details
PromotionUniversal Wrestling Association (1984–1995)
Toryumon (2001–2004)
El Dorado Wrestling (2006–2008)
DDT Pro-Wrestling (2009–2012)
Wrestle-1 (2015–2018)
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2019–present)
DDT / Pro-Wrestling Basara (2019–present)
Date established1984
Current champion(s)Sparky (Ryota Nakatsu, Naoki Tanizaki and Akiyori Takizawa)
Date wonDecember 28, 2019

As it is a professional wrestling championship, the championship is not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers.[lower-alpha 1] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline,[lower-alpha 2] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[lower-alpha 3] or leaving the company.[lower-alpha 4]

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
Universal Wrestling Association
 1  Los Fantásticos
(Black Man, Kung Fu and Kato Kung Lee)
 March 18, 1984  Live event Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  [lower-alpha 5] Defeated Los Cadetos del Espacio (El Solar, Super Astro and Ultraman) to become the first champions. [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from 1984 to 1984.
 2  Los Misioneros de la Muerte
(Negro Navarro, El Signo and El Texano)
 1984  Live event N/A  1  [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from 1984 to 1985.
 Los Brazos
(El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)
 1985  Live event  [lower-alpha 5] Unclear if they defeated Los Misioneros de la Muerte to win the championship [lower-alpha 6][8]
 Los Villanos
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)
 July 21, 1985  Live event  [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6][8]
Championship history is unrecorded from July 21, 1985 to April 24, 1987.
 3  Los Misioneros de la Muerte
(Negro Navarro, El Signo and El Texano)
 April 24, 1987  Live event Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  [lower-alpha 5] Defeated Los Villanos (Villano III, Villano IV and Villano V). [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from April 24, 1987 to August 14, 1987.
 4  Los Brazos
(El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)
 August 14, 1987  Live event Panama  1  290 Defeated El Baron, Celestial and El Tauru. [lower-alpha 6]
 5  Los Villanos
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)
 May 30, 1988  Live event Puebla, Puebla, Mexico  1  [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from May 30, 1988 to April 23, 1989.
 6  El Triángulo de la Muerte
(Kahoz, Rambo and Zandokan)
 April 23, 1989  Live event Mexico City  1  119 Defeated Los Brazos. [lower-alpha 6][9]
 7  Los Brazos
(El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)
 August 20, 1989  Live event N/A  2  210 [lower-alpha 6]
 8  El Triángulo de la Muerte
(Kahoz, Rambo and Zandokan)
 March 18, 1990  Live event Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  88 [lower-alpha 6]
 9  Los Villanos
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)
 June 24, 1990  Live event Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  119 [lower-alpha 6]
 10  Los Brazos
(El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)
 October 21, 1990  Live event Naucalpan, State of Mexico  3  72 [lower-alpha 6]
 11  Los Villanos
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)
 January 1, 1991  Live event Naucalpan, State of Mexico  3  96 [lower-alpha 6]
 12  The Hawaiian Beasts
(Fatu, Great Kokina and The Samoan Savage)
 April 7, 1991  Live event Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  54 [lower-alpha 6]
 13  Los Villanos
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)
 May 31, 1991  Live event Naucalpan, State of Mexico  4  275 [lower-alpha 6]
 14  Los Misioneros de la Muerte
(Black Power II, Negro Navarro (3) and El Signo (3))
 March 1, 1992  Live event Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  455 [lower-alpha 6]
 15  El Engendro, Shu El Guerrero and Scorpio Jr.  May 30, 1993  Live event Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  209 [lower-alpha 6]
 16  Los Misioneros de la Muerte
(El Texano, Negro Navarro (4) and El Signo (4))
 December 21, 1993  Live event Nezahualcóyotl, México, Mexico  3  160 [lower-alpha 6]
 17  El Engendro, Shu El Guerrero and Scorpio Jr.  May 30, 1994  Live event Puebla, Puebla, Mexico  2  7 [lower-alpha 6]
 18  Los Misioneros de la Muerte
(Negro Navarro (5), Rocky Santana and El Signo (5))
 June 6, 1994  Live event Puebla, Puebla, Mexico  1  118
 19  Shu El Guerrero (3), Scorpio Jr. (3) and Villano V (5)  October 2, 1994  Live event Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  7 [lower-alpha 6]
 Los Misioneros de la Muerte
(Negro Navarro (6), Rocky Santana (2) and El Signo (6))
 October 9, 1994  Live event Naucalpan, State of Mexico  22 [lower-alpha 6]
 Karloff Lagarde Jr., Perro Silva and Principe Maya  October 31, 1994  Live event Tulancingo, State of Mexico  [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6]
Deactivated  November 1995 Championship abandoned when UWA closed [lower-alpha 6]
Toryumon Japan
 20  Crazy Max
(Cima, Suwa and Big Fuji)
 May 18, 2001  Live event Mexico City  1  51 Defeated Apolo Dantés, Valentin Mayo and Negro Navarro after the title was revived by Toryumon Japan.
 21  M2K
(Darkness Dragon, Yasushi Kanda and Susumu Mochizuki)
 July 8, 2001  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  11
 22  Crazy Max
(Cima, Suwa and Big Fuji)
 July 19, 2001  Live event Kagoshima, Japan  2  26
 23  Dragon Kid, Magnum Tokyo and Ryo Saito  August 14, 2001  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  75 Defeated Crazy MAX and Darkness Dragon, Yasushi Kanda and Masaaki Mochizuki in a three-way match.
 24  M2K
(Darkness Dragon (2), Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Mochizuki (2))
 October 28, 2001  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  72
 25  Crazy MAX
(Cima (3), Big Fuji (3) and Taru)
 January 8, 2002  Live event Tokyo, Japan  3  243
 26  Italian Connection
(Milano Collection A.T., Yossino and "brother" Yassini)
 September 8, 2002  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  80
 27  Crazy Max
(Cima (4), Suwa (3) and Big Fuji (4))
 November 27, 2002  Live event Tokyo, Japan  4  170
 28 Do FIXER
(Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito (2) and Susumu Yokosuka (3))
 May 16, 2003  Live event Kobe, Japan  1  44
 29  Shin M2K
(Kenichiro Arai, Dragon Kid (2) and Masaaki Mochizuki (3))
 June 29, 2003  IVrt Aniversario Kobe, Japan  1  62
 30  Italian Connection
(Milano Collection A.T. (2), Condotti Shuji and Yossino (2))
 August 30, 2003  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  [lower-alpha 7] Defeated Shin M2K (Kenichiro Arai, Dragon Kid and Masaaki Mochizuki), Crazy MAX (Cima, Suwa and Don Fujii) and Do FIXER (Genki Horiguchi, Magnum Tokyo and Susumu Yokosuka) in a four-way elimination match.
Vacated  September 2003 Championship vacated when the team split up
 31  Hagure Gundam/Aagan Iisou
(Toru Owashi, Condotti Shuji (2) and Yassini (2))
 September 20, 2003  Live event Kyoto, Japan  1  232 Defeated Milano Collection A.T., Anthony W. Mori and Yossino.
 32  Kenichiro Arai (2), Dragon Kid (3) and Second Doi  May 9, 2004  Live event Shimonoseki, Japan  1  28
Vacated  June 6, 2004 Championship vacated after a match against Milano Collection A.T., Anthony W. Mori and Yossino ended in a no contest
Deactivated  2004 Último Dragón left Toryumon and took the promotion's name with him; successor promotion Dragon Gate establishes the Open the Triangle Gate Championship as a successor.
El Dorado Wrestling
 33  Gedo, Jado and Katsushi Takemura  September 9, 2004  Toryumon X Final Tokyo, Japan  1  [lower-alpha 8] Defeated Taiji Ishimori, Shu and Kei Sato
Vacated N/A Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
 34  Los Salseros Japoneses
(Takayasu Fukuda, Pineapple Hanai and Takeshi Minamino)
 May 14, 2005  Toryumon Mexico 8th Anniversary Mexico City  1  385 Defeated Solar I, Ultraman and Ultraman Jr.[10]
 Maguro Ooma, Shu Sato and Kei Sato  June 3, 2006  Michinoku Pro Live event Tokyo, Japan  [lower-alpha 8]
Vacated N/A Championship vacated for undocumented reasons.
 35  Hell's Demons
(Takuya Sugawara, Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei)
 August 9, 2007  Perfect Treasure Tokyo, Japan  1  142 Defeated Kagetora, Hercules Oosenga and Toru Owashi. [11]
Vacated  December 29, 2007 Championship vacated after the team split up at I Was Born to Love Treasure. [12]
 36  Nobutaka Araya, Toru Owashi (2) and Takuya Sugawara (2)  February 27, 2008  Game of Treasure Tokyo, Japan  1  209 Defeated Hell's Demons (Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Go). [13]
 37  The Italian Four Horsemen
(Francesco Togo, Piza Michinoku and Antonio Honda)
 December 29, 2008  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  335 Defeated Men's Teioh, Danshoku Dino and Yuhi Sato in a tournament final.
DDT Pro-Wrestling
 38  Belt Hunter×Hunter
(Danshoku Dino, Hikaru Sato and Masa Takanashi)
 November 29, 2009  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  56 Defeated Antonio Honda, Francesco Togo and Piza Michinoku; DDT assumes control of the championship.
 39  Tokyo Gurentai
(Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa Rongai)
 January 24, 2010  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  105
 40  Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Takoyakida  May 9, 2010  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  28
 41  Ebessan (III), Kanjyuro Matsuyama and Kuishinbo Kamen  June 6, 2010  Live event Osaka, Japan  1  6
 42  Tokyo Gurentai
(Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa Rongai)
 June 12, 2010  Live event Osaka, Japan  2  1
 43  Hikaru Sato (2), Keisuke Ishii and Yoshihiko  June 13, 2010  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  42
 44  Great Kojika, Mr. #6 and Riho  July 25, 2010  Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2010 Tokyo, Japan  1  101 This a three-way match also involving Kudo, Yasu Urano and Antonio Honda. This match was also for the Jiyugaoka 6-Person Tag Team Championship and the Sea of Japan 6-Person Tag Team Championship.
 45  Shit Heart♥Foundation
(Hikaru Sato (3), Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga)
 November 3, 2010  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  53
 46  Disaster-Box
(Harashima, Toru Owashi (3) and Yukihiro Abe)
 December 26, 2010  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  [lower-alpha 8]
Vacated N/A
Wrestle-1
 47  Jackets
(Jiro Kuroshio, Seiki Yoshioka and Yasufumi Nakanoue)
 October 9, 2015  Fan Appreciation Day Tokyo, Japan  1  25 Defeated new Wild order (Akira, Jun Kasai and Kumagoro), after the title was revived by Wrestle-1.
 48  Real Desperado
(Kazma Sakamoto, Koji Doi and Nosawa Rongai (3))
 November 3, 2015  Autumn Bout Nagoya, Japan  1  24
 49  Jackets
(Jiro Kuroshio, Seiki Yoshioka and Yasufumi Nakanoue)
 November 27, 2015  Autumn Bout Tokyo, Japan  2  41
Vacated  January 7, 2016 Title vacated due to Yoshioka being sidelined following cecum surgery and being unable to attend a title defense set for January 10, 2016. [14]
 50  Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka and Tajiri  January 31, 2016  Sunrise Tokyo, Japan  1  180 Defeated Jackets (Jiro Kuroshio, Seiki Yoshioka and Yasufumi Nakanoue) to win the vacant title.
 51  Andy Wu, Daiki Inaba and Seiki Yoshioka (3)  July 29, 2016  Symbol Tokyo, Japan  1  133
 52  Jun Kasai, Nosawa Rongai (4) and Shuji Kondo (3)  December 9, 2016  Shining Winter Tokyo, Japan  1  75
 53  New Era
(Daiki Inaba (2), Kohei Fujimura and Yusuke Kodama)
 February 22, 2017  W-Impact Tokyo, Japan  1  46
 54  Kaz Hayashi (2), Masayuki Kono and Shuji Kondo (4)  April 9, 2017  Cherry Blossom Sapporo, Japan  1  7
 55  New Era
(Andy Wu (2), Koji Doi (2) and Kumagoro)
 April 16, 2017  The Golden Battle in Kobe FOP Kobe, Japan  1  20
 56  Kaz Hayashi (3), Manabu Soya and Shuji Kondo (5)  May 6, 2017  Triumph Gifu, Japan  1  29
 57  Jay Freddie, Jiro Kuroshio (3) and Kumagoro (2)  June 4, 2017  Outbreak Kimitsu, Japan  1  14
 58  Ganseki Tanaka, Manabu Soya (2) and Nosawa Rongai (5)  June 18, 2017  Outbreak Shimizu, Japan  1  92
 59  New Era
(Jiro Kuroshio (4), Koji Doi (3) and Kumagoro (3))
 September 18, 2017  4th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan  1  33
 60  Enfants Terribles
(Seigo Tachibana, Shotaro Ashino and Yusuke Kodama (2))
 October 21, 2017  Updraft Tsuchiura, Japan  1  42
 61  New Era
(Koji Doi (4), Kumagoro (4) and Takanori Ito)
 December 2, 2017  Shining Winter Yokohama, Japan  1  102
 62  Tokyo Gurentai
(Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa Rongai (6))
 March 14, 2018  Trans Magic Tokyo, Japan  3  359 Left Wrestle-1 while champions.
Vacated March 8, 2019 Title vacated due to a "lack of defenses". [15]
Big Japan Pro Wrestling / Pro-Wrestling Basara
 63  Sento Minzoku
(Daiki Shimomura, Isami Kodaka and Ryuichi Sekine)
 July 21, 2019   BJW Osaka Surprise 42 ~ Strong World 2019 Osaka, Japan  1  55 Defeated Banana Senga, Tsutomu Oosugi and Yuki Ishikawa when titles are revived by Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
 64  Takato Nakano, Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasu Urano  September 14, 2019   DDT BASARA 105 Tokyo, Japan  1  105
 65  Sparky
(Ryota Nakatsu, Naoki Tanizaki and Akiyori Takizawa)
 December 28, 2019   DDT BASARA 115 ~ All Things In Nature ~ Tokyo, Japan  1  58
66 Billy Ken Kid, Masamune, and Tsubasa February 24, 2020 BJW Osaka Surprise 48 ~ Sennen no Wadachi Osaka, Japan 1 124+

Combined reigns

As of June 27, 2019.

By wrestler

Indicates the current champion
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
days
1 El Signo5841¤
Negro Navarro6841¤
3 Nosawa Rongai6655
4 Black Power II2611
5 El Brazo3572¤
Brazo de Oro3572¤
Brazo de Plata3572¤
8 Villano I5500¤
Villano IV5500¤
Villano V5500¤
11 Cima4490
Big Fujii4490
13 Masada3465
Fujita3465
15 Toru Owashi3441¤
16 Mango Fukuda1385
Pineapple Hanai1385
Takeshi Minamino1385
19 Shuji Kondo5342
20 Takuya Sugawara2351
21 Francesco Togo1335
Piza Michinoku1335
Antonio Honda1335
24 Yassini/"brother" Yasshi2312
25 Suwa3247
26 Taru1243
27 Seiki Yoshioka3223
Scorpio Jr.3223
Shu El Guerrero3223
30 Kaz Hayashi3216
31 El Engendro2216
32 Nobutaka Araya1209
33 Kahoz2197
Rambo2197
Zandokan2197
36 Dragon Kid3194
37 Minoru Tanaka1180
Tajiri1180
39 Koji Doi4179
Daiki Inaba2179
41 Kumagoro4169
42 Andy Wu2153
43 Hikaru Sato3151
44 Brahman Kei1142
Brahman Shu1142
46 Jiro Kuroshio4137
47 Masaaki Mochizuki3134
48 Susumu Yokosuka3127
49 Manabu Soya2121
50 Kenichiro Arai2119
Ryo Saito2119
52 Rocky Santana1118
53 Takato Nakano1105
Takumi Tsukamoto1105
Yasu Urano1105
56 Takanori Ito1102
57 Great Kojika1101
Riho1101
Mr. #61101
60 Ganseki Tanaka192
61 Yusuke Kodama288
62 Darkness Dragon283
63 Milano Collection A.T.280¤
Yossino280¤
65 Jun Kasai175
Magnum Tokyo175
67 Yasufumi Nakanoue266
68 Billy Ken Kid †1124+
Masamune1124+
Tsubasa †1124+
71 Akiyori Takizawa158
Naoki Tanizaki158
Ryota Nakatsu158
74 Danshoku Dino156
Masa Takanashi156
76 Daiki Shimomura155
Isami Kodaka155
Ryuichi Sekine155
79 Fatu154
Great Kokina154
The Samoan Savage154
82 Michael Nakazawa153
Tomomitsu Matsunaga153
84 Kohei Fujimura146
Yusuke Kodama146
86 Genki Horiguchi144
87 Shotaro Ashino142
Seigo Tachibana142
Keisuke Ishii142
Yoshihiko142
91 Atsushi Kotoge128
Daisuke Harada128
Second Doi128
Takoyakida128
95 Jay Freddie114
96 Yasushi Kanda111
97 Masayuki Kono17
98 Ebessan16
Kanjyuro Matsuyama16
Kuishinbo Kamen16
101 Black Man1[lower-alpha 5]
Gedo1[lower-alpha 8]
Harashima1[lower-alpha 8]
Jado1[lower-alpha 8]
Katsushi Takemura1[lower-alpha 8]
Kato Kung Lee1[lower-alpha 5]
Kung Fu1[lower-alpha 5]
Yukihiro Abe1[lower-alpha 8]

Footnotes

  1. Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win/loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"[3]
  2. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart"[4]
  3. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson"[5]
  4. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[6]
  5. Due to sparse record keeping in Mexico at the time no documentation of the date the championship changed hands is found and is too uncertain to calculate.
  6. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 399, Chapter: MEXICO: UWA World Tag Team Title [Flores, Mora] [7]
  7. The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 1 day and 21 days.
  8. The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, the length of the reign is too uncertain to calculate.

References

  • Hornbaker, Tim (2016). "Statistical notes". Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers (Revised ed.). New York, New York: Sports Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61321-808-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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  2. "UWA世界6人タッグ、F-1タッグの2大王座復活および武藤敬司&神奈月組のF-1タッグ王座戦出場決定のお知らせ". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). August 30, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  3. Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
  4. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
  5. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
  6. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.
  7. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 399.
  8. Centinela, Teddy (July 21, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 1985: Canek retiene el título completo UWA ante Dos Caras… Los Villanos destronan a Los Brazos". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
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  14. "吉岡欠場によりJacketsがUWA世界6人タッグ返上!王座決定戦は1.31大阪に!―2016.1.7記者会見". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
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