NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship

From left to right: David Finlay, Satoshi Kojima and Ricochet, the current NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions
Details
Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date established December 21, 2015[1]
Current champion(s) David Finlay, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima
Date won September 25, 2016[2]

The NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion.

NEVER is an acronym of the terms "New Blood", "Evolution", "Valiantly", "Eternal", and "Radical" and was a NJPW-promoted series of events, which featured younger up-and-coming talent and outside wrestlers not signed to the promotion.[7] The title was announced on December 21, 2015,[1][8] with the first champions crowned on January 4, 2016.[9][10] The title became NJPW's seventh active championship and the second to carry the NEVER name, following the NEVER Openweight Championship, which was introduced in November 2012.[11] Through NJPW's relationship with Ring of Honor (ROH), the title has also been defended in the American promotion.[12] The championship is contested for by teams of three wrestlers and is the first title of its kind in the history of NJPW.[1] The title's openweight nature means that both heavyweight and junior heavyweight wrestlers are eligible to challenge for it.

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a match with a predetermined outcome. There have been eight reigns shared among six teams and sixteen wrestlers. The current champions are David Finlay, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima, who are in their first reign as a team.[2] Individually, this is the first reign for Finlay and the second for Ricochet and Kojima.

Title history

No. Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
Successful defenses The number of successful defenses the champions had during their reign
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
No. Team Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Successful defenses Notes Ref.
1 Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe and Toru Yano 1 January 4, 2016 38 Tokyo Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome 1[13] Defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi) to become the inaugural champions. [3]
2 Bullet Club
(Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi)		 1 February 11, 2016 3 Osaka The New Beginning in Osaka 0 [14]
3 Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe and Toru Yano 2 February 14, 2016 6 Nagaoka The New Beginning in Niigata 0 [15]
4 The Elite
(Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)		 1 February 20, 2016 50 Tokyo Honor Rising: Japan 2016 2[16] [17]
5 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin and Yoshitatsu 1 April 10, 2016 23 Tokyo Invasion Attack 2016 1 [18]
6 The Elite
(Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)		 2 May 3, 2016 61 Fukuoka Wrestling Dontaku 2016 0 [19]
7 Matt Sydal, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima 1 July 3, 2016 84 Takizawa Kizuna Road 2016 0 [20]
— Vacated — September 25, 2016 — — — — Title vacated due to Sydal failing to make a scheduled championship defense because of travel issues. [21]
8 David Finlay, Ricochet (2) and Satoshi Kojima (2) 1 September 25, 2016 71+ Kobe Destruction in Kobe 1 Defeated Bullet Club (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) to win the vacant title. [2]

Combined reigns

Toru Yano, former two-time champion and one third of the inaugural champions
From left to right: Mark Briscoe and Jay Briscoe, former two-time champions and two thirds of the inaugural champions

As of December 5, 2016.

† Indicates the current champion

By team

Rank Team No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 The Elite
(Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)		 2 2 111
2 Matt Sydal, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima 1 0 84
3 David Finlay, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima † 1 1 71+
4 Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe and Toru Yano 2 1 44
5 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin and Yoshitatsu 1 1 23
6 Bullet Club
(Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi)		 1 0 3

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Ricochet † 2 1 155+
1 Satoshi Kojima † 2 1 155+
3 Kenny Omega 2 2 111
3 Matt Jackson 2 2 111
3 Nick Jackson 2 2 111
6 Matt Sydal 1 0 84
7 David Finlay † 1 1 71+
8 Jay Briscoe 2 1 44
8 Mark Briscoe 2 1 44
8 Toru Yano 2 1 44
11 Hiroshi Tanahashi 1 1 23
11 Michael Elgin 1 1 23
11 Yoshitatsu 1 1 23
14 Bad Luck Fale 1 0 3
14 Tama Tonga 1 0 3
14 Yujiro Takahashi 1 0 3

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 【WK10】1.4東京ドームは“8大選手権”！ 第2試合は初代NEVER無差別級6人タッグ王座戦！ 第3試合はROH世界選手権に！ NJランボー参戦選手も追加！. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). December 21, 2015. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Destruction in Kobe". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Wrestle Kingdom 10 in 東京ドーム. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ バッドラック・ファレ. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ マット・ジャクソン. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ リコシェ. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ Nextジェネレーション育成 新プロジェクト「NEVER」シリーズがスタート!!. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). July 12, 2010. Archived from the original on December 28, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ "NJPW Tokyo Dome Updates – Briscoes vs. Bullet Club for new titles, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. December 20, 2015. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (January 3, 2016). "Wrestle Kingdom 10 live results: Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  10. ↑ 【新日・東京ドーム】「ＮＥＶＥＲ無差別級６人タッグ」矢野組が初代王者に. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  11. ↑ Caldwell, James (October 5, 2012). "News items: Velvet Sky launches clothing line, Details on Nash's next int'l tour, NJPW introducing new title". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  12. ↑ Rose, Bryan (February 26, 2016). "ROH 14th Anniversary live results: Jay Lethal vs. Kyle O'Reilly vs. Adam Cole". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  13. ↑ "New Year Dash !!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  14. ↑ "The New Beginning in Osaka". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 13, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  15. ↑ "The New Beginning in Niigata". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 14, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Road to Invasion Attack 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Honor Rising:Japan 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Invasion Attack 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  19. ↑ レスリングどんたく 2016. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Kizuna Road 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  21. ↑ 【お知らせ】マット・サイダル選手が飛行機トラブルのため9.25神戸大会を欠場。デビッド・フィンレー選手が代打出場でNEVER6人タッグは「王座決定戦」に変更. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). September 25, 2016. Archived from the original on September 25, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.

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