The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (IWGPジュニアタッグ王座, IWGP juniataggu ōza) is a professional wrestlingtag teamchampionship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix (インターナショナル・レスリング・グラン・プリ, intānashonaru resuringu guran puri). The title was introduced on August 8, 1998, at an NJPW live event.[1] The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is one of two tag team titles contested for in NJPW; the IWGP Tag Team Championship is also sanctioned by NJPW.[2] According to NJPW's official website, the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as the "IWGP Jr. Tag Class", while the IWGP Tag Team Championship is considered the "IWGP Heavyweight Class".[2] The title is contested for by junior heavyweight wrestlers; the weight-limit for the title is 100kg (220lb) per partner.[3] The current champions are El Desperado and Mistico, who are in their first reign as a team, but fifth for Desperado and first for Mistico individually. They won the titles by defeating Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita) at Night 2 of Wrestling Dontaku in Fukuoka, Japan on May 4, 2026.
Overall, there have been 82 reigns shared among 58 different wrestlers, who made up 46 different teams. The inaugural champions were Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa, who defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. and Koji Kanemoto on August 8, 1998, in the final of a tournament.
Rocky Romero holds the record for most reigns by an individual wrestler at eight. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) hold the record for the most by a team at seven. GedoandJado's combined four reigns add up to the most of any team at 960 days, and also hold the record for most total defenses at 15. Ryusuke Taguchi holds the records for most combined days and most total defenses by an individual wrestler, with 990 days and 17 defenses respectively across his seven reigns with four different partners. Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) hold the record for most defenses during a single reign at seven. Otani and Takaiwa's second reign is the longest in the title's history. Minoru at 348 days, and Prince Devitt's first reign is the shortest at 21 days.
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