The AJPW World Tag Team Title was formed in June, 1988, and united the NWA International Tag Team and PWF Tag Team titles. Since then it has been one of the standard-setters for tag team wrestling, with many great matches contested over it. Click each team's name to get a list of title defenses during their reign (if there is no link for a tandem, it means that they had no successful title defenses).

1. (6/10/88 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (PWF Tag Team Champions) beat Animal Warrior & Hawk Warrior (NWA International Tag Team Champions) (13:48) by DQ to win the NWA International Tag Team Title, unifying them with the PWF Tag Team Title to form the World Tag Team Title.
2. (7/29/88 @ Takasaki Central Gymnasium) Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (16:54) when Gordy pinned Yatsu.
3. (7/31/88 @ Hakodate City Athletic Field) Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (2) beat Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (14:47) when Yatsu used a German suplex hold on Gordy.
4. (8/29/88 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (29:51) when Tenryu used an inside cradle on Tsuruta.
5. (8/30/88 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (3) beat Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara (25:18) when Tsuruta used a backdrop suplex on Tenryu.
-- Vacated on 11/19/88 so that the title can be decided in the 1988 Real World Tag League.
6. (12/16/88 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (2) won the 1988 Real World Tag League.
7. (2/2/89 @ Kansas City Memorial Hall, USA) Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (4) beat Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (17:33) when Tsuruta used a backdrop suplex on Gordy.
8. (7/11/89 @ Nakajima Sports Center) Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (21:28) when Hansen used a lariat on Tsuruta.
9. (7/22/89 @ Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall #1) Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (5) beat Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen (21:58) when Tsuruta used an inside cradle on Hansen.
10. (10/20/89 @ Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium) Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen (2) beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (22:28) when Hansen used a lariat on Yatsu.
-- Vacated on 11/29/89 so that the title can be decided in the 1989 Real World Tag League.
11. (12/6/89 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen (3) won the 1989 Real World Tag League.
12. (3/6/90 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams beat Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen (17:06) when Williams used an Indian Deathlock on Tenryu.
13. (7/19/90 @ Takefu City Gymnasium) Jumbo Tsuruta & Great Kabuki beat Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (31:57) when Tsuruta used a backdrop suplex on Williams.
-- Vacated on 7/30/90 when Kabuki leaves the company.
14. (12/7/90 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (2) won the 1990 Real World Tag League.
15. (4/18/91 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey beat Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (20:40) when Hansen used a lariat on Williams.
16. (7/6/91 @ Yokosuka City Gymnasium) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (3) beat Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey (20:38) when Gordy used a reverse cradle on Spivey.
17. (7/24/91 @ Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall #1) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada beat Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (28:00) when Misawa used a high-angle reverse cradle on Gordy.
-- Vacated on 12/6/91 so that the title can be decided in the 1991 Real World Tag League.
18. (12/6/91 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (4) won the 1991 Real World Tag League.
19. (3/4/92 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue beat Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (31:18) when Tsuruta used a backdrop suplex on Williams.
-- Vacated on 11/13/92 so that the title can be decided in the 1992 Real World Tag League.
20. (12/4/92 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (2) won the 1992 Real World Tag League.
21. (1/30/93 @ Chiba City Gymnasium) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (5) beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (27:07) when Williams used an Oklahoma Stampede on Misawa.
22. (5/20/93 @ Nakajima Sports Center) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (28:28) when Taue used a nodowa otoshi on Williams.
23. (9/3/93 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (13:12) when Hansen used a lariat on Taue.
-- Vacated in 12/93 so that the title can be decided in the 1993 Real World Tag League.
24. (12/3/93 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi won the 1993 Real World Tag League.
-- Vacated in 11/94 so that the title can be decided in the 1994 Real World Tag League.
25. (12/10/94 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (2) won the 1994 Real World Tag League.
26. (6/9/95 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (2) beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (42:37) when Kawada used a powerbomb on Misawa.
27. (1/24/96 @ Matsumoto City Gymnasium) Stan Hansen & Gary Albright beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (22:40) when Hansen used a lariat on Kawada.
28. (2/20/96 @ Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (3) beat Stan Hansen & Gary Albright (20:53) when Taue used a nodowa otoshi on Hansen.
29. (5/23/96 @ Nakajima Sports Center) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (27:26) when Akiyama used an Exploder on Kawada.
30. (9/5/96 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Steve Williams & Johnny Ace beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (28:47) when Ace used a cobra clutch suplex on Akiyama.
31. (1/17/97 @ Matsumoto City Gymnasium) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (4) beat Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (26:12) when Taue used a nodowa otoshi on Ace.
32. (5/27/97 @ Nakajima Sports Center) Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (28:40) when Kobashi used a lariat on Taue.
33. (7/25/97 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Steve Williams & Gary Albright beat Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace (29:36) when Williams used an avalanche-style assisted powerbomb on Kobashi.
34. (10/4/97 @ Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium) Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace (2) beat Steve Williams & Gary Albright (22:38) when Kobashi used a lariat on Albright.
35. (1/25/98 @ Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (5) beat Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace (32:06) when Taue used a diving front kick on Kobashi.
36. (1/7/99 @ Kochi Resident Gymnasium) Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (25:58) when Kobashi used a lariat on Taue.
37. (6/9/99 @ Miyagi Sports Center) Johnny Ace & Bart Gunn beat Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (19:36) when Ace used a cobra clutch suplex on Akiyama.
38. (7/23/99 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Johnny Ace & Bart Gunn (17:30) when Omori used an Axe Bomber on Gunn.
39. (8/25/99 @ Hiroshima Sports Center) Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (23:02) when Misawa used the Emerald Frosion on Omori.
40. (10/23/99 @ Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium) Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (2) beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (27:25) when Kobashi used the Burning Hammer on Misawa.
41. (2/20/00 @ Kobe World Hall) Vader & Steve Williams beat Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (25:14) when Vader used a chokeslam on Kobashi.
-- Vacated in 4/00 when Vader fractures his left arm.
42. (6/9/00 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (6) beat Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (16:59) when Kawada used a sleeper hold on Omori (tournament final).
-- Vacated in 6/00 when Taue leaves the company.
43. (1/14/01 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Taiyo Kea & Johnny Smith beat Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi (23:54) when Kea used the Hawaiian Smasher on Fuchi (decision match).
44. (7/14/01 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Genichiro Tenryu & Yoji Anjo beat Taiyo Kea & Johnny Smith (22:58) when Anjo used a spinebuster on Smith.
45. (10/22/01 @ Niigata City Gymnasium) Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea beat Genichiro Tenryu & Yoji Anjo (19:51) when Kea used the Hawaiian Smasher on Anjo.
46. (7/17/02 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Brian Adams & Bryan Clark beat Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea (14:59) when Clark used the Meltdown on Muto.
-- Vacated on 10/10/02 when Adams cancels his All Japan appearances.
47. (12/6/02 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Satoshi Kojima & Taiyo Kea won the 2002 Real World Tag League.
-- Vacated on 5/8/03 due to a lack of defenses because of an injury to Kea.
48. (6/8/03 @ Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium) Keiji Muto & Arashi beat Satoshi Kojima & Jimmy Yang (24:49) when Arashi used a frog splash on Yang (tournament final).
49. (1/18/04 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi beat Keiji Muto & Arashi (26:59) when Kojima used a lariat on Arashi.
50. (6/12/04 @ Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium) Yuji Nagata & Kendo Kashin beat Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi (24:17) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Kojima.
-- Vacated on 12/17/04 due to inactivity from Nagata & Kashin.
51. (1/16/05 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Taiyo Kea & Jamal beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie (27:15) when Jamal used the Flying Sausage on Yoshie (decision match).
*Vacated on 12/5/05 due to Jamal leaving for WWE.
52. (2/17/07 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Taiyo Kea & Toshiaki Kawada beat Suwama & RO'Z (22:31) when Kea used a schoolboy rollup on RO'Z.
53. (8/26/07 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Satoshi Kojima & TARU beat Toshiaki Kawada & Taiyo Kea (c) (24:37) when Kojima used a lariat on Kea.
54. (1/3/08 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Keiji Muto & Joe Doering beat Satoshi Kojima & TARU (c) (27:50) when Doering used the Spiral Bomb on TARU.