Tag League Greatest

The Tag League Greatest is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by Wrestle-1. It was created in 2014. The inaugural tournament, which was held to determine the first Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions, was won by Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo.

Results

List of winners

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.[1] The two blocks containing the ten participating teams were revealed on November 3.[2][3][4] The teams were later given official team names on November 14.[5] 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.[5] 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.[6][7] 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 And Won His First Tag League Greatest.[8][9]

Final standings
A B
Wrestlers Score Wrestlers Score
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
(Ikemen Samurai)
4 Minoru Tanaka and Seiki Yoshioka
(Too Sharp)
4
Taiyō Kea and Yasufumi Nakanoue
(Sunrise)
2 Hiroshi Yamato and Seiya Sanada
(Seiya to Hiroshi)
4
Mazada and Nosawa Rongai
(Tokyo Gurentai)
0 Koji Doi and Yusuke Kodama
(Novus)
1
A Kuroshio
Funaki
Hayashi
Kondo
Kono
Tajiri
Mazada
Nosawa
Kea
Nakanoue
Kuroshio
Funaki
X Hayashi
Kondo
(12:10)[10]
Kono
Tajiri
(10:52)[11]
Kuroshio
Funaki
(09:55)[12]
Kuroshio
Funaki
(12:38)[13]
Hayashi
Kondo
Hayashi
Kondo
(12:10)[10]
X Kono
Tajiri
(14:46)[12]
Hayashi
Kondo
(06:28)[14]
Hayashi
Kondo
(13:28)[11]
Kono
Tajiri
Kono
Tajiri
(10:52)[11]
Kono
Tajiri
(14:46)[12]
X Kono
Tajiri
(03:35)[13]
Kono
Tajiri
(09:18)[14]
Mazada
Nosawa
Kuroshio
Funaki
(09:55)[12]
Hayashi
Kondo
(06:28)[14]
Kono
Tajiri
(03:35)[13]
X Kea
Nakanoue
(07:54)[10]
Kea
Nakanoue
Kuroshio
Funaki
(12:38)[13]
Hayashi
Kondo
(13:28)[11]
Kono
Tajiri
(09:18)[14]
Kea
Nakanoue
(07:54)[10]
X
B Akira
Soya
Yamato
Sanada
Kai
Hama
Doi
Kodama
Tanaka
Yoshioka
Akira
Soya
X Draw
(30:00)[11]
Kai
Hama
(16:22)[10]
Akira
Soya
(09:52)[12]
Akira
Soya
(14:46)[14]
Yamato
Sanada
Draw
(30:00)[11]
X Yamato
Sanada
(17:08)[12]
Draw
(30:00)[14]
Tanaka
Yoshioka
(15:50)[13]
Kai
Hama
Kai
Hama
(16:22)[10]
Yamato
Sanada
(17:08)[12]
X Kai
Hama
(12:05)[13]
Kai
Hama
(forfeit)[6]
Doi
Kodama
Akira
Soya
(09:52)[12]
Draw
(30:00)[14]
Kai
Hama
(12:05)[13]
X Tanaka
Yoshioka
(10:20)[10]
Tanaka
Yoshioka
Akira
Soya
(14:46)[14]
Tanaka
Yoshioka
(15:50)[13]
Kai
Hama
(forfeit)[6]
Tanaka
Yoshioka
(10:20)[10]
X
Semifinals Final
      
A1 Kono and Tajiri Pin
B2 Akira and Soya 09:15
Akira and Soya Pin
Hayashi and Kondo 26:05
B1 Kai and Hama Pin
A2 Hayashi and Kondo 11:37

See also

References

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  2. "『First Tag League Greatest~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~』出場チーム、大会概要、公式戦日程決定!!". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  3. W―1初代タッグ王座決定リーグ戦出場チーム決定. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  4. 初代W-1タッグ王座 組み合わせ発表. Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "いよいよ明日開幕!「First Tag League Greatest~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~」出場各チーム名称決定!!". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 14, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 11月28日(金)神奈川・横浜ラジアントホール大会、変更後の対戦カードのお知らせ. Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 27, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  7. W―1吉岡が緊急入院. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). November 28, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  8. "W-1 11.30後楽園大会 初代タッグ王者決定リーグ優勝決定戦、W-1王座&EWPインターコンチW前哨戦". Battle News (in Japanese). November 30, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  9. カズ&近藤が初代W-1タッグ王者. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 17, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 28, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 22, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 First Tag League Greatest ~初代タッグ王者決定リーグ戦~". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). November 19, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.

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