NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship

On this page, you find the full Title History for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.

The NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship is contested in New Japan Pro Wrestling, by men wrestlers.

The championship was first established on December 21, 2015, and the inaugural champion was Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe & Toru Yano.

The title is contested for by teams of three wrestlers. "Openweight" means that both heavyweight and junior heavyweight wrestlers are eligible to challenge for it.

The current champion is the team of United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan and HENARE), who won the title at NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 on May 4, 2026, and has been reigning for 5 days.

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Title History

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Title Reigns

N.	Champion	Reign
34	United Empire Will Ospreay 1, Great-O-Khan 1 & HENARE 1 May 4, 2026 Fukuoka, Japan \| NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026	5+ days
33	Bishamontin Hirooki Goto 3, YOSHI-HASHI 3 & Boltin Oleg 3 January 19, 2026 Tokyo, Japan \| Road to the New Beginning	105 days
32	TMDK Zack Sabre Jr. 1, Ryohei Oiwa 1 & Hartley Jackson 1 January 4, 2026 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20	15 days
31	Toru Yano & Spiritech Toru Yano 7, Master Wato 1 & YOH 2 July 4, 2025 Tokyo, Japan \| New Japan Soul	184 days
30	HOUSE OF TORTURE Ren Narita 2, SHO 3 & Yujiro Takahashi 4 January 30, 2025 Sendai, Japan \| Road to the New Beginning	155 days
29	Hiroshi Tanahashi 6, Toru Yano 6 & Boltin Oleg 2 June 16, 2024 Sapporo, Japan \| NJPW New Japan Soul 2024	228 days
28	Los Ingobernables de Japón Yota Tsuji 1, Hiromu Takahashi 1 & BUSHI 5 June 9, 2024 Osaka, Japan \| NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall (2024) - Best of the Super Jr. 31 Finals	7 days
27	Hiroshi Tanahashi 5, Toru Yano 5 & Boltin Oleg 1 April 14, 2024 Taipei, Taiwan \| APFW/NJPW Wrestling World 2024 in Taiwan Defeated House of Torture (EVIL, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) in a one night tournament final to win the vacant titles.	56 days
	Vacant January 24, 2024 Tokyo, Japan \| Road to the New Beginning Okada vacated the titles due to his NJPW contract expiring.	81 days
26	CHAOS & Hiroshi Tanahashi Kazuchika Okada 1, Hiroshi Tanahashi 4 & Tomohiro Ishii 3 May 3, 2023 Fukuoka, Japan \| NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023	266 days
25	Strong Style Minoru Suzuki 1, El Desperado 1 & Ren Narita 1 February 11, 2023 Osaka, Japan \| NJPW The New Beginning 2023	81 days
24	House of Torture EVIL 6, Yujiro Takahashi 3 & SHO 2 September 23, 2022 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Burning Spirit (2022)	141 days
23	CHAOS Hirooki Goto 2, YOSHI-HASHI 2 & YOH 1 July 5, 2022 Tokyo, Japan \| New Japan Road	80 days
22	House of Torture EVIL 5, Yujiro Takahashi 2 & SHO 1 November 6, 2021 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Power Struggle 2012	241 days
21	CHAOS Hirooki Goto 1, YOSHI-HASHI 1 & Tomohiro Ishii 2 August 9, 2020 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Summer Struggle in Jingu (2020) Defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & SHO) in the a tournament finals to win the vacant title.	454 days
	Vacant July 31, 2020 After leaving Los Ingobernables de Japón during the finals of the New Japan Cup 2020, EVIL claimed that he had "no interest" in defending the title with his former stablemates, leading NJPW to eventually vacate the title.	9 days
20	Los Ingobernables de Japón Shingo Takagi 1, EVIL 4 & BUSHI 4 January 5, 2020 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14	208 days
19	Ryusuke Taguchi 3, Toru Yano 4 & Togi Makabe 1 January 30, 2019 Miyagi, Japan \| Road to the New Beginning	340 days
18	Bullet Club Tama Tonga 4, Tanga Loa 3 & Taiji Ishimori 1 August 12, 2018 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW G1 Climax 28 Finals	171 days
17	Super Villains Marty Scurll 1, Matt Jackson 3 & Nick Jackson 3 May 3, 2018 Fukuoka, Japan \| NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018	101 days
16	Bullet Club Bad Luck Fale 3, Tama Tonga 3 & Tanga Loa 2 January 5, 2018 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW New Year Dash!! 2018	118 days
15	CHAOS Tomohiro Ishii 1, Toru Yano 3 & Beretta 1 January 4, 2018 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12	1 day
14	Bullet Club Bad Luck Fale 2, Tama Tonga 2 & Tanga Loa 1 December 17, 2017 Tokyo, Japan Road to Tokyo Dome	18 days
13	Los Ingobernables de Japón EVIL 3, SANADA 3 & BUSHI 3 May 3, 2017 Fukuoka, Japan \| NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017	228 days
12	Taguchi Japan Ryusuke Taguchi 2, Hiroshi Tanahashi 3 & Prince Puma 3 April 4, 2017 Tokyo, Japan \| Road to Sakura Genesis 2017	29 days
11	Los Ingobernables de Japón EVIL 2, SANADA 2 & BUSHI 2 February 11, 2017 Osaka, Japan \| NJPW The New Beginning 2017	52 days
10	Taguchi Japan Ryusuke Taguchi 1, Hiroshi Tanahashi 2 & Manabu Nakanishi 1 January 5, 2017 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW New Year Dash!! 2017	37 days
9	Los Ingobernables de Japón EVIL 1, SANADA 1 & BUSHI 1 January 4, 2017 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11	1 day
8	David Finlay 1, Prince Puma 2 & Satoshi Kojima 2 September 25, 2016 Kobe, Japan \| NJPW Destruction 2016 Defeated Superkliq (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) to win the vacant title.	101 days
	Vacant September 25, 2016 The title was vacated due to Sydal failing to make a scheduled title defense because of travel issues.	0 days
7	Matt Sydal 1, Prince Puma 1 & Satoshi Kojima 1 July 3, 2016 Takizawa, Japan \| NJPW Kizuna Road 2016	84 days
6	The Elite Kenny Omega 2, Matt Jackson 2 & Nick Jackson 2 May 3, 2016 Fukuoka, Japan \| NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016	61 days
5	Hiroshi Tanahashi 1, Michael Elgin 1 & Yoshitatsu 1 April 10, 2016 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Invasion Attack 2016	23 days
4	The Elite Kenny Omega 1, Matt Jackson 1 & Nick Jackson 1 February 20, 2016 Tokyo, Japan \| ROH/NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016	50 days
3	The Briscoe Brothers & Toru Yano Jay Briscoe 2, Mark Briscoe 2 & Toru Yano 2 February 14, 2016 Nagaoka, Japan \| NJPW The New Beginning 2016	6 days
2	Bullet Club Bad Luck Fale 1, Tama Tonga 1 & Yujiro Takahashi 1 February 11, 2016 Osaka, Japan \| NJPW The New Beginning 2016	3 days
1	The Briscoe Brothers & Toru Yano Jay Briscoe 1, Mark Briscoe 1 & Toru Yano 1 January 4, 2016 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 Defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi) to become the inaugural champions.	38 days

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Names & Belt Designs

- NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team ChampionshipDecember 21, 2015

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Statistics

Promotions History
Promotion from to
PromotionNJPW December 21, 2015 Present

Promotion	from	to
PromotionNJPW	December 21, 2015	Present

Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
TerritoryWorld Tier 1
DivisionTrios
GenderMale
Date EstablishedDecember 21, 2015

First ChampionJay Briscoe Mark Briscoe Toru Yano
Current ChampionWill Ospreay Great-O-Khan HENARE

Most Number of Reigns

Rank	Wrestler	Reigns
	SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI	3
	EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	2
	Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg	2
	Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga	2
	Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson & Kenny Omega	2
6	Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe & Toru Yano	2

Most Combined Days

Rank	Wrestler	Days
	Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI	454
	EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	382
	Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano	340
	Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg	284
	SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI	281

Longest Reigns

Wrestler	Reign	Days
Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii	August 9, 2020 - November 6, 2021	454
Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe	January 30, 2019 - January 5, 2020	340
Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii	May 3, 2023 - January 24, 2024	266
EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO	November 6, 2021 - July 5, 2022	241
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg	June 16, 2024 - January 30, 2025	228