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 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano and Boltin Oleg, who won the title at NJPW New Japan Soul 2024 on June 16, 2024, and has been reigning for 185 days.
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Title History
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Promotions History
Promotion from to Promotion NJPW December 21, 2015 Present
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Championship Names & Belt Designs
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- NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship December 21, 2015
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Title Reigns
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N. Image Champion Reign 30 Hiroshi Tanahashi 6, Toru Yano 6 & Boltin Oleg 2
- June 16, 2024
- Sapporo, Japan
- | NJPW New Japan Soul 2024
- 185+ days
185+- days
29 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
7- days
28 Hiroshi Tanahashi 5, Toru Yano 5 & Boltin Oleg 1
- April 14, 2024
- Taipei, Taiwan
- | APFW/NJPW Wrestling World 2024 in Taiwan
- 56 days
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 New Beginning
- 81 days
Okada vacated the titles due to his NJPW contract expiring.81- days
27 CHAOS & Hiroshi Tanahashi Kazuchika Okada 1, Hiroshi Tanahashi 4 & Tomohiro Ishii 3
- May 3, 2023
- Fukuoka, Japan
- | NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023
- 266 days
266- days
26 Strong Style Minoru Suzuki 2, El Desperado 2 & Ren Narita 2
- February 11, 2023
- Osaka, Japan
- | NJPW The New Beginning 2023
- 81 days
81- days
25 Strong Style Minoru Suzuki 1, El Desperado 1 & Ren Narita 1
- February 11, 2023
- Osaka, Japan
- | NJPW The New Beginning 2023
- 0 days
0- days
24 House of Torture EVIL 6, Yujiro Takahashi 3 & SHO 2
- September 23, 2022
- Tokyo, Japan
- | NJPW Burning Spirit (2022)
- 141 days
141- days
23 CHAOS Hirooki Goto 2, YOSHI-HASHI 2 & YOH 1
- July 5, 2022
- Tokyo, Japan | New Japan Road
- 80 days
80- days
22 House of Torture EVIL 5, Yujiro Takahashi 2 & SHO 1
- November 6, 2021
- Tokyo, Japan
- | NJPW Power Struggle 2012
- 241 days
241- days
21 CHAOS Hirooki Goto 1, YOSHI-HASHI 1 & Tomohiro Ishii 2
- August 9, 2020
- Tokyo, Japan
- | NJPW Summer Struggle in Jingu (2020)
- 454 days
Defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & SHO) in the a tournament finals to win the vacant title.454- days
Vacant
- July 31, 2020
- 9 days
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
208- days
19 Ryusuke Taguchi 3, Toru Yano 4 & Togi Makabe 1
- January 30, 2019
- Miyagi, Japan | Road to The New Beginning
- 340 days
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
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
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
118- days
15 CHAOS Tomohiro Ishii 1, Toru Yano 3 & Beretta 1
- January 4, 2018
- Tokyo, Japan
- | NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
- 1 day
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
18- days
13 Los Ingobernables de Japón EVIL 3, SANADA 3 & BUSHI 3
- May 3, 2017
- Fukuoka, Japan
- | NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
- 228 days
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
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
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
37- days
9 Los Ingobernables de Japón EVIL 1, SANADA 1 & BUSHI 1
- January 4, 2017
- Tokyo, Japan
- | NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11
- 1 day
1- day
8 David Finlay 1, Prince Puma 2 & Satoshi Kojima 2
- September 25, 2016
- Kobe, Japan
- | NJPW Destruction 2016
- 101 days
Defeated Superkliq (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) to win the vacant title.101- days
Vacant
- September 25, 2016
- 0 days
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
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
61- days
5 Hiroshi Tanahashi 1, Michael Elgin 1 & Yoshitatsu 1
- April 10, 2016
- Tokyo, Japan
- | NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
- 23 days
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
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
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
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
- 38 days
Defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi) to become the inaugural champions.38- days
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Statistics
- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Gender Male
- Title Type Tag Titles
- Date Established December 21, 2015
- First ChampionJay BriscoeMark BriscoeToru Yano
- Current ChampionHiroshi TanahashiToru YanoBoltin Oleg
Most Number of Reigns
Rank | Wrestler | Reigns |
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1 | SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI | 3 |
2 | EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi | 2 |
3 | Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg | 2 |
4 | Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga | 2 |
5 | Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson & Kenny Omega | 2 |
6 | Ren Narita, Minoru Suzuki & El Desperado | 2 |
7 | Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe & Toru Yano | 2 |
Most Combined Days
Rank | Wrestler | Days |
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Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI | 454 | |
EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi | 382 | |
Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano | 340 | |
SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI | 281 | |
Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi | 266 |
Longest Reigns
Rank | Wrestler | Reign | Days |
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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 | |
EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI | May 3, 2017 - December 17, 2017 | 228 |