On this page, you find the full Title History for the Strong Openweight 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 Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship is contested in New Japan Pro Wrestling on the STRONG brand, by men wrestlers.
The championship was first established on June 8, 2022, and the inaugural champions were Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher.
The title is exclusively featured on NJPW's United States brand/television program NJPW Strong.
The current champions are the team of TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste), who won the title at NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall (2024) - Best of the Super Jr. 31 Finals on June 9, 2024, and have been reigning for 48 days (This was a 4-Way Winners Take All Match also disputed for the IWGP Tag Team Championship; TMDK won both titles.).
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship: Title History
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Promotions / Brands
Promotion from to Promotion 
NJPWBrand
STRONG
June 8, 2022 Present
- Championship Names & Belt Designs
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Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship June 8, 2022
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Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship: Title Reigns
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N. Image Champion Reign 9 
TMDK Mikey Nicholls 2 & Shane Haste 2
- June 9, 2024
- Osaka, Japan
- | NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall (2024) - Best of the Super Jr. 31 Finals
- 48+ days
This was a 4-Way Winners Take All Match also disputed for the IWGP Tag Team Championship; TMDK won both titles.48+- days
8 
Guerrilas of Destiny Hikuleo 2 & El Phantasmo 2
- May 11, 2024
- Ontario, CA
- | NJPW Resurgence (2024)
- 29 days
29- days
7 TMDK Mikey Nicholls 1 & Shane Haste 1
- April 12, 2024
- Chicago, IL
- | NJPW Windy City Riot (2024)
- 29 days
29- days
6 Guerrilas of Destiny Hikuleo 1 & El Phantasmo 1
- October 9, 2023
- Tokyo, Japan
- | NJPW Destruction 2023
- 186 days
186- days
5 
Bullet Club War Dogs Alex Coughlin 1 & Gabe Kidd 1
- July 4, 2023
- Tokyo, Japan
- | NJPW Strong Independence Day
- 97 days
97- days
4 
Bishamon Hirooki Goto 1 & YOSHI-HASHI 1
- June 4, 2023
- Osaka, Japan
- | NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall (2023)
- 30 days
Defeated House of Torture (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) and United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare) in a 3-Way Match for both the vacant IWGP & STRONG tag team titles.30- days
Vacant
- May 21, 2023
- Long Beach, CA
- | NJPW Resurgence (2021)
- 14 days
Fletcher vacated the titles after Davis suffered an injury.14- days
3 
Aussie Open Mark Davis 2 & Kyle Fletcher 2
- April 15, 2023
- Washington, D.C.
- | NJPW Capital Collision (2023)
- 36 days
36- days
2 
Motor City Machine Guns Chris Sabin 1 & Alex Shelley 1
- October 28, 2022
- New York, NY
- | NJPW Rumble on 44th Street
- 169 days
169- days
1 
Aussie Open Mark Davis 1 & Kyle Fletcher 1
- August 13, 2022
- Charlotte, NC
- | NJPW Strong: High Alert
- 76 days
Defeated Christopher Daniels & Yuya Uemura in a tournament finals to become the inaugural champions.76- days
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship: Statistics
- Promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Gender Male
- Title Type Tag Titles
- Date Established June 8, 2022
- Notes The title is exclusively featured on NJPW's United States brand/television program NJPW Strong.
- First ChampionMark DavisKyle Fletcher
- Current ChampionMikey NichollsShane Haste
Most Number of Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reigns |
|---|---|---|
| El Phantasmo & Hikuleo | 2 | |
| Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis | 2 | |
| Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls | 2 | |
| Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley | 1 | |
| Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd | 1 |
Most Combined Days
| Rank | Wrestler | Days |
|---|---|---|
| El Phantasmo & Hikuleo | 215 | |
| Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley | 169 | |
| Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis | 112 | |
| Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd | 97 | |
| Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls | 77+ |
Longest Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reign | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hikuleo & El Phantasmo | October 9, 2023 - April 12, 2024 | 186 | |
| Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley | October 28, 2022 - April 15, 2023 | 169 | |
| Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd | July 4, 2023 - October 9, 2023 | 97 | |
| Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher | August 13, 2022 - October 28, 2022 | 76 | |
| Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste | June 9, 2024 - July 27, 2024 | 48+ |