Although serving as a secondary championship to the GHC Heavyweight Title, the GHC Tag Team Title has been held by many top stars and has become a leading prize as a result. 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. (10/19/01 @ Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium) Vader & Scorpio beat Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito (11:39) when Vader used a chokeslam on Akiyama (tournament final).
2. (11/30/01 @ Hokkaido Sports Center) Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Vader & Scorpio (16:35) when Ogawa used a backdrop hold on Scorpio.
3. (12/9/01 @ Tokyo Ariake Colosseum) Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (20:31) when Omori used an Axe Bomber on Ogawa.
4. (2/17/02 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio beat Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (16:01) when Rikio used a powerbomb on Omori.
5. (9/23/02 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito beat Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio (22:47) when Saito used the Sickle of Death on Rikio.
6. (6/6/03 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda beat Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito (26:54) when Honda used the rolling Olympic Hell Special on Akiyama.
7. (11/30/03 @ Hokkaido Sports Center) Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda (33:29) when Nagata used a backdrop hold on Honda.
8. (1/10/04 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (2) beat Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi (29:41) when Misawa used the Emerald Frosion on Tanahashi.
9. (1/23/05 @ Kobe World Hall) Scorpio & Doug Williams beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (29:32) when Scorpio used the 450 splash on Ogawa.
10. (6/18/05 @ Morecambe Dome) Minoru Suzuki & Naomichi Marufuji beat Doug Williams & Scorpio (22:55) when Marufuji used the Shiranui on Scorpio.
11. (10/28/05 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone beat Minoru Suzuki & Naomichi Marufuji (30:02) when Yone used a muscle buster on Marufuji.
12. (6/4/06 @ Sapporo Media Park Spica) Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda (2) beat Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone (33:31) when Honda used a cross-armed Dead End on Yone.
(Title is vacated due to Kobashi's Cancer treatment leading to a lack of defenses)
13. (12/2/06 @ Yokohoma Bunka Gymnasium) Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone (2) beat Yoshihiro Takayama & Takuma Sano (29:07) when Morishima used a backdrop on Sano. (Tournament Final)
14. (4/1/07 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio defeated Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone (23:17) with the Muso from Rikio on Yone.
(The titles were vacated on 9/13/07 due to Rikio suffering a neck injury).
15. (10/21/07 @ Kurume Research Park) D-Lo Brown & Buchanan beat Akira Taue & Go Shiosaki (21:55) when Brown used an avalanche-style Sky High on Shiosaki (tournament final).
16. (10/27/07 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura defeated D-Lo Brown & Buchanan (26:17) with an Olympic Slam from Sugiura on Buchanan.
17. (5/23/2008 @ Niigata City Gymnasium) Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith defeated Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura (c) (34:40) when Smith used the Avalanche-Style Bisontenniel on Marufuji.
