Super Junior Tag League


The Super Junior Tag League is a professional wrestling tag team tournament held by New [Japan Pro-Wrestling].
Established in 2010, but preceded by the G1 Climax Junior Heavyweight Tag League in 2001, it is the junior heavyweight equivalent of the World Tag League for heavyweight tag teams. From 2010 to 2017, it was named the Super Junior Tag Tournament and followed a single-elimination format, before becoming the Super Junior Tag League in 2018, switching to a round-robin format. Since the tournament's inception, there were two years where the tournament did not take place—in 2011 and 2020. the winning team traditionally earns the right to challenge for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship at the following year's Wrestle Kingdom, assuming the team does not hold the title at the time of their victory.

Super Junior Tag Tournament (2010–2017)

2010

Super J Tag Tournament was a one-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling and took place on May 8. Most of the wrestlers involved were signed to New Japan but did feature wrestlers from other promotions like Mascara Dorada & Valiente from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Kota Ibushi from Dramatic Dream Team, Fujita Hayato and Taro Nohashi from Michinoku Pro Wrestling, and Kushida from Smash.
El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto defeated Apollo 55 to win the tournament and become IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.
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2012

Super Jr. Tag Tournament 2012 was a two-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 21 and the semi-final and final took place on November 2. The tournament utilized wrestlers mostly signed to New Japan but also included Negro Casas from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Taka Michinoku from Kaientai Dojo, and freelancer Brian Kendrick.
Time Splitters defeated Apollo 55 to win the tournament and become the number one contenders to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. They challenged the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Forever Hooligans to a title match at Power Struggle on November 11.
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2013

The 2013 Super Jr. Tag Tournament was a two-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took take place on October 25 and the semi-final and final on November 6. The debuting Young Bucks won the tournament and on November 9 at Power Struggle, defeated Taichi and Taka Michinoku to also win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
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2014

The 2014 Super Jr. Tag Tournament was a four-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 25, the semifinals on November 1 and 2, and the final on November 3. For the third year in a row, the tournament's winning team, reDRagon, went on to also capture the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship at Power Struggle.
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2015

The 2015 Super Jr. Tag Tournament is a three-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 24, the semifinals on November 1, and the final on November 7 at Power Struggle.
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2016

The 2016 Super Jr. Tag Tournament was a four-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 21 and 25, the semifinals on October 30, and the final on November 5 at Power Struggle.
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2017

The 2017 Super Jr. Tag Tournament was a four-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 23 and 29, the semifinals on October 30, and the final on November 5 at Power Struggle.
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Super Junior Tag League (2018–present)

2018

The 2018 Super Jr. Tag League was a thirteen-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It featured eight teams in a single block. Block matches were held from October 16 to November 1, 2018 with the first and second placed teams advancing to the final, on November 3, at Power Struggle. Due to a three-way tie at the top of the standings, the final was a three-way tag team match between the qualified teams.
Desperado (wrestler)|El Desperado] and Yoshinobu Kanemaru10
Bushi and Shingo Takagi10
Sho and Yoh10
Taiji Ishimori and Robbie Eagles6
Kushida and Chris Sabin6
Ryusuke Taguchi and A. C. H.6
Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask4
Volador Jr. and Soberano Jr.4

2019

The 2019 Super Jr. Tag League is a fifteen-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It features eight teams in a single block, with the first and second placed teams advancing to a final. Block matches were held from October 16 to November 1, 2019, on the Road to Power Struggle tour, and the final was held on November 3, 2019, at Power Struggle.
El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru10
Sho and Yoh10
Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo10
Will Ospreay and Robbie Eagles8
Volador and Titán8
Ryusuke Taguchi and Rocky Romero8
T. J. Perkins and Clark Connors2
Tiger Mask and Yuya Uemura0

ResultsSho
Yoh
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Desperado
Kanemaru
Ospreay
Eagles
Taguchi
Romero
Volador
Titán
Tiger
Uemura
TJP
Connors
Sho
Yoh
Sho
Yoh
Desperado
Kanemaru
Sho
Yoh
Taguchi
Romero
Sho
Yoh
Sho
Yoh
Sho
Yoh
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Sho
Yoh
Desperado
Kanemaru
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Desperado
Kanemaru
Desperado
Kanemaru
Desperado
Kanemaru
Desperado
Kanemaru
Taguchi
Romero
Volador
Titán
Desperado
Kanemaru
Desperado
Kanemaru
Ospreay
Eagles
Sho
Yoh
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Desperado
Kanemaru
Ospreay
Eagles
Ospreay
Eagles
Ospreay
Eagles
Ospreay
Eagles
Taguchi
Romero
Taguchi
Romero
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Taguchi
Romero
Ospreay
Eagles
Volador
Titán
Taguchi
Romero
Taguchi
Romero
Volador
Titán
Sho
Yoh
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Volador
Titán
Ospreay
Eagles
Volador
Titán
Volador
Titán
Volador
Titán
Tiger
Uemura
Sho
Yoh
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Desperado
Kanemaru
Ospreay
Eagles
Taguchi
Romero
Volador
Titán
TJP
Connors
TJP
Connors
Sho
Yoh
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Desperado
Kanemaru
Ospreay
Eagles
Taguchi
Romero
Volador
Titán
TJP
Connors

2021

The 2021 Super Jr. Tag League was a five-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It featured six teams in a single block, with the team having most points at the end of the league winning the entire tournament. In case of a tie between two or more top ranked teams in the block in terms of points tiebreakers were held and the winner of the tournament would be decided. Block matches were held from 7 August to 9 August and 16 August to 17 August 2021, on the Summer Struggle 2021 tour at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Gedo and Dick Togo forfeited their matches against Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato respectively due to both having to be quarantined for being in contact with EVIL, who had been in physical contact with Shingo Takagi, who tested positive for COVID. Due to this situation, official word was of giving Taguchi and Wato a bye in the tournament, thus only two league matches were held on 16 August 2021. Sho and Yoh broke up following the events of the August 16, 2021 show, causing their match against Gedo and Dick Togo to be ruled a double forfeit.
El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru8
Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo8
Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato6
Tiger Mask and Robbie Eagles6
Sho and Yoh0
Gedo and Dick Togo0

MatchesSho
Yoh
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Desperado
Kanemaru
Gedo
Togo
Taguchi
Wato
Tiger
Eagles
Sho
Yoh
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Desperado
Kanemaru
Double
Forfeit
Taguchi
Wato
Tiger
Eagles
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Desperado
Kanemaru
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Desperado
Kanemaru
Desperado
Kanemaru
Desperado
Kanemaru
Desperado
Kanemaru
Desperado
Kanemaru
Tiger
Eagles
Gedo
Togo
Double
Forfeit
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Desperado
Kanemaru
Taguchi
Wato
Tiger
Eagles
Taguchi
Wato
Taguchi
Wato
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Desperado
Kanemaru
Taguchi
Wato
Taguchi
Wato
Tiger
Eagles
Tiger
Eagles
Ishimori
Phantasmo
Tiger
Eagles
Tiger
Eagles
Taguchi
Wato

2022

The 2022 Super Jr. Tag League was a sixteen-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It featured ten teams in a single block, with the team having the most points at the end of the league winning the entire tournament. In case of a tie between two or more top-ranked teams in the block in terms of points, tiebreakers were held and the winner of the tournament would be decided. Block matches were held from November 21 to December 14, 2022, and the final took place at Sendai Sunplaza Hall in Sendai, Japan.
Ace Austin and Chris Bey14
Lio Rush and Yoh14
TJP and Francesco Akira12
Alex Zayne and El Lindaman12
Bushi and Titán12
Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Douki8
Ryusuke Taguchi and Clark Connors6
Kushida and Kevin Knight4
Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask4
Sho and Dick Togo4

2023

The 2023 Super Jr. Tag League was a sixteen-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It featured ten teams in a single block, with the team having the most points at the end of the league winning the entire tournament. In case of a tie between two or more top-ranked teams in the block in terms of points, tiebreakers were held and the winner of the tournament would be decided. Block matches were held from October 21 to November 4, 2023, and the final took place at the 2023 edition of Power Struggle.
TJP and Francesco Akira12
Sho and Yoshinobu Kanemaru12
El Desperado and Master Wato12
Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney10
Bushi and Titán10
Kushida and Kevin Knight10
Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita8
Yoh and Musashi8
Douki and Taka Michinoku4
Ryusuke Taguchi and The DKC4

2024

The 2024 Super Jr. Tag League was a nine-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It featured twelve teams divided across two blocks – the first time this format has been used since the tournament switched to a round-robin tournament – with the top two teams facing in the finals. Guest wrestlers included Dragon Dia from Dragongate, Ninja Mack from Pro Wrestling Noah, and Capitán Suicida from CMLL. In case of a tie between two or more top-ranked teams in the block in terms of points, tiebreakers were held and the winner of the tournament would be decided. Block matches were held from October 24 to November 2, 2024 and the final took place at the 2024 edition of Power Struggle.

2025

The 2025 Super Jr. Tag League was a nine-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It featured twelve teams divided across two blocks, with the top two teams facing off in the finals. Guest wrestlers included Dragon Dia, Yuki Yoshioka and Yamato from Dragongate, and freelancer Kuukai. In case of a tie between two or more top-ranked teams in the block in terms of points, tiebreakers were held, and the winner of the tournament would be decided. Block matches were being held from October 23 to November 1, 2025, with the final taking place at Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Homecoming on November 2, 2025. The event was also notable for being the 12th and final Super Junior Tag Tournament/League appearance of Tiger Mask ahead of his retirement from in-ring competition in July 2026.