Ultimate Tag League
The Ultimate Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by DDT Pro-Wrestling. It was created in 2000 as the DDT Tag League and was renamed KO-D Tag League in 2001. In 2021, the tournament was brought back 16 years after the previous edition under its current name.
The Ultimate Tag League is held under a points system, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. From 2000 to 2003, wins by pinfall, submission or knockout were awarded 3 points and wins via countout or disqualification were only worth 2 points. Number of entrants and formats have changed over the years, with up to three blocks of participants and the occasional inclusion of semifinals. Matches in the DDT/KO-D Tag League had a 20-minute time limit. The Ultimate Tag League matches have a 30-minute time limit.
List of winners
Results
2000
The 2000 DDT Tag League featured two blocks of three teams and ran from August 24 to September 14.| Block A | Takagi Yoshida | Sawada | Sasaki Nishino |
| Takagi Yoshida | Takagi Yoshida | Takagi Yoshida | |
| Sawada | Takagi Yoshida | Sasaki Nishino | |
| Sasaki Nishino | Takagi Yoshida | Sasaki Nishino | |
| Block B | Mikami Toba | "Showa" Winger | Kimura Hashimoto |
| Mikami Toba | "Showa" Winger | Mikami Toba | |
| "Showa" Winger | "Showa" Winger | Kimura Hashimoto | |
| Kimura Hashimoto | Mikami Toba | Kimura Hashimoto |
2001
The 2001 KO-D Tag League ran from August 25 to September 30 and saw eight teams compete in a single block, with the top two scoring teams advancing to a final. On August 16, Mikami and Super Uchuu Power vacated the KO-D Tag Team Championship and put the titles on the line in the tournament.| Sanshiro Takagi and Sanshiro Takagi | 16 |
| Super Uchuu Power and Mikami | 12 |
| Poison Sawada Julie and | 11 |
| Takashi Sasaki and Thanomsak Toba | 10 |
| Asian Cougar and | 9 |
| Tomohiko Hashimoto and Retsu Maekawa | 8 |
| and Tomohiro Ishii | 6 |
| "Showa" and | 5 |
| Results | "Showa" | Ishii | Sasaki Toba | Cougar | Takagi Takagi | Sawada | Uchuu Mikami | Hashimoto Maekawa |
| "Showa" | Double Countout | Sasaki Toba | "Showa" 80's | Double Countout | Sawada Hebikage | Uchuu Mikami | Double Countout | |
Ishii | Double Countout | Draw | Cougar Condor | Takagi Takagi | Fujisawa Ishii | Uchuu Mikami | Draw | |
| Sasaki Toba | Sasaki Toba | Draw | Cougar Condor | Takagi Takagi | Sawada Hebikage | Sasaki Toba | Sasaki Toba | |
| Cougar | "Showa" 80's | Cougar Condor | Cougar Condor | Cougar Condor | Sawada Hebikage | Uchuu Mikami | Hashimoto Maekawa | |
| Takagi Takagi | Double Countout | Takagi Takagi | Takagi Takagi | Cougar Condor | Takagi Takagi | Takagi Takagi | Takagi Takagi | |
| Sawada | Sawada Hebikage | Fujisawa Ishii | Sawada Hebikage | Sawada Hebikage | Takagi Takagi | Uchuu Mikami | Sawada Hebikage | |
| Uchuu Mikami | Uchuu Mikami | Uchuu Mikami | Sasaki Toba | Uchuu Mikami | Takagi Takagi | Uchuu Mikami | Hashimoto Maekawa | |
| Hashimoto Maekawa | Double Countout | Draw | Sasaki Toba | Hashimoto Maekawa | Takagi Takagi | Sawada Hebikage | Hashimoto Maekawa |
2002
The 2002 KO-D Tag League ran from July 13 to August 25 and saw eight teams compete in a single block. On May 16, Mikami had to vacate the KO-D Tag Team Championship due to an injury. It was then decided than the tournament would crown new champions. Due to a four-way tie for first place, the four teams were paired in the semifinals, with the two winners facing off in the final. Tomohiko Hashimoto suffered an injury after one match. He was temporarily replaced by JPWA Lion #1 for one match and then permanently replaced by Seiya Morohashi for the remaining matches. Morohashi suffered a mild injury too and also had to forfeit a match.| Mikami and Thanomsak Toba | 11 |
| Super Uchuu Power and Poison Sawada Julie | 11 |
| Sanshiro Takagi and | 11 |
| Takashi Sasaki and Gentaro | 11 |
| Kintaro Kanemura and | 10 |
| and Seiya Morohashi/Tomohiko Hashimoto | 9 |
| Shoichi Ichimiya and Survival Tobita | 9 |
| and Toguro Habukage | 6 |
| Results | Takagi | Morohashi/Hashimoto | Mikami Toba | Uchuu Sawada | Habukage | Ichimiya Tobita | Kanemura | Sasaki Gentaro |
| Takagi | Tachihikari Hashimoto | Takagi Maeda | Uchuu Sawada | Takagi Maeda | Ichimiya Tobita | Takagi Maeda | Takagi Maeda | |
Morohashi/Hashimoto | Tachihikari Hashimoto | Mikami Toba | Uchuu Sawada | Tachihikari Morohashi | Tachihikari Morohashi | Kanemura Miwa | Sasaki Gentaro | |
| Mikami Toba | Takagi Maeda | Mikami Toba | Draw | Mikami Toba | Ichimiya Tobita | Mikami Toba | Draw | |
| Uchuu Sawada | Uchuu Sawada | Uchuu Sawada | Draw | Hebikage Habukage | Ichimiya Tobita | Double Countout | Uchuu Sawada | |
Habukage | Takagi Maeda | Tachihikari Morohashi | Mikami Toba | Hebikage Habukage | Hebikage Habukage | Kanemura Miwa | Sasaki Gentaro | |
| Ichimiya Tobita | Ichimiya Tobita | Tachihikari Morohashi | Ichimiya Tobita | Ichimiya Tobita | Hebikage Habukage | Kanemura Miwa | Double Countout | |
| Kanemura | Takagi Maeda | Kanemura Miwa | Mikami Toba | Double Countout | Kanemura Miwa | Kanemura Miwa | Sasaki Gentaro | |
| Sasaki Gentaro | Takagi Maeda | Sasaki Gentaro | Draw | Uchuu Sawada | Sasaki Gentaro | Double Countout | Sasaki Gentaro |
2003
The 2003 KO-D Tag League was held from September 11 to September 28 and featured two blocks of five teams. On the first day of the tournament, the KO-D Tag Team Champions Team Karamawari lost their match against Super Uchuu Power and Super Uchuu Power Omega. They decided to vacate the titles in order to put them up for grab in the tournament.2004
The 2004 KO-D Tag League was held from September 16 to September 30 and featured three blocks of four teams. The points system was changed to a more traditional system of 2 points for a victory and 1 point for a draw. The winners would also win the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship.2005
The 2005 KO-D Tag League featured two blocks of four teams and ran from September 10 to September 23. Toru Owashi was forced to drop out of the tournament after his first match and forfeited his remaining matches. Due to a three-way tie for first place in block B, the three teams faced off in a three-way decision match, with the winners advancing to the final.2021
The Ultimate Tag League 2021 ran from May 9 to May 27 and featured five teams competing in a single block with the team scoring the most points to be declared the winners. Due to a tie, the top two scoring teams faced off in a tie-breaker. The time limit for the matches was increased from 20 minutes to 30 minutes.| Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata | 5 |
| Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino | 5 |
| Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi | 4 |
| Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi | 4 |
| Chris Brookes and Antonio Honda | 2 |