Global_Junior_Heavyweight_Tag_League

Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League

Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League

Professional wrestling tournament


The Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by Pro Wrestling Noah since 2007. Originally known as the Nippon TV Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League and from 2011 until 2017 as the NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League,[1] the tournament was given its current name in May 2017.[2] After a hiatus in 2020, the tournament was brought back in 2021, with a switch in focus from tag teams, to teams of 4.

The Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League is held under a round-robin system, with two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The teams finishing atop the points standings in the two blocks advance to the knockout stage, where the winner is determined in a head-to-head match. Matches in the Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League have a 30-minute time limit, which is the same as matches for Noah's GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

In the below results, (C) signifies the GHC Jr Tag Team Champions at the time of each tournament. Usually the winners of the tournament earn a shot at the title, assuming they are not already the champions.

List of winners

Nippon TV Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League

NTV G+ Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League

Global Jr. Heavyweight Tag League

Jr. Team Game

N Innovation U-Cup

Results

2007

The 2007 Nippon TV Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League was held from July 1 to 15, 2007. The tournament featured six teams. Outside entrants included Bryan Danielson and Davey Richards from Ring of Honor.[3]

More information Kenta and Taiji Ishimori, Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe ...
More information Results, Aoki Romero ...

2008

The 2008 Nippon TV Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League was held from August 23 to September 6, 2008. The tournament featured eight teams. Outside entrants included Bryan Danielson, Davey Richards and Jay and Mark Briscoe from Ring of Honor.[4]

More information Kenta and Taiji Ishimori, Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) ...
More information Results, Ito Aoki ...
Finals
   
1 Kenta and Taiji Ishimori Pin
2 Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru  12:32 

2009

The 2009 Nippon TV Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League ran from July 12 to 27, 2009. The tournament featured two blocks of four teams each. Outside entrants included Bryan Danielson and Roderick Strong from Ring of Honor.[5]

More information Block A, Block B ...
More information Block A, Aoki Ibushi ...
Semifinals Final
      
A1 Atsushi Aoki and Kota Ibushi Pin
B2 Eddie Edwards and Ricky Marvin  13:39 
A1 Atsushi Aoki and Kota Ibushi Pin
B1 Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru  19:49 
B1 Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru Pin
A2 Kenta and Taiji Ishimori 19:28

2010

The 2010 Nippon TV Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League held from October 15 to October 30, 2010. The tournament featured two blocks of five teams each. Outside entrants included Bryan Danielson and Davey Richards from Ring of Honor, Dick Togo and Yasu Urano from Dramatic Dream Team, The Great Sasuke and Kenbai from Michinoku Pro Wrestling, Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada from Osaka Pro Wrestling and Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans from AAA.[6]

More information Block A, Aoki Kenta ...
Semifinals Finals
      
A1 Atsushi Aoki and Kenta Pin
B2 Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans 10:17
A1 Atsushi Aoki and Kenta Pin
A2 Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong 18:53
B1 Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinari Ogawa Pin
A2 Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong 10:45

2011

The 2011 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League was held from July 16 to 30, 2011. The tournament featured two blocks of five teams each. Outside entrants included Delirious and Eddie Edwards from Ring of Honor, Osamu Namiguchi and Tatsuhito Takaiwa from Pro Wrestling Zero1, Kenoh and Kenbai from Michinoku Pro Wrestling, Aero Star and Jack Evans from AAA and Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada from Osaka Pro Wrestling.[7]

More information Block A, Block B ...
More information Block A, Evans Star ...
Final
   
A1 Kenta and Yoshinobu Kanemaru Pin
B1 Atsushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki 30:03

2012

The 2012 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League was held from September 8 to September 22, 2012. The tournament featured two blocks of five teams each. Outside entrants included Bobby Fish and Eddie Edwards from Ring of Honor, Hiro Tonai and Shiori Asahi from Kaientai Dojo and Daichi Hashimoto and Ikuto Hidaka from Pro Wrestling Zero1.[8]

More information Block A, Block B ...
More information Block A, Aoki Suzuki ...
Final
   
A1 Atsushi Kotoge and Taiji Ishimori Pin
B1 Daichi Hashimoto and Ikuto Hidaka 13:52

2013

The 2013 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League was held from July 14 to 28, 2013. The tournament featured two blocks of five teams each.outside entrants included Roderick Strong from Ring of Honor, Hiro Tonai and Shiori Asahi from Kaientai Dojo, Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask from New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Australian wrestler Slex. The winners, Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask, also won the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[9][10]

More information Block A, Block B ...
More information Block A, Kotoge Ishimori ...
Final
   
A1 Atsushi Kotoge and Taiji Ishimori Pin
B1 Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask 13:52

2014

The 2014 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League was held from July 19 to August 2, 2014. The tournament featured two blocks of five teams each. Outside entrants included Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask from New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Hiro Tonai and Shiori Asahi from Kaientai Dojo and Mexican wrestlers Jinzo and Rocky Lobo.[11]

More information Block A, Hirayanagi Kikutaro ...
Final
   
A1 Hajime Ohara and Kenoh Pin
B1 Daisuke Harada and Quiet Storm 13:52

2015

The 2015 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League was held from September 5 to 22, 2015. The tournament featured two blocks of five teams each. The participants were announced on August 23; outside entrants included Kota Umeda and Kudo from Dramatic Dream Team, Kaji Tomato and Shiori Asahi from Kaientai Dojo and freelancers Billyken Kid and Buffalo.[12] Kudo was forced to pull out of the tournament on September 16, after suffering a knee injury, leading to him and Umeda forfeiting their final match.[13]

More information Block A, Block B ...
More information Block A, Noah Hirayanagi ...
Final
   
A1 El Desperado and Taka Michinoku Pin
B1 Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada 21:48[16]

2016

The 2016 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League took place from July 16 to July 30, 2016.[23]

More information ACH and Taiji Ishimori, Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada (c) ...
More information Results, ACH Ishimori ...
Finals
   
1 ACH and Taiji Ishimori Pin
2 Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada 20:25

2017

The 2017 Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League took place from July 13 to July 27, 2017.[2]

More information Hi69 and Taiji Ishimori (c), Hayata and Yo-Hey ...
More information Results, Harada Tadasuke ...
Finals
   
1 Hi69 and Taiji Ishimori Pin
2 Hayata and Yo-Hey 13:31

2018

The 2018 Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League took place from July 7 to August 5, 2018. Leona was initially Seiya Morohashi's partner for the tournament, but he was replaced by Junta Miyawaki due to injury following the match against Hayata & Yo-Hey.[24]

More information Hayata and Yo-Hey, Hajime Ohara and Hitoshi Kumano ...
More information Results, Harada Tadasuke ...
Finals
   
1 Hayata and Yo-Hey Pin
2 Hajime Ohara and Hitoshi Kumano 26:05

2019

The 2019 Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League took place from May 28 to June 13, 2019.[25]

More information Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinari Ogawa (c), Hayata and Yo-Hey ...
More information Results, Ridgeway Kumano ...
Finals
   
1 Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinari Ogawa Pin
2 Hayata and Yo-Hey 24:16

2021

In 2021, the Junior Tag League was switched to the Junior Team Game, in which teams of 4 ('units'), competed in 4v4 elimination tag matches in a single-elimination bracket. It was held on 27 July, at Club Citta, Kawasaki, Kanagawa.[26]

The 4 Units competing were:

Semifinals Final
      
Kongo Tadasuke, Aleja, Haoh & Nioh 1-0
Perros Nosawa Rongai, Yo-Hey, Kotaro Suzuki & Ikuto Hidaka 15:59
Kongo Tadasuke, Aleja, Haoh & Nioh 1-0
Noah Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawaki 27:37
Noah Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawaki 1-0
Stinger Hayata, Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu 22:25

Kongo vs Perros

More information Eliminated, Wrestler ...

Noah vs Stinger

More information Eliminated, Wrestler ...

Kongo vs Noah (Final)

More information Eliminated, Wrestler ...

2022

From 6-7 January, Noah held the inaugural N Innovation U-Cup. It would be contested by the same 4 units who competed last year, only with Dragon Gate's Eita replacing Ikuto Hidaka on the Perros del Mal de Japon team. The format was different, with unit members competing in a tag team match, a Rumble, a six-man tag team match and an elimination 4 way match. For every win a team or individual gets, their unit earned 2 points. A draw would result in a point each. In the case of a points draw, the team who won their head-to-head tag team match would advance. The top two units would advance to a 4v4 Elimination Tag Team Match final, where each team would start with two of their members in the match. When one was eliminated, another one would enter the match to replace them. When a team was down to one wrestler only, they lost the match.[27]

Final standings
Kongo (Tadasuke, Aleja, Haoh & Nioh)5
Noah Seiki gun (Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara & Junta Miyawaki)4
Stinger (Hayata, Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu)4
Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Nosawa Rongai, Yo-Hey, Kotaro Suzuki & Ikuto Hidaka)3
More information Results, 6th Jan Tag Match Noah vs Perros Stinger vs Kongo ...
Finals
   
1 Kongo 2-1
2 Noah Seiki gun 18:29

Rumble

More information Entry, Wrestler ...

4-Way Match

More information Eliminated, Wrestler ...

Noah vs Kongo (Final)

More information Entry, Wrestler ...

See also


References

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