*This blog post was started on September 8, 2021.
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part of me thinks I should take out the pink and black plaid themed memo book to
just place another review from 2010 on this blog, but after Summer Slam
and All Out, I am essentially three blogs behind when it comes to finding
our current OCHO, Real World Tag Team, and Men's Doubles World champions.
It seems best to catch up on them despite the lack of a personal blog
(You can get that here.) and that I do not see any titles changing hands
until WWE's October pay-per-view at the earliest. Stating that, I maybe
too far behind on New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
Is
that $9.38 a month worth it? The reason for keeping it beyond Wrestle
Kingdom was to divert funds away from WWE, but I am with Comcast, so I
get the Network included now. I always promised myself to follow the G1
and with the success of NinetyForChill: The Podcast, following through on promises is something I have been further establishing. This trend must continue.
16 Years to Go Before the Answer Is R-K-Bro: The Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship
The lineage of my first (The Hella Good Men's Doubles World Championship)
attempt at a comprehensive title history of tag teams who were just
comprised of two guy instead of presenting a team aesthetic came to a
halt when all the domestic titles (WWE, World, ROH, and NWA) ended up
on true blue teams with the advent of The Spirit Squad. I cannot let a
bunch of male cheerleaders destroy my efforts, so I went all the way
back to the Gnarly Men's Doubles World Championship and tried to fix
previous gaps upon discovering that the Japanese tag team scene was
pretty gaijin heavy. Here is to hoping that is the case 15 years later.
The 75th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
World Tag Team Champions
The 76th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Global Honored Crown (Pro-Wrestling Noah) Tag Team Champions
So
thank the gods for the AJPW break up in 2000. Morishima would end up
winning this title with three different partners, so that is how I am
establishing this pair as doubles instead of a tag team. Meanwhile, the
IWGP Tag Team Champions were Cho-Ten and AJPW had a 14 month vacancy.
The 77th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Global Honored Crown (Pro-Wrestling Noah) Tag Team Champions
The 78th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
NWA World Tag Team Champions
The GHC Championship was vacated due to Kobashi's diagnosis of kidney cancer.
The 79th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
IWGP Tag Team Champions
The 80th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
ROH World Tag Team Champions
The perfect bridge between Japanese and American promotions.
The 81st Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
World Tag Team Champions
Is there a greater example of two guys who were not a team?
The 82nd Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Global Honored Crown (Pro-Wrestling Noah) Tag Team Champions
The 83rd Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
WWE Tag Team Champions
The 84th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
TNA World Tag Team Champions
AJ Styles (2) and Tomko (11/13/07 to 4/15/08)
The 85th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
TNA World Tag Team Champions
The 86th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
AJPW World Tag Team Champions
The 87th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
World Tag Team Champions
Cody Rhodes and Hardcore Holly (6/28/08 to 6/29/08)
The 88th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Open the Twin Gate (Dragon Gate) Champions
I thought adding this championship would be acceptable due to the DGUSA top prize being part of the Poser World Championship.
The
AJPW championship would be held by Minoru Suzuki and Taiyo Kea for 554
days, so I do not want to call that chemistry a mere pairing instead of a
tag team. ROH was in the midst of a tag team renascence. Beer Money
would soon be dominating TNA. Cody Rhodes would be teaming with Ted
DiBiase Jr. as Legacy. Smackdown also had a solid line up of teams and
the Great Heel Bash was just starting up in New Japan.
The 89th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Open the Twin Gate (Dragon Gate) Champions
The 90th Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions:
Open the Twin Gate (Dragon Gate) Champions
Gamma and Susumu Yokosuka (2) (3/1/09 to 5/5/09)
The 91st Unified Gnarly Men's Doubles World Champions: