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12/9/2015
The World Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of a regular tag team tournament held since 1980, gaining the name G1 Tag League in 1999. In 2012, New Japan's new owners, the Bushiroad company, renamed the tournament to its current form. The winners of the tournament, assuming they do not already hold the belts, obtain #1 contendership to the IWGP Tag Team Championship. The World Tag League is held under a points system, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. The current format, introduced in 2006, is essentially identical to that of the G1 Climax, with the top two scoring teams from two blocks of five or six advancing to the semifinals, and the winners of those matches battling in the final.
Togi Makabe
as Togi Makabe
Tomoaki Honma
as Tomoaki Honma
Tetsuya Naito
as Tetsuya Naito
Takaaki Watanabe
as EVIL
Hiroshi Tanahashi
as Hiroshi Tanahashi
Aaron Frobel
as Michael Elgin
Katsuyori Shibata
as Katsuyori Shibata
Daniel Covell
as Christopher Daniels
Frank Gerdelman
as Frankie Kazarian
Drew Hankinson
as Doc Gallows
Chad Allegra
as Karl Anderson
Kazuchika Okada
as Kazuchika Okada
Shinsuke Nakamura
as Shinsuke Nakamura
Tomohiro Ishii
as Tomohiro Ishii
Kazushi Sakuraba
as Kazushi Sakuraba
Toru Yano
as Toru Yano
Matthew Marinelli
as Matt Taven
Michael Bennett
as Michael Bennett
Fale Simitaitoko
as Bad Luck Fale
Alipate Aloisio Leone
as Tama Tonga
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
as Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Satoshi Kojima
as Satoshi Kojima
Manabu Nakanishi
as Manabu Nakanishi
Yuji Nagata
as Yuji Nagata
Allen Jones
as AJ Styles
Yujiro Takahashi
as Yujiro Takahashi
Nobuo Yoshihashi
as YOSHI-HASHI
Hirooki Goto
as Hirooki Goto