Maximum Tag League

Started when Big Japan was in its heyday in 1999, the Maximum Tag League was held annually from 1999 to 2002 to find the best tag team in Big Japan. After a several year layoff the tournament returned in the spring of 2009. The tournament is held either as a round robin tournament or a round robin tournament with two blocks.

1999

Participants (Round Robin):

Tomoaki Honma
& Ryuji Yamakawa		 Shadow WX
& The Winger		 Kamikaze
& Shunme Matsuzaki		 Mike Samples
& Jun

Finals:

Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamakawa defeated Shadow WX and The Winger in 19 minutes, 55 seconds


2000

Participants (Block Round Robin):

Abdullah The Butcher
& Shadow WX		 MEN's Teioh
& Daisuke Sekimoto		 Daikokubo Benkei
& Shunme Matsuzaki		 Kamikaze
& Abdullah Kobayashi
Tomoaki Honma
& Ryuji Yamakawa		 Zandig
& Jun Kasai		 The Wifebeater
& Justice Pain		 Madman Pondo
& "Mean" Mitch Page

Finals:

Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamakawa defeat Zandig and Jun Kasai in 8 minutes, 54 seconds


2001

Participants (Round Robin):

MEN's Teioh
& Daisuke Sekimoto		 Kamikaze
& Hideki Hosaka		 Daikokubo Benkei
& Abdullah Kobayashi		 Masato Tanaka
& Shunme Matsuzaki		 Fantastik
& Ryuji Ito

Finals:

MEN's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto defeat Masato Tanaka and Shunme Matsuzaki in 16 minutes, 35 seconds


2002

Participants (Block Round Robin):

MEN's Teioh
& Daisuke Sekimoto		 Shadow WX
& The Winger		 Ryuji Yamakawa
& Great Kojika		 Madman Pondo
& 2 Tuff Tony
O.D.D.
& Homicide		 Ryuji Ito
& Daisaku Shimoda		 Daikokubo Benkei
& Abdullah Kobayashi		 Bancho Matsuzaki
& Jaki Numazawa

Finals:

MEN's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto defeat O.D.D. and Homicide in 15 minutes, 57 seconds


2009

Participants (Block Round Robin):

Masato Tanaka
& Daisuke Sekimoto		 Ryuji Ito
& Shuji Ishikawa		 Shadow WX
& The Winger		 Abdullah Kobayashi
& MASADA		 Atsushi Ohashi
& Yuji Okabayashi
Masashi Takeda
& Isami Kodaka		 Yuko Miyamoto
& Takashi Sasaki		 Yoshihito Sasaki
& Shinya Ishikawa		 Jun Kasai
& Jaki Numazawa 		Katsumasa Inoue
& Kankuro Hoshino

Finals:

Masashi Takeda and Isami Kodaka defeat Yuko Miyamoto and Takashi Sasaki in 35 minutes, 35 seconds