Tag League the Best


The Tag League the Best was an annual professional wrestling tag team tournament, founded by All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, which held it from 1985 to [|2004]. After the folding of AJW in 2005, the tournament was adopted by its one-time rival and later associate promotion, JWP Joshi Puroresu, which held it annually from 2011 to [|2016].
The tournament is usually held under round-robin rules with only the 2004 and 2016 tournaments having been held in a single-elimination format. The tournament's points system has varied throughout the years. From 1985 to 1992, a win was worth one point, a draw half a point and a loss zero points. From 1993 onwards a win has been worth two points, a draw one point and a loss zero points. When JWP took over promoting the tournament in 2011, it was moved to the beginning of the year from its usual position at the end of the year. JWP was also the first to introduce two round-robin blocks in the tournament instead of the usual single block system used by AJW. In AJW, the winners usually received a shot at the WWWA World Tag Team Championship, were they not already the reigning champions, while in JWP the tournament was used to determine the number one contenders to the unified Daily Sports Women's and JWP Tag Team Championships.
Due to the tournament's unusual name, it has sometimes been referred to as "The Best Tag League" by English language reporters, however, the tournament's Japanese promoters have always called it "Tag League the Best".
Manami Toyota holds the record for most Tag League the Best wins with five, all with different partners. No tag team has been able to win the tournament twice. Madusa Miceli is the only non-Japanese wrestler to be part of a winning team in the tournament.

List of winners

1985

The first Tag League the Best was held in late 1985, with the finals taking place on October 10. The tournament featured eight teams in a single block, facing each other in a round-robin tournament. After the round-robin section was finished, the top team qualified straight to the final match, while teams placed second and third were put in a semifinal match to determine the other finalist.
WrestlersScore
Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka
6.0
Itsuki Yamazaki and Noriyo Tateno
5.0
Bull Nakano and Dump Matsumoto
5.0
Jaguar Yokota and Yukari Omori4.0
Devil Masami and Jumbo Hori3.5
Monica Castillo and Monster Ripper2.5
Mika Komatsu and Yumi Ogura2.0
Kanako Nagatomo and Kazue Nagahori0.0


1986

The second Tag League the Best was held at the end of 1986, with the finals taking place on October 10, 1986. This year, the two top teams following the round-robin portion advanced directly to the finals of the tournament, with no semifinal matches taking place.
WrestlersScore
Chigusa Nagayo and Yumiko Hotta 6.5
Hisako Uno and Yukari Omori6.5
Itsuki Yamazaki and Noriyo Tateno
6.0
Bull Nakano and Condor Saito
6.0
Devil Masami and Kyoko Asa5.5
Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura
5.0
Dump Matsumoto and Yasuko Ishigura4.0
Kanako Nagatomo and Mika Komatsu
3.5
Judy Martin and Velvet McIntyre2.0
Lioness Asuka and Mika Suzuki0.0


1987

The third Tag League the Best culminated in a final match on October 11, 1987. For the second year in a row, there were no semifinal matches; the two top teams following the round-robin portion took part in a final match.
WrestlersScore
Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka
7.0
Bull Nakano and Condor Saito
7.0
Itsuki Yamazaki and Noriyo Tateno
6.0
Angel Manelli and Leilani Kai6.0
Devil Masami and Yukari Omori5.5
Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura
4.0
Dump Matsumoto and Kage Kahoru3.5
Mika Suzuki and Yumiko Hotta2.5
Mika Komatsu and Yasuko Ishigura2.0
Drill Nakamae and Kumiko Iwamoto1.5


1988

The fourth Tag League the Best ran in late 1988 and culminated in a final match on October 10. The top team following the round-robin portion of the tournament moved directly to the finals, while teams number two and three faced off in a semifinal match.
WrestlersScore
Mitsuko Nishiwaki and Yumiko Hotta
7.5
Hisako Uno and Mika Suzuki7.0
Bull Nakano and Dynamite Jack
7.0
Mika Komatsu and Yumi Ogura
6.5
Itsuki Yamazaki and Noriyo Tateno
6.0
Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada5.5
Dynamite King and Dynamite Queen5.5
Kumiko Iwamoto and Sachiko Nakamura4.0
Erika Shishido and Nobuko Kimura2.5
Kaoru Maeda and Mika Takahashi
2.0
Miori Kamiya and Raven Amada1.5


1989

The fifth Tag League the Best was held in late 1989 and culminated in a final match on October 8. This tournament was the first two introduce two semifinal matches, with the top four teams qualifying following the round-robin portion.
WrestlersScore
Madusa Miceli and Mitsuko Nishiwaki 6.0
Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada6.0
Raven Amada and Yumiko Hotta6.0
Akira Hokuto and Etsuko Mita6.0
Beastie and Bull Nakano6.0
Bison Kimura and Grizzly Iwamoto
5.5
Mima Shimoda and Suzuka Minami4.5
Hiromi Hasegawa and Noriyo Tateno4.0
Kaoru Maeda and Mika Takahashi
0.5
Aja Shishido and Miori Kamiya0.5

1991

After no tournament was held in 1990, Tag League the Best returned in 1991 taking place between October 4 and December 8.
WrestlersScore
Kyoko Inoue and Toshiyo Yamada 5.5
Aja Kong and Bison Kimura
4.5
Akira Hokuto and Bull Nakano4.5
Bat Yoshinaga and Yumiko Hotta3.5
Debbie Malenko and Suzuka Minami3.0
Mariko Yoshida and Takako Inoue3.0
Etsuko Mita and Manami Toyota
3.0
Mima Shimoda and Miori Kamiya1.0


1992

The seventh Tag League the Best was held between October 17 and December 13, 1992. This was the final tournament to feature half points. The two top teams following the round-robin portion qualified directly to the semifinals.
WrestlersScore
Aja Kong and Kyoko Inoue 6.5
Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada6.0
Debbie Malenko and Sakie Hasegawa5.5
Suzuka Minami and Yumiko Hotta5.0
Takako Inoue and Terri Power4.0
Bat Yoshinaga and Tomoko Watanabe3.0
Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda
3.0
Miori Kamiya and Kaoru Ito2.5
Erica Tsuchiya and Yukari Maedomari1.0


1993

The eighth Tag League the Best was held between October 10 and December 10, with a final match taking place between the two top teams.
WrestlersScore
Kyoko Inoue and Toshiyo Yamada 10
Akira Hokuto and Manami Toyota10
Eagle Sawai and Yasha Kurenai8
Takako Inoue and Yumiko Hotta8
Bull Nakano and Suzuka Minami8
Aja Kong and Sakie Hasegawa8
Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda
4
Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe0


1994

The ninth Tag League the Best was held between October 8 and December 10, 1994. Due to a three-way tie following the round-robin portion of the tournament, the top three teams faced each other once more to determine the winner. Manami Toyota and Takako Inoue prevailed, defeating both Aja Kong and Reggie Bennett, and Kyoko Inoue and Sakie Hasegawa, while Kong and Bennett were able to win only one of the tiebreaker matches and Inoue and Hasegawa lost both.
WrestlersScore
Manami Toyota and Takako Inoue 10
Aja Kong and Reggie Bennett10
Kyoko Inoue and Sakie Hasegawa10
Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda
9
Toshiyo Yamada and Yumiko Hotta9
Kaoru Ito and Suzuka Minami5
Rie Tamada and Tomoko Watanabe2
Chaparita Asari and Mariko Yoshida1

1995

The tenth Tag League the Best ran between October 10 and December 10, 1995, and was the first and thus far only tournament to feature a match for the third place in the tournament.
WrestlersScore
Kyoko Inoue and Tomoko Watanabe 10
Kaoru Ito and Manami Toyota10
Reggie Bennett and Yumiko Hotta9
Aja Kong and Takako Inoue9
Akira Hokuto and Mima Shimoda8
Etsuko Mita and Toshiyo Yamada
6
Mariko Yoshida and Sakie Hasegawa4
Chaparita Asari and Yoshiko Tamura0


1996

The eleventh Tag League the Best was held between October 13 and December 1, 1996. For the first time in five years, the tournament featured semifinal matches, with the top four teams qualifying for advancement following the round-robin portion.
WrestlersScore
Chaparita Asari and Kyoko Inoue 15
Mima Shimoda and Reggie Bennett14
Kumiko Maekawa and Tomoko Watanabe12
Manami Toyota and Rie Tamada9
Aja Kong and Yoshiko Tamura8
Yuka Shiina and Yumiko Hotta8
Etsuko Mita and Misae Genki6
Saya Endo and Toshiyo Yamada6
Takako Inoue and Yumi FukawaN/A
Kaoru Ito and Mariko YoshidaN/A

1997

The twelfth Tag League the Best took place in late 1997 and culminated in a final match on December 21. No semifinal matches took place.
WrestlersScore
Kaoru Ito and Yumiko Hotta N/A
Kumiko Maekawa and Takako InoueN/A
Emi Motokawa and Manami ToyotaN/A
Kayo Noumi and Momoe NakanishiN/A
Miho Wakizawa and Miyuki FujiiN/A


1998

The thirteenth Tag League the Best took place between October 10 and November 22, 1998, again with no semifinal matches.
WrestlersScore
Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi
10
Manami Toyota and Yumiko Hotta9
ZAP I and ZAP T
9
Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa6
Emi Motokawa and Sachie Noshibori2
Mayumi Takahashi and Miyuki Fujii0
Kumiko Maekawa and Mika Haikae0

1999

The fourteenth Tag League the Best was held between October 10 and December 26, 1999. For the first time in eight years, the tournament featured a single semifinal match between teams ranked two and three following the round-robin portion, while the top team qualified directly to the finals.
WrestlersScore
Kumiko Maekawa and Tomoko Watanabe 5
Manami Toyota and Miho Wakizawa5
Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi
5
Kaoru Ito and Kayo Noumi3
Miyuki Fujii and Yumiko Hotta2


2000

The fifteenth Tag League the Best was held between October 15 and December 23, 2000. The winners of the tournament, Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda, went on to defeat Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi for the WWWA World Tag Team Championship on January 4, 2001.
WrestlersScore
Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda
7
Kayo Noumi and Manami Toyota7
Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi
6
Carol Midori and Sayuri Okina6
Kaoru Ito and Miho Wakizawa4
Kumiko Maekawa and Tomoko Watanabe0

ResultsMidori
Okina
Mita
Shimoda
Ito
Wakizawa
Noumi
Toyota
Maekawa
Watanabe
Nakanishi
Takahashi
Midori
Okina
XMita
Shimoda
Midori
Okina
Midori
Okina
Midori
Okina
Nakanishi
Takahashi
Mita
Shimoda
Mita
Shimoda
XMita
Shimoda
Noumi
Toyota
Mita
Shimoda
Draw
Ito
Wakizawa
Midori
Okina
Mita
Shimoda
XNoumi
Toyota
Ito
Wakizawa
Ito
Wakizawa
Noumi
Toyota
Midori
Okina
Noumi
Toyota
Noumi
Toyota
XNoumi
Toyota
Draw
Maekawa
Watanabe
Midori
Okina
Mita
Shimoda
Ito
Wakizawa
Noumi
Toyota
XNakanishi
Takahashi
Nakanishi
Takahashi
Nakanishi
Takahashi
Draw
Ito
Wakizawa
Draw
Nakanishi
Takahashi
X

2001

The sixteenth Tag League the Best was held between September 23 and December 2, 2001.
WrestlersScore
Manami Toyota and Yumiko Hotta 6
Kaoru Ito and Momoe Nakanishi6
Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda
5
Kumiko Maekawa and Misae Genki5
Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa
4
Nanae Takahashi and Tomoko Watanabe4

ResultsMita
Shimoda
Ito
Nakanishi
Noumi
Wakizawa
Maekawa
Genki
Toyota
Hotta
Takahashi
Watanabe
Mita
Shimoda
XIto
Nakanishi
Mita
Shimoda
Draw
Toyota
Hotta
Mita
Shimoda
Ito
Nakanishi
Ito
Nakanishi
XIto
Nakanishi
Maekawa
Genki
Toyota
Hotta
Ito
Nakanishi
Noumi
Wakizawa
Mita
Shimoda
Ito
Nakanishi
XNoumi
Wakizawa
Noumi
Wakizawa
Takahashi
Watanabe
Maekawa
Genki
Draw
Maekawa
Genki
Noumi
Wakizawa
XMaekawa
Genki
Takahashi
Watanabe
Toyota
Hotta
Toyota
Hotta
Toyota
Hotta
Noumi
Wakizawa
Maekawa
Genki
XToyota
Hotta
Takahashi
Watanabe
Mita
Shimoda
Ito
Nakanishi
Takahashi
Watanabe
Takahashi
Watanabe
Toyota
Hotta
X

2002

The seventeenth Tag League the Best was held between October 15 and December 23, 2002, and saw the return of the two semifinal match format. While the tournament was ongoing, Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda defeated Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi in a non-tournament match to win the WWWA World Tag Team Championship, however, their failure to win the tournament resulted in them relinquishing the title.
WrestlersScore
Kayo Noumi and Momoe Nakanishi
8
Takako Inoue and Tomoko Watanabe8
Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda
8
Fang Suzuki and Nanae Takahashi8
Mariko Yoshida and Yumiko Hotta8
Kumiko Maekawa and Misae Genki7
Megumi Yabushita and Sumie Sakai7
Mika Nishio and Miyuki Fujii2

ResultsMita
Shimoda
Suzuki
Takahashi
Noumi
Nakanishi
Maekawa
Genki
Yoshida
Hotta
Yabushita
Sakai
Nishio
Fujii
Inoue
Watanabe
Mita
Shimoda
XMita
Shimoda
Noumi
Nakanishi
Mita
Shimoda
Yoshida
Hotta
Mita
Shimoda
Mita
Shimoda
Inoue
Watanabe
Suzuki
Takahashi
Mita
Shimoda
XSuzuki
Takahashi
Suzuki
Takahashi
Yoshida
Hotta
Yabushita
Sakai
Suzuki
Takahashi
Suzuki
Takahashi
Noumi
Nakanishi
Noumi
Nakanishi
Suzuki
Takahashi
XDraw
Noumi
Nakanishi
Yabushita
Sakai
Noumi
Nakanishi
Draw
Maekawa
Genki
Mita
Shimoda
Suzuki
Takahashi
Draw
XYoshida
Hotta
Maekawa
Genki
Maekawa
Genki
Maekawa
Genki
Yoshida
Hotta
Yoshida
Hotta
Yoshida
Hotta
Noumi
Nakanishi
Yoshida
Hotta
XYoshida
Hotta
Nishio
Fujii
Inoue
Watanabe
Yabushita
Sakai
Mita
Shimoda
Yabushita
Sakai
Yabushita
Sakai
Maekawa
Genki
Yoshida
Hotta
XYabushita
Sakai
Draw
Nishio
Fujii
Mita
Shimoda
Suzuki
Takahashi
Noumi
Nakanishi
Maekawa
Genki
Nishio
Fujii
Yabushita
Sakai
XInoue
Watanabe
Inoue
Watanabe
Inoue
Watanabe
Suzuki
Takahashi
Draw
Maekawa
Genki
Inoue
Watanabe
Draw
Inoue
Watanabe
X

2003

The eighteenth Tag League the Best was held between November 2 and December 23, 2003, again with two semifinal matches between the top four teams. The winners of the tournament, Ayako Hamada and Nanae Takahashi, went on to defeat Kyoko Inoue and Takako Inoue for the WWWA World Tag Team Championship on January 3, 2004.
WrestlersScore
Ayako Hamada and Nanae Takahashi 6
Amazing Kong and Eagle Sakai6
Kumiko Maekawa and Saki Maemura6
Kayo Noumi and Takako Inoue6
Hikaru and Kyoko Inoue4
Fang Suzuki and Sasori2

ResultsKong
Sakai
Hamada
Takahashi
Suzuki
Sasori
Hikaru
K. Inoue
Noumi
T. Inoue
Maekawa
Maemura
Kong
Sakai
XKong
Sakai
Kong
Sakai
Kong
Sakai
Noumi
T.Inoue
Maekawa
Maemura
Hamada
Takahashi
Kong
Sakai
XHamada
Takahashi
Hamada
Takahashi
Noumi
T.Inoue
Hamada
Takahashi
Suzuki
Sasori
Kong
Sakai
Hamada
Takahashi
XHikaru
K. Inoue
Noumi
T.Inoue
Suzuki
Sasori
Hikaru
K. Inoue
Kong
Sakai
Hamada
Takahashi
Hikaru
K. Inoue
XHikaru
K. Inoue
Maekawa
Maemura
Noumi
T. Inoue
Noumi
T.Inoue
Noumi
T.Inoue
Noumi
T.Inoue
Hikaru
K. Inoue
XMaekawa
Maemura
Maekawa
Maemura
Maekawa
Maemura
Hamada
Takahashi
Suzuki
Sasori
Maekawa
Maemura
Maekawa
Maemura
X

2004

The 2004 version of the Tag League the Best, the final one held by AJW, was also the first tournament contested in a single-elimination format between December 4 and 26.

2011

Following the folding of AJW in 2005, Tag League the Best was dead for six years, before being picked up by JWP, which held its first tournament, overall the twentieth, between January 16 and March 6, 2011. The tournament featured eight teams split between two blocks, dubbed "Blue Zone" and "Red Zone". Due to a three-way tie at the top of the Blue Zone, February 20 saw two matches taking place between the three teams to determine who would get to face the winner of the Red Zone in the finals. During the opening day of the tournament, Kayoko Haruyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki put their Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship on the line in their match against Hailey Hatred and Kaori Yoneyama. Haruyama and Kuragaki entered the tournament as not only the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champions, but also as the JWP Tag Team Champions, and as they were able to win the tournament it did not result in any direct title matches.
Blue ZoneYagami
Bolshoi
Kazuki
Abe
Leon
Ohata
masu-me
Fujimoto
Yagami
Bolshoi
XKazuki
Abe
Yagami
Bolshoi
Yagami
Bolshoi
Kazuki
Abe
Kazuki
Abe
XLeon
Ohata
Kazuki
Abe
Leon
Ohata
Yagami
Bolshoi
Leon
Ohata
XLeon
Ohata
masu-me
Fujimoto
Yagami
Bolshoi
Kazuki
Abe
Leon
Ohata
X
Red ZoneHatred
Yoneyama
Nakamori
Morii
Haruyama
Kuragaki
Hirota
Kuroki
Hatred
Yoneyama
XHatred
Yoneyama
Haruyama
Kuragaki
Hatred
Yoneyama
Nakamori
Morii
Hatred
Yoneyama
XHaruyama
Kuragaki
Nakamori
Morii
Haruyama
Kuragaki
Haruyama
Kuragaki
Haruyama
Kuragaki
XHaruyama
Kuragaki
Hirota
Kuroki
Hatred
Yoneyama
Nakamori
Morii
Haruyama
Kuragaki
X


2012

The twenty-first Tag League the Best was held between January 9 and April 8, 2012, and was contested for the Daily Sports Women's and JWP Tag Team Championships, which were taken off Hailey Hatred and Kaori Yoneyama on January 9 as punishment for Yoneyama going back on her claim to retire at the end of 2011. Moon Mizuki was injured mid-tournament; as a result, she and her partner Manami Katsu were forced to forfeit their last two matches.
Blue ZoneCherry
Abe
Nakamori
Ohata
Kazuki
Morii
Leon
Ray
Miyagi
Kawasa
Cherry
Abe
XCherry
Abe
Kazuki
Morii
Leon
Ray
Cherry
Abe
Nakamori
Ohata
Cherry
Abe
XNakamori
Ohata
Nakamori
Ohata
Nakamori
Ohata
Kazuki
Morii
Kazuki
Morii
Nakamori
Ohata
XDraw
Kazuki
Morii
Leon
Ray
Leon
Ray
Nakamori
Ohata
Draw
XLeon
Ray
Miyagi
Kawasa
Cherry
Abe
Nakamori
Ohata
Kazuki
Morii
Leon
Ray
X
Red ZoneBolshoi
Miu
Chisako
Sachiko
Haruyama
Kuragaki
Katsu
Mizuki
Yu-Yu
Uematsu
Bolshoi
Miu
XChisako
Sachiko
Haruyama
Kuragaki
Bolshoi
Miu
Yu-Yu
Uematsu
Chisako
Sachiko
Chisako
Sachiko
XHaruyama
Kuragaki
Chisako
Sachiko
Yu-Yu
Uematsu
Haruyama
Kuragaki
Haruyama
Kuragaki
Haruyama
Kuragaki
XHaruyama
Kuragaki
Yu-Yu
Uematsu
Katsu
Mizuki
Bolshoi
Miu
Chisako
Sachiko
Haruyama
Kuragaki
XYu-Yu
Uematsu
Yu-Yu
Uematsu
Yu-Yu
Uematsu
Yu-Yu
Uematsu
Yu-Yu
Uematsu
Yu-Yu
Uematsu
X


2013

The twenty-second Tag League the Best took place between February 17 and April 7, 2013, and was used to determine the number one contenders to the Daily Sports Women's and JWP Tag Team Championships, held by Kayoko Haruyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki.
Block ANakajima
Bolshoi
Nakamori
Morii
Leon
Nitta
Block BChisako
Sachiko
Kazuki
Abe
Katsu
Miu
Nakajima
Bolshoi
XNakamori
Morii
Nakajima
Bolshoi
Chisako
Sachiko
XDraw
Chisako
Sachiko
Nakamori
Morii
Nakamori
Morii
XNakamori
Morii
Kazuki
Abe
Draw
XKatsu
Miu
Leon
Nitta
Nakajima
Bolshoi
Nakamori
Morii
XKatsu
Miu
Chisako
Sachiko
Katsu
Miu
X


2014

The twenty-third Tag League the Best took place between January 5 and March 16, 2014. Kayoko Haruyama and Manami Katsu originally won block B, but were forced to pull out of the final match after Katsu injured her left ankle while training, giving the spot in the finals to Leon and Ray, who had finished second in the block. The winners of the tournament were scheduled to challenge Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko for the Daily Sports Women's and JWP Tag Team Championships on April 20, but the match was canceled due to Sachiko suffering a knee injury.
Block ANakajima
Kana
Bolshoi
Kimura
Kazuki
Hagane
Miu
Tsukushi
Block BNakamori
Inoue
Haruyama
Katsu
Leon
Ray
Abe
Fujigasaki
Nakajima
Kana
XDraw
Nakajima
Kana
Miu
Tsukushi
Nakamori
Inoue
XDraw
Leon
Ray
Nakamori
Inoue
Bolshoi
Kimura
Draw
XKazuki
Hagane
Bolshoi
Kimura
Haruyama
Katsu
Draw
XHaruyama
Katsu
Haruyama
Katsu
Kazuki
Hagane
Nakajima
Kana
Kazuki
Hagane
XMiu
Tsukushi
Leon
Ray
Leon
Ray
Haruyama
Katsu
XLeon
Ray
Miu
Tsukushi
Miu
Tsukushi
Bolshoi
Kimura
Miu
Tsukushi
XAbe
Fujigasaki
Nakamori
Inoue
Haruyama
Katsu
Leon
Ray
X


2015

The twenty-fourth Tag League the Best took place between January 18 and March 22, 2015. Defending tournament winners Rabbit Miu and Tsukushi were forced to forfeit their opening match in the tournament on February 15, due to Miu being sidelined with dizziness. That same day, Hanako Nakamori suffered a knee injury, forcing her and Arisa Nakajima to forfeit their two remaining matches in the tournament.
Block AKizuki
Haruyama
Nakajima
Nakamori
Leon
Ray
Fujigasaki
Hayashi
Block BBolshoi
Kimura
Eri
Kato
Kazuki
Hagane
Miu
Tsukushi
Kizuki
Haruyama
XKizuki
Haruyama
Kizuki
Haruyama
Kizuki
Haruyama
Bolshoi
Kimura
XBolshoi
Kimura
Bolshoi
Kimura
Bolshoi
Kimura
Nakajima
Nakamori
Kizuki
Haruyama
XLeon
Ray
Nakajima
Nakamori
Eri
Kato
Bolshoi
Kimura
XEri
Kato
Miu
Tsukushi
Leon
Ray
Kizuki
Haruyama
Leon
Ray
XLeon
Ray
Kazuki
Hagane
Bolshoi
Kimura
Eri
Kato
XKazuki
Hagane
Fujigasaki
Hayashi
Kizuki
Haruyama
Nakajima
Nakamori
Leon
Ray
XMiu
Tsukushi
Bolshoi
Kimura
Miu
Tsukushi
Kazuki
Hagane
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2016

The 2016 version of the Tag League the Best was the second contested in a single-elimination format. Taking place between January 31 and February 21, the tournament was used to determine the number one contenders to the Daily Sports Women's and JWP Tag Team Championships, held by Best Friends.