History Tencozy

1 history

1.1 first run (1999–2002)
1.2 breakup (2002–2006)
1.3 reunions (2006–2009, 2011–present)

history
first run (1999–2002)

tencozy first began teaming in 1998 after tenzan s regular tag team partner masahiro chono injured, both members of nwo japan. in first shot, defeated genichiro tenryu , shiro koshinaka @ wrestling world 1999 on january 4, 1999 claim first iwgp tag team title. team make 1 successful title defense against yuji nagata , manabu nakanishi on february 5, 1999 before losing titles koshinaka , kensuke sasaki on march 22, 1999.

following title loss, tencozy largely spent of 1999 representing nwo japan against masahiro chono s new group: team 2000. feud end in february 2000 when nwo japan lost best of 4 series team 2000 , few days later: nwo japan merge team 2000 tencozy joining.

a few months later, tencozy defeat yuji nagata , manabu nakanishi on july 20, 2000 win tag team championship second time. after winning titles, tencozy have 1 of successful title reigns hold titles record 430 days (a record later broken cho-ten held titles 446). make 6 successful title defenses record (cho-ten broke record) fending off challenges variations of fighting club g-eggs (yuji nagata , manabu nakanishi, manabu nakanishi , yutaka yoshie), fellow team 2000 members: chono , tatsutoshi goto, & batt members: taiyo kea , jinsei shinzaki before losing titles on september 23, 2001 tatsumi fujinami , osamu nishimura.

after title loss, tencozy began show dissention chono , split in october 2001, taking hiro saito, tatsutoshi goto, & koji kanemoto them , splitting team 2000. team entered 2001 g1 tag league, despite losing first 3 matches, team persevere , win remainder of tournament defeating mike barton , jim steele win tournament , first g1 tag league.

breakup (2002–2006)

in january 2002, keiji mutoh defected japan pro wrestling , kojima decided follow tenzan deciding remain in new japan. before leaving, tencozy wrestle 1 last match on january 24, 2002 defeated kensuke sasaki , osamu nishimura.

after breaking up, both kojima , tenzan go on success in respective companies in both singles , tag divisions. 1 year after breakup, tencozy reunite 1 night defeated chono , nakanishi @ wrestling world 2003 on january 4, 2003. on february 20, 2005, kojima , tenzan meet opponents in title vs. title match kojima defending triple crown heavyweight championship , tenzan defending iwgp heavyweight championship. kojima win match 11 seconds left win iwgp championship. win made kojima first person hold both titles simultaneously. 2 face each other again in rematch @ nexess vi on may 14, 2005 tenzan regaining iwgp heavyweight title.

reunions (2006–2009, 2011–present)

in 2006, tencozy reunite , participate in japan s 2006 world s strongest tag determination league. team make history defeating ro z , suwama win tournament , became first team in history win both g1 tag league , world s strongest tag determination league. team s next match loss mentors: masahiro chono , keiji mutoh in main event of wrestle kingdom in tokyo dome on january 4, 2007, after loss tencozy broke again , returned companies.

in summer of 2008, tencozy reunite again. first defeated togi makabe , taru @ pro wrestling love in ryogoku vol. 5 on august 31, 2008. despite win team see setback failed win world tag team championship taiyo kea , minoru suzuki on october 11, 2008. in october, entered 2008 g1 tag league, win block, defeated manabu nakanishi , yutaka yoshie in semi finals, , defeated togi makabe , toru yano win second g1 tag league. in november, entered 2008 world s strongest tag determination league , make history winning second world s strongest tag determination league defeating suwama , shuji kondo. win marked first time team won both tournaments in same year.

on january 4, 2009, tencozy scheduled take part in 3 way iwgp tag titles against champions: togi makabe , toru yano , team 3d, team forced pull out of match due tenzan suffering eye injury. upon return, tencozy attempted comeback took on bad intentions (giant bernard , karl anderson) in #1 contendership match @ wrestling dontaku 2009 on may 3, 2009 came short. in august, tenzan suffered injury, sideline him next fifteen months.

tencozy reunited on december 4, 2011, defeating chaos tag team of hideo saito , takashi iizuka. on january 4, 2012, @ wrestle kingdom vi in tokyo dome, tencozy defeated bad intentions win iwgp tag team championship third time. on may 3 @ wrestling dontaku 2012, tenzan , kojima lost title takashi iizuka , toru yano in third defense. on july 22, tenzan , kojima defeated iizuka , yano in decision match regain newly vacated title. on october 8 @ king of pro-wrestling, tenzan , kojima lost title k.e.s. (davey boy smith, jr. , lance archer). november 20 december 1, tencozy took part in round-robin portion of 2012 world tag league. team finished record of 4 wins , 2 losses, winning block , advancing semifinals of tournament. on december 23, 2012, tencozy made debut dramatic dream team (ddt), teaming sanshiro takagi in three-on-four handicap match, defeated monster army (antonio honda, daisuke sasaki, hoshitango , yuji hino). on may 3, 2013, @ wrestling dontaku 2013, tencozy won iwgp tag team championship fifth time winning four-way match, included defending champions k.e.s. takashi iizuka , toru yano, , manabu nakanishi , strong man. lost title k.e.s. on november 9 @ power struggle in three-way match, included irongodz (jax dane , rob conway). in december, tencozy made finals of 2013 world tag league, defeating k.e.s. in semifinals, before losing doc gallows , karl anderson. on april 6, 2014, @ invasion attack 2014, tencozy defeated irongodz win nwa world tag team championship. after 4 successful title defenses, lost title k.e.s. on october 13 @ king of pro-wrestling. following month, tencozy took part in 2014 world tag league, finished record of 4 wins , 3 losses, failing advance finals.

on march 6, 2017, tencozy defeated tomohiro ishii , toru yano win iwgp tag team championship sixth time. lost title war machine (hanson , raymond rowe) on april 9 @ sakura genesis 2017.