The NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship is a trios/6-Man Openweight Tag Team Championship in New Japan Pro Wrestling, originally created for the now-defunct NEVER sub-label but imported to the main brand. It was first awarded in January 2016 when Toru Yano & The Briscoes became the first champions.
As of 6/16/2024 there have been 29 NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions. They are listed below in order of reign, which reign it was (some won it multiple times), length of reign and number of successful defenses.
1-Toru Yano, Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe. 1st reign. Length: 1/4/2016-2/11/2016. Successful defenses: None.
2-Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga. 1st reign. Length: 2/11/2016-2/14/2016. Successful defenses: None.
3-Toru Yano, Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe. 2nd reign. Length: 2/14/2016-2/20/2016. Successful defenses: None.
4-Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson. 1st reign. Length: 2/20/2016-4/10/2016. Successful defenses: 1.
5-Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin & Yoshitatsu. 1st reign. Length: 4/20/2016-5/3/2016. Successful defenses: 1.
6-Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson. 2nd reign. Length: 5/3/2016-7/3/2016. Successful defenses: None.
7-Matt Sydal, Ricochet & Satoshi Kojima. 1st reign. Length: 7/3/2016-9/25/2016. Successful defenses: None. Vacated title on 9/25/2016 due to Sydal missing scheduled defense due to travel issues.
8-David Finlay, Ricochet & Satoshi Kojima. 1st reign. Length: 9/25/2016-1/4/2017. Successful defenses: 1.
9-BUSHI, SANADA & EVIL. 1st reign. Length: 1/4/2017-1/5/2017. Successful defenses: None. Won titles in gauntlet match.
10-Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi & Ryusuke Taguchi. 1st reign. Length: 1/5/2017-2/11/2017. Successful defenses: None.
11-BUSHI, SANADA & EVIL. 2nd reign. Length: 2/11/2017-4/4/2017. Successful defenses: 1.
12-Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet. 1st reign. Length: 4/4/2017-5/3/2017. Successful defenses: None.
13-BUSHI, SANADA & EVIL. 3rd reign. Length: 5/3/2017-12/17/2017. Successful defenses: 3.
14-Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa. 1st reign. Length: 13/17/17-1/4/2018. Successful defenses: None.
15-Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano. 1st reign. Length: 1/4/2018-1/5/2018. Successful defenses: None. Won titles in gauntlet match.
16-Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa. 2nd reign. Length: 1/5/2018-5/3/2018. Successful defenses: 3.
17-Marty Scurll, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson. 1st reign. Length: 5/3/2018-8/12/2018. Successful defenses: None.
18-Taiji Ishimori, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa. 1st reign. Length: 8/12/2018-1/30/2019. Successful defenses: 2.
19-Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi. 1st reign. Length: 1/30/2019-1/5/2020. Successful defenses: 4.
20-BUSHI, EVIL & Shingo Takagi. 1st reign. Length: 1/5/2020-7/31/2020. Successful defenses: 2. Vacated titles on 7/31/2020 due to EVIL defecting from faction and claiming he had no interest in defending titles.
21-Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI. 1st reign. Length: 8/9/2020-11/6/2021. Successful defenses: 9.
22-Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. 1st reign. Length: 11/6/2021-7/5/2022. Successful defenses: 4.
23-Hirooki Goto, Yoh & YOSHI-HASHI. 1st reign. Length: 7/5/2022-9/23/2022. Successful defenses: None.
24-Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. 2nd reign. Length: 9/3/2022-2/11/2023. Successful defenses: 1.
25-Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki. 1st reign. Length: 2/11/2023-5/3/2023. Successful defenses: 1.
26-Tomohiro Ishii, Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi. 1st reign. Length: 5/3/2023-1/24/2024. Successful defenses: 8. Vacated titles on 1/24/2024 after successful defense due to Okada leaving New Japan.
27-Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. 1st reign. Length: 4/14/2024-6/9/2024. Successful defenses: 1.
28-BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji. 1st reign. Length: 6/9/2024-6/16/2024. Successful defenses: None.
29-Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. 2nd reign. Length: 6/9/2024-Present (Current Champions). Successful defenses: 2. Next defense: TBA.
