the NJPW and the World's Strongest Tag Determination League for the AJPW are the indirect descendant of the original World Tag League. In fact, in 2012, NJPW renamed the G1 Tag League the World Tag League. The following is a list of the winners of each edition: 1st NWA Tag League (1970): Antonio Inoki and Kantaro Hoshino by defeating Nick Bockwinkel and John Quinn. 2nd NWA Tag League (1971): Antonio Inoki (2) and Seiji Sakaguchi by defeating Killer Kowalski and Buddy Austin. 3rd NWA Tag League (1972): Seiji Sakaguchi (2) and Akihisa Takachiho by defeating Larry Hamilton and Joe Hamilton. Alumni This is not an exhaustive list, as the JWA was the only Japanese promotion until 1966 and many wrestlers, both Japanese who competed for a brief time and then retired, or foreigners who came for a single tour, were booked. Japanese Rikidōzan Masahiko Kimura Azumafuji Surugaumi Toyonobori Michiaki Yoshimura Yoshinosato Kohkichi Endoh Isao Yoshiwara Yasuhiro Kojima Kintaro Ohki Shohei "Giant" Baba Kanji "Antonio" Inoki Umanosuke Ueda Katsuhisa Shibata Mitsu Hirai Kantaro Hoshino Kotetsu Yamamoto Motoshi Ohkuma Raizō Kojika Masao Kimura Haruka Eigen Seiji Sakaguchi Masanori Saito Katsuji Adachi Akihisa Takachiho Kazuo Sakurada Masanori Toguchi Masashi Ozawa Osamu Kido Tatsumi Fujinami Akio Sato Kengo Kimura Mitsuo Hata Kenzo Suzuki Masao Itoh Foreigners Lou Thesz - first NWA World Heavyweight Champion to defend the title in Japan King Kong Czaya Tiger Joginder Singh Dara Singh Freddie Blassie The Destroyer Bobo Brazil The Sheik Bill Dromo Fritz Von Erich Gene Kiniski Syed Saif Shah Bruno Sammartino Dory Funk, Jr. Terry Funk Abdullah the Butcher Alex Iakovidis Mil Máscaras Crusher Lisowski Dick the Bruiser Wilbur Snyder Danny Hodge Karl Gotch Johnny Valentine Harley Race Fritz von Goering Mike Sharpe Sr. Ben Sharpe Bobby Bruns Harold Sakata See also Professional wrestling in Japan List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan References External links puroresu.com: JWA JWA Title Histories PuroresuWiki Japanese professional wrestling promotions 1953 establishments in Japan 1973 disestablishments in Japan National Wrestling Alliance members Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance