Established five years after the Champion Carnival, the Real World Tag League serves as a secondary tournament, designed to determine All Japan's top tandem. Assuming the AJPW World Tag Team Champions don't also win the tournament, the eventual winners put themselves in top contention for a shot at the title. It was originally named "Open Tag League" in 1977, being renamed to "Real World Tag League" the next year.
1977 (12/2/77 to 12/15/77) (Full results)
1. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk [14]
2. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta [13]
3. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik [12]
4. Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu [8]
5. Kintaro Oki & Kim Duk [8]
6. Billy Robinson & Horst Hoffman [7]
7. The Destroyer & Texas Red [4]
8. Genichiro Tenryu & Rocky Hata [1]
9. Mighty Inoue & Akihisa Takachiho [1]
1978 (12/1/78 to 12/15/78)
1. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta [7]
2. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk [6]
3. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik/Tor Kamata* [4]
4. Nick Bockwinkle & Blackjack Lanza [4]
5. Billy Robinson & Wild Angus [3]
6. Kintaro Oki & Kim Duk [0]
* Abdullah The Butcher had both The Sheik and Tor Kamata as partners.
1979 (11/30/79 to 12/13/79)
1. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk [11]
2. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta [9]
3. Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik [8]
4. Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras [6]
5. Kintaro Oki & Tor Kamata [4]
6. Mr. Wrestling & Masked Strangler [2]
7. Wahoo McDaniel & Frank Hill [0]
1980 (11/28/80 to 12/11/80)
1. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta [9]
2. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk [8]
3. Abdullah The Butcher & Tor Kamata [8]
4. Nick Bockwinkle & Jim Brunzell [4]
5. Ricky Steamboat & Dick Slater [4]
6. Billy Robinson & Les Thornton [3]
7. The Sheik & Great Mephisto [0]
1981 (11/27/81 to 12/13/81) (Full results)
1. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka [12]
2. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta [11]
3. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk [11]
4. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda [10]
5. Harley Race & Larry Hennig [8]
6. The Sheik & Mark Lewin [4]
7. Baron Von Raschke & Karl Krupp [2]
8. Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma [2]
9. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara [2]
1982 (11/26/82 to 12/13/82)
1. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk [9]
2. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen [8]
3. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta [8]
4. Harley Race & Dick Slater [7]
5. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara [5]
6. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood [3]
7. Umanosuke Ueda & Super Destroyer [0]
1983 (11/25/83 to 12/12/83)
1. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen [12]
2. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk [11]
3. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu [11]
4. Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras [6]
5. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda [4]
6. Ron Fuller & Barry Windham [4]
7. Mighty Inoue & Ashura Hara [2]
8. Goro Tsurumi & The Mongolian [0]
1984 (11/22/84 to 12/12/84)
1. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu [11]
2. Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen [10]
3. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk [10]
4. Harley Race & Nick Bockwinkle [10]
5. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith 7]
6. Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura [4]
7. Goro Tsurumi & One Man Gang [2]
8. Tiger Jeet Singh & Mike Shaw [0]
1985 (11/23/85 to 12/12/85) (Full results)
1. Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase [7]
2. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu [6]
3. Harley Race & Jesse Barr [6]
4. Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. [6]
5. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu [6]
6. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith [5]
7. Nick Bockwinkle & Curt Hennig [5]
8. Rusher Kimura & Ashura Hara [5]
1986 (11/22/86 to 12/12/86) (Full results)
1. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu [10]
2. Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase [10]
3. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk [9]
4. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu [9]
5. Terry Gordy & Killer Khan [8]
6. Giant Baba & Tiger Mask [6]
7. Rick Martel & Tom Zenk [6]
8. Rusher Kimura & Goro Tsurumi [4]
9. Ashura Hara & Super Strong Machine [0]
Final: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu beat Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase (8:13) when DiBiase was counted out.
1987 (11/21/87 to 12/11/87)
1. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu [15]
2. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk [14]
3. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara [14]
4. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy [14]
5. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka [14]
6. Abdullah The Butcher & TNT [12]
7. Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima [11]
8. Tiger Mask & Shinichi Nakano [6]
9. Great Kabuki & John Tenta [6]
10. Rusher Kimura & Goro Tsurumi [2]
11. Tom Zenk & The Terminator [2]
12. Mark Youngblood & Chris Youngblood [2]
1988 (11/19/88 to 12/16/88)
1. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy [17]
2. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu [16]
3. Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura [15]
4. Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh [14]
5. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada [14]
6. Dan Spivey & Johnny Ace [10]
7. Jimmy Snuka & Tiger Mask [7]
8. Great Kabuki & Hiroshi Wajima [7]
9. Shunji Takano & John Tenta [4]
10. Jerry Blackwell & Phil Hickerson [0]
11. Dick Slater & Tommy Rich [0]
1989 (11/17/89 to 12/6/89)
1. Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu [18]
2. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu [16]
3. Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura [14]
4. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith [12]
5. Abdullah The Butcher & Tiger Jeet Singh [10]
6. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas [7]
7. Terry Gordy & Bill Irwin [6]
8. Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki [3]
9. The Nasty Boys [2]
10. Great Kabuki & Shunji Takano [2]
1990 (11/15/90 to 12/7/90)
1. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams [19]
2. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey [18]
3. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada [15]
4. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk [15]
5. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue [15]
6. Giant Baba & Andre The Giant [14]
7. Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kimala [10]
8. Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace [10]
9. Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith [6]
10. Skywalker Nitron & Butch Masters [4]
11. Dick Slater & Joel Deaton [2]
12. Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue [2]
1991 (11/16/91 to 12/6/91)
1. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams [21]
2. Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey [20]
3. Giant Baba & Andre The Giant [20]
4. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue [20]
5. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada [19]
6. Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kimala [14]
7. Dory Funk Jr. & Al Perez [8]
8. Joel Deaton & Billy Black [8]
9. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas [8]
10. Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith [6]
11. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi [4]
12. Johnny Ace & Sonny Beach [4]
13. Rusher Kimura & Mighty Inoue [4]
1992 (11/14/92 to 12/4/92)
1. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada [18]
2. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams [17]
3. Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace [17]
4. Giant Baba & Kenta Kobashi [16]
5. Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama [12]
6. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas [6]
7. Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kimala [6]
8. The Patriot & Jackie Fulton [6]
9. Dan Spivey & Kendall Windham [4]
10. Dory Funk Jr. & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi [4]
11. Joel Deaton & Billy Black [4]
1993 (11/13/93 to 12/2/93) (Full results)
1. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi [13]
2. Giant Baba & Stan Hansen* [12]
3. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue [11]
4. Steve Williams & Big Bubba [8]
5. Dan Spivey & Johnny Ace [4]
6. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas [4]
7. The Patriot & The Eagle [4]
8. Tracey Smothers & Richard Slinger [0]
* Giant Baba replaced Ted DiBiase as Stan Hansen's tag team partner when DiBiase was injured.
1994 (11/19/94 to 12/10/94)
1. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi [16]
2. Giant Baba & Stan Hansen [15]
3. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue [15]
4. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace [14]
5. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas [10]
6. Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori [8]
7. Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kimala [6]
8. Dory Funk Jr. & Johnny Smith [2]
9. The Eagle & The Falcon [2]
10. Dan Spivey & Jim Steele [2]
1995 (11/18/95 to 12/9/95) (Full results)
1. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue [16]
2. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi [16]
3. Stan Hansen & Gary Albright [15]
4. Johnny Ace & The Patriot [13]
5. Giant Baba & Tamon Honda [10]
6. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas [6]
7. Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori [4]
8. Dory Funk Jr. & Masanobu Fuchi [4]
9. Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kimala [4]
10. Johnny Smith & Rob Van Dam [2]
Final: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (27:04) when Kobashi used a moonsault press on Taue.
1996 (11/16/96 to 12/6/96) (Full results)
1. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue [17]
2. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama [17]
3. Kenta Kobashi & The Patriot [16]
4. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace [16]
5. Stan Hansen & Takao Omori [6]
6. Giant Kimala & Jun Izumida [6]
7. Gary Albright & Sabu [6]
Final: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (31:37) when Kawada used a powerbomb on Misawa.
1997 (11/15/97 to 12/5/97) (Full results)
1. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue [15]
2. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama [15]
3. Steve Williams & Gary Albright [14]
4. Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace [14]
5. Wolf Hawkfield & Johnny Smith [10]
6. Stan Hansen & Bobby Duncum Jr. [6]
7. Barry Windham & Justin Bradshaw [4]
8. Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki [4]
9. Giant Kimala & Jun Izumida [4]
10. Takao Omori & Tamon Honda [4]
Final: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (30:52) when Taue used a jumping front kick on Akiyama.
1998 (11/14/98 to 12/5/98) (Full results)
1. Stan Hansen & Vader [14]
2. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama [11]
3. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue [10]
4. Johnny Ace & Bart Gunn [8]
5. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa [7]
6. Gary Albright & Giant Kimala [2]
7. The Headhunters [2]
8. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama [2]
Final: Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Vader & Stan Hansen (19:03) when Kobashi used a lariat on Hansen.
1999 (11/13/99 to 12/3/99) (Full results)
1. Stan Hansen & Akira Taue [11]
2. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama [10]
3. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa [9]
4. Vader & Johnny Smith [9]
5. Johnny Ace & Mike Barton [9]
6. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama [4]
7. Gary Albright & Wolf Hawkfield [2]
8. Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue [2]
Final: Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Stan Hansen & Akira Taue (20:15) when Akiyama used a wrist-clutch Exploder on Taue.
2000 (11/19/00 to 12/9/00) (Full results)
1. Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo [10]
2. Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi [10]
3. Taiyo Kea & Johnny Smith [10]
4. Mike Barton & Jim Steele [10]
5. Barry Windham & Kendall Windham [6]
6. Genichiro Tenryu & Nobutaka Araya [6]
7. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Dan Kroffat [2]
8. Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai [2]
Semi Final: Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo beat Taiyo Kea & Johnny Smith (8:20) when Williams used a dangerous backdrop driver on Smith.
Semi Final: Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi beat Mike Barton & Jim Steele (21:08) when Fuchi used a facelock hold on Steele.
Final: Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo beat Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi (21:27) when Williams used a backdrop suplex on Fuchi.
2001 (11/24/01 to 12/7/01) (Full results)
1. Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea [10]
2. Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuya Nagai [10]
3. Ron Harris & Don Harris [10]
4. Genichiro Tenryu & Kodo Fuyuki [10]
5. Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo [6]
6. Arashi & Koki Kitahara [4]
7. George Hines & Vampiro [3]
8. Yoji Anjo & Johnny Smith [3]
Semi Final: Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea beat Genichiro Tenryu & Kodo Fuyuki (14:30) when Muto used a Frankensteiner on Fuyuki.
Semi Final: Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuya Nagai beat Ron Harris & Don Harris (7:05) when Kawada used a Stretch Plum on Don.
Final: Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea beat Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuya Nagai (16:49) when Kea used the Hawaiian Smasher on Nagai.
2002 (11/23/02 to 12/6/02) (Full results)
1. Satoshi Kojima & Taiyo Kea [11]
2. Genichiro Tenryu & Big John Tenta [10]
3. Keiji Muto & Animal Warrior [10]
4. Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo [9]
5. Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka [8]
6. Yoji Anjo & Mitsuya Nagai [4]
7. Mike Awesome & PJ Friedman [2]
8. Arashi & Nobutaka Araya [2]
2003 (11/22/03 to 12/2/03) (Full results)
1. Jamal & Justin Credible [8]
2. Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi [8]
3. Keiji Muto & Arashi [7]
4. Toshiaki Kawada & Nobutaka Araya [7]
5. TAKA Michinoku & D-Lo Brown [6]
6. Gigantes & Buchanan [6]
7. La Parka Original & Parka Guerrera [0]
Final: Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi beat Jamal & Justin Credible (17:50) when Hayashi used the Final Cut on Credible.
2004 (11/21/04 to 12/1/04) (Full results)
Block A
1. Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi [6]
2a. Keiji Muto & Osamu Nishimura [5]
2b. Buchanan & D-Lo Brown [5]
4. GREAT MUTA & Love Machine Steele [4]
5. Tomoaki Honma & Kohei Suwama [0]
Block B
1. Taiyo Kea & Jamal [5]
2. Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuya Nagai [5]
3. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima [4]
4. Super Love Machine & Love Machine Storm [4]
5. Nobutaka Araya & Nobukazu Hirai [0]
Block B Playoff: Taiyo Kea & Jamal beat Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuya Nagai (17:07) when Kea used the Hawaiian Smasher on Nagai.
Final: Taiyo Kea & Jamal beat Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi (24:36) when Jamal used the S-50 on Hayashi.
2005 (11/20/05 to 12/5/05) (Full results)
Block A
1. Keiji Muto & Akebono [6]
2. Taiyo Kea & Jamal [4]
3. Kohei Suwama & Akira Raijin [4]
4. TARU & Giant Bernard [2]
5. Arashi & AKIRA [2]
Block B
1. Bubba Ray & D-Von [8]
2. Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi [4]
3. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima [4]
4. Buchanan & D-Lo Brown [4]
5. Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI [0]
Final: Bubba Ray & D-Von beat Keiji Muto & Akebono (20:23) when D-Von pinned Muto after the 3D.
