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.
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.
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.
[20][21] 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.
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.
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.
[5][6][36][37] 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.
[38] 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.
[45][46] 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.
[49] 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.
[54] Moon Mizuki was injured mid-tournament; as a result, she and her partner Manami Katsu were forced to forfeit their last two matches.
[80] That same day, Hanako Nakamori suffered a knee injury,[81] forcing her and Arisa Nakajima to forfeit their two remaining matches in the tournament.
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 (Arisa Nakajima and Tsukasa Fujimoto).