This can either be due to a storyline,[b] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[c] or leaving the company.

[d] The current champions are Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and Toru Owashi).

After the UWA's closing, the title was inactive for many years before being recycled as trios belts for the Toryumon Japan promotion.

Neither group promoted shows on a regular basis, which produced two unsuccessful attempts to relaunch the championship.

In 2008 El Dorado Wrestling folded and the title moved to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where it was active until 2012, the final champions were Harashima, Toru Owashi and Yukihiro Abe.