The World's Strongest Tag Determination League (世界最強タッグ決定リーグ戦, Sekai Saikyō Taggu Kettei Rīgu-sen), more commonly known in the West as the Real World Tag League, is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by All Japan Pro Wrestling since 1977, usually, run on the first weeks of December.
The tournament is held under round-robin rules, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss; in earlier tournaments, only a time limit draw would provide the one point, with other methods (such as a Double Disqualification and Double Countouts) providing nothing for either team.
Between 1988 and 1994, the World Tag Team Championship was annually vacated in time for the tournament, which would be used to determine the new champions.
Ten-Koji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) are the only team to win both the World's Strongest Tag Determination League and its counterpart in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the World Tag League, as well as the only team to win both tournaments in the same year (2008).
Giant Baba replaced Ted DiBiase as Stan Hansen's partner after one match due to injury.
As with the previous year, the top four teams faced off in the semifinals as a result of a four-way tie.
Bambi Killer was originally scheduled to take part in the tournament, but was forced to pull out due to a neck injury and was replaced by Kenso.
Atsushi Aoki and Hikaru Sato earned a spot in the tournament by winning the 2014 Jr. Tag Battle of Glory in October.
[3] The 2017 edition of the World Strongest Tag Determination League took place from November 19 through December 12.
[4] The 2018 edition of the World Strongest Tag Determination League took place from November 13 through December 11.
[6] The 2020 edition of the World Strongest Tag Determination League, featured 8 teams in a single block, taking place from November 18 to December 7.
On November 17, it was announced that Zeus had tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), leading him to pull out of the tournament and be replaced by his Purple Haze stablemate Izanagi.
The 2021 edition of the World Strongest Tag Determination League, featured 16 teams in 4 blocks, taking place from November 13 to December 5.
[7] The 2022 edition of the World's Strongest Tag Determination League reverts back to the single-block format featuring 8 teams.
[8] The 2023 edition of the World's Strongest Tag Determination League featured one single block with 10 teams.
The tournament featured outside participants from DDT Pro-Wrestling's Yukio Sakaguchi and Hideki Okatani, JTO's Ren Ayabe, IWRG's Galeno del Mal and Gleat's Hayato Tamura.
[9] The 2024 edition of the World Strongest Tag Determination League featured 14 teams in 2 blocks, taking place from November 9 to December 8.