Recognizing the difficulty of scheduling matches for the title, DDT announced that as long as the captain of the reigning champions and two other members are present, title matches can be held with two replacement members taking the other two spots in the team. These replacement members would, however, not be recognized as official champions. On December 21, 2020, the title was vacated and became the
KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Championship due to the difficulty of scheduling a proper title defense during the
COVID-19 pandemic. On February 14, 2021, at
Kawasaki Strong 2021, the team of
Shinya Aoki,
Super Sasadango Machine,
Antonio Honda and
Kazuki Hirata won the vacant title. On March 28, at
Judgement, they lost the title in their first defense against Team Thoroughbred (
Sanshiro Takagi,
Yukio Naya, and ). On December 28, it was announced that the title would revert to its original 10-man tag team form with the team of Sanshiro Takagi,
Akito,
Soma Takao,
Gota Ihashi and
Yuki Ishida challenging in a 5-on-4
handicap match on January 3, 2022.
Names Belt design A unique aspect of the title is that each belt has a different color strap: red, blue, green, yellow, and pink (temporarily retired for the 8-man version). ==Reigns==