List of WAR tournaments

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Wrestle Association R held a variety of tournaments competed for wrestlers that were part of their roster during the promotion's existence between 1992 and 2000.

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Sporadic tournaments

WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament (1994)

The tournament was held for the newly created WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. The eight-team tournament took place on June 30, 1994.

Six Man Tag Team Tournament

A special six-man tag team tournament was held at the WAR 2nd Anniversary of Revolution on July 17, 1994.

WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament

The tournament for the inaugural WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship was held on March 26, 1995, at the Battle Angel event.

One Night Tag Team Tournament

The One Night Tag Team Tournament was an eight-team tournament held at Super Heavy-War event on December 8, 1995.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Nobukazu Hirai and Nobutaka ArayaPin
Arashi and Osamu Tachihikari 10:07
Nobukazu Hirai and Nobutaka Araya Pin
Jado and Gedo11:12
Jado and Gedo Pin
Koki Kitahara and Masaaki Mochizuki 11:06
Jado and Gedo Pin
Genichiro Tenryu and Último Dragón8:13
Shinja and Typhoon Countout
El Gigante and Koji Kitao 7:40
Shinja and Typhoon Pin
Genichiro Tenryu and Último Dragón12:09
Genichiro Tenryu and Último Dragón Pin
Hiromichi Fuyuki and Shinobu Kandori 12:21

Super J-Cup

The second edition of the interpromotional junior heavyweight tournament Super J-Cup was produced by WAR on December 13, 1995.

WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Tournament (1996)

WAR held a tournament to crown the inaugural WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions on February 23, 1996.

WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament (1996)

A six-man tournament was held at the 4th Anniversary Show on July 20, 1996, to crown the new WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Champions after previous champions Fuyuki-Gun vacated the titles in June.

WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Tournament (1997)

A tournament was held for the vacant WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on November 24, 1997, after previous champions Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka vacated the titles on October 18, 1997.

Semifinals Finals
      
1 Hiroyoshi Kotsubo and Masakazu Fukuda
4 Battle Ranger and Lance Storm
Hiroyoshi Kotsubo and Masakazu Fukuda
Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka
3 Hidetomo Egawa and Masao Orihara
2 Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka

J-1 Heavyweight Championship Tournament

The tournament was held to crown the new J-1 Heavyweight Championship between November 18, 1997, and January 14, 1998.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
WAR Genichiro Tenryu
11/24/1997 Yoshiaki Fujiwara
WARGenichiro Tenryu
12/24/1997 Mitsuharu Kitao
WARGenichiro Tenryu
1/14/1998 Nobutaka Araya
WAR Koki Kitahara
11/18/1997 Arashi
Umanosuke Ueda Benefit Show Koki Kitahara
12/23/1997 Nobutaka Araya
WARNobutaka Araya
11/21/1997 Nobukazu Hirai

Mixed Tag Team Tournament

The Mixed Tag Team Tournament was an interpromotional tag team tournament pitting male and female wrestlers from WAR and LLPW in mixed tag team matches. The tournament took place on September 27, 1998.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Yuji Yasuraoka and Yasha Kurenai
Masaaki Mochizuki and Harley Saito
Yuji Yasuraoka and Yasha Kurenai
Nobukazu Hirai and Noriyo Tateno
Nobukazu Hirai and Noriyo Tateno
Jun Kikuchi and Miho Watabe
Yuji Yasuraoka and Yasha Kurenai
Koki Kitahara and Eagle Sawai
Genichiro Tenryu and Rumi Kazama
Nobutaka Araya and Shinobu Kandori
Genichiro Tenryu and Rumi Kazama
Koki Kitahara and Eagle Sawai
Tomohiro Ishii and Carol Midori
Koki Kitahara and Eagle Sawai

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