UWN World Championship
UWN World Championship | |||||
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Details | |||||
Promotion | United Wrestling Network | ||||
Date established | October 13, 2020[1] | ||||
Current champion(s) | Chris Dickinson | ||||
Date won | October 2, 2021 | ||||
Other name(s) | |||||
UWN World Heavyweight Championship | |||||
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The UWN World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship owned by the United Wrestling Network promotion. The title was introduced on October 13, 2020,[1] and the winner of an upcoming eight-man tournament will be crowned the inaugural champion.[1]
History[]
On October 13, 2020, at UWN Primetime Live, revealed the UWN World Championship for the first time.[1] Marquez announced a tournament of eight-man to crown the inaugural champion, when the participants of the tournaments would be revealed on the October 20 edition of UWN Primetime Live.[1] The original lineup featured former WWE wrestler Erick Redbeard (formrly Rowan) versus Watts, Chris Dickinson versus AEW wrestler & Championship Wrestling From Arizona founder Peter Avalon, New Japan Pro-Wrestling young lion Karl Fredericks versus former WWE star Fred Rosser (FKA Darren Young), and Mike Bennett versus Davey Boy Smith Jr.[2] However, for unknown reasons, Watts, Fredericks, and Davey Boy pulled from the tournament. Redbeard ended up facing Rosser, Bennett wrestled Kevin Martenson, and a new match was made between Shawn Daivari and Rocky Romero. On November 17, 2020, the UWN announced that the finals of the tournament between Bennett & Dickenson were postponed after Dickenson suffered an injury.[3]
Tournament Brackets[]
Quarter-final UWN Primetime Live 10/21/20[4] & 11/3/2020[5] | Semi-final UWN Primetime Live 11/10/20[6] | Final UWN Primetime Live 10/2/2021[7] | ||||||||||||
Chris Dickinson | Pin | |||||||||||||
Peter Avalon | ||||||||||||||
Chris Dickinson | Pin | |||||||||||||
Fred Rosser | ||||||||||||||
Erick Redbeard | ||||||||||||||
Fred Rosser | DQ | |||||||||||||
Chris Dickinson | Pin | |||||||||||||
Mike Bennett | ||||||||||||||
Shawn Daivari | Pin | |||||||||||||
Rocky Romero | ||||||||||||||
Shawn Daivari | ||||||||||||||
Mike Bennett | Pin | |||||||||||||
Kevin Martenson | ||||||||||||||
Mike Bennett | Pin |
Reigns[]
As of February 19, 2022.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Chris Dickinson | October 2, 2021 | UWN Primetime Live | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 140+ | Defeated Mike Bennett in the finals of 15-man single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [7] |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Toro, Carlos (October 13, 2020). "UWN World Title Introduced, Eight-Man Tournament To Crown Inaugural Champion Announced". Fightful. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ Robbie Sutter (October 20, 2020). "UWN World Championship Tournament Brackets Announced". Last Word On Sports. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ Katie Haulotte (November 17, 2020). "UWN World Title Tournament Finals Postponed". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ "UWN Primetime Live #7". CageMatch. October 27, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ "UWN Primetime Live #8". CageMatch. November 3, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ "UWN Primetime Live #9". CageMatch. November 10, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ a b Lambert, Jerry (October 3, 2021). "UWN Prime Time Live Supercard Results (10/2): Daniel Garcia, Mike Bennett, David Finlay In Action". Fightful. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
External links[]
- United Wrestling Network championships
- World professional wrestling championships