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On October 21, 2013, , promoter of Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (CWFH), announced the creation of a new governing body called the United Wrestling Network (UWN). Similar to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), of which CWFH was formally a member promotion, the UWN sees its affiliated promotions "pool their resources" and work together to secure national television advertising. For a wrestling company to join the group, they must have a television broadcast agreement or agree to produce their own broadcasts.[1] Soon after its formation, an offshoot promotion called Championship Wrestling from Arizona was launched.[2] In the Summer of 2014, CWFH announced a tournament to crown the first UWN World Heavyweight Champion, who would be recognized across the UWN's affiliates.[3]
On August 10, 2020, UWN announced a partnership with the NWA to produce UWN Primetime Live, a series of events aired weekly from Long Beach, California at the Thunder Studios.[4] Debuting on September 15, Primetime Live's first event saw NWA Worlds Heavyweight ChampionNick Aldis defend the title against Mike Bennett in the main event.[5] At the October 13 Primetime Live event, David Marquez revealed the UWN World Championship for the first time and announced an eight-man tournament to crown the inaugural champion.[6] However, on November 17, 2020, the UWN announced that the tournament finals had been postponed after finalist Chris Dickinson suffered an injury.[7]
During the Summer of 2021, UWN announced the launch of , which will air on Peachtree TV, and be taped from Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia.[8] On July 15, Marquez announced on Twitter that Championship Wrestling from Atlanta would premiere on Saturday September 2 at 10 p.m [9] On August 19, it was announced that the UWN World Championship tournament would resume at the September 2 Atlanta tapings.[10]
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