| NWA United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | NWA UK Hammerlock | ||||||||||
| Date established | November 2, 2001 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Phil Boyd | ||||||||||
| Date won | November 10, 2012 | ||||||||||
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The NWA United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship in the NWA UK Hammerlock promotion. The championship has existed since 2001.
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| # | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Steele | 1 | November 2, 2001 | 100 | Telford, Shropshire | Defeated Johnny Moss in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | |
| 2 | Johnny Moss | 1 | February 10, 2002 | 115 | Herne Bay, Kent | ||
| 3 | Tony McMillan | 1 | June 5, 2002 | 2 | Hertford, Hertfordshire | ||
| 4 | Johnny Moss | 2 | June 7, 2002 | 134 | Maidstone, Kent | ||
| 5 | Jake Roberts | 1 | October 19, 2002 | 1 | Maidstone, Kent | NWA UK-Hammerlock Live Event | |
| 6 | Johnny Moss | 3 | October 20, 2002 | 0 – 72 | Ashford, Kent | NWA UK-Hammerlock Live Event | |
| — | Vacated | — | 2002 | — | N/A | N/A | |
| 7 | Hugh Mungus | 1 | October 19, 2004 | 6 | Margate, Kent | NWA UK-Hammerlock Live Event | Defeated Exodus for the vacant title. |
| 8 | Paul Tracey | 1 | October 25, 2004 | 4 | Hertford, Hertfordshire | NWA UK-Hammerlock Live Event | |
| 9 | Son of Abdullah | 1 | October 29, 2004 | 1 | Maidstone, Kent | NWA UK-Hammerlock Live Event | |
| — | Vacated | — | October 30, 2004 | — | N/A | N/A | Title stripped when Paul Tracey and Fergal Devitt complained to NWA UK Hammerlock that Son of Abdullah would be out of the country for 30 days and unable to defend the title. |
| 10 | Johnny Moss | 4 | October 31, 2004 | 334 | Rugby, Warwickshire | NWA UK-Hammerlock Live Event | Defeated Fergal Devitt to win the vacant title. |
| 11 | Paul Tracey | 2 | September 30, 2005 | 18 | Kilcoole, Wicklow, Ireland | ||
| 12 | Johnny Moss | 5 | October 18, 2005 | 121 | Bray, Wicklow, Ireland | ||
| 13 | Dan Severn | 1 | February 16, 2006 | 2 | Grays, Essex | NWA UK-Hammerlock Live Event | |
| 14 | Johnny Moss | 6 | February 18, 2006 | 392 | Maidstone, Kent | NWA UK-Hammerlock Live Event | |
| 15 | Conscience | 1 | March 17, 2007 | 427 | Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | SWA Clan Wars III | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 17, 2008 | — | Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | SWA Battlezone IV: Interesting Times | During the Event, Draveryn reemerged as Commissioner of the Scottish Wrestling Alliance and debunked Charles Boddington as fraud. Following this, all championships were vacated and immediately contested later that evening. |
| 16 | Conscience | 2 | May 17, 2008 | 119 | Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | SWA Battlezone IV: Interesting Times | Defeated Lionheart in a Ladder match for the vacant title. |
| — | Vacated | — | September 13, 2008 | — | N/A | N/A | |
| 17 | Gary Lagden | 1 | February 20, 2011 | 147 | Corringham, Essex | Defeated Tony McMillan for the vacant title. | |
| 18 | Kurupt | 1 | July 17, 2011 | 321 | Corringham, Essex | NWA UK-Hammerlock Live Event | Defeated Gary Lagden and Will Harper in a three-way match. |
| 19 | Lee Walker | 1 | October 28, 2011 | 2 | Tonbridge, Kent | NWA World Title Tour – Day 1 | |
| 20 | Kurupt | 2 | October 30, 2011 | 216 | Pitsea, Essex | NWA World Title Tour – Day 2 | |
| 21 | Danny Garnell | 1 | June 2, 2012 | 161 | Tonbridge, Kent | NWA UK-Hammerlock 2nd Annual Andre Baker Memorial Show | |
| 22 | Phil Boyd | 1 | November 10, 2012 | 3,459+ | Tonbridge, Kent | NWA UK-Hammerlock Live Event | |
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