| USWA Television Championship | |||||||||||
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 Jesse James Armstrong, the first champion | |||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | United States Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
| Date retired | November 3, 1996 | ||||||||||
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The USWA Television Championship was a secondary title in the United States Wrestling Association that was primarily defended on USWA Championship Wrestling, which was the USWA's television show. It existed from 1996.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Jesse James Armstrong | April 13, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 21 | Won a battle royal on 1000th USWA TV show. | |
| 2 | Tony Falk | May 4, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 15 | ||
| 3 | Jesse James Armstrong | May 19, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 22 | ||
| — | Vacated | June 10, 1996 | — | — | — | — | Armstrong lost a loser-leaves-town match to Jeff Jarrett | |
| 4 | Brickhouse Brown | June 15, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 4 | Defeated Bart Sawyer. | |
| 5 | Wolfie D | June 19, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 73 | ||
| 6 | Jamie Dundee | August 31, 1996 | USWA show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | [Note 1] | ||
| — | Deactivated | November 3, 1996 | — | — | — | — | Championship abandoned | |
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