The Vancouver version of the UWA Heavyweight Championship was the top singles title in All Star Wrestling from its establishment sometime after All Star disaffiliated from the National Wrestling Alliance in late-1985 until the promotion closed in 1989.
| 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 | Al Tomko | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | Title awarded | |
| 2 | Mike Stone | 1986 | N/A | Cloverdale, BC | 1 | N/A | ||
| 3 | Joe Cagle | 1986 | N/A | British Columbia | 1 | N/A | ||
| 4 | Rick Davis | November 1, 1986 | N/A | Cloverdale, BC | 1 | N/A | ||
| 5 | J.R. Bundy | December 2, 1986 | N/A | Burnaby, BC | 1 | N/A | ||
| 6 | Billy Two Eagles | 1986 | N/A | British Columbia | 1 | N/A | ||
| 7 | Timothy Flowers | April 3, 1987 | N/A | Vancouver, BC | 1 | N/A | ||
| 8 | John Tenta | September 1987 | N/A | British Columbia | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | Vacated | 1987 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | |
| 9 | Richie Magnet | January 2, 1988 | N/A | Cloverdale, BC | 1 | N/A | ||
| 10 | John Tenta | 1988 | N/A | British Columbia | 2 | N/A | ||
| 11 | Sweet Daddy Sampson | November 8, 1988 | N/A | Burnaby, BC | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | Deactivated | July 1989 | — | — | — | — | Promotion closed (Title may have been abandoned before then) | |
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