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UWC Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||
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Promotion | United Wrestling Coalition | ||||||||||||||
Date established | March 21, 1998 | ||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Tony Chini | ||||||||||||||
Date won | September 3, 2022 | ||||||||||||||
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The United Wrestling Coalition (UWC) Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship in the American independent professional wrestling promotion United Wrestling Coalition. Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via direct competition; it is instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle. It became an official title on March 21, 1998 when Derik Starr became the first champion. [1] The championship is held by Tony Chini, who is in his first reign as champion. There have been 33 reigns by 27 wrestlers and five vacancies.
As of June22, 2023
# | Order in reign history |
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
— | 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 title change is not recognized by UWC |
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+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Successful title defenses | Location | Notes |
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1 | Derik Starr | 1 | March 21, 1998 | 84 | 3 | Browns Mills, NJ | Won a 20-man battle royal to become the first champion. [1] |
2 | Warhead | 1 | June 13, 1998 | 175 | 2 | Pemberton, NJ | [2] |
— | Vacated | — | December 5, 1998 | — | N/A | Pemberton, NJ | Vacated when Warhead suffers an injury and cannot defend the title [3] |
3 | Cannon | 1 | December 5, 1998 | 161 | 4 | Pemberton, NJ | Won a battle royal for the vacant title [3] |
4 | Tommy Force | 1 | May 15, 1999 | 245 | 2 | Yardville, NJ | [4] |
5 | Tundra | 1 | January 15, 2000 | 113 | 1 | Mount Holly, NJ | Defeated Rick Silver, who was defending the title for Tommy Force [5] |
6 | Billy Lassiter | 1 | May 7, 2000 | 209 | 3 | Pemberton, NJ | [6] |
7 | Twiggy Ramirez | 1 | December 2, 2000 | 364 | 2 | Pemberton, NJ | Won in a three way match that also included Dr. Hurtz [7] |
8 | Bobby Piper | 1 | December 1, 2001 | 1099 | 6 | Pemberton, NJ | Won in a tag team match teaming with Ripper against Twiggy Ramirez and Orphan [8] |
9 | The Orphan | 1 | December 4, 2004 | 371 | 0 | Pemberton, NJ | Won in a three way match that also included Billy Lassiter [9] |
10 | Reckless Youth | 1 | December 10, 2005 | 728 | 3 | Pemberton, NJ | [10] |
— | Vacated | — | December 8, 2007 | — | N/A | Pemberton, NJ | Vacated when Reckless Youth cannot make a scheduled title defense [11] |
11 | Joe Rules | 1 | December 8, 2007 | 0 | 0 | Pemberton, NJ | Awards self the title as UWC Commissioner after winning a six person tag team match teaming with Taylor Nicole and Della Morte against Ernie Osiris, Kory Castle, and Roxie Cotton [11] |
— | Vacated | — | December 8, 2007 | — | N/A | Pemberton, NJ | Vacated when Joe Rules is fired as UWC Commissioner and his replacement, Michael Grimaldi, declares all UWC titles to be vacant. [11] |
12 | Don Montoya | 1 | December 8, 2007 | 728 | 2 | Pemberton, NJ | Won vacant title in a tag match, teaming with Kyle Durden against Raven and Alex Payne [11] |
13 | Section 8 | 1 | December 5, 2009 | 0 | 0 | Pemberton, NJ | [12] |
— | Vacated | — | December 5, 2009 | — | N/A | Pemberton, NJ | Section 8 retires after winning the title [12] |
14 | Legion | 1 | January 16, 2010 | 119 | 3 | Browns Mills, NJ | Defeats Twiggy Ramirez and Rudo the Heel in a tournament final [13] |
15 | Biggie Biggs | 1 | May 15, 2010 | 42 | 0 | Browns Mills, NJ | [14] |
16 | Twiggy Ramirez | 2 | June 26, 2010 | 161 | 3 | Browns Mills, NJ | [15] |
17 | Biggie Biggs | 2 | December 4, 2010 | 182 | 6 | Pemberton, NJ | Won in a three way match that also included Reckless Youth [16] |
18 | Geoffrey Bravo | 1 | June 4, 2011 | 182 | 3 | Browns Mills, NJ | [17] |
19 | Silly Billy | 1 | December 3, 2011 | 161 | 2 | Pemberton, NJ | [18] |
20 | Big Rig | 1 | May 12, 2012 | 203 | 3 | Browns Mills, NJ | [19] |
21 | Geoffrey Bravo | 2 | December 1, 2012 | 287 | 3 | Browns Mills, NJ | [20] |
22 | Vinny DeMarco | 1 | September 14, 2013 | 273 | 4 | Browns Mills, NJ | Won in a three way match that also included Twiggy Ramirez. [21] |
23 | Ryan Haston | 1 | June 14, 2014 | 224 | 3 | Browns Mills, NJ | [22] |
24 | Serious William | 2 | January 24, 2015 | 56 | 0 | New Egypt, NJ | Formerly known as Silly Billy. [23] |
25 | "Textbook" Philly Madison | 1 | March 21, 2015 | 413 | 7 | New Egypt, NJ | Won the title in a handicap match where Serious William teamed with Mr. Rig [24] |
26 | "The Thriller" Andd Bivians | 1 | May 7, 2016 | 399 | 6 | Wrightstown, NJ | [25] |
27 | Fredo Majors | 1 | June 11, 2017 | 448 | 7 | Wrightstown, NJ | Won in a three way match that also included Jimmy Pipes. [26] |
28 | "American Muscle" Nate Mustang | 1 | September 1, 2018 | 371 | 5 | Wrightstown, NJ | [27] |
29 | Mr. Spectrum | 1 | September 7, 2019 | 378 | 6 | Wrightstown, NJ | [28] |
30 | Biggie Biggs | 3 | September 19, 2020 | 377 | 13 | Wrightstown, NJ | [29] |
— | Vacated | — | October 1, 2021 | — | N/A | Pemberton, NJ | Vacated when Biggie Biggs announces his retirement [30] |
31 | "American Muscle" Nate Mustang | 1 | October 16, 2021 | 0 | 0 | Wrightstown, NJ | Won the vacant title in a triple threat match that included Lost Boy Kirby and Mr. Spectrum. [31] |
32 | Lost Boy Kirby | 1 | October 16, 2021 | 322 | 3 | Wrightstown, NJ | Immediately cashed in Wrightstown Rumble title shot to win the title. [31] |
33 | "Il Capo Grande" Tony Chini | 1 | September 3, 2022 | 292+ | 3 | Bordentown, NJ |
As of June22, 2023
Rank | Wrestler | # Of Reigns | Combined Days | Total Title Defenses |
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1 | Bobby Piper | 1 | 1099 | 6 |
3 | Reckless Youth | 1 | 728 | 3 |
Don Montoya | 1 | 728 | 2 | |
4 | Biggie Biggs | 3 | 601 | 21 |
5 | Twiggy Ramirez | 2 | 525 | 5 |
6 | Geoffrey Bravo | 2 | 469 | 6 |
7 | Fredo Majors | 1 | 448 | 7 |
8 | "Textbook" Philly Madison | 1 | 413 | 6 |
9 | "The Thriller" Andd Bivians | 1 | 399 | 5 |
10 | Mr. Spectrum | 1 | 378 | 6 |
12 | "American Muscle" Nate Mustang | 2 | 371 | 5 |
Orphan | 1 | 371 | 0 | |
13 | Lost Boy Kirby | 1 | 322 | 3 |
14 | Vinny DeMarco | 1 | 273 | 4 |
15 | Tommy Force | 1 | 245 | 2 |
16 | "Il Capo Grande" Tony Chini | 1 | 292+ | 3 |
17 | Ryan Haston | 1 | 224 | 3 |
18 | Silly Billy/Serious William | 2 | 217 | 2 |
19 | Billy Lassiter | 1 | 209 | 3 |
20 | Big Rig | 1 | 203 | 3 |
21 | Warhead | 1 | 175 | 2 |
22 | Cannon | 1 | 161 | 4 |
23 | Legion | 1 | 119 | 3 |
24 | Tundra | 1 | 113 | 1 |
25 | Derik Starr | 1 | 84 | 1 |
27 | Section 8 | 1 | <1 | 0 |
Joe Rules | 1 | <1 | 0 |
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