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| Acronym | UWI |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 |
| Style | Professional wrestling |
Ultimate Wrestling Israel (UWI), the fourth wrestling federation in Israel was founded in November 2015. [1] The UWI currently has one belt, the UWI Shomer Shabbos Heavyweight Championship, previously known as the UWI Heavyweight Championship until February 2017. [2]
UWI Heavyweight Championship crowned its first champion on 5 March 2016. On 1 February 2017 it was renamed to the UWI Shomer Shabbos Heavyweight Championship. [2]
| UWI Shomer Shabbos Heavyweight Championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Wrestling Israel | ||||
| Date established | 5 March 2016 | ||||
| Current champion(s) | Lior Ben-David | ||||
| Date won | 12 July 2017 | ||||
| Other name(s) | |||||
UWI Heavyweight Championship (5 March 2016 - 1 February 2017) | |||||
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The tournament to crown the original holder of the UWI Heavyweight Championship was held over the source of three separate shows. 10 December 2015 saw the quarterfinals at UWI Showdown. [3] On 7 January 2016 at UWI Gold Rush, there were the semifinals of the tournament. [4] The finals were held on 5 March 2016 at UWI There Can Only Be One. [5]
| Match | Results |
|---|---|
| UWI Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinals | |
| 1 | Hellboy beat Kraken |
| 2 | The Boss beat Yaniv Sniper |
| 3 | Ray Noceros beat Tomer Shalom |
| 4 | Udi M beat Yagi San |
| UWI Heavyweight Championship tournament semifinals | |
| 1 | The Boss beat Lev Bar-Tera by disqualification |
| 2 | Ray Noceros beat Mad Zenzero and Udi M (three way match) |
| UWI Heavyweight Championship tournament finals | |
| 1 | Ray Noceros beat The Boss |
| No. | The overall championship reign |
|---|---|
| Reign | The reign number for the specific champion listed |
| Days | The number of the days that the champion held the title for |
| + | The current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Ray Noceros | 5 March 2016 | UWI There Can Only Be One | Netanya | 1 | 330 | ||
| 2 | Mad Zenzero | 29 January 2017 | N/A | Bat Yam | 1 | 7 | ||
| 3 | Erez Birenboim | 5 February 2017 | N/A | Tel Aviv | 1 | 22 | ||
| 4 | Ray Noceros | 27 February 2017 | N/A | Tel Aviv | 2 | 14 | ||
| 5 | Jonathan Barak | 13 March 2017 | N/A | Jaffa | 1 | 7 | ||
| 6 | Mad Zenzero | 20 March 2017 | N/A | Jaffa | 2 | 114 | ||
| 7 | Lior Ben-David | 12 July 2017 | N/A | Beit Yanai | 1 | 421+ | ||
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lior Ben-David | 1 | 421+ |
| 2 | Ray Noceros | 2 | 344 |
| 3 | Mad Zenzero | 2 | 121 |
| 4 | Erez Birenboim | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Jonatahn Barak | 1 | 7 |
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