UWN World Championship
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(aired July 20, 2025)
| UWN World Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | United Wrestling Network | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 13, 2020[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Jordan Cruz | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | July 1, 2025 (aired July 20, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||
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UWN World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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The UWN World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship owned by the United Wrestling Network promotion. Similar to the "Traveling Champion" concept made famous by the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship, the UWN champion is recognized across the Network's affiliates.[2]
Initially announced in 2014 as the "UWN World Heavyweight Championship",[2] the title was re-introduced on October 13, 2020;[1] along with the announcement of an eight-man tournament to crown the inaugural champion.[1] One year later, on October 2, 2021, Chris Dickinson defeated Mike Bennett on UWN Primetime Live in the finals to become the first champion.
The current champion is Jordan Cruz, who is in his first reign.
Tournament Brackets
In the Summer of 2014, it was announced at Championship Wrestling From Hollywood that a tournament to crown the first UWN World Heavyweight Champion would be held.[2]
On October 13, 2020, at UWN Primetime Live, David Marquez revealed the UWN World Championship for the first time.[1] Marquez re-announced a tournament of eight-man to crown the inaugural champion, when the participants of the tournaments would be revealed on the October 20 edition of UWN Primetime Live.[1]
The original lineup featured former WWE wrestler Erick Redbeard (formerly Rowan) versus Watts, Chris Dickinson versus AEW wrestler & Championship Wrestling From Arizona founder Peter Avalon, New Japan Pro-Wrestling young lion Karl Fredericks versus former WWE star Fred Rosser (FKA Darren Young), and Mike Bennett versus Davey Boy Smith Jr.[3] However, for unknown reasons, Watts, Fredericks, and Davey Boy pulled from the tournament. Redbeard ended up facing Rosser, Bennett wrestled Kevin Martenson, and a new match was made between Shawn Daivari and Rocky Romero.
On November 17, 2020, the UWN announced that the finals of the tournament between Bennett & Dickenson were postponed after Dickenson suffered an injury.[4] The tournament resumed on the October 2, 2021 Primetime Live special, where Dickinson defeated Bennett to become the inaugural champion.
| Quarter-final UWN Primetime Live 10/21/20[5] & 11/3/2020[6] | Semi-final UWN Primetime Live 11/10/2020[7] | Final UWN Primetime Live 10/2/2021[8] | ||||||||||||
| Chris Dickinson | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Peter Avalon | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Dickinson | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Fred Rosser | ||||||||||||||
| Erick Redbeard | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Rosser | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Chris Dickinson | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mike Bennett | 18:19 | |||||||||||||
| Shawn Daivari | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rocky Romero | ||||||||||||||
| Shawn Daivari | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Bennett | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Martenson | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Bennett | Pin | |||||||||||||
