UWN Heritage Heavyweight Championship

This article is about the championship initially known as the "NWA Heritage Championship" in California. For the Oregon-based championship, see NWA Heritage Championship.
UWN Heritage Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionChampionship Wrestling
(United Wrestling Network)
Date establishedOctober 21, 2006
Current champion(s)Kevin Martenson
Date wonNovember 15, 2022
(aired December 4, 2022)
Other name(s)
  • NWA Heritage Championship
  • CWFH Heritage Heavyweight Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Adam Pearce
Longest reignPeter Avalon (672 days)
Shortest reignShaun Ricker (<1 day)
Oldest championWillie Mack (31 years)
Youngest championJordan Cruz (24 years)[1]
Heaviest championWillie Mack (280 lb.)
Lightest championScorpio Sky (176 lb.)

The UWN Heritage Heavyweight Championship is a title controlled by the United Wrestling Network, and defended in Championship Wrestling. The title was established on October 21, 2006 as the NWA Heritage Championship.

Title history

On January 1, 2012, the championship was abandoned after champion Atsushi Sawada lost the championship belt during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. On May 5, 2013, Scorpio Sky pinned Shaun Ricker in a rematch from the Red Carpet Rumble tournament, from earlier that day, to re-establish the title as the CWFH Heritage Heavyweight Championship.[2][3]

On August 24, 2014, The Hobo challenged Ricky Mandel to a dumpster match, in which he won by putting Mandel in the dumpster; this was the first time the championship changed hands in a dumpster gimmick match.[citation needed] In 2021, the title was renamed the UWN Heritage Heavyweight Championship.[citation needed]

Names

Name Years
NWA Heritage Championship
(later CWFH Heritage Heavyweight Championship) 		October 21, 2006 – May 8, 2021
UWN Heritage Heavyweight Championship May 8, 2021 – present

Reigns

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
† Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
1 Adam Pearce October 21, 2006 AWS Halloween Slaughterhouse III Industry, CA 1 182 Defeated The Plague in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
2 Sean Waltman April 21, 2007 NWA Pro Wrestling Summit El Paso, TX 1 8 Aired on the January 23, 2008 edition of NWA Wrestling Showcase.
3 Adam Pearce April 29, 2007 NWA Pro Wrestling Summit Loredo, TX 2 378
— Vacated May 11, 2008 — — — — Adam Pearce relinquishes the championship as he was already holding NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
4 T. J. Perkins June 1, 2008 M1W Santa Ana, CA 1 194 Perkins won a battle royal to win the vacant championship at NWA Mach One Wrestling's debut show.
5 Ryan Taylor December 12, 2008 EWF Holiday Fear 2008 Covina, CA 1 122 Taylor won the championship in a belt on a pole match.
6 Oliver John April 13, 2009 PWR Las Vegas, NV 1 474 This was a four–way elimination match also involving Chris Hero and Steve Anthony.
7 Atsushi Sawada July 31, 2010 PWR Watsonville, CA 1 519
— Vacated January 1, 2012 — — — — The championship was vacated due to the effects and aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Another version of the NWA Heritage Championship was introduced by NWA Circle City Wrestling on January 23, 2016.
United Wrestling Network
8 Shaun Ricker May 5, 2013 Championship Wrestling From Hollywood season 3 episode 27 Anaheim, CA 1 <1 Ricker won a Red Carpet Rumble match to win the vacant championship. Aired on tape delay on May 19, 2013.
9 Scorpio Sky May 5, 2013 CWFH TV Taping Anaheim, CA 1 252 This was a loser leaves Hollywood match. This match was scheduled to air on June 2, 2013 on tape delay, but was never aired due to the controversial finish; the title was later officially changed to the CWFH Heritage Heavyweight Championship.
10 Ricky Mandel January 12, 2014 Championship Wrestling From Hollywood season 3 episode 15 Port Hueneme, CA 1 224
11 The Hobo August 24, 2014 Championship Wrestling From Hollywood TV Taping Port Hueneme, CA 1 182 [4]
12 Johnny Yuma February 22, 2015 Unknown Port Hueneme, CA 1 182
13 Peter Avalon August 23, 2015 Unknown Port Hueneme, CA 1 672
14 Tito Escondido June 25, 2017 CWFH Red Carpet Rumble 2017 Port Hueneme, CA 1 308
15 Willie Mack April 29, 2018 CWFH TV Taping Port Hueneme, CA 1 168
— Vacated October 14, 2018 — — — — Championship vacated for unknown reasons.
16 Royce Isaacs October 14, 2018 Unknown Port Hueneme, CA 1 56
17 Andy Brown December 9, 2018 Unknown Port Hueneme, CA 1 252
18 Watts August 18, 2019 Red Carpet Rumble Port Hueneme, CA 1 384 This was a Red Carpet Rumble match.
19 Ray Rosas September 5, 2020 CWFH TV Taping Port Hueneme, CA 1 84
20 Jordan Clearwater November 28, 2020 CWFH TV Taping Port Hueneme, CA 1 28
21 Richie Slade December 26, 2020 CWFH TV Taping Port Hueneme, CA 1 133
22 Jordan Cruz May 8, 2021 Halston Boddy's Coastline Clash Port Hueneme, CA 1 374 Renamed to the UWN Heritage Heavyweight Championship during Cruz's reign.
23 Zicky Dice May 17, 2022 Championship Wrestling presented by CarShield Irvine, CA 1 182 This was a three-way match also involving Danny Rivera. This aired on tape delay on June 12. [5]
24 Kevin Martenson November 11, 2022 Championship Wrestling presented by CarShield Irvine, CA 1 780+ This aired on tape delay on December 4.

Combined reigns

As of January 3, 2025.

Record longest reigning champion Peter Avalon
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined days
1 Peter Avalon 1 672
2 Adam Pearce 2 560
3 Kevin Martenson † 1 780+
4 Atsushi Sawada 1 519
5 Oliver John 1 474
6 Watts 1 384
7 Jordan Cruz 1 374
8 Tito Escondido 1 308
9 Andy Brown 1 252
Scorpio Sky 1 252
11 Ricky Mandel 1 224
12 T. J. Perkins 1 194
13 Zicky Dice 1 183
14 The Hobo 1 182
Johnny Yuma 1
16 Willie Mack 1 168
17 Ryan Taylor 1 122
18 Ray Rosas 1 84
19 Royce Isaacs 1 56
20 Jordan Clearwater 1 28
22 Sean Waltman 1 8
23 Shaun Ricker 1 <1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jordan Cruz". Cagematch. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Championship Wrestling from Hollywood". Facebook. 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  3. ^ "2nd New Hollywood Heritage Champion Crowned". SoCalUNCENSORED.com. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  4. ^ "New Champions crowned in Port Hueneme, Ca". August 25, 2014.
  5. ^ @CWFHollywood (19 May 2022). "The @unitedwrestling Heritage Championship is ..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.