UWN World Championship

Professional wrestling world championship

UWN World Championship

Details
Promotion| United Wrestling Network
Date established| October 13, 2020[1]
Current champion| Jordan Cruz
Date won| July 1, 2025
(aired TBD)
Other name

UWN World Heavyweight Championship

| Statistics

First champion| Chris Dickinson
Most reigns| All Champions (1)
Longest reign| Danny Limelight (933 days)
Shortest reign| Jordan Clearwater (208 days)
Oldest champion| Chris Dickinson (34 years)
Youngest champion| Jordan Clearwater (24 years)
Heaviest champion| Chris Dickinson (235 lbs)
Lightest champion| Danny Limelight (174 lbs)

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.

## History

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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.

### Tournament Brackets

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| 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] |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| Chris Dickinson | Pin | | |
| Peter Avalon |  |
| | Chris Dickinson | Pin |
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| | | Fred Rosser |  |
| Erick Redbeard |  |

| Fred Rosser | DQ |
| | Chris Dickinson | Pin |
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| | | Mike Bennett | 18:19 |
| Shawn Daivari | Pin | |

| Rocky Romero |  |
| | Shawn Daivari |  |
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| | | Mike Bennett | Pin |
| Kevin Martenson |  |

| Mike Bennett | Pin |

## Reigns

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As of July 16, 2025.

Key  No.  | Overall reign number

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Reign  | Reign number for the specific champion
Days  | Number of days held
\+  | Current reign is changing daily
No. | Champion  | Championship change  | Reign statistics  | Notes  | Ref.

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Date  | Event  | Location  | Reign  | Days
1  | Chris Dickinson | October 2, 2021 | UWN Primetime Live | Philadelphia, PA | 1  | 227  | Defeated Mike Bennett in the finals of an 8-man single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion.  | [8]
2  | Jordan Clearwater | May 17, 2022 | Championship Wrestling presented by CarShield | Irvine, CA | 1  | 208  | Aired on tape delay on June 26, 2022.  | [9]
3  | Danny Limelight | December 11, 2022 | Championship Wrestling presented by CarShield | Irvine, CA | 1  | 933  | Aired on tape delay on December 22, 2022.  |
4  | Jordan Cruz  | July 1, 2025 | Championship Wrestling presented by CarShield | Irvine, CA | 1  | 15+  | Airing on tape delay at a later date.  |

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Toro, Carlos (October 13, 2020). "UWN World Title Introduced, Eight-Man Tournament To Crown Inaugural Champion Announced". Fightful. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
2. ^ a b c "STYLES, CABANA, ROBERTS, WALTMAN HEADING TO CWH RED CARPET RUMBLE IN CALIFORNIA NEXT MONTH | PWInsider.com". www.pwinsider.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
3. ^ Robbie Sutter (October 20, 2020). "UWN World Championship Tournament Brackets Announced". Last Word On Sports. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
4. ^ Katie Haulotte (November 17, 2020). "UWN World Title Tournament Finals Postponed". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
5. ^ "UWN Primetime Live #7". CageMatch. October 27, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
6. ^ "UWN Primetime Live #8". CageMatch. November 3, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
7. ^ "UWN Primetime Live #9". CageMatch. November 10, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
8. ^ a b Lambert, Jerry (October 3, 2021). "UWN Prime Time Live Supercard Results (10/2): Daniel Garcia, Mike Bennett, David Finlay In Action". Fightful. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
9. ^ @unitedwrestling (18 May 2022). "☝️ 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐄𝐖… The "Golden Boy" @clearlikewater1 walked away from @TheIrvineImprov with the gold, as the new…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

## External links

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* Official website

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Championships|

* World
* Heritage
* Television
* Arizona State
* Tag Team

Members|

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* Championship Wrestling

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Former|

* Combat Zone Wrestling
* Pro Wrestling Zero1
* Women Superstars United

Programming|

| Current|

* Championship Wrestling

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Former|

* UWN Primetime Live

Partnerships|

| Current|

* Reality of Wrestling

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Former|

* New Japan Pro-Wrestling
* National Wrestling Alliance

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