USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship
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The USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship formed in 1988 when Jerry Lawler defeated Curt Hennig on May 9, 1988 for the American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight title and defeated Kerry Von Erich on December 13, 1988 for the World Class Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Title and unified the titles together.
The title was primarily recognized by and defended in the United States Wrestling Association until 1997, when the company ceased operations.
This was the first Unified World Heavyweight championship but the American Wrestling Association, however, stopped recognizing Lawler as their champion not long after the unification, meaning that the title could not be considered a unified title.
[edit] Title history
| Wrestlers: | Reign #: | Date won: | Place won: |
| Jerry Lawler | 1 | December 13, 1988 | Chicago, Illinois (Lawler unified the AWA World Heavyweight Championship & the WCCW Heavyweight Championship) |
| Master of Pain | 1 | April 1, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Jerry Lawler | 2 | April 25, 1989 | Memphis, TN |
| The Soultaker | 1 | October 23, 1989 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 3 | November 6, 1989 | Memphis, TN |
| King Cobra | 1 | December 30, 1989 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 4 | January 8, 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| Jimmy Valiant | 1 | February 26, 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 5 | March 12, 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| Jimmy Valiant | 2 | April 28, 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 6 | May 5, 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| The Snowman | 1 | June 18, 1990 | |
| David "Bane" Mosher | 1 | July 7, 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| Stripped | August 27, 1990 | Bane no-shows title defense | |
| Jerry Lawler | 7 | October 8, 1990 | Memphis, TN (Defeated Austin Idol in tournament final) |
| Terry Funk | 1 | November 5, 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 8 | March 11, 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| Awesome Kong | 1 | July 29, 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 9 | August 12, 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| The Dragon Master | 1 | August 26, 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 10 | September 2, 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| Kamala | 1 | November 25, 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 11 | December 2, 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| Held Up | December 7, 1991 | Title held up after match with Kamala | |
| Kamala | 2 | December 9, 1991 | Memphis, TN (Won rematch) |
| Held Up | February 2, 1992 | Title held up after match against Koko Ware | |
| Kamala | 3 | February 10, 1992 | Memphis, TN (Won rematch) |
| Koko Ware | 1 | February 24, 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Kamala | 4 | March 16, 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 12 | May 4, 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Eddie Gilbert | 1 | June 15, 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Ricky Morton | 1 | July 13, 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Eddie Gilbert | 2 | July 20, 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Junkyard Dog | 1 | September 21, 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Butch Reed | 1 | October 12, 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Todd Champion | 1 | October 17, 1992 | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Jerry Lawler | 13 | November 2, 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Koko Ware | 2 | December 7, 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 14 | December 14, 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Papa Shango | 2 | May 3, 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Owen Hart | 1 | June 21, 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 15 | July 5, 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Tatanka | 1 | September 13, 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 16 | September 20, 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Randy Savage | 1 | October 11, 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Vacated | November 20, 1993 | United States Wrestling Association (USWA) & World Wrestling Federation (WWF) temporarily end co-promotion | |
| Jeff Jarrett | 1 | November 22, 1993 | Memphis, TN (Won Battle Royal) |
| Jerry Lawler | 17 | December 20, 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Eddie Gilbert | 3 | January 31, 1994 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 18 | February 7, 1994 | Memphis, TN |
| Eddie Gilbert | 4 | February 14, 1994 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 19 | March 25, 1994 | Senatobia, MS |
| Sid Vicious | 1 | July 16, 1994 | Memphis, TN (Won by forfeit) |
| Jerry Lawler | 20 | February 6, 1995 | Memphis, TN |
| Bill Dundee | 1 | February 25, 1995 | Memphis, TN |
| Razor Ramon | 1 | April 3, 1995 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 21 | May 1, 1995 | Memphis, TN |
| Ahmed Johnson | 1 | November 6, 1995 | Memphis, TN |
| Jeff Jarrett | 2 | December 20, 1995 | Tunica, Mississippi |
| Stripped | March 2, 1996 | Jarrett suffers back injury | |
| Jerry Lawler | 22 | March 4, 1996 | Memphis, TN (Defeated Mabel in tournament final) |
| Held Up | March 8, 1996 | Title held up after match against Bill Dundee | |
| Jerry Lawler | 23 | April 5, 1996 | Memphis, TN (Lawler won rematch)records unclear about this match result |
| Jeff Jarrett | 3 | April 20, 1996 | Memphis, TN (Referee Frank Morrell helped Jarrett) |
| Jerry Lawler | 24 | July 24, 1996 | West Helena, Arkansas |
| Sid Vicious | 2 | August 30, 1996 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 25 | September 2, 1996 | Memphis, TN |
| The Colorado Kid | 1 | October 4, 1996 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 26 | November 16, 1996 | Memphis, TN |
| Tank | 1 | March 15, 1997 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 27 | March 22, 1997 | Memphis, TN |
| King Reginald | 1 | April 12, 1997 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 28 | April 27, 1997 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantel | 1 | August 8, 1997 | Memphis, TN |
| Title Retired | November 1997 | USWA closed |
