The UWN World Championship is a

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owned by the

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promotion. The title was introduced on October 13, 2020, and the winner of an eight-man tournament being crowned the inaugural champion. On October 2, 2021, Chris Dickinson defeated Mike Bennett on

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in the finals to become the first champion. The current champion is Danny Limelight, who is in his first reign.

History

On October 13, 2020, at ''

'', David Marquez revealed the UWN World Championship for the first time. Marquez 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''. The original lineup featured former

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(formrly Rowan) versus Watts, Chris Dickinson versus

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versus former WWE star

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(FKA Darren Young), and Mike Bennett versus

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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

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and

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. On November 17, 2020, the UWN announced that the finals of the tournament between Bennett & Dickenson were postponed after Dickenson suffered an injury. The tournament resumed on the October 2, 2021 Primetime Live special, where Dickinson defeated Bennett to become the inaugural chammpion.

Tournament Brackets

Reigns

As of , .

References

External links

* {{United Wrestling Network United Wrestling Network championships World professional wrestling championships