The United Wrestling Network (UWN) is a

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for

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s in the

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that was formed in 2013.

History

On October 21, 2013, David Marquez, promoter of Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (CWFH), announced the creation of a new governing body called the United Wrestling Network (UWN). Similar to the

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(NWA), of which CWFH was formally a member promotion, the UWN sees its affiliated promotions "pool their resources" and work together to secure national television advertising. For a wrestling company to join the group, they must have a television broadcast agreement or agree to produce their own broadcasts. Soon after its formation, an offshoot promotion called Championship Wrestling from Arizona was launched.ABOUT - United Wrestling Network
/ref> In the Summer of 2014, CWFH announced a tournament to crown the first UWN World Heavyweight Champion, who would be recognized across the UWN's affiliates. On August 10, 2020, UWN announced a partnership with the NWA to produce

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, a series of events aired weekly from

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at the Thunder Studios. Debuting on September 15, Primetime Live's first event saw NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion

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defend the title against Mike Bennett in the main event. At the October 13 Primetime Live event, David Marquez revealed the UWN World Championship for the first time and announced an eight-man tournament to crown the inaugural champion. However, on November 17, 2020, the UWN announced that the tournament finals had been postponed after finalist Chris Dickinson suffered an injury. During the Summer of 2021, UWN announced the launch of Championship Wrestling from Atlanta, which will air on Peachtree TV, and be taped from Center Stage in

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. On July 15, Marquez announced on

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that Championship Wrestling from Atlanta would premiere on Saturday September 2 at 10 p.m On August 19, it was announced that the UWN World Championship tournament would resume at the September 2 Atlanta tapings. On February 17, 2022, UWN announced in a press release that they will be merging the Hollywood, Arizona and Atlanta ''Championship Wrestling'' programs into a singular broadcast called ''Championship Wrestling presented by CarShield''. The first taping for the new show will take place at the Irvine Improv in

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on March 22.

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