The CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship is a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

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 hardcore wrestling

Hardcore wrestling

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  championship

Championship (professional wrestling)

A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...

 owned by the Combat Zone Wrestling

Combat Zone Wrestling

Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...

 (CZW) promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

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. The title was introduced on February 5, 2005 at CZW's Only the Strong event.

Overall, there have been 16 reigns shared among 11 wrestlers. Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches

Mock combat

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 between wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines

Narrative thread

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, or by scripted circumstances. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains

Heel (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...

 or heroes

Face (professional wrestling)

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 as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship. Title changes happen mostly at CZW-promoted events, which are usually released on DVD. The inaugural champion was JC Bailey, who defeated Necro Butcher

Necro Butcher

Dylan Keith Summers is an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Necro Butcher. Throughout the years he has worked for various promotions, including Beyond Wrestling, Firestormpro, Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, IWA-Mid South, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Big Japan Pro Wrestling,...

 in an Ultraviolent Underground Barbed Wire Cage Death match on February 5, 2005 at CZW's Only the Strong event. Bailey, Brain Damage, Nick Gage

Nick Gage

Nicholas W. "Nick" Wilson is a hardcore professional wrestler best known from Combat Zone Wrestling. Along with being the first-ever CZW World Heavyweight Champion, he has wrestled at nearly every CZW show and has competed in more CZW matches than anyone...

 and Drake Younger

Drake Younger

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 are all tied for the record of most reigns, with 2 each. At 379 days, Danny Havoc

Danny Havoc

Danny Havoc is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in Combat Zone Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, and IWA Deep-South, where he is known as a hardcore wrestler.-Career:...

's only reign is the longest in the title's history. Younger's combined 2 reigns holds the record for most days as champion at 454. Sami Callihan

Sami Callihan

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's only reigns holds the record for shortest reign at less than one day. Masada

Masada (wrestler)

Not to be confused with Kazuhiko Masada, who also wrestles under the ring name MASADA.Brigham Paul Doane , better known by his ring name MASADA, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in Ring of Honor, Combat Zone Wrestling, Full Impact Pro, NWA Wildside, and his...

 is the current champion, having defeated previous champion Danny Havoc

Danny Havoc

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 for the title on July 9, 2011.

Title history

#	Order in reign history
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event	The event in which the title was won
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
							Bailey defeated Necro Butcher Necro Butcher Dylan Keith Summers is an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Necro Butcher. Throughout the years he has worked for various promotions, including Beyond Wrestling, Firestormpro, Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, IWA-Mid South, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Big Japan Pro Wrestling,...  in an Ultraviolent Underground Barbed Wire Cage Death match to become the first champion.
							The title was vacated due to a double pinfall during a match between Brain Damage and Drake Younger Drake Younger Drake Wuertz is an American professional wrestler known by his ring name Drake Younger. He has worked for a number of major independent promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling, IWA Mid-South and Chikara... .
							Damage defeated JC Bailey, Danny Havoc Danny Havoc Danny Havoc is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in Combat Zone Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, and IWA Deep-South, where he is known as a hardcore wrestler.-Career:... , and Scotty Vortekz in a Four Corners Elimination 200 Lighttubes Death match Hardcore wrestling Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling that eschews traditional concepts of match rules in favor of matches that take place in unusual environments, using foreign objects that are not normally permitted...  to win the vacant championship.
							Havoc was awarded the championship by Younger.
				+

List of combined reigns

Symbol	Meaning
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
†	Indicates the current champion(s)
<1	Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.

As of , .

RankEach reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days
	¤		The exact date in July 2005 on which JC Bailey was defeated by Zandig to win the championship during his first reign is unknown, which means that his reign lasted between and days.
	†
	¤		The exact date in July 2005 on which Zandig defeated JC Bailey to win the championship during his first reign is unknown, which means that his reign lasted between and days.

External links

• CZWrestling.com