UWA Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version)
Encyclopedia
The Vancouver
version of the UWA Heavyweight Championship was the top singles title in All Star Wrestling
from its establishment sometime after All Star disaffiliated from the National Wrestling Alliance
in late-1985 until the promotion closed in 1989.
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
version of the UWA Heavyweight Championship was the top singles title in All Star Wrestling
NWA All Star Wrestling
NWA All Star Wrestling is a former Canadian professional wrestling promotion, based in Vancouver, British Columbia.-Early History:Although other wrestling promotions existed in Vancouver prior to the early 1960s , All Star became the...
from its establishment sometime after All Star disaffiliated from the National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
in late-1985 until the promotion closed in 1989.
Title history
Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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Al Tomko Al Tomko Al Tomko was a Canadian professional wrestler and wrestling promoter.-Professional wrestling career:Tomko started out as a wrestler in his hometown of Winnipeg on July 9, 1954 with the Madison Wrestling Club, losing his debut match to John DePaulo. During that same period, he ran his own promotion... |
1 | ? | Title awarded | |
Mike Stone | 1 | 1986 | Cloverdale, BC Cloverdale, British Columbia Cloverdale is an historic town and designated town centre of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, located near Langley, which is east of Vancouver. The town was founded initially as a small farm community in 1870 for its fertile land and temperate climate, and has since become enveloped by suburban... |
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Joe Cagle | 1 | 1986 | British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
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Rick Davis | 1 | November 1, 1986 | Cloverdale, BC | |
J.R. Bundy (not King Kong Bundy King Kong Bundy Christopher Alan "Chris" Pallies is an American professional wrestler, stand-up comedian and actor, better known by his ring name, King Kong Bundy.-Personal:... ) |
1 | December 2, 1986 | Burnaby, BC | |
Billy Two Eagles | 1 | 1986 | British Columbia | |
Timothy Flowers | 1 | April 3, 1987 | Vancouver, BC Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... |
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John Tenta John Tenta John Anthony Tenta was a Canadian professional wrestler known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake and later Golga, and in World Championship Wrestling as Avalanche and The Shark.-Early life:John Tenta was born in Surrey, British Columbia... |
1 | circa September 1987 | British Columbia | |
Vacant | 1987 | Title vacant | ||
Richie Magnet | 1 | January 2, 1988 | Cloverdale, BC | |
John Tenta | 2 | 1988 | British Columbia | |
Sweet Daddy Sampson | 1 | November 8, 1988(?) | Burnaby, BC Burnaby, British Columbia Burnaby is a city in British Columbia, Canada, located immediately to the east of Vancouver. It is the third-largest city in British Columbia by population, surpassed only by nearby Surrey and Vancouver.... |
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Title retired | July 1989 | Promotion closes (Title may have been abandoned before then) |
External links
- UWA Heavyweight title history (Vancouver)
- Vance Nevada's Canadian Wrestling Results Archive (Western Canada 1985-1989)