UWA World Heavyweight Championship - Title History

Title History

Key
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
† Indicates Championship reigns after the UWA closed down

As of May 23, 2013.

# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
01 !1 Lou Thesz 01 !1 01977-08-15August 15, 1977 377 N/A Live event Thesz was awarded the title after fighting Mil Máscaras to a time limit draw at the UWA's first event on 01976-07-26July 26, 1976.
02 !2 El Canek 01 !1 01978-08-27August 27, 1978 508 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event
03 !3 Tiger Jeet Singh 01 !1 01980-01-17January 17, 1980 87 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event
04 !4 Antonio Inoki 01 !1 01980-04-13April 13, 1980 194 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event
05 !5 Tiger Jeet Singh 02 !2 01980-10-24October 24, 1980 114 Okinawa, Japan Live event
06 !6 El Canek 02 !2 01981-02-15February 15, 1981 523 Naucalpan, México Live event
07 !7 Riki Choshu 01 !1 01982-07-23July 23, 1982 65 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event
08 !8 El Canek 03 !3 01982-09-26September 26, 1982 219 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event
09 !9 Tatsumi Fujinami 01 !1 01983-05-01May 1, 1983 42 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event
10 !10 El Canek 04 !4 01983-06-12June 12, 1983 252 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event
11.5 !— Vacated — 01984-02-19February 19, 1984 — N/A N/A Championship vacated Canek lost a triangle match02002-11-25November 25, 2002
11 !11 Dos Caras 01 !1 01984-02-26February 26, 1984 119 Naucalpan, México Live event Defeated Enrique Vera in a tournament final.
12 !12 El Canek 05 !5 01984-06-24June 24, 1984 310 Naucalpan, México Live event
13 !13 Scorpio 01 !1 01985-04-30April 30, 1985 61 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event
14 !14 El Canek 06 !6 01985-06-30June 30, 1985 548 N/A Live event
15 !15 Dos Caras 02 !2 01986-12-30December 30, 1986 Unknown Naucalpan, México Live event
16 !16 El Canek 07 !7 1987 Unknown N/A Live event
17 !17 The Killer 01 !1 1987 Unknown N/A Live event
18 !18 El Canek 08 !8 1987 Unknown N/A Live event
19 !19 Perro Aguayo 01 !1 01988-03-04March 4, 1988 62 N/A Live event
20 !20 El Canek 09 !9 01988-05-05May 5, 1988 566 N/A Live event
21 !21 Big Van Vader 01 !1 01989-11-22November 22, 1989 382 Naucalpan, México Live event
22 !22 El Canek 10 !10 01990-12-09December 9, 1990 420 Naucalpan, México Live event
23 !23 Dos Caras 03 !3 01992-02-02February 2, 1992 154 Naucalpan, México Live event
24 !24 El Canek 11 !11 01992-07-05July 5, 1992 210 Naucalpan, México Live event
25 !25 Canadian Vampire Casanova 01 !1 01993-01-31January 31, 1993 322 Naucalpan, México Live event
26 !26 El Canek 12 !12 01993-12-19December 19, 1993 75 Naucalpan, México Live event
27 !27 Yamato 01 !1 01994-03-14March 14, 1994 4 Puebla, Puebla Live event
28 !28 El Canek † 13 !13 01994-03-18March 18, 1994 1976 Nezahualcóyotl, México Live event The UWA closed in 1995, however the title continued to be defended in other promotions.
29 !29 Cadaver de Ultratomba † 01 !1 01999-08-15August 15, 1999 22 Tehuacán, Puebla Live event
30 !30 El Canek † 14 !14 01999-09-06September 6, 1999 867 Tehuacán, Puebla Live event
31 !31 Cibernético † 01 !1 02002-01-20January 20, 2002 299 Salamanca, Guanajuato Live event
32 !32 El Canek † 15 !15 02002-11-15November 15, 2002 581 Orizaba, Veracruz Live event
33 !33 Dr. Wagner, Jr. † 01 !1 02004-06-18June 18, 2004 3261+ Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event

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