The USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship formed in 1988, which consisted of the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship from World Class Championship Wrestling and the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from the American Wrestling Association. The title was unified on December 13, 1988, when AWA World Champion Jerry Lawler defeated WCWA World Champion Kerry Von Erich in a unification match.
The title was primarily recognized by and defended in the United States Wrestling Association until 1997, when the company ceased operations. However, the AWA withdrew its recognition of the championship shortly after the unification match when Lawler was stripped of the AWA world title. The title was also contested in a non-televised match prior to the World Wrestling Federation's King of the Ring event in 1993.
Title history
Combined reigns
RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days1 Jerry Lawler 28 17642 Sid Vicious 2 2083 Jeff Jarrett 3 1964 Eddie Gilbert 4 1375 Terry Funk 1 1266 Kamala 4 1257 Dutch Mantel 1 85-1148 Snowman 1 709 The Soultaker/Papa Shango 2 6310 Ahmed Johnson 1 4411 The Colorado Kid 1 4312 Randy Savage 1 4013 Bill Dundee 1 3714 Koko B. Ware 2 28Razor Ramon 1 2816 Master of Pain 1 2417 Jimmy Valiant 2 21Junkyard Dog 1 2119 Todd Champion 1 1620 King Reginald 1 1521 Awesome Kong 1 14Owen Hart 1 1423 King Cobra 1 924 Ricky Morton 1 7Tank 1 7Tatanka 1 7The Dragon Master 1 728 Butch Reed 1 5
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