Ultimate Wrestling Israel (UWI), the fourth wrestling federation in Israel was founded in November 2015. The UWI currently has one belt, the UWI Shomer Shabbos Heavyweight Championship, previously known as the UWI Heavyweight Championship until February 2017.
UWI Shomer Shabbos Heavyweight Championship UWI Heavyweight Championship crowned its first champion on 5 March 2016. On 1 February 2017 it was renamed to the UWI Shomer Shabbos Heavyweight Championship.
Original tournament
The tournament to crown the original holder of the UWI Heavyweight Championship was held over the source of three separate shows. 10 December 2015 saw the quarterfinals at UWI Showdown. On 7 January 2016 at UWI Gold Rush, there were the semifinals of the tournament. The finals were held on 5 March 2016 at UWI There Can Only Be One. MatchResultsUWI Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinals1 Hellboy beat Kraken2 The Boss beat Yaniv Sniper3 Ray Noceros beat Tomer Shalom4 Udi M beat Yagi SanUWI Heavyweight Championship tournament semifinals1 The Boss beat Lev Bar-Tera by disqualification2 Ray Noceros beat Mad Zenzero and Udi M (three way match)UWI Heavyweight Championship tournament finals1 Ray Noceros beat The Boss
Reigns
Combined reigns †Indicates the current champion RankChampionNo. of reignsCombined days1 Lior Ben-David 1 +2 Ray Noceros 2 3443 Mad Zenzero 2 1214 Erez Birenboim 1 225 Jonatahn Barak 1 7
See also Professional wrestling in Israel
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