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The USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship formed in 1988 when Jerry Lawler defeated Curt Hennig on May 9, 1988 for the American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight title and defeated Kerry Von Erich on December 13, 1988 for the World Class Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Title and unified the titles together.
The title was primarily recognized by and defended in the United States Wrestling Association until 1997, when the company ceased operations.
This was the first Unified World Heavyweight championship but the American Wrestling Association, however, stopped recognizing Lawler as their champion not long after the unification, meaning that the title could not be considered a unified title.
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Reigns: | Date: | Place: |
| Jerry Lawler | 1 | December 13 1988 | Chicago, Illinois (Lawler unified the AWA World Heavyweight Championship & the WCWA Heavyweight Championship) |
| Master of Pain (AKA The Undertaker) | 1 | April 1 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Jerry Lawler | 2 | April 25 1989 | Memphis, TN |
| The Soultaker | 1 | October 23 1989 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 3 | November 6 1989 | Memphis, TN |
| King Cobra | 1 | December 30 1989 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 4 | January 8 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| Jimmy Valiant | 1 | February 26 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 5 | March 12 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| Jimmy Valiant | 2 | April 28 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 6 | May 5 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| The Snowman | 1 | June 18 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| Stripped | August 27 1990 | Snowman no-shows title defense | |
| Jerry Lawler | 7 | October 8 1990 | Memphis, TN (Defeated Austin Idol in tournament final) |
| Terry Funk | 1 | November 5 1990 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 8 | March 11 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| Awesome Kong | 1 | July 29 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 9 | August 12 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| The Dragon Master | 1 | August 26 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 10 | September 2 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| Kamala | 1 | November 25 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 11 | December 2 1991 | Memphis, TN |
| Held Up | December 7 1991 | Title held up after match with Kamala | |
| Kamala | 2 | December 9 1991 | Memphis, TN (Won rematch) |
| Held Up | February 2 1992 | Title held up after match against Koko Ware | |
| Kamala | 3 | February 10 1992 | Memphis, TN (Won rematch) |
| Koko Ware | 1 | February 24 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Kamala | 4 | March 16 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 12 | May 4 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Eddie Gilbert | 1 | June 15 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Ricky Morton | 1 | July 13 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Eddie Gilbert | 2 | July 20 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Junkyard Dog | 1 | September 21 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Butch Reed | 1 | October 12 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Todd Champion | 1 | October 17 1992 | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Jerry Lawler | 13 | November 2 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Koko Ware | 2 | December 7 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 14 | December 14 1992 | Memphis, TN |
| Papa Shango | 2 | May 3 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Owen Hart | 1 | June 21 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 15 | July 5 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Tatanka | 1 | September 13 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 16 | September 20 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Randy Savage | 1 | October 11 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Vacated | November 20 1993 | United States Wrestling Association (USWA) & World Wrestling Federation (WWF) temporarily end co-promotion | |
| Jeff Jarrett | 1 | November 22 1993 | Memphis, TN (Won Battle Royal) |
| Jerry Lawler | 17 | December 20 1993 | Memphis, TN |
| Eddie Gilbert | 3 | January 31 1994 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 18 | February 7 1994 | Memphis, TN |
| Eddie Gilbert | 4 | February 14 1994 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 19 | March 25 1994 | Senatobia, MS |
| Sid Vicious | 1 | July 16 1994 | Memphis, TN (Won by forfeit) |
| Jerry Lawler | 20 | February 6 1995 | Memphis, TN |
| Bill Dundee | 1 | February 25 1995 | Memphis, TN |
| Razor Ramon | 1 | April 3 1995 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 21 | May 1 1995 | Memphis, TN |
| Ahmed Johnson | 1 | November 6 1995 | Memphis, TN |
| Jeff Jarrett | 2 | December 20 1995 | Tunica, Mississippi |
| Stripped | March 2 1996 | Jarrett suffers back injury | |
| Jerry Lawler | 22 | March 4 1996 | Memphis, TN (Defeated Mabel in tournament final) |
| Held Up | March 8 1996 | Title held up after match against Bill Dundee | |
| Jerry Lawler | 23 | April 5 1996 | Memphis, TN (Lawler won rematch)records unclear about this match result |
| Jeff Jarrett | 3 | April 20 1996 | Memphis, TN (Referee Frank Morrell helped Jarrett) |
| Jerry Lawler | 24 | July 24 1996 | West Helena, Arkansas |
| Sid Vicious | 2 | August 30 1996 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 25 | September 2 1996 | Memphis, TN |
| The Colorado Kid | 1 | October 4 1996 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 26 | November 16 1996 | Memphis, TN |
| Tank | 1 | March 15 1997 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 27 | March 22 1997 | Memphis, TN |
| King Reginald | 1 | April 12 1997 | Memphis, TN |
| Jerry Lawler | 28 | April 27 1997 | Memphis, TN |
| Dutch Mantel | 1 | August 8 1997 | Memphis, TN |
| Title Retired | November 1997 | USWA closed | |
See also
"USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship"