UWF Television Championship

UWF Television Championship
Details
PromotionUniversal Wrestling Federation
World Championship Wrestling
Date establishedMay 2, 1984
Date retiredNovember 26, 1987
Other name(s)
  • Mid-South Television Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Krusher Khruschev
Final champion(s)Nikita Koloff
Most reignsTerry Taylor (4 times)
Longest reignEddie Gilbert (148 days)
Shortest reignNikita Koloff (less than one day)

The UWF Television Championship, promoted by the Universal Wrestling Federation, started out as the Mid-South Television Championship in 1984 and was then represented by a medal. It was renamed when Mid-South Wrestling changed its name to the UWF in 1986 and the title medal was replaced by a belt. The TV title was the mid-level wrestlers' title during its existence. The title's final appearance was during Nikita Koloff's interview on the November 28, 1987 edition of World Championship Wrestling, with Koloff then declaring the NWA TV title was the only TV title, effectively unifying the UWF TV title into its NWA counterpart and retiring the former title.

Title History

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Krusher Khruschev May 2, 1984 MSW Show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 45 Defeated Terry Taylor in tournament final; Magnum T. A. defeats Khruschev in May 1984, but the groggy ref gives the title medal to Khruschev
2 Terry Taylor June 16, 1984 MSW Show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 102
3 Adrian Street September 26, 1984 MSW Show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 42
4 Bill Dundee November 7, 1984 MSW Show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 38
5 "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel December 15, 1984 MSW Show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 18
6 Terry Taylor January 2, 1985 MSW Show Shreveport, Louisiana 2 70
— Vacated March 13, 1985 — N/A — — Terry Taylor won North American Championship
7 Snowman May 8, 1985 MSW Show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 63
8 Dutch Mantell July 10, 1985 MSW Show Shreveport, Louisiana 1 12
9 Butch Reed July 22, 1985 MSW Show New Orleans, Louisiana 1 84
— Vacated October 14, 1985 — N/A — — Butch Reed won North American Championship
10 Jake Roberts January 1, 1986 MSW Show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 58 Defeated Dick Slater in tournament final
11 Dick Slater February 28, 1986 MSW Show Houston, Texas 1 16 Renamed the UWF Television Championship during Slater's reign [1]
12 Buzz Sawyer March 16, 1986 UWF show Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1 70 Given title by Slater
13 Terry Taylor May 25, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 3 126
14 Buddy Roberts September 28, 1986 UWF show Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1 42
15 Savannah Jack November 9, 1986 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 119
16 Eddie Gilbert March 8, 1987 UWF show Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 148
17 Shane Douglas August 3, 1987 UWF show Morgan City, Louisiana 1 30
18 Terry Taylor September 2, 1987 UWF show Lafayette, Louisiana 4 85
19 Nikita Koloff November 26, 1987 Starrcade (1987) Chicago, Illinois 1 0
— Deactivated November 26, 1987 — N/A — — Koloff unified title with NWA World Television Championship

See also

References

  1. ^ Hoops, Brian (February 28, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/28): Andersen & Hansen win NWA Tag Titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 28, 2017.