UWC United States Championship
The United Wrestling Coalition (UWC) United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship in the American independent professional wrestling promotion United Wrestling Coalition. It became an official title on May 4, 2003 when Rob Eckos became the first champion.[1] The title was retired on September 10, 2011, and reinstated on December 1, 2012. The championship is held by Iron Bull Argus, who is in his first reign as champion. There have been 31 reigns by 27 wrestlers, nine vacancies, one reign where two wrestlers were recognized as co-champion, and three reigns which are not officially recognized by the UWC.
| UWC United States Championship | |||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | United Wrestling Coalition | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | May 4, 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Iron Bull Argus | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | March 14, 2020 | ||||||||||||||
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Title lineage
As of August 6, 2020
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| † | Indicates the title change is not recognized by UWC |
|---|---|
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Successful title defenses | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Eckos | 1 | May 4, 2003 | 364 | 0 | Pemberton, NJ | Defeated Section 8 in a tournament final[1] |
| — | Vacated | — | May 2, 2004 | — | N/A | Pemberton, NJ | Vacated when Eckos fails to make a scheduled title defense[2] |
| 2 | Jay Lethal | 1 | May 2, 2004 | 364 | 0 | Pemberton, NJ | Defeated Chris Hero in a match for the vacant title[2] |
| — | Vacated | — | May 1, 2005 | — | N/A | Pemberton, NJ | Vacated when Lethal fails to make a scheduled title defense[3] |
| 3 | Joe Rules | 1 | December 10, 2005 | 512 | 1 | Pemberton, NJ | As UWC Commissioner, awards self the title[3] |
| 4 | Cindy Rogers | 1 | May 6, 2007 | 216 | 0 | Pemberton, NJ | Defeats Taylor Nicole (defending the title for Joe Rules) and Roxie Cotton in a three way match[4] |
| — | Vacated | — | December 8, 2007 | — | N/A | Pemberton, NJ | Vacated when Cindy Rogers fails to make a scheduled title defense[5] |
| 5 | Mitch Franklin | 1 | December 8, 2007 | 364 | 0 | Pemberton, NJ | Defeats Bobby Piper in a match for the vacant title[5] |
| — | Vacated | — | December 6, 2008 | — | N/A | Pemberton, NJ | Vacated when Mitch Franklin fails to make a scheduled title defense[6] |
| 6 | Joe Rules | 2 | December 6, 2008 | 441 | 1 | Pemberton, NJ | Defeats Hubie Volk and Taylor Nicole in a three-way match for the vacant title[6] |
| 7 | Dr. Hurtz | 1 | February 20, 2010 | 56 | 1 | Browns Mills, NJ | [7] |
| — | Vacated | — | April 17, 2010 | — | N/A | Browns Mills, NJ | Vacated when Dr. Hurtz fails to make a scheduled title defense[8] |
| 8 | Joe Rules | 3 | April 17, 2010 | 28 | 0 | Browns Mills, NJ | Defeats Rudo the Heel in a match for the vacant title[8] |
| 9 | Orphan | 1 | May 15, 2010 | 154 | 2 | Browns Mills, NJ | Taylor Nicole was the special referee[9] |
| 10 | Legion | 1 | October 16, 2010 | 147 | 1 | Browns Mills, NJ | [10] |
| 11 | Warhead | 1 | March 12, 2011 | 182 | 3 | Browns Mills, NJ | [11] |
| — | Retired | — | September 10, 2011 | — | N/A | Browns Mills, NJ | Title is retired by the UWC Board of Directors and is replaced by the UWC Television Championship |
| 12 | Mighty Mo | 1 | December 1, 2012 | 371 | 7 | Browns Mills, NJ | Won reactivated title by defeating Zizou Middoux, Michael Blake, Nathan Avery, Andd Bivians, and Vinny DeMarco in a six way match.[12] |
| 13 | Oz | 1 | December 7, 2013 | 63 | 1 | Browns Mills, NJ | Won title in a Six Gun Challenge match that also included Peter Cross, Max Durdin III, Nathan Avery, and Chris Bohren.[13] |
| 14 | Nathan Avery | 1 | February 8, 2014 | 63 | 1 | Browns Mills, NJ | [14] |
| 15 | "Textbook" Philly Madison | 1 | April 12, 2014 | 63 | 0 | Browns Mills, NJ | [15] |
| 16 | The Ripper | 1 | June 14, 2014 | 14 | 0 | Browns Mills, NJ | [16] |
| 17 | Kid USA | 1 | June 28, 2014 | 77 | 0 | New Egypt, NJ | [17] |
| — | Vacated | — | September 13, 2014 | — | N/A | Browns Mills, NJ | Title held up after a controversial ending to the original title match between Ripper and Kid USA. |
| — | The Ripper | 2† | September 13, 2014 | 0 | Browns Mills, NJ | Steals the belt from Kid USA and declares himself the US Champion, though this is not recognized by the UWC. | |
| — | Jimmy Lyon | 1† | September 13, 2014 | 35 | 0 | Browns Mills, NJ | Awards self the stolen title after defeating The Ripper. Title change not recognized by UWC.[18] |
| — | Nathan Avery | 2† | October 18, 2014 | 98 | 0 | Browns Mills, NJ | Steals the stolen title from Lyon after a match. Title change not recognized by UWC. |
| — | Vacated | — | January 24, 2015 | — | N/A | Browns Mills, NJ | Stolen title reclaimed by UWC, title once again declared officially vacant. |
| 18 | Jimmy Lyon | 1 | March 21, 2015 | 168 | 3 | New Egypt, NJ | Defeated Mighty Mo, Nathan Avery, Anthony Graves, JJ Cruz, and Oz in a Six Gun Challenge to win vacant championship.[19] |
| 19 | Geoffrey Bravo | 1 | September 5, 2015 | 293 | 4 | Wrightstown, NJ | [20] |
| 20 | The Great Cerenzio | 1 | June 25, 2016 | 112 | 1 | Wrightstown, NJ | [21] |
| 21 | Geoffrey Bravo | 2 | October 15, 2016 | 56 | 0 | Wrightstown, NJ | [22] |
| 22 | Silly Billy | 1 | December 10, 2016 | 0 | Wrightstown, NJ | [23] | |
| — | Vacated | — | December 10, 2016 | — | N/A | Wrightstown, NJ | Title vacated by Silly Billy after announcing his retirement.[23] |
| 23 | Jimmy Pipes | 1 | January 28, 2017 | 224 | 2 | Wrightstown, NJ | Won the vacant title in a Six Gun Challenge match that also included Geoffrey Bravo, The Great Cerenzio, "Textbook" Philly Madison, Daisy, and Spectrum.[24] |
| 24 | Definitely Donnie | 1 | September 9, 2017 | 217 | 2 | Wrightstown, NJ | [25] |
| 25 | Jay "The Key" Evans | 1 | April 14, 2018 | 210 | 4 | Wrightstown, NJ | [26] |
| 26 | JJ Cruz and Craig Z-List | 1 | November 10, 2018 | 21 | 0 | Wrightstown, NJ | JJ Cruz and Craig Z-List win the title in a handicap match from Jay "The Key" Evans. UWC recognizes both men as the collective UWC United States Champion.[27] |
| 26 | Jay "The Key" Evans | 2 | December 1, 2018 | 133 | 1 | Wrightstown, NJ | Evans won the title in a three way match that included both Cruz and Z-List.[28] |
| 27 | Jay Curcio | 1 | April 13, 2019 | 0 | Wrightstown, NJ | Curcio won the title via forfeit when Evans failed to appear for a mandatory scheduled title defense.[29] | |
| 28 | Lost Boy Kirby | 1 | April 13, 2019 | 35 | 0 | Wrightstown, NJ | [29] |
| 29 | Jay Curcio | 2 | May 19, 2019 | 140 | 2 | Wrightstown, NJ | |
| 30 | The Orphan | 2 | October 5, 2019 | 161 | 1 | Wrightstown, NJ | |
| 31 | Iron Bull Argus | 1 | March 14, 2020 | 145+ | 1 | Wrightstown, NJ | |
List of combined reigns
As of August 6, 2020
| <1 | Indicates that the combined total is less than one day. |
| Rank | Wrestler | # Of Reigns | Combined Days | Total Title Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Rules | 3 | 981 | 2 |
| 2 | Mighty Mo | 1 | 371 | 7 |
| 3 | Rob Eckos | 1 | 364 | 0 |
| Mitch Franklin | 1 | 364 | 0 | |
| Jay Lethal | 1 | 364 | 0 | |
| 6 | Geoffrey Bravo | 2 | 349 | 4 |
| 7 | Jay "The Key" Evans | 2 | 343 | 5 |
| 8 | Orphan | 2 | 315 | 3 |
| 9 | Jimmy Pipes | 1 | 224 | 2 |
| 10 | Definitely Donnie | 1 | 217 | 2 |
| 11 | Cindy Rogers | 1 | 216 | 0 |
| 12 | Warhead | 1 | 182 | 3 |
| 13 | Jimmy Lyon | 1 | 168 | 3 |
| 14 | Legion | 1 | 147 | 1 |
| 15 | Jay Curcio | 1 | 140 | 2 |
| 16 | The Great Cerenzio | 1 | 112 | 1 |
| 17 | Iron Bull Argus | 1 | 145+ | 1 |
| 18 | Kid USA | 1 | 77 | 0 |
| 19 | Oz | 1 | 63 | 1 |
| Nathan Avery | 1 | 63 | 1 | |
| "Textbook" Philly Madison | 1 | 63 | 0 | |
| 22 | Dr. Hurtz | 1 | 56 | 1 |
| 23 | Lost Boy Kirby | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| 24 | JJ Cruz and Craig Z-List | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| 25 | The Ripper | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| 26 | Silly Billy | 1 | 0 | |
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See also
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