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The Universal Wrestling Federation was a 1986 re-branding of wrestler-turned-owner Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling promotion. Watts' goal was to elevate his promotion from a relatively smaller, regional-level business, to a national-level rival of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE ).
North American Heavyweight Title. [Tri-State/Mid-South] Wins a fictitious tournament to become the first champion; or wins "in Phoenix, Arizona over 100 other wrestlers" (Longview News-Journal, Longview, TX, 69/07/24). Repeated in Little Rock, AR on next day.
Watts garnered fame under his "Cowboy" gimmick in his wrestling career, and then as a promoter in the Mid-South United States, which grew to become the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF).
In professional wrestling, the UWF Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship contested in the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and its predecessor, Mid-South Wrestling. The title was established in 1979 as the Mid-South Tag Team Championship, renamed the UWF Tag Team Championship in 1986, and abandoned the following year when the ...
No.ChampionChampionship Change(date)Championship Change(event)1Mike George and Bob SweetanSeptember 28, 1979MSW show2Bill Watts and Buck RobleyNovember 12, 1979MSW show3The Fabulous Freebirds ( Michael Hayes ...December 7, 1979MSW show4Ted DiBiase and Paul OrndorffMarch 10, 1980MSW showReigning Mid-South tag team champions, recognized as UWF world champions. Title held-up after the match against Fantastics on 86-08-17 in Tulsa, OK. Defeat Fantastics in rematch.
Universal Wrestling Federation In March 1986, MSW went national and was relaunched as the UWF. From that point, many newcomers (mostly from World Class Championship Wrestling) joined the federation, as did former WCCW co-promoter Ken Mantell.
May 31, 2021 · Universal Wrestling Federation Championship Wrestling Date: October 25, 1986 Location: Tulsa Convention Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma Commentators: Jim Ross, Terry Taylor
