United National Heavyweight Championship (Zero1) Explained

Championshipname:United National Heavyweight Championship
Promotion:Pro Wrestling Zero1
Created:January 31, 2004
Mostreigns:Shito Ueda/Masakado (3)
Firstchamp:Masato Tanaka
Longestreign:Kengo Mashimo (937 days)
Shortestreign:Paul Tracy (2 days)
Youngest:Toshiki Iwaki
Heaviest:Shogun Okamoto (264 lb)
Lightest:Sean Guinness and Ikuto Hidaka (176 lb)
Pastnames:NWA United National Heavyweight Championship
Titleretired:May 3, 2020

The United National Heavyweight Championship[1] (often shortened to UN Championship) was a professional wrestling title in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1. It was one of Zero1's top two singles titles, along with the World Heavyweight Championship. The title was created on January 31, 2004 as the NWA United National Heavyweight Championship. Masato Tanaka, then known as Masa Tanaka, defeated Steve Corino in an Indian strap match to become the first champion.[2] It was created at a time when Zero1 was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA); when Zero1 departed the NWA in late 2004, NWA ceased recognizing or sanctioning it, though it retained the NWA initials. The title was revived by NWA Pro Wrestling in 2011, with NWA beginning to sanction title matches in Zero1 that same year after Zero1 was reinstated as a member of the NWA. NWA stopped sanctioning the title and the NWA initials were dropped after Zero1 left the NWA again later in 2011. In 2020, the championship was retired. There were a total of 26 recognized champions who had a combined 32 official reigns.

Combined reigns

As of, .

Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerdata-sort-type="number"No. of
reigns
data-sort-type="number"Combined
defenses
data-sort-type="number"Combined days
11 2 937
23 7 458
32 8 379
41 3 314
51 0 313
61 2 280
71 2 275
81 5 258
91 1 257
101 5 251
111 3 250
121 2 199
131 3190
141 0 182
151 0 170
162 2 163
17Buffa 1 1 133
181 1 117
2 1 117
201 1 107
212 1 106
221 0 72
23Sandy Beach 1 0 47
241 0 39
251 0 30
261 0 26
271 0 2

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pro Wrestling Zero1 official results archives. 2007-07-10. ZERO-ONE-MAX.com. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070726155754/http://www.zero-one-max.com/results_archives.html. 2007-07-26.
  2. Web site: NWA United National Heavyweight Championship official title history. 2007-07-10. ZEROONEUSA.com.