United National Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)
The United National Heavyweight Championship[1] (often shortened to UN Championship) is a professional wrestling title in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1. It is one of ZERO1's top two singles titles, along with the Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship. The UN title was created on January 31, 2004, when Masato Tanaka defeated Steve Corino in an Indian strap match, wrestling as Masa Tanaka.[2][3] It was founded at a time when Zero1 was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance; since the two organizations' parting in late 2004, the NWA does not recognize or sanction it, though it retains the NWA initials. There have been a total of 26 recognized champions who have had a combined 32 official reigns. The title was revived by NWA Pro Wrestling in January 2011. NWA began recognizing title and sanctioning title matches in January 2011 after Zero1 was reinstated as a member of NWA. NWA stopped sanctioning the title after Zero1 left the NWA again in 2011.
| United National Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | New Wrestling Alliance Pro Wrestling Zero1 Zero1 Pro Wrestling Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | January 31, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Chris Vice | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | January 18, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other name(s) | |||||||||||||||||
NWA United National Heavyweight Championship (Zero1) | |||||||||||||||||
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Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
| (NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Masa Tanaka | January 31, 2004 | U$A – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 251 | 5 | Defeated Steve Corino in an Indian strap match. | [3] | |
| Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) | ||||||||||
| 2 | Takao Omori | October 8, 2004 | New Whirlpool-1 Truth II 2004 – Day 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 107 | 1 | This was a steel cage match. | [4] | |
| — | Vacated | January 23, 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Omori winning the World Heavyweight Championship of AWA Superstars of Wrestling. | [2] | |
| 3 | C.W. Anderson | March 27, 2005 | MAX Strong Wind & Thunder – Day 5 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 313 | 0 | Defeated Kohei Sato. | [5] | |
| — | Vacated | February 3, 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to a back injury. | [6] | |
| 4 | Kohei Sato | February 26, 2006 | Happening – Day 5 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 258 | 5 | Defeated Ryouji Sai. | [7] | |
| 5 | Ryouji Sai | November 11, 2006 | Max Around '06 – Day 8 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 117 | 1 | [8] | ||
| 6 | Daisuke Sekimoto | March 8, 2007 | Max Satisfaction – Day 1: Ex-Impact | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 250 | 3 | [9] | ||
| 7 | Yoshihito Sasaki | November 13, 2007 | Believe Your Way 2007 – Day 8 – Shinjiro Otani, Takao Omori, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Kamikaze 15th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 90 | 1 | [10] | ||
| 8 | Sandy Beach | February 11, 2008 | Solidarity – Day 3 | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 47 | 0 | [11] | ||
| 9 | Yoshihito Sasaki | March 29, 2008 | Whirlwind – Day 7 | Sapporo, Japan | 2 | 27 | 0 | [12] | ||
| — | Vacated | April 25, 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to injury. | [2] | |
| 10 | Kengo Mashimo | May 4, 2008 | Kaientai Dojo's GWSP6 2008 – Day 4: Kengo Mashimo Produce | Chiba, Japan | 1 | 937 | 2 | Defeated Ryouji Sai. | ||
| — | Vacated | November 27, 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to inactivity. | [2] | |
| (NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) | ||||||||||
| 11 | Hartley Jackson | February 19, 2011 | NWA Pro Australia: Meltdown 2011 | Adelaide, Australia | 1 | 263 | 8 | Defeated Robby Heart to become the new Zero1 / NWA United National Champion. | ||
| 12 | Shito Ueda | November 9, 2011 | Yarisugi Forever II | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 13 | 0 | [13] | ||
| 13 | Paul Tracy | November 22, 2011 | God's of Shimane Country Tour 2011 – Day 1 | Matsue, Japan | 1 | 2 | 0 | [13] | ||
| 14 | Shito Ueda | November 24, 2011 | God's of Shimane Country Tour 2011 – Day 3 | Kumamoto, Japan | 2 | 255 | 4 | |||
| 15 | Yusaku Obata | August 5, 2012 | Midsummer Festival ~ Fire Festival 2012 – Day 11 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 72 | 0 | |||
| 16 | James Raideen | October 16, 2012 | World | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 257 | 1 | |||
| Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) | ||||||||||
| 17 | Ikuto Hidaka | June 30, 2013 | Fusion | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Zeus | July 30, 2013 | Fire Festival (2013) – Day 8 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 170 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Tama Williams | January 16, 2014 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 199 | 2 | |||
| 20 | Hideki Suzuki | August 3, 2014 | Fire Festival (2014) | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 275 | 2 | |||
| 21 | Kamikaze | May 5, 2015 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 141 | 2 | |||
| 22 | Toshiki Iwaki | September 23, 2015 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 39 | 0 | Won the match by disqualification; awarded the title by referee Katsumi Sasazaki, who was assaulted by Kamikaze during the match. | [14] | |
| 23 | Kamikaze | November 1, 2015 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 24 | Yoshikazu Yokoyama | November 23, 2015 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 25 | Masakado | December 19, 2015 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 190 | 3 | Masakado previously held the title under the name Shito Ueda. | ||
| 26 | Buffa | June 26, 2016 | Super Fireworks Captain Super Fireworks | Kakegawa, Japan | 1 | 133 | 1 | |||
| 27 | Hartley Jackson | November 6, 2016 | Kohei Sato 15th Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 116 | 0 | This was a three-way match, also involving Kamikaze. | ||
| 28 | Sean Guinness | March 2, 2017 | Shinsei Zero1 Dream Series ~ Birthday Party | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 182 | 0 | |||
| — | Vacated | August 31, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Guinness relinquished the title to focus on wrestling as a junior heavyweight. | ||
| 29 | Super Tiger | September 30, 2017 | Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa 25th Anniversary Convention | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 190 | 3 | Defeated Hartley Jackson to win the vacant title. | ||
| 29 | Chris Vice | April 8, 2018 | 15th Yasukuni Shrine Festival | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 56 | 1 | |||
| 30 | Shogun Okamoto | June 3, 2018 | Shinsei Zero1 Sapporo First Landing ~ No Gravity Warrior Sugi Sapporo First Visit | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 280 | 2 | |||
| 31 | Towa Iwasaki | March 10, 2019 | Sayonara West Holy Land Hakata Star Lanes | Fukuoka, Japan | 1 | 314 | 3 | |||
| 32 | Chris Vice | January 18, 2020 | Skill Up To The Future ~ Towards A Dream | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 372+ | 0 | |||
Combined reigns
As of January 24, 2021.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kengo Mashimo | 1 | 2 | 937 |
| 2 | Shito Ueda/Masakado | 3 | 7 | 458 |
| 3 | Chris Vice † | 2 | 1 | 428+ |
| 4 | Hartley Jackson | 2 | 8 | 379 |
| 5 | Towa Iwasaki | 1 | 3 | 314 |
| 6 | C.W. Anderson | 1 | 0 | 313 |
| 7 | Shogun Okamoto | 1 | 2 | 280 |
| 8 | Hideki Suzuki | 1 | 2 | 275 |
| 9 | Kohei Sato | 1 | 5 | 258 |
| 10 | James Raideen | 1 | 1 | 257 |
| 11 | Masato Tanaka | 1 | 5 | 251 |
| 12 | Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | 3 | 250 |
| 13 | Tama Williams | 1 | 2 | 199 |
| 14 | Super Tiger | 1 | 3 | 190 |
| 15 | Sean Guinness | 1 | 0 | 182 |
| 16 | Zeus | 1 | 0 | 170 |
| 17 | Kamikaze | 2 | 2 | 163 |
| 18 | Buffa | 1 | 1 | 133 |
| 19 | Ryouji Sai | 1 | 1 | 117 |
| Yoshihito Sasaki | 2 | 1 | 117 | |
| 21 | Takao Omori | 1 | 1 | 107 |
| 22 | Yusaku Obata | 1 | 0 | 72 |
| 23 | Sandy Beach | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| 24 | Toshiki Iwaki | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| 25 | Ikuto Hidaka | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| 26 | Yoshikazu Yokoyama | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| 27 | Paul Tracy | 1 | 0 | 2 |
See also
References
- "Pro Wrestling Zero1 official results archives" (in Japanese). ZERO-ONE-MAX.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- "NWA United National Heavyweight Championship official title history". ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- "Zero-One*U$A tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- "Zero-One New Truth Whirlpool-1 II tour official results". ZEROONEUSA.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- "ZERO1-MAX Strong Wind & hinder tour results". ZEROONEUSA.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- "NWA United National Heavyweight Championship title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- "ZERO1-MAX Happening tour results". ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
- "ZERO1-MAX MAX Around tour results". ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
- "ZERO1-MAX Ex-Impact results". ZEROONEUSA.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
- "Zero1-Max Believe Your Way tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- "ZERO1-MAX Solidarity tour results". ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
- "ZERO1-MAX Whirlwind tour results". ZEROONEUSA.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- "Pro-Wrestling ZERO1 Results: 2011" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- "５月デビューの磐城がまさかの戴冠". Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-10-05.
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