Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts)
Championship : Last Champion ( s ) : Active From : Active Till : Notes :
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Nick Aldis 1948 Still active Despite not being a member of the National Wrestling Alliance , Mid-South recognized the NWA World Heavyweight Championship as the highest title in the organization
Mid-South North American Championship Hacksaw Jim Duggan 1969 May 1986 Title was originally named the NWA Tri-State North American Championship but renamed when Bill Watts bought out most of the NWA Tri-State territory in 1979
Mid-South Television Championship Dick Slater May 2 , 1984 1986 Title renamed UWF Television Championship in 1986
Mid-South Tag Team Championship Ted DiBiase and Steve Williams September 28 , 1979 1986 Title renamed UWF Tag Team Championship in 1986
Mid-South Louisiana Championship Hacksaw Jim Duggan October 16 , 1964 1983 Originally called the NWA Tri-State Louisiana Heavyweight Championship , renamed after Bill Watts bought most of the NWA Tri-State territory
Championships -- Mid-South Wrestling
The Universal Wrestling Federation was owner Bill Watts' attempt at taking his Mid-South Wrestling promotion to a national level in 1986. The attempt failed and in 1987, Watts sold the promotion to Jim Crockett Promotions and it became part of what would later be known as World Championship Wrestling. The promotion had started out as an NWA Territory known as NWA Tri-State founded by Leroy McGuirk in the 1950s. Tri-State promoted in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, the same area that Watts's Mid-South wrestling ran in before attempting to go national. In 1990, Herb Abrams started an unrelated wrestling promotion with the same name.