UWF Heavyweight Championship was a title owned by which WWE Hall of Fame inductee, from 2009?
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UWF Heavyweight Championship The UWF Heavyweight Championship was the premier title in the Universal Wrestling Federation owned by Bill Watts. When Mid-South Wrestling Association changed its name to the UWF, the Mid-South North American title was retired and a tournament was held to crown a new UWF Heavyweight Champion. When Jim Crockett Promotions purchased the UWF, the title was defended in Crockett for a while and was then retired. It should not be confused with the UWF Heavyweight Championship that was defended in the Universal Wrestling Federation promotion owned by Herb Abrams. That title and promotion began several years after Watts' promotion was sold.
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Bill Watts William F. Watts Jr. (born May 5, 1939) is an American former professional wrestler, promoter, and WWE Hall of Fame Inductee (2009). Watts was famous under his "Cowboy" gimmick in his wrestling career, and then as a tough, no-nonsense promoter in the Mid-South United States, which grew to become the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF).
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Stephan Bonnar Stephan Patrick Bonnar (born April 4, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and retired professional mixed martial artist and a UFC Hall of Famer who competed as a Light Heavyweight for the UFC. Bonnar was the runner-up on The Ultimate Fighter 1. His TUF Ultimate Finale loss to Forrest Griffin is considered to be one of the most important fights in the history of the UFC. He is currently under contract for Bellator MMA. For most of his MMA career Bonnar played the "role of the underdog", this is particularly exemplified in his fight with Anderson Silva at UFC 153.
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Carlos Colón Sr. Carlos Edwin Colón González Sr. (born July 18, 1948) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler and wrestling promoter, better known as Carlitos Colón or simply Carlos Colón. He is, along with Victor Jovica, an owner of the Puerto Rican wrestling promotion World Wrestling Council (WWC), where he has held the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship a record 26 times. He is the patriarch of the Colón wrestling family, composed by his sons Carly and Eddie, daughter Stacy and nephew Orlando. In 2014, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and the following year into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.
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Billy Sandow Wilhelm Baumann (September 4, 1884 – September 15, 1972), better known as Billy Sandow, was an American professional wrestler and promoter. He is best remembered as the manager of professional wrestler Ed "Strangler" Lewis and a subsequent member of the famed Gold Dust Trio promotion that changed the face of the industry during the 1920s (along with Lewis and Joseph "Toots" Mondt). He may have taken his ring name from Eugen Sandow, a professional wrestler and strongman in the late 19th century; in turn, former WWE wrestler Damien Sandow would adopt his own ring name in honor of Sandow almost a century later. Sandow also served as manager for such wrestling champions as Billy Jenkins, Marin Plestina, Jumping Joe Savoldi and Everett Marshall, and also used the ring name The Zebra Kid in 1951. He was a charter inductee of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Shawn Jordan Shawn Jordan (born October 24, 1984) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the World Series of Fighting's Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2009, Jordan has also formerly competed for Strikeforce, Bellator MMA and Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Mike Kruel Michael "Mike" Mayo Jr. (born October 22, 1982) is an American professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Mike Kruel. He began his career in the independent circuit, wrestling in Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling, Ring of Honor, East Coast Wrestling Association and USA Pro Wrestling, while occasionally making appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In July 2006, he joined WWE's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he held both the OVW Heavyweight Championship and the OVW Television Championship. He also worked in WWE's other developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling, before being released by the promotion on January 2009.
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WXW C4 Ultimate Heavyweight Championship The World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) Ultimate Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship in the American independent professional wrestling promotion World Xtreme Wrestling. Lance Anoa'i is the current champion in his second reign, he beat Bo Nekoda on July12, 2015 at a WXW house show for the championship. There have been 18 WXW Ultimate Heavyweight Championship reigns and 13 total champions with one vacancy.
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Bob Backlund Robert Louis Backlund (born August 14, 1949) is an American professional wrestler with an in-ring career spanning over 30 years, best known for his tenures in the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation (WWWF/WWF, later known as World Wrestling Entertainment and currently simply known as WWE), where he is a two-time WWWF/WWF Heavyweight Champion/WWF World Heavyweight Champion (Backlund's first reign is the second longest reign in the title history, behind Bruno Sammartino's first), as well as being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013.
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MWF Heavyweight Championship The MWF Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling title in American independent promotion Millennium Wrestling Federation. The title was created when Tiger Mulligan defeated John Brooks in a 17-man "Soul Survivor" competition in Lynn, Massachusetts on May 31, 2003. The title was primarily defended in the greater Boston area as well as in southern New England. There have been a total of 7 recognized individual champions, who have had a combined 9 official reigns.
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FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship The FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned and promoted by Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW, now known as NXT Wrestling), a former developmental territory of WWE. It is contested for in their heavyweight division. The championship was created and debuted on February 15, 2008 at a FCW house show.
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List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions The list of NWA World Heavyweight Champions is a chronological list of wrestlers that have held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) professional wrestling world heavyweight championship. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship (Catch as Catch Can version; 1905–1957), which traces its lineage to George Hackenschmidt's 1905 title which Frank Gotch won from him in 1908. This effectively makes it one of the oldest surviving wrestling championship in the world.
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Abraham Washington Brian Bary Jossie (born July 4, 1977), better known by his ring name Abraham Washington (abbreviated A.W.), is an American professional wrestler and former professional wrestling manager. He is best known for his time in WWE.
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FOW Heavyweight Championship The FOW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in American independent promotion Future of Wrestling. The title was created when "Ram Man" Johnny Evans won the title in Miami, Florida on May 1, 1998. It was defended throughout southern Florida, most often in Davie, Oakland Park, Pembroke Pines and occasionally in Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa, Florida. The title was also defended outside the United States during international tours to Peru and Saudi Arabia in 1999 and 2002 respectively. There have been a total of 18 recognized individual champions, who have had a combined 26 official reigns.
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2009 in professional wrestling 2009 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
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Drew Gulak Drew Gulak is an American professional wrestler, who is currently signed to WWE, performing on its Raw brand. Promotions he has worked for in the past include Chikara, Dragon Gate USA, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Westside Xtreme Wrestling and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he is a former one-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion, two-time CZW World Tag Team Champion, one-time CZW Wired TV Champion, and 2005 Chris Cash Memorial Battle Royal winner.
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Joe Silva Joe Silva is a former UFC matchmaker and a 2017 inductee into the UFC Hall of Fame.
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OVW Heavyweight Championship The OVW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion. The title was introduced on August 17, 1997 at an OVW live event, then known as the NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship due to OVW's relationship with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body. OVW eventually parted ways with the NWA in October 2001, and the title was renamed the OVW Heavyweight Championship. OVW later became a developmental territory for the World Wrestling Entertainment organization, but their partnership eventually ceased on February 7, 2008. The title has no known weight-limit, even though it is a heavyweight championship.
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Mando Guerrero Armando Guerrero (born June 9, 1950), better known as Mando Guerrero, is a retired Mexican-born American professional wrestler. He also was the trainer for the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, an all-female professional wrestling promotion.
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Kenichi Yamamoto (mixed martial artist) Kenichi Yamamoto (山本 喧一 , Yamamoto Ken'ichi ) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. Known for his pro wrestling career in UWF International, Yamamoto also competed against some of the best MMA fighters of his era in RINGS, Pride and the UFC, taking on Kevin Randleman, Genki Sudo and Pat Miletich, among others.
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Ryan Benoit Ryan Michale Benoit (born August 25, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2009, he has also competed for Shark Fights and the MFC.
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June Byers DeAlva Eyvonnie Sibley (May 25, 1922 – July 20, 1998), better known by her ring name of June Byers, was an American women's professional wrestler famous in the 1950s and early 1960s. She held the Women's World Championship for ten years and is a member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.