UWF Television Championship

The UWF Television Championship, promoted by the Universal Wrestling Federation, started out as the Mid-South Television Championship in 1984 and was then represented by a medal. It was renamed when Mid-South Wrestling changed its name to the UWF in 1986 and the title medal was replaced by a belt. The TV title was the mid-level wrestlers' title during its existence. The title's final appearance was during Nikita Koloff's interview on the November 28, 1987 edition of World Championship Wrestling, with Koloff then declaring the NWA TV title was the only TV title, effectively unifying the UWF TV title into its NWA counterpart and retiring the former title.

UWF Television Championship
Details
Promotion	Universal Wrestling Federation World Championship Wrestling
Date established	May 2, 1984
Date retired	November 26, 1987
Other name(s)
Mid-South Television Championship
Statistics First champion(s) Krusher Khruschev Final champion(s) Nikita Koloff Most reigns Terry Taylor (4 times) Longest reign Eddie Gilbert (148 days) Shortest reign Nikita Koloff (less than one day)

Title History

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
1	Krusher Khruschev	May 2, 1984	MSW Show	Shreveport, Louisiana	1	45	Defeated Terry Taylor in tournament final; Magnum T. A. defeats Khruschev in May 1984, but the groggy ref gives the title medal to Khruschev
2	Terry Taylor	June 16, 1984	MSW Show	New Orleans, Louisiana	1	102
3	Adrian Street	September 26, 1984	MSW Show	Shreveport, Louisiana	1	42
4	Bill Dundee	November 7, 1984	MSW Show	Shreveport, Louisiana	1	38
5	"Nature Boy" Buddy Landel	December 15, 1984	MSW Show	Shreveport, Louisiana	1	18
6	Terry Taylor	January 2, 1985	MSW Show	Shreveport, Louisiana	2	70
—	Vacated	March 13, 1985	—	N/A	—	—	Terry Taylor won North American Championship
7	Snowman	May 8, 1985	MSW Show	Shreveport, Louisiana	1	63
8	Dutch Mantell	July 10, 1985	MSW Show	Shreveport, Louisiana	1	12
9	Butch Reed	July 22, 1985	MSW Show	New Orleans, Louisiana	1	84
—	Vacated	October 14, 1985	—	N/A	—	—	Butch Reed won North American Championship
10	Jake Roberts	January 1, 1986	MSW Show	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1	58	Defeated Dick Slater in tournament final
11	Dick Slater	February 28, 1986	MSW Show	Houston, Texas	1	16	Renamed the UWF Television Championship during Slater's reign
12	Buzz Sawyer	March 16, 1986	UWF show	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1	70	Given title by Slater
13	Terry Taylor	May 25, 1986	UWF show	Tulsa, Oklahoma	3	126
14	Buddy Roberts	September 28, 1986	UWF show	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1	42
15	Savannah Jack	November 9, 1986	UWF show	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1	119
16	Eddie Gilbert	March 8, 1987	UWF show	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1	148
17	Shane Douglas	August 3, 1987	UWF show	Morgan City, Louisiana	1	30
18	Terry Taylor	September 2, 1987	UWF show	Lafayette, Louisiana	4	85
19	Nikita Koloff	November 26, 1987	Starrcade (1987)	Chicago, Illinois	1	0
—	Deactivated	November 26, 1987	—	N/A	—	—	Koloff unified title with NWA World Television Championship

See also

• Universal Wrestling Federation
• NWA World Television Championship