WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
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The WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the top title contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the World Wrestling Council. The championship was established in July 1982, as the WWC World Heavyweight Championship, when the company was named Capitol Sports Promotions.
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Promotion | World Wrestling Council (WWC) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | June 20, 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Chris Adonis | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | August 6, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The championship received its current name following a match between Carlos Colón (WWC World Heavyweight Champion) and Ric Flair (NWA World Heavyweight Champion) where the "Champion of the Universe" was supposed to be determined. The first champion was Abdullah the Butcher, who was billed as champion upon the title's creation. Since being established, the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship has been held by forty-nine different wrestlers and has also been held up on nineteen occasions and vacated or stripped thirteen times.