World Heavyweight Championship (USW)

The World Heavyweight Championship (formerly known as the USW World Heavyweight Championship) is a world championship competed for in the American professional wrestling promotion Ultimate Showcase Wrestling, currently being competed for on the Friday Night Severity brand. The championship is one of two world championships in Ultimate Showcase Wrestling, alongside the USW Championship on the Wednesday Night Intensity brand. The current champion is Norris Cadavery, who is in his second reign as champion.
The championship was established on January 12, 2013 as one of two world championships for the promotion. In March of 2016, after the inaugural Ultimate Showcase Wrestling brand split, the World Heavyweight Championship became exclusive property to Friday Night Severity, becoming the brand's sole world championship, while the USW Championship became the sole world championship of Wednesday Night Intensity.
== History ==
After the creation of Ultimate Showcase Wrestling, the promotion announced the creation of five championships, the World Heavyweight Championship being one of the two world championships in the promotion. Upon the debut episode of Wednesday Night Intensity, the World Heavyweight Championship was officially declared active. While originally being created as one of two world championships in the promotion, the World Heavyweight Championship was never seen as important compared to the USW Championship, often times with the World Heavyweight Championship being the second to last match on the pay per view card.
After the inaugural brand extension in March of 2016, the World Heavyweight Championship became exclusive property of the Severity brand, becoming the brand's sole world championship. At this time, the USW Championship became exclusive property of the Intensity brand.
== Reigns ==
The World Heavyweight Championship has featured 37 different reigns being shared amongst 22 different performers.
The first World Heavyweight Champion was Brandon Stickler, who held the championship for 32 days in the championship's inaugural reign. Chris Ross has won the championship the most times in the title's history, having held the championship five times, his most recent reign having started on December 31, 2017 and ended on March 25, 2018. Dustin Ramond holds the record for the longest reign, specifically his only reign with the title, having started on October 7, 2015 and ended on April 24, 2016, ending at 200 days. Westernlight and Derrick Carter hold the record for the shortest reign with the title, both reigns lasting less than a day.
No. 	Performer 	Reign	Date Won 	Date Lost 	Days Held	Notes
1 	Brandon Stickler	1 	January 30, 2013 	March 3, 2013 	32 	
2 	Chris Ross 	1 	March 3, 2013 	May 26, 2013 	84 	
3 	Chain Reaction 	1 	May 26, 2013 	June 30, 2013 	35 	
4 	Chris Ross 	2 	June 30, 2013 	September 1, 2013 	63 	
5 	Westernlight 	1 	September 1, 2013 	September 4, 2013 	3 	
6 	Chris Ross 	3 	September 4, 2013 	October 27, 2013 	52 	
7 	YoYo Joe 	1 	October 27, 2013 	November 24, 2013 	28 	
8 	Chris Ross 	4 	November 24, 2013 	January 26, 2014 	63 	
9 	Cannon 	1 	January 26, 2014 	March 12, 2014 	45 	
10 	Majagetta 	1 	March 12, 2014 	May 25, 2014 	74 	
11 	Capitol 	1 	May 25, 2014 	August 3, 2014 	70 	
12 	Seth 	1 	August 3, 2014 	August 31, 2014 	28 	
13 	Capitol 	2 	August 31, 2014 	February 22, 2015 	175 	
14 	Seth 	2 	February 22, 2015 	March 1, 2015 	7 	
15 	Capitol 	3 	March 1, 2015 	March 29, 2015 	28 	
16 	Seth 	3 	March 29, 2015 	June 21, 2015 	84 	
17 	Westernlight 	2 	June 21, 2015 	August 30, 2015 	70 	
VACATED1 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Vacated due to wager in match. 	 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Clyde 	1 	October 4, 2015 	October 7, 2015 	3 	
19 	Dustin Ramond 	1 	October 7, 2015 	April 24, 2016 	200 	
20 	Westernlight2 	3 	April 24, 2016 	April 24, 2016 	>1 	
21 	Hernastly 	1 	April 24, 2016 	October 23, 2016 	182 	
22 	Crimson Red 	1 	October 23, 2016 	December 30, 2016 	68 	
23 	Austin Atomic 	1 	December 30, 2016 	April 30, 2017 	121 	
24 	Majagetta 	2 	April 30, 2017 	August 27, 2017 	119 	
25 	Alexander Rotten	1 	August 27, 2017 	November 26, 2017 	91 	
26 	Morbid 	1 	November 26, 2017 	December 31, 2017 	35 	
27 	Chris Ross 	5 	December 31, 2017 	March 25, 2018 	84 	
28 	Cannon 	2 	March 25, 2018 	April 29, 2018 	35 	
29 	Majagetta 	3 	April 29, 2018 	August 26, 2018 	119 	
30 	Alexander Rotten	2 	August 26, 2018 	September 23, 2018	28 	
31 	Eli Kaynor3 	1 	September 23, 2018	December 23, 2018 	91 	
VACATED 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Vacated due to Eli Kaynor suffering a knee injury.	 	 	 	 	 	
32 	Derrick Carter 	1 	April 28, 2019 	April 28, 2019 	>1 	
33 	Hernastly 	2 	April 28, 2019 	September 29, 2019	154 	
34 	Crosby Thorne 	1 	September 29, 2019	October 27, 2019 	28 	
35 	Norris Cadavery 	1 	October 27, 2019 	November 24, 2019 	28 	
36 	Xavier King &
Zack Ardin	1 	November 24, 2019 	February 28, 2020 	96 	
37 	Norris Cadavery 	2 	February 28, 2020 	present 	1+ 	
1 Championship was vacated after Westernlight lost a "Loser Vacated Championship" match against then-USW Champion Alexander Rotten, forcing him to drop the championship and end his reign as World Heavyweight Champion.
2 Westernlight defeated Dustin Ramond in a Steel Cage Match at Call To Greatness XI to become the new World Heavyweight Champion, but shortly after the match, he was attacked by then-Key and Case holder Hernastly, who used the contract for an immediate championship match immediately after the match, ending Westernlight's reign at one minute and fifteen seconds.
3 Eli Kaynor was forced to vacate the World Heavyweight Championship after being injured at Aftershock 2018, forcing him out of action and being unable to actively defend the championship. Upon the championship being vacated, a thirty-two man tournament between sixteen performers from the Intensity and Severity brands was contested to determine a new World Heavyweight Champion in the finals of the tournament at Call To Greatness XIV.
== Championship Belt Design ==
=== Current Design ===
The current belt's design features an elongated centerplate reading "World Heavyweight" and "Champion" on the top and bottom of the plate with a globe in between the lettering. There are six side plates, with two stacked on each other directly opposite of the centerplate, with one on each side of the main side plates with a champion holding up the title in a ring.
=== Past Championship Designs ===
On January 12, 2013 when the World Heavyweight Championship was revealed, the original championship design featured a large ovular center plate with a circular hill on the top, reading "USW Heavyweight Wrestling Champion" over a name plate. That was the official championship design for the championship until March of 2014. 
The most previous design was a diamond-shaped center plate with the words "World Heavyweight Champion" in the middle. There are no side plates, with the leather strap having white stitching reading of a name plate on the side of the center plate under the stitched words of "This championship is property of" declaring the holder of the championship.