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UWN Primetime Live suspending events until 2021

Posted on by Bryan Rose

UWN Prime Time Live will not be running any shows for the rest of the year

United Wrestling Network President Dave Marquez announced during tonight’s show that the live pay-per-view events will be taking a break after tonight’s show. 

Marquez stated that due to the pandemic and specific restrictions taking place in California, where UWN produces their shows, they will be suspending PPV events until 2021, when they plan on running shows again.

A planned UWN title match between Mike Bennett and Chris Dickinson will take place sometime in 2021.

Prime Time Live, which features a combination of NWA and United Wrestling Network talent, started its run on September 15. Significant title changes that took place on the program include Serena Deeb defeating Thunder Rosa for the NWA Women’s title, Trevor Murdoch defeating Aron Stevens to win the NWA National Heavyweight championship, and Elijah Burke defeating Zicky Dice to win the NWA World Television championship.

New NWA Tag Team Champions crowned on UWN Primetime Live

Posted on by Joseph Currier

New NWA Tag Team Champions were crowned on this week’s edition of UWN Primetime Live.

Aron Stevens & JR Kratos defeated James Storm & Eli Drake on Primetime Live last night to win the NWA Tag Team titles. The match was originally announced as Storm & Drake vs. Stevens & The Question Mark, but Stevens came out for the match alone. Kratos attacked Storm & Drake, then Stevens said no one could prove Kratos isn’t The Question Mark.

Stevens & Kratos got the win after Kratos low blowed Storm.

Prior to losing the titles last night, Storm & Drake had been NWA Tag Team Champions since defeating The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) and The Wild Cards (Thomas Latimer & Royce Isaacs) in a triple threat match at the NWA’s Hard Times pay-per-view this January.

This is the fourth NWA title change to take place on Primetime Live since the weekly PPV series debuted this September. Trevor Murdoch defeated Stevens for the NWA National Championship in September. Last month, The Pope (Elijah Burke) defeated Zicky Dice for the NWA Television title and Serena Deeb defeated Thunder Rosa for the NWA Women’s Championship.

UWN reveals Primetime Live World title tournament bracket

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The United Wrestling Network has revealed the bracket for their tournament to crown a UWN World Champion.

The openweight, multi-week tournament features eight participants. Here are the first round matches:

Left side of the bracket —

  • Erick Redbeard (formerly known as Erick Rowan in WWE) vs. Watts
  • Chris Dickinson vs. Peter Avalon

Right side of the bracket —

  • Karl Fredericks vs. Fred Rosser (formerly known as Darren Young in WWE)
  • Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Mike Bennett

The tournament will kick off with Dickinson vs. Avalon taking place on next Tuesday’s edition of UWN Primetime Live. The Primetime Live weekly pay-per-view series launched last month and is a partnership between the UWN, the NWA, and Thunder Studios.

The UWN’s David Marquez tweeted about the World title tournament: “#Primetimelive is truly the epicenter of pro wrestling. My thx to NWA AEW NJPW MLW for their cooperation! Join us next week for The Librarian Peter Avalon Vs @DirtyDickinson! BE THERE!”

This week’s edition of Primetime Live featured The Pope (Elijah Burke) defeating Zicky Dice to win the NWA Television title.