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In both cases, the unification process was started by Nikita's home promotion, Jim Crockett Promotions, upon absorbing another promotion ( Georgia Championship Wrestling and the Mid-South UWF, respectively), and in both cases the titles from the absorbed promotions were abandoned. In 1986, he unified the NWA National Heavyweight Championship into his NWA United States Heavyweight Championship by defeating Wahoo McDaniel, and in 1987 he unified the (Mid-South) UWF Television Championship into his NWA World Television Championship by defeating Terry Taylor.

The first two prominent unifications of titles in the United States were done by Nikita Koloff.

Both championships remain active and are defended and lost together under one name, but title changes reflect each individual title's history.

In a title-for-title match, one of three things will happen:

#Awa world heavyweight championship belt professional#

In professional wrestling, championships may be unified to consolidate the number of championships in a given promotion, or to add legitimacy and prestige to a certain title's lineage.

For undisputed champions in professional wrestling, see Undisputed championship (professional wrestling).Ĭhampionship unification is the act of combining two or more separate professional wrestling championships into a single title. For the term in professional boxing, see Undisputed championship (boxing). This article is about the term in professional wrestling.