Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero
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Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero is an American
United States
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 Independent professional wrestling promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...

 based in Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...

. Founded by promoter Steve Neilson in 2002 which was originally American Professional Wrestling until January of 2003 when it was changed to Ultra Championship Wrestling Zero. There objective is to promote events in the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain Region
The Rocky Mountain Floristic Region, also known as the Rocky Mountain Floristic Province, is a floristic region within the Holarctic Kingdom in western North America delineated by Armen Takhtajan and Robert F...

 and Southwestern United States
Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States is a region defined in different ways by different sources. Broad definitions include nearly a quarter of the United States, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah...

. One of its shows at the 2008 Festival Latinoamericano
Festival Latinoamericano
Festival Latinoamericano, or Latin American Festival, is an annual three day Labor Day weekend festival in downtown Provo, Utah. The festival highlights Utah's Hispanic culture through food, vendors, and performances and is free to the public...

 in Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...

 set an attendance record with over 1,000 people present at opening night.

It was affiliated with AWA Superstars from 2005 to 2007, and is currently a member the National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...

 co-promoting events with NWA Pro. A number of independent wrestlers spent their early careers in the promotion, most notably, 'Blitz' Mason, who was established as the first UCW-Zero Heavyweight Champion, Derrick Jannety, Los Mochis'Paco, and Martin Casaus who was the promotion's first UCW-Zero Ultra-X Champion and in 2011 also was apart of WWE "Tough Enough". UCW-Zero has also featured former wrestlers from Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...

, Total Non-Stop Action and the WWE.

History

UCW-Zero was founded by Salt Lake City native Steve Neilson in early 2003. According to Neilson, he decided to start a local professional wrestling promotion in order to discourage his sons from participating in backyard wrestling
Backyard wrestling
Backyard wrestling , and also referred to as yarding or backyarding is a controversial underground recreation based on the usually untrained practice of professional-style wrestling in a typically low budget environment between predominantly 12 to 30 year old males. Some practitioners have attended...

. He initially built a basement wrestling ring at his home where they could wrestle safely, then later bought a used boxing ring
Boxing ring
A boxing ring is the space in which a boxing match occurs. A modern ring, which is set on a raised platform, is square with a post at each corner to which four parallel rows of ropes are attached with a turnbuckle...

, and were later joined by their friends. Shortly after one of the wrestlers, Los Mochi Paco, developed a website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...

 for UCW-Zero "other promoters started noticing the Website and the wrestling ring and began to contact us. From there, we started training to be pro wrestlers and started doing shows". Neilson eventually established a wrestling school from his personal ring and was able to gather a small group of well-trained local wrestlers. He himself would appear as "Stevie Slick" whose in-ring persona is modeled after World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...

's "Mr. McMahon".

Throughout 2003 and 2004 their shows were held at the Centro Civico Mexicano in Salt Lake City. and at St. Joseph's Church in West Jordan, Utah
West Jordan, Utah
West Jordan is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. West Jordan is a rapidly growing suburb of Salt Lake City and has a mixed economy. According to the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 103,712, placing it as the fourth most populated in the state. The city occupies the...

 in 2005. That same year, it became affiliated with AWA Superstars. On December 13, 2003 at Season's beatings II, Blitz Mason teamed with TNA Superstar David Young in a tag team main event against Derrick Jannety and TNA Superstar Eliz Skipper. On February 7, 2004, at UCW's Mochi-Polloza Event at the Utah State Fairgrounds, Blitz Mason was defeated by TNA Superstar AJ Styles. Later that year, at Season's Beatings III on December 11, 2004, in a rematch, Blitz Mason defeated then NWA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles in a non-title Match. On August 6, 2005, UCW-Zero held one of its first shows under the AWA banner at Salt Lake City's Fight Coliseum. The main event featured Sabu
Sabu (wrestler)
Terry Michael Brunk , better known by his ring name Sabu, is an American professional wrestler best known for his extreme wrestling style...

 and The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy (professional wrestling)
The Public Enemy was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge. The duo competed in many promotions, including Extreme Championship Wrestling , World Championship Wrestling , National Wrestling Alliance , and the World Wrestling Federation...

 (Johnny Grunge
Johnny Grunge
Michael "Mike" Durham was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Johnny Grunge...

 & Joey Grunge) in a six-man tag team match against "Utah's most popular tag team" Los Mochis (Paco & Damien) with a mystery partner.

Utah, like most of the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain Region
The Rocky Mountain Floristic Region, also known as the Rocky Mountain Floristic Province, is a floristic region within the Holarctic Kingdom in western North America delineated by Armen Takhtajan and Robert F...

 and Southwestern United States
Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States is a region defined in different ways by different sources. Broad definitions include nearly a quarter of the United States, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah...

, is rarely visited by mainstream wrestling promotions such as Total Non-Stop Action and World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...

. Within five years, UCW-Zero was able to build a strong following in the region and eventually expanded into Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

 and California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 as well holding shows as far as Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 and West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

. One show in Pocatello, Idaho
Pocatello, Idaho
Pocatello is the county seat and largest city of Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the principal city of the Pocatello metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Bannock...

 drew a crowd of over 6,000. In a later interview, Neilson credited his wrestlers for the promotions success, "I would say the wrestlers we have are perfectionists. They train hard. They train every single week. They're in the gym, in the wrestling ring, and working continuously to perfect their craft."

In January 2007, UCW-Zero held a major event at Salt Lake City’s Fight Coliseum which featured a championship tournament where Los Mochi Paco, Jeff Orcut, “Mr. Spectacular” Devan Payne, and masked wrestler Kid Cade fought for the Ultra-X Championship. Kid Cade defeated Payne in the finals to win the title. Another standout match included a hardcore-style "table match" between "fan favorites" Guerrero Azteca and Khan Kussion. The main event saw UCW-Zero Heavyweight Champion Tristan Gallo
Tristan Gallo
Martin Casaus is an American professional wrestler of Mexican American descent from West Jordan, Utah. He was a contestant on WWE Tough Enough....

 successfully defend his title against David Young
David Young (wrestler)
David Williams , better known by his ring name, David Young, is an American professional wrestler. Though he has mainly appeared with NWA Wildside and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Young has also competed for Ring of Honor, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and ZERO-ONE...

. Young first met Neilson, then wrestling for Total Non-Stop Action, at a wrestling event in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

 and became one several major wrestling stars to compete for the promotion on a semi-regular basis. Among these included Marty Jannetty
Marty Jannetty
Frederick Marty Jannetty is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as part of tag team The Rockers with partner Shawn Michaels, and later as a singles competitor. While in the WWF, he became a one time Intercontinental Champion and a one time...

, A.J. Styles
A.J. Styles
Allen Neal Jones , better known by his ring name A.J. Styles is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...

 and Sabu
Sabu (wrestler)
Terry Michael Brunk , better known by his ring name Sabu, is an American professional wrestler best known for his extreme wrestling style...

, the latter a longtime veteran of Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...

. That summer, UCW-Zero was profiled by the Salt Lake City Weekly
Salt Lake City Weekly
Salt Lake City Weekly is a free alternative weekly tabloid-paged newspaper published in Salt Lake City, Utah. It began its life as the Private Eye. City Weekly is published and dated for every Thursday by Copperfield Publishing Inc...

. The promotion also left AWA Superstars to join the National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...

 and began co-promoting shows with NWA Pro.

UCW-Zero held its year end supercard, Season's Beatings, in Salt Lake City on December 7, 2007. Neilson, then in a kayfabe feud
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature...

 with newly appointed commissioner Stan the Man, was forced to participate in the battle royal
Battle royal
Battle royal traditionally refers to a fight involving three or more combatants that is fought until only one fighter remains standing. In recent times the term has been used in a more general sense to refer to any fight involving large numbers of people that are not organized into factions...

 opening the show. In the main event, Jeff Orcut pinned UCW-Zero Ultra-X Champion Cassidy to regain the title for the second time.

On August 16, 2008, UCW-Zero and NWA Pro held an interpromotional event at the St. Joseph Church Rec Center in West Jordan, Utah
West Jordan, Utah
West Jordan is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. West Jordan is a rapidly growing suburb of Salt Lake City and has a mixed economy. According to the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 103,712, placing it as the fourth most populated in the state. The city occupies the...

. The show featured Paul Diamond against Derrick Jannetty and a non-title "Champion vs Champion" match between NWA Fusion Pro Wrestling Champion Dustin Uhrich and NWA UCW-Zero Champion Tristan Gallo. In the main event, Jr-X defeated Kid Kade, Chip, Jeff Orcut and Stevie Slick in a gauntlet match to win the UCW-Zero Ultra-X Championship. Later that month, UCW-Zero held an event at the Festival Latinoamericano
Festival Latinoamericano
Festival Latinoamericano, or Latin American Festival, is an annual three day Labor Day weekend festival in downtown Provo, Utah. The festival highlights Utah's Hispanic culture through food, vendors, and performances and is free to the public...

 in Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...

. The show was attended by over 1,000 people, the largest opening night crowd in its history, and saw Stevie Slick pin Jeff Orcut become the number one contender for the UCW-Zero Ultra-X Championship.

In July 2009, UCW-Zero held an event at the South Valley Boys & Girls Club in Murray, Utah
Murray, Utah
Murray is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray, it is the state's fourteenth largest city. According to the 2010 census, Murray has approximately 46,746 residents.Murray is close to Salt Lake City,...

. The event was included in a feature story
Feature story
- Published Features & news :While the distinction between published features and news is often clear, when approached conceptually there are few hard boundaries between the two. It is quite possible to write a feature in the style of a news story, for instance...

 by the Provo Daily Herald
Provo Daily Herald
The Daily Herald is a daily newspaper that covers news and community events in Utah County, central Utah. Much of the coverage focuses on the Provo-Orem metropolitan area in Utah Valley....

of UCW-Zero wrestler Derrick Jannetty and the promotion. In September to December of 2009 UCW ZERO was invaded by Las Vegas promotion Adrenaline Unleashed. This in vasion caused war between the two promotions for 4 and a half months as they fought for the Ultra x, Heavyweight, and Tag Team Titles. Adrenaline Unleashed was composed of members Eccentric Lion, Jayson Cash, Antonio Mestre, Tommy Misfit, Lex Lucco, David Cassidy and Tristan Gallo. This war became viral to Utah as event by event the crowd grew bigger reaching a maximum audience of 500 +. This war caused some of the most entertaining moments in ucw to occur such as gauntlet, lumberjack, no dq, and T.L.C matches to defend titles in. the war ended at Seasons Beatings 2009 where the ucw roster and the adrenaline unleashed roster fought against echother in singles matches except for the main event which was a tag team T.L.C match between eccentric lion, Jayson Cash and Junior x, Losmochi Paco. The war came to an end when Eccentric lion was defeated by junior x in a loser leaves utah match because of this most of the Adrenaline UNleashed roster returned to Vegas with Lion. Antonio Mestre never lost the belt and returned to vegas thus defuncting the belt. In conclusion this storyline became the most memeorable event in ucw zero history

In early 2010 UCW ZERO was expanded by opening the new "UCW Training Center". The center will be used to train future UCW Stars and hold regular shows twice a month. UCW ZERO management responsibilities was divided between four directors, with Steve Neilson as the figure head. Long time UCW ZERO competitor Los Mochi Paco finally won the UCW Zero Heavyweight Title in May 2010 at 'Rise to the Top', the title that eluded his long tenure in Utah Wrestling after many years of main event status.

2011 saw the UCW-Zero brand grow with Tristan Gallo (Martin Casaus) got the opportunity to appear on the WWE's revival of 'Tough Enough'. However, Martin's dream of winning a contract was eliminated after he fractured his ankle. As of June 2011, he is close to a full recovery and a imminate return to the ring. Another new UCW-Zero star on the rise is Tyler Cintron. Cintron was invited to Florida for a WWE tryout in March 2011.

Current Roster

  • UCW-Zero Director Blitz
  • Derrick Jannetty
  • Dallas Murdock
  • Deavud the Destroyer
  • Deacon of Doom
  • Cassidy
  • Chip
  • Devan Payne
  • Martin Casaus
  • Guerrero Azteca
  • Junior X
  • Kid Kade
  • Tyler Cintron
  • Paco
  • Mach Martinez
  • Sierra Rose
  • UCW-Zero CEO Stevie Slick
  • The Protege
  • Validus
  • Sargeant Impact
  • Sean Riley
  • Jayson Bravo
  • Bronson
  • Zack James
  • Josh Damian
  • Jason Jaxson


Recurring guests and alumni

  • Ty-Tan
  • Radical Ricky
  • Antonio Mestre
  • Tommy Misfit
  • Morgan
  • The Eccentric Lion
  • David Young
  • Paul Diamond
  • Billy V
  • Tyson Ferrari
  • The Mastadon
  • Big Country
  • Andrea the Giant
  • Tony Mann
  • C.J. Ramos
  • Brad Landen
  • Adan Reyes

Championships

Championship: Current champion(s): Date Won: Won From: Location:
UCW-Zero Heavyweight Championship
UCW-Zero Heavyweight Championship
The UCW-Zero Heavyweight Championship is the primary singles championship title in Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero. It was first won by Blitz Mason in March 2003 and defended throughout the state of Utah, most often Salt Lake City, Utah, but also in the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest United...

Kid Kade August 13th, 2011 Junior X
[Salt lake City, Utah]]
UCW-Zero Ultra-X Championship
UCW-Zero Ultra-X Championship
The UCW-Zero Ultra-X Championship is the secondary singles title in Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero. It was first won by Tristan Gallo in 2004 and has been defended throughout the state of Utah, most often in Salt Lake City, but also in the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest United States...

Defunct Murray, Utah
Murray, Utah
Murray is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray, it is the state's fourteenth largest city. According to the 2010 census, Murray has approximately 46,746 residents.Murray is close to Salt Lake City,...

UCW-Zero Tag Team Championship
UCW-Zero Tag Team Championship
The UCW-Zero Tag Team Championship is the primary tag team title in Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero. It was first won by Los Mochis in March 2003 and defended throughout the state of Utah, most often in Salt Lake City, but also in the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest United States...

Stevie Slick's Dream Team (Stevie Slick & the Protege) after Tyler Cintron decided to go solo January 29, 2011 C.J. Ramos & Guerrero AztecaSalt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...


UCW-Zero Mexico Championship

The UCW-Zero Mexico Championship is a singles title in Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero. It was first won by Los Mochi Paco at the Latino Americano Festival
Festival Latinoamericano
Festival Latinoamericano, or Latin American Festival, is an annual three day Labor Day weekend festival in downtown Provo, Utah. The festival highlights Utah's Hispanic culture through food, vendors, and performances and is free to the public...

 in Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...

 on August 31, 2007, and is defended mainly in Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

. Although regarded somewhat as a "gimmick title" (e.g. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase
Ted DiBiase
Theodore Marvin "Ted" DiBiase, Sr. is a retired professional wrestler, manager, ordained minister and color commentator. DiBiase achieved championship success in a number of wrestling promotions, holding thirty titles during his professional wrestling career...

's WWF Million Dollar Championship), as of November 2009, Los Mochi Paco is still defending the title making him the longest reigning champion in the promotion's history.
Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Los Mochi Paco 1 August 31, 2007 Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...


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