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277:, accepted Thesz and Takada's grandstand challenge, whereas the aforementioned champions were "too afraid" of Takada to face him. After Gary Albright quit UWFi to join All Japan and Vader left over money disputes, the promotion was left with a lack of credible challengers to Takada's title, and interest in the promotion began to wane. After being overlooked several times over the years, Kazuo Yamazaki left to return to New Japan in July 1995. 1052: 367:
matches were allowed as well, with 21 points (instead of 15) given to a team at start time. However, the points system was rarely referred to, as a wrestler or team losing points could still win by forcing his opponent to submit or by knocking him out. No pinfall counts were allowed, and no countouts
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The combatants would start with 15 points each. Points would be lost for knockout attempts, being at a disadvantage during a hold, and/or for breaking a hold by grabbing onto the ring ropes with hand(s) and/or feet. The only way to win was by submission, knockout (count of 10) or a wrestler's points
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promotion, withdrew his support as a result and took the belt with him. For Choshu, it was an opportunity to get payback for Thesz and Takada's earlier derision of their wrestling style, and he was determined to show fans that the real stars were in New Japan. All of UWFi's stars mainly lost the
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World title belt to be used as the distinction for it. The theme of UWFi being "real pro-wrestling" was central to the promotion's image, and both Thesz and Takada would deride other Japanese promotions (particularly Takada's old promotion
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occasionally served as trainers in their pursuit of old-school credibility. Former pro wrestler Shinji Sasazaki would lend a hand by helping some of the foreign talent, mostly from the Tennessee area, get booked on their cards.
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were allowed (in practice, wrestlers never set foot outside the ring during the match). Similarly, six-man tag team matches occurred, but were rare, with 30 points given to a team at start time.
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In 1992, the UWFi introduced its first championship, the "Real Pro-Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship", which was won by Takada after a victory over top foreign antagonist
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to become the first champion; Takada and Albright had been chosen as contenders based on their UWFi records (11 wins and no losses for Albright; 10 wins and 1 loss for Takada).
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was the only actual wrestler licensed as a character, all others used made-up pseudonyms made through alterations of their kana or kanji names, such as
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agreed, under the condition that New Japan have full control over the booking of the interpromotional matches. Thesz, who saw New Japan as another
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In 1995, rules were somewhat relaxed to allow pinfalls in order to allow for New Japan, WAR, and other non-submission-oriented wrestlers (such as
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withdrew his support for the promotion and took the belt with him in protest against a proposed unification match against
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on January 4, 1996. Kiyoshi Tamura had left UWFi before the feud in 1995, to join rival promotion,
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Although the matches were predetermined, the UWF-i was very convincing for its time, promoting a
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as trainers and promoters of their product in order to establish legitimate credibility.
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was used as head trainer for their gym (the UWFi Snakepit), and wrestling legends
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that ran from 1988 to 1990, which itself was the successor to the original
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In 1996, as the New Japan feud died down, UWFi formed an alliance with
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interpromotional matches, with the exception of Takada, who won the
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The promotion was founded on May 10, 1991, as a continuation of the
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from 1991 to 1996. The UWF international was the successor to the
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In 1995, Anjo and other UWFi bookers proposed co-promoting with
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This was the final of the Best of the World 1994 tournament.
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and to popular Japanese MMA promotions, particularly
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Index

Union of Wrestling Forces International logo
Shoot style
Japan
Nobuhiko Takada
Kazuo Yamazaki
Yoji Anjo
Newborn UWF
Kingdom
shoot style
professional wrestling promotion
Japan
Universal Wrestling Federation
combat
wrestling
submission grappling
kickboxing
mixed martial arts
Pride FC
Lou Thesz
Billy Robinson
Danny Hodge
UWF
Nobuhiko Takada
Kazuo Yamazaki
Yoji Anjo
Kiyoshi Tamura
Masahito Kakihara
Billy Robinson
Lou Thesz
Danny Hodge

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