Universal Wrestling Association
The Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) was a Mexican "Lucha Libre" or professional wrestling promotion based in Naucalpan, Mexico State that operated from 1975 until 1995. The name of the actual promotion was Lucha Libre Internacional (LLI) ("International wrestling") but outside of Mexico it is generally referred to as the UWA as it was the name of the fictional international sanctioning body that in storyline terms oversaw all championships promoted by the UWA. The company was founded by wrestler and trainer Ray Mendoza, promoter Francisco Flores and investor Benjamín Mora, Jr. as when they broke away from Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre to form their own promotion. The company had working agreements with wrestling promotions both in the United States and Japan as they worked with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (JWP).
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Mexican
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Lucha Libre
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professional wrestling promotion
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Naucalpan
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Mexico State
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Ray Mendoza
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Francisco Flores
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Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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World Wrestling Federation
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Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
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Universal Wrestling Association
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1975-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1975
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1995-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1995
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