NWA World Women's Championship

NWA World Women's Championship
The current NWA World Women's Championship belt
Details
Promotion NWA
Date established August 20, 1954
Current champion(s) Jazz
Date won September 16, 2016

The NWA World Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The title descended from the original Women's World Championship won by Mildred Burke in 1935 from Clara Mortensen. The current champion is Jazz who is in her first reign.[1]

June Byers is recognized as the inaugural champion after her Two out of three falls match against Mildred Burke in 1954 ended in a no contest. Subsequently, Byers was recognized as the NWA World Women's Champion, and Burke created the WWWA World Championship and was recognized as its first champion. Upon June Byers's retirement in 1956, it was held primarily (and operated) by Lillian Ellison under her ring name, The Fabulous Moolah who first won the championship in a battle royal in September 1956.

In 1983, the title was sold by Ellison to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), where it became the WWF Women's Championship. The World Wrestling Federation recognized Moolah as the reigning champion but did not recognize any of the title changes that had occurred since Moolah was first awarded the title in 1956.[2] The NWA Women's title continued its lineage after Moolah's title was purchased and renamed by the WWF.

The Fabulous Moolah has held the title more times than any other wrestler, with a total of five reigns. She also has the longest reign of 3,651 days. Moolah is the oldest champion after winning the title at 55 years old. Malia Hosaka has the shortest reign at 1 day. Barbi Hayden is the youngest champion after winning the title at 23 years of age.[3] Overall, the title has been held by 25 different women for a total of 35 reigns.

Title history

Current champion Jazz.
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
 Mildred Burke  1935  House show  1 Defeated Women's World Champion Clara Mortensen [1]
 1  June Byers  August 20, 1954  House show Atlanta, Georgia  1  760 Byers wrestled Mildred Burke for the NWA World Women's Championship in a two out of three falls match. The commission stopped the match between Burke and Byers at the end of the second fall, stripped Burke of the title, and awarded it to Byers. Burke sets up the WWWA World Championship and continued to recognize herself as the World Women's Champion [1][4][5]
Vacated  1956 The Baltimore Athletic Commission stripped Byers of the championship after she announced her plans to retire in 1956 [6][7][8][8][9]
 2  The Fabulous Moolah  September 18, 1956  House show Baltimore, Maryland  1  3,651 Defeated Judy Grable in a 13–woman battle royal. Moolah was not immediately recognized as the new NWA World Women's Champion because promoter Billy Wolfe, with whom Moolah had a falling-out earlier in her career, still controlled most of the National Wrestling Alliance [10][4][11][12]
 3  Bette Boucher  September 17, 1966  House show Seattle, Washington  1  13 [7][9]
 4  The Fabulous Moolah  October 1966  House show N/A  2  526 [7][13]
 5  Yukiko Tomoe  March 10, 1968  House show Osaka, Japan  1  23 [7][9]
 6  The Fabulous Moolah  April 2, 1968  House show Hamamatsu, Japan  3  3,841 [7]
 Sue Green  May 29, 1975 House show  Houston, Texas  1 [13]
 The Fabulous Moolah  May 31, 1975 House show Dallas, Texas  4  The previous Green win is not recognized by the NWA. Moolah's reign from 1968 through 1978 is considered uninterrupted [13]
 9  Evelyn Stevens  October 8, 1978  House show Dallas, Texas  1  2 [7][8]
 10  The Fabulous Moolah  October 10, 1978  House show Fort Worth, Texas  5  3,104 [7][8]
Vacated  1983 The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) withdrew from NWA in 1983, and Moolah sold the title to the WWF. The WWF recognizes Moolah as champion but does not acknowledge previous title changes: see WWE Women's Championship [6][7][8][8][9]
 11  Debbie Combs  February 12, 1986  House show Honolulu, Hawaii  1   Won the vacant title in a 9–woman battle royal against Sherri Martel, Candi Devine, Despina Montagos, Eva Savage, Lady Satan, Princess Jasmine, Roxie Rush and Reggie Schwartz
Vacated  1987 Title declared vacant in 1987 when the Kansas City promotion withdrew from the NWA
 12  Debbie Combs  April 10, 1987  House show Kansas City, Missouri  2  3,317 Defeated Penny Mitchell to win the vacant title [7]
 13  Malia Hosaka  May 9, 1996  House show Johnson City, Tennessee  1  1 [7]
 14  Debbie Combs  May 10, 1996  House show Fall Branch, Tennessee  3  144 [7]
Vacated  October 1996 Debbie Combs was stripped of the title [7]
 15  Strawberry Fields  October 14, 2000  NWA 52nd Anniversary Show Nashville, Tennessee  1  18 Defeated Leilani Kai to win the vacant title [7]
Vacated  November 2000 Fields vacated the title due to injury [7]
 16  Madison  August 23, 2002  House show Surrey, British Columbia  1  64 Defeated Bam Bam Bambi [7]
 17  Char Starr  October 26, 2002  NWA 54th Anniversary Show Corpus Christi, Texas  1  41 [7]
 18  Madison  December 6, 2002  House show Port Coquitlam, British Columbia  2  96 [7]
 19  Leilani Kai  March 12, 2003  NWA:TNA House show Nashville, Tennessee  1  465 [7][14]
Vacated  June 19, 2004 Stripped after several no-shows [7]
 20  Kiley McLean  June 19, 2004  House show Richmond, Virginia  1  318 Defeated Kameo [7]
 21  Lexie Fyfe  April 23, 2005  House show Richmond, Virginia  1  168 [7]
 22  Christie Ricci  October 8, 2005  NWA 57th Anniversary Show Nashville, Tennessee  1  476 Christie Ricci defeated Lexie Fyfe and Tasha Simone in a three–way match [7]
 23  MsChif  January 27, 2007  House show Lebanon, Tennessee  1  98 [7]
 24  Amazing Kong  May 5, 2007  House show Streamwood, Illinois  1  358 [7]
 25  MsChif  April 27, 2008  House show Cape Girardeau, Missouri  2  818 [7]
 26  Tasha Simone  July 24, 2010  House show Lebanon, Tennessee  1  70 [15]
 27  La Reina de Corazones  October 2, 2010  House show Altus, Oklahoma  1  35 [16]
Vacated  November 6, 2010  House show Lebanon, Tennessee La Reina de Corazones was stripped of the title, after refusing to defend it
 28  Tasha Simone  November 6, 2010  House show Lebanon, Tennessee  2  364 Tasha Simone defeated Rachel to win the vacant title [17]
 29  Tiffany Roxx  November 5, 2011  House show Lebanon, Tennessee  1  50 This was a no disqualification match [18]
 30  Tasha Simone  December 25, 2011  House show Lebanon, Tennessee  3  300 This was a steel cage match [19]
 31  Kacee Carlisle  October 20, 2012  House show Lebanon, Tennessee  1  462 [20]
 32  Barbi Hayden  January 25, 2014  House show Cypress, Texas  1  378 [21]
 33  Santana Garrett  February 7, 2015  House show Plant City, Florida  1  314 [22]
 34  Amber Gallows  December 18, 2015  House show Sherman, Texas  1  273 This was a four–way elimination match, also involving Bree Ann and Nikki Knight. Gallows won the title, lastly eliminating Garrett. [23]
 35  Jazz  September 16, 2016  House show Sherman, Texas  1  765+ This was a three way match also involving Christi Jaynes

Combined reigns

Indicates the current champion.
¤ The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct.
Rank Wrestler No. of
Reigns
Combined Days
1 The Fabulous Moolah511,106¤
2 Debbie Combs23,461¤
3 MsChif2916
4 June Byers1760
5 Jazz1765+
6 Tasha Simone3734
7 Christie Ricci1476
8 Leilani Kai1465
9 Kacee Carlisle1462
10 Barbi Hayden1378
11 Amazing Kong1358
12 Kiley McLean1318
13 Santana Garrett1314
14 Amber Gallows1273
15 Lexie Fyfe1168
16 Madison2160
17 Tiffany Roxx150
18 Char Starr141
19 La Reina de Corazones135
20 Sue Green132
21 Yukiko Tomoe123
22 Strawberry Fields118
23 Bette Boucher113
24 Evelyn Stevens12
25 Malia Hosaka11

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Malnoske, Andrew. "Mildred Burke". Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
  2. "The Fabulous Moolah's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2007-05-07. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  3. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  4. 1 2 Ellison, Lillian. First Goddess of the Squared Circle, p.97.
  5. Hoops, Brian (August 20, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (August 20): June Byers wins NWA Women's belt, Michael Shane wins TNA X-Division title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  6. 1 2 Steve Slagle. "The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame: Fabulous Moolah". The Ring Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "NWA World Women's Championship". Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Slagle, Steve. "Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame: Fabulous Moolah". Ring Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Solomon, Brian (2006). WWE Legends. Simon and Schuster. p. 92. ISBN 0-7434-9033-9.
  10. Chris Schramm (October 5, 1998). "Moolah: Twenty-eight years was the reign". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
  11. Burke, Tom. "The Fabulous Moolah". Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  12. Ellison, Lillian. First Goddess of the Squared Circle, p.104.
  13. 1 2 3 http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-wm.html
  14. "Madison's profile". GLORY Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  15. Gerweck, Steve (2010-07-25). "New NWA World Women's Champion". WrestleView. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
  16. "Card Results - NWA-OK - Altus, OK - 10/2/2010". oklafan.com. 2010-10-02. Archived from the original on 2010-10-07. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
  17. Meltzer, Dave (2010-11-08). "Mon. update: Ross announcing, Dreamer injury notes, Why people don't watch TNA, Mania tickets". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  18. Oliver, Lekisha (2011-11-05). "New NWA World Women's Champion crowned". RingBellesOnline. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  19. Gerweck, Steve (2011-12-27). "New NWA World Women's Champion". WrestleView. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  20. "Kacee Carlisle wins the NWA World Women's Championship over Tasha Simone in Lebanon TN". Unlimited Radio 24/7. 2012-10-20. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  21. Caldwell, James (2014-01-26). "NWA News: New champions determined this weekend, including new NWA Women's Champion". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  22. Caldwell, James (2015-02-07). "NWA news: Former TNA KO captures World Women's Title, Jax captures Nat'l Title, Conway defends NWA World Title, two big title matches at NJPW's "New Beginning" next week". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  23. Caldwell, James (2015-12-18). "New NWA Women's Champ ends Santana's lengthy reign". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-12-19.

References

  • Ellison, Lillian (2003). The Fabulous Moolah: First Goddess of the Squared Circle. ReaganBooks. ISBN 978-0-06-001258-8.

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