NWA World Women's Championship
NWA World Women's Championship | |||||||||||||||
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The current NWA World Women's Championship belt | |||||||||||||||
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Promotion | NWA | ||||||||||||||
Date established | August 20, 1954 | ||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Jazz | ||||||||||||||
Date won | September 16, 2016 | ||||||||||||||
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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
No. | Overall reign number |
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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. | |||
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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 | ||
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1 | The Fabulous Moolah | 5 | 11,106¤ | ||
2 | Debbie Combs | 2 | 3,461¤ | ||
3 | MsChif | 2 | 916 | ||
4 | June Byers | 1 | 760 | ||
5 | Jazz † | 1 | 765+ | ||
6 | Tasha Simone | 3 | 734 | ||
7 | Christie Ricci | 1 | 476 | ||
8 | Leilani Kai | 1 | 465 | ||
9 | Kacee Carlisle | 1 | 462 | ||
10 | Barbi Hayden | 1 | 378 | ||
11 | Amazing Kong | 1 | 358 | ||
12 | Kiley McLean | 1 | 318 | ||
13 | Santana Garrett | 1 | 314 | ||
14 | Amber Gallows | 1 | 273 | ||
15 | Lexie Fyfe | 1 | 168 | ||
16 | Madison | 2 | 160 | ||
17 | Tiffany Roxx | 1 | 50 | ||
18 | Char Starr | 1 | 41 | ||
19 | La Reina de Corazones | 1 | 35 | ||
20 | Sue Green | 1 | 32 | ||
21 | Yukiko Tomoe | 1 | 23 | ||
22 | Strawberry Fields | 1 | 18 | ||
23 | Bette Boucher | 1 | 13 | ||
24 | Evelyn Stevens | 1 | 2 | ||
25 | Malia Hosaka | 1 | 1 |
See also
Notes
- 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.
- ↑ "The Fabulous Moolah's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2007-05-07. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
- ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- 1 2 Ellison, Lillian. First Goddess of the Squared Circle, p.97.
- ↑ 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 2 3 4 Solomon, Brian (2006). WWE Legends. Simon and Schuster. p. 92. ISBN 0-7434-9033-9.
- ↑ Chris Schramm (October 5, 1998). "Moolah: Twenty-eight years was the reign". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ↑ Burke, Tom. "The Fabulous Moolah". Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ↑ Ellison, Lillian. First Goddess of the Squared Circle, p.104.
- 1 2 3 http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-wm.html
- ↑ "Madison's profile". GLORY Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
- ↑ Gerweck, Steve (2010-07-25). "New NWA World Women's Champion". WrestleView. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Gerweck, Steve (2011-12-27). "New NWA World Women's Champion". WrestleView. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.