NWA World Women's Championship

NWA World Women's Championship

MsChif, a former NWA World Women's Champion, at an NWA Midwest event with the NWA Midwest Women's Championship in September 2007.
Details
Current champion(s) Tasha Simone
Date won December 25, 2011
Promotion National Wrestling Alliance
Date established August 20, 1954

The NWA World Women's Championship is the National Wrestling Alliance's women's singles professional wrestling title. It is descended from the original Women's World Championship won by Mildred Burke in 1935 from Clara Mortensen. June Byers was then recognized as the succeeding champion after her two out of three falls match with Mildred Burke in 1954 went to 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.[1]

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.[2][3] In 1983, the title was sold by Ellison to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where it became the WWF Women's Championship.[4] 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.[5] The NWA continued the title without Moolah after her title was renamed the WWF Women's Championship.

Moolah has held the title more than any other wrestler, with a total of five reigns. She also has the longest reign of 3,651 days. It is still defended in the NWA today,[6] and the reigning champion is Tiffany Roxx, who is in her first reign. Overall, 20 women have held the title for a total of 28 reigns.

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Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
# The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign

As of February 23, 2012.

# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes Ref.
— Mildred Burke — 01935 1935 — — Live event Defeated Clara Mortensen to win the Women's World Championship. [1]
1 June Byers 1 01954-08-20 August 20, 1954 &10000000000000760000000760 Atlanta, GA Live event 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 Women's World Champion. In 1956, the Baltimore Athletic Commission stripped Byers of the championship after Byers announced her plans to retire. [1] [3]
2 The Fabulous Moolah 1 01956-09-18 September 18, 1956 &100000000000036510000003,651 Baltimore, MD Live event 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. [2][3][7] [8]
3 Betty Boucher 1 01966-09-17 September 17, 1966 &1000000000000001300000013 Seattle, WA Live event [9][10]
4 The Fabulous Moolah 2 01966-09-30 September 30, 1966 &10000000000000527000000527 — Live event [9]
5 Yukiko Tomoe 1 01968-03-10 March 10, 1968 &1000000000000002300000023 Osaka, JA Live event [9][10]
6 The Fabulous Moolah 3 01968-04-02 April 2, 1968 &100000000000028620000002,862 Hamamatsu, JA Live event [9]
7 Sue Green 1 01976-02-02 February 2, 1976 &1000000000000003200000032 New York, NY Live event [10][11]
8 The Fabulous Moolah 4 01976-03-05 March 5, 1976 &10000000000000947000000947 New York, NY Live event [11]
9 Evelyn Stevens 1 01978-10-08 October 8, 1978 &100000000000000020000002 Dallas, TX Live event [9][11]
10 The Fabulous Moolah 5 01978-10-10 October 10, 1978 &100000000000031040000003,104 Fort Worth, TX Live event 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. [9][11] [4][10][11]
11 Debbie Combs 1 01986-02-12 February 12, 1986 — Honolulu, Hawaii Live event Won the vacant title in a battle royal against Sherri Martel, Candi Devine, Despina Montagos, Eva Savage, Lady Satan, Princess Jasmine, Roxie Rush and Reggie Schwartz.
— Vacated — 01987 1987 — — — Title declared vacant in 1987 when the Kansas City promotion withdrew from the NWA.
12 Debbie Combs 2 01987-04-10 April 10, 1987 &100000000000033170000003,317 Kansas City, MO Live event Defeated Penny Mitchell to win the vacant title. [9]
13 Malia Hosaka 1 01996-05-09 May 9, 1996 &100000000000000010000001 Johnson City, TN Live event [9]
14 Debbie Combs 3 01996-05-10 May 10, 1996 &10000000000000144000000144 Fall Branch, TN Live event [9]
— Vacated — 01996-10 October 1996 — — — Title stripped. [9]
15 Strawberry Fields 1 02000-10-14 October 14, 2000 &1000000000000001800000018 Nashville, TN NWA 52nd Anniversary Show Defeated Leilani Kai to win the vacant title. [9]
— Vacated — 02000-11 November 2000 — — — Fields vacated the title due to injury. [9]
16 Madison 1 02002-08-23 August 23, 2002 &1000000000000006400000064 Surrey, BC Live event Defeated Bam Bam Bambi. [9]
17 Char Starr 1 02002-10-26 October 26, 2002 &1000000000000004100000041 Corpus Christi, TX NWA 54th Anniversary Show [9]
18 Madison 2 02002-12-06 December 6, 2002 &1000000000000009600000096 Port Coquitlam, BC Live event [9]
19 Leilani Kai 1 02003-03-12 March 12, 2003 &10000000000000465000000465 Nashville, TN NWA:TNA live event [9][12]
— Vacated — 02004-06-19 June 19, 2004 — — — Stripped after several no-shows. [9]
20 Kiley McLean 1 02004-06-19 June 19, 2004 &10000000000000318000000318 Richmond, VA Live event Defeated Kameo. [9]
21 Lexie Fyfe 1 02005-04-23 April 23, 2005 &10000000000000168000000168 Richmond, VA Live event [9]
22 Christie Ricci 1 02005-10-08 October 8, 2005 &10000000000000476000000476 Nashville, TN NWA 57th Anniversary Show Christie Ricci defeated Lexie Fyfe and Tasha Simone in a triple-threat match. [9]
23 MsChif 1 02007-01-27 January 27, 2007 &1000000000000009800000098 Lebanon, TN Live event [9]
24 Amazing Kong 1 02007-05-05 May 5, 2007 &10000000000000358000000358 Streamwood, IL Live event [9]
25 MsChif 2 02008-04-27 April 27, 2008 &10000000000000818000000818 Cape Girardeau, MO Live event [9]
26 Tasha Simone 1 02010-07-24 July 24, 2010 &1000000000000007000000070 Lebanon, TN Live event [13]
27 La Reina de Corazones 1 02010-10-02 October 2, 2010 &1000000000000003500000035 Altus, OK Live event [14]
— Vacated — 02010-11-06 November 6, 2010 — Lebanon, TN Live event La Reina de Corazones was stripped of the title, after refusing to defend it.
28 Tasha Simone 2 02010-11-06 November 6, 2010 &10000000000000364000000364 Lebanon, TN Live event Tasha Simone defeated Rachel to win the vacant title. [15]
29 Tiffany Roxx 1 02011-11-05 November 5, 2011 &1000000000000005000000050 Lebanon, TN Live event This was a no disqualification match. [16]
30 Tasha Simone 3 02011-12-25 December 25, 2011 &1000000000000006000000060+ Lebanon, TN Live event This was a steel cage match. [17]

List of top combined reigns

† Indicates the current champion
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct.

As of February 23, 2012.

Rank Wrestler # of Reigns Combined Days
1 The Fabulous Moolah 5 11,091¤
2 Debbie Combs 2 3,461¤
3 MsChif 2 916
4 June Byers 1 760
5 Christie Ricci 1 476
6 Leilani Kai 1 465
7 Tasha Simone† 3 &10000000000000494000000494+
8 Amazing Kong 1 358
9 Kiley McLean 1 318
10 Lexie Fyfe 1 168
11 Madison 2 160
12 Tiffany Roxx 1 50
13 Char Starr 1 41
14 La Reina de Corazones 1 35
15 Sue Green 1 32
16 Yukiko Tomoe 1 23
17 Strawberry Fields 1 18
18 Betty Boucher 1 13
19 Evelyn Stevens 1 2
20 Malia Hosaka 1 1

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Malnoske, Andrew. "Mildred Burke". Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/burke.asp. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 
  2. ^ a b Chris Schramm (October 5, 1998). "Moolah: Twenty-eight years was the reign". SLAM! Wrestling. http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingGuestColumn/oct5_schramm.html. Retrieved 2007-10-26. 
  3. ^ a b c Ellison, Lillian. First Goddess of the Squared Circle, p.97.
  4. ^ a b Steve Slagle. "The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame: Fabulous Moolah". The Ring Chronicle. http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/halloffame/moolahbio.html. Retrieved 2007-10-26. 
  5. ^ "The Fabulous Moolah's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/30445413212111221. Retrieved 2007-04-24. 
  6. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  7. ^ Burke, Tom. "The Fabulous Moolah". Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/moolah.asp. Retrieved 2009-03-01. 
  8. ^ Ellison, Lillian. First Goddess of the Squared Circle, p.104.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "NWA World Women's Championship". Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling. http://www.eccw.com/championship/nwaworldwomens. Retrieved 2009-03-26. 
  10. ^ a b c d Solomon, Brian (2006). WWE Legends. Simon and Schuster. p. 92. ISBN 0743490339. 
  11. ^ a b c d e Slagle, Steve. "Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame: Fabulous Moolah". Ring Chronicle. http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/halloffame/moolahbio.html. Retrieved 2009-03-26. 
  12. ^ "Madison's profile". GLORY Wrestling. http://www.glorywrestling.com/gg/Madison/M.asp. Retrieved 2009-04-12. 
  13. ^ Gerweck, Steve (2010-07-25). "New NWA World Women's Champion". WrestleView. http://wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1280068198. Retrieved 2010-07-25. 
  14. ^ "Card Results - NWA-OK - Altus, OK - 10/2/2010". oklafan.com. 2010-10-02. http://www.oklafan.com/results/2800/event.html. Retrieved 2010-10-04. 
  15. ^ Meltzer, Dave (2010-11-08). "Mon. update: Ross announcing, Dreamer injury notes, Why people don't watch TNA, Mania tickets". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/18248/. Retrieved 2010-11-09. 
  16. ^ Oliver, Lekisha (2011-11-05). "New NWA World Women’s Champion crowned". RingBellesOnline. http://ringbellesonline.com/2011/11/07/new-nwa-world-womens-champion-crowned/. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  17. ^ Gerweck, Steve (2011-12-27). "New NWA World Womens Champion". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1324998836. Retrieved 2011-12-27. 

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