AWA World Women's Championship
The AWA World Women's Championship was the women's professional wrestling title in the American Wrestling Association from 1961 until 1990.
| AWA World Women's Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | American Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
| Date established | 1958 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | 1991 | ||||||||||
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Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | June Byers | August 20, 1954 | House show | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 2563 | Byers defeated Mildred Burke for the NWA World Women's Championship and continues to be recognized by AWA after it splits from NWA in 1960. | |
| 2 | Penny Banner | August 26, 1961 | House show | Angola, IN | 1 | 493 | AWA ceased to recognize June Byers as women's champion after she no-showed a title defense. Banner won a battle royal to become the new AWA World Women's Champion. | |
| — | Vacated | January 1, 1963 | — | — | — | — | The AWA vacated the championship on January 1, 1963, but June Byers continued to be recognized as champion by the NWA until she retired in January 1964. | |
| 3 | Kay Noble | April 13, 1963 | House show | Saint Paul, MN | 1 | 2402 | Noble defeated Kathy Starr to win the vacant championship. | |
| 4 | Vivian Vachon | November 4, 1971 | House show | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 1 | 651 | ||
| 5 | Betty Nicoli | August 16, 1973 | House show | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 1 | 587 | ||
| — | Vacated | March 27, 1975 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated when Betty Nicoli retired. | |
| 6 | Candi Devine | November 1984 | House show | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | [Note 1] | Devine won a battle royal to win the vacant championship. | |
| 7 | Sherri Martel | September 28, 1985 | SuperClash | Chicago, IL | 1 | 5 | [1] | |
| — | Vacated | October 3, 1985 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. | |
| 8 | Candi Devine | October 14, 1985 | House show | Memphis, TN | 2 | 3 | Devine was awarded the championship without title match. | |
| 9 | Sherri Martel | October 17, 1985 | House show | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 2 | 91 | ||
| 10 | Candi Devine | January 16, 1986 | House show | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 3 | 163 | [2] | |
| 11 | Sherri Martel | June 28, 1986 | Battle by the Bay | Oakland, CA | 3 | 391 | ||
| — | Vacated | July 24, 1987 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated when Sherri Martel went to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). | |
| 12 | Madusa Miceli | December 27, 1987 | AWA Championship Wrestling | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | 335 | Miceli defeated Candi Devine to win the vacant championship. | |
| 13 | Wendi Richter | November 26, 1988 | House show | Bloomington, MN | 1 | [Note 2] | ||
| — | Vacated | December 1989 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated when Wendi Richter left the promotion. | |
| 14 | Candi Devine | December 6, 1989 | House show | Toronto, ON | 4 | [Note 3] | Devine defeated Judy Martin to win the vacant championship; Monster Ripper defeated Devine on July 7, 1990 at the WWC 17th Anniversary show in Bayamón, Puerto Rico to claim the title,[3] but Ripper was never officially recognized as champion by the AWA. | |
| — | Deactivated | January 1991 | — | — | — | — | The championship retired when the AWA closed. | |
Combined reigns
| ¤ | The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct. |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of Reigns |
Combined Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June Byers | 1 | 2,563 |
| 2 | Kay Noble | 1 | 2,402 |
| 3 | Candi Devine | 4 | 859–918¤ |
| 4 | Vivian Vachon | 1 | 651 |
| 5 | Betty Nicoli | 1 | 587 |
| 6 | Penny Banner | 1 | 493 |
| 7 | Sherri Martel | 3 | 487 |
| 8 | Wendi Richter | 1 | 370–375¤ |
| 9 | Madusa Miceli | 1 | 335 |
Notes
- The exact date that Devine won the championship is unknown, meaning that her reign lasted between 302 and 331 days.
- The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 370 and 375 days.
- The exact date the AWA ceased operating is unknown, putting the reign at somewhere between 391 and 421 days.
References
- "SuperClash I". Pro Wrestling History. September 28, 1985. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- Hoops, Brian (January 16, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/16): Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton win WCW Tag Team Titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ClassicsWWC (2012-07-23), WWC: Monster Ripper vs. Candi Devine (1990), retrieved 2018-01-23
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