AWA World Women's Championship

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AWA World Women's Championship
Details
Promotion American Wrestling Association (AWA)
Date established1954
Date retired1991
Statistics
First champion(s) June Byers
Most reigns Candi Devine
(4 times)
Longest reign Kay Noble
(3,127 days)
Shortest reign Candi Devine
(3 days)

The AWA World Women's Championship was the women's professional wrestling title in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1961 until 1990.

Contents

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 June Byers August 20, 1954 House show Atlanta, GA 12563Byers defeated Mildred Burke for the NWA World Women's Championship and continues to be recognized by AWA after it splits from NWA in 1960. [1]
2 Penny Banner August 26, 1961 House show Angola, IN 1493AWA 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 13127Defeated Kathy Starr to win the vacant championship. [2]
4 Vivian Vachon November 4, 1971 House show Winnipeg, Manitoba 1651
5 Betty Nicoli August 16, 1973 House show Winnipeg, Manitoba 1587
— Vacated March 27, 1975————The championship was vacated when Betty Nicoli retired.
6 Candi Devine November 2, 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 15 [3]
— Vacated October 3, 1985————The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
8 Candi Devine October 14, 1985 House show Memphis, TN 23Devine was awarded the championship without title match.
9 Sherri Martel October 17, 1985 House show Winnipeg, Manitoba 291 [4]
10 Candi Devine January 16, 1986 House show Winnipeg, Manitoba 3163 [5]
11 Sherri Martel June 28, 1986Battle by the Bay Oakland, CA 3391
— 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 1335Defeated Candi Devine to win the vacant championship. [6] [7]
13 Wendi Richter November 26, 1988 House show Bloomington, MN 1 [Note 2] [8]
— Vacated N/A————The championship was vacated when Wendi Richter left the promotion; she was still advertised as champion for the show where Devine wins the vacant title.
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, [9] but Ripper was never officially recognized as champion by the AWA.
—DeactivatedJanuary 12, 1991————The championship retired when the AWA closed. [10]

Combined reigns

¤The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days
1 Kay Noble 13,127
2 June Byers 12,563
3 Candi Devine 4859–918¤
4 Vivian Vachon 1651
5 Betty Nicoli 1587
6 Penny Banner 1493
7 Sherri Martel 3487
8 Wendi Richter 1370–375¤
9 Madusa Miceli 1335

Notes

  1. ↑ The exact date that Devine won the championship is unknown, meaning that her reign lasted between 302 and 331 days.
  2. ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 370 and 375 days.
  3. ↑ The exact date the AWA ceased operating is unknown, putting the reign at somewhere between 391 and 421 days.

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