AWA World Women's Championship | |||||||||||
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Promotion | American Wrestling Association (AWA) | ||||||||||
Date established | 1954 | ||||||||||
Date retired | 1991 | ||||||||||
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The AWA World Women's Championship was the women's professional wrestling title in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1961 until 1990.
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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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. | [1] |
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 | 3127 | Defeated Kathy Starr to win the vacant championship. | [2] |
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 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 | 1 | 5 | [3] | |
— | 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 | [4] | |
10 | Candi Devine | January 16, 1986 | House show | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 3 | 163 | [5] | |
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 | Defeated 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. | |
— | Deactivated | January 12, 1991 | — | — | — | — | The championship retired when the AWA closed. | [10] |
¤ | 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 | Kay Noble | 1 | 3,127 |
2 | June Byers | 1 | 2,563 |
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 |
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