| ECCW Women's Championship | |||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW) | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | June 24, 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Christina Von Eerie | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | January 18, 2020 | ||||||||||||||
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The ECCW Women's Championship (formerly the NWA SuperGirls Championship or SuperGirls Championship) is currently the women's professional wrestling championship of Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling, a wrestling promotion in British Columbia, Canada. The title was first awarded on June 24, 2005 in an attempt to generate interest for SuperGirls Wrestling, a women's wrestling spinoff of ECCW. Rebecca Knox became the first champion by defeating Miss Chevius. The title has been defended in several different promotions, including some promotions in Japan. During Nicole Matthews' near-year-long title reign in 2011, the title was renamed the ECCW Women's Championship. [1]
As of April5, 2024.
| Names | Years |
|---|---|
| NWA SuperGirls Championship | June 24, 2005 |
| SuperGirls Championship | September 23, 2005 |
| ECCW Women's Championship | N/A |
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Rebecca Knox | June 24, 2005 | Live event | Surrey, BC | 1 | 301 | Knox defeated Miss Chevius to determine the inaugural champion. | [2] | ||
| 2 | Lisa Moretti | April 21, 2006 | Live event | Surrey, BC | 1 | 170 | [2] [3] | |||
| 3 | Nattie Neidhart | October 8, 2006 | N/A | Newark, CA | 1 | 19 | [2] | |||
| 4 | Nikki Matthews | October 27, 2006 | Live event | Surrey, BC | 1 | 176 | This was a three-way match, also involving Veronika Vice. | [2] | ||
| 5 | Veronika Vice | April 21, 2007 | Live event | Port Coquitlam, BC | 1 | 314 | [2] | |||
| 6 | Penni Lane | February 29, 2008 | Live event | Surrey, BC | 1 | 1 | [2] | |||
| 7 | Nicole Matthews | March 1, 2008 | Live event | Vancouver, BC | 2 | 343 | This was a street fight. Nicole Matthews is formerly known as Nikki Matthews. | [2] | ||
| 8 | Veronika Vice | February 7, 2009 | Live event | Vancouver, BC | 2 | 175 | [2] | |||
| 9 | Tenille Tayla | August 1, 2009 | Live event | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 118 | This was a three-way match, also involving Nicole Matthews. | [2] | ||
| 10 | Veronika Vice | November 27, 2009 | Live event | Surrey, BC | 3 | 112 | [2] | |||
| 11 | Tenille Tayla | March 19, 2010 | Quest for Gold | Surrey, BC | 2 | 224 | [2] | |||
| 12 | Nicole Matthews | October 29, 2010 | Halloween Hell | Surrey, BC | 3 | 364 | This was a tables match. Also during this reigns the title became property of ECCW. | [2] | ||
| Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW) | ||||||||||
| 13 | K. C. Spinelli | October 28, 2011 | Halloween Hell | Surrey, BC | 1 | 512 | [2] | |||
| 14 | Nicole Matthews | March 23, 2013 | We Will Riot | Port Coquitlam, BC | 4 | 518 | [2] | |||
| — | Vacated | August 23, 2014 | — | — | — | — | Matthews vacated the championship due to winning the ECCW Championship. | [2] | ||
| 15 | Cat Power | January 3, 2015 | Van-City Showdown | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 190 | Power defeated Kate Carney in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | [2] | ||
| 16 | Syuri | July 12, 2015 | Live event | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 | 231 | The event was promoted by Reina Joshi Puroresu. | [2] [4] | ||
| 17 | Cat Power | February 28, 2016 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 503 | The event was promoted by Reina Joshi Puroresu. | [2] [5] | ||
| 18 | Tony Baroni | July 15, 2017 | Ballroom Brawl VIII | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 98 | Baroni is the first male wrestler to hold the title. | [2] | ||
| 19 | Cat Power | October 21, 2017 | Halloween Hell | New Westminster, BC | 3 | 105 | [2] | |||
| 20 | Nicole Matthews | February 3, 2018 | N/A | New Westminster, BC | 5 | 630 | This was a four-way match, also involving Bambi Hall and Liiza Hall. | [2] | ||
| 21 | Bambi Hall | October 26, 2019 | N/A | New Westminster, BC | 1 | 84 | This was a three-way match, also involving Riea Von Slasher. | [2] | ||
| 22 | Christina Von Eerie | January 18, 2020 | Ballroom Brawl 13 - Night 2 | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 1,539+ | This was a six-way TLC match, also involving Cat Power, Liiza Hall, Nicole Matthews and Riea Von Slasher. | [2] | ||
As of April5, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicole Matthews/Nikki Matthews | 5 | 2,031 |
| 2 | Cat Power | 3 | 798 |
| 3 | Christina Von Eerie † | 1 | 1,539+ |
| 4 | Veronika Vice | 3 | 601 |
| 5 | K. C. Spinelli | 1 | 512 |
| 6 | Tenille Tayla | 2 | 342 |
| 7 | Rebecca Knox | 1 | 301 |
| 8 | Syuri | 1 | 231 |
| 9 | Lisa Moretti | 1 | 170 |
| 10 | Tony Baroni | 1 | 98 |
| 11 | Bambi Hall | 1 | 84 |
| 12 | Nattie Neidhart | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Penni Lane | 1 | 1 |
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