ECWA Women's Championship

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ECWA Women's Championship
Details
Promotion East Coast Wrestling Association
Date establishedSeptember 7, 2013
Date retiredApril 30, 2022
Statistics
First champion(s) Jessie Kaye
Final champion(s)Gabby Ortiz
Most reignsRenee Michelle and Gabby Ortiz
(2 times)
Longest reign Deonna Purrazzo
(735 days)
Shortest reignGabby Ortiz and Scarlett Bordeaux
(<1 days)

The East Coast Wrestling Association Women's Championship (stylized as ECWA Women's Championship) was a women's professional wrestling championship in East Coast Wrestling Association.

Contents

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Jessie Kaye September 7, 2013ECWA 46th Anniversary Show Newark, DE 1273Defeated Missy Sampson to become the inaugural champion. [1]
2Renee MichelleJune 7, 2014Raising the Bar III Newark, DE 135 [2]
Vacated July 12, 2014Hall of Fame Newark, DE The championship was vacated due to a match against Jessie Kaye ends with a double pinfall in a Loser Leaves ECWA match. [3] [4]
3 Tessa Blanchard October 11, 2014 Super 8 ChickFight Tournament Carney's Point, NJ 1161Defeated Jenny Rose at the Super 8 ChickFight Tournament finals to win the vacant championship. [5] [6]
4Renee MichelleMarch 21, 201519th Annual Super 8 Tournament Woodbury Heights, NJ 2147 [3] [7]
Vacated August 15, 2015The championship was vacated for unknown reasons. [3]
5 Deonna Purrazzo October 17, 2015 2nd Annual Super 8 ChickFight Tournament Woodbury Heights, NJ 1609Defeated Tessa Blanchard at the Super 8 ChickFight Tournament finals to win the vacant championship. [8] [9]
Vacated June 17, 2017Raising the Bar Woodbury Heights, NJ Deonna Purrazzo vacated the championship after defeating Karen Q.
6 Karen Q October 21, 2017 4th Annual Super 8 ChickFight Tournament Woodbury Heights, NJ 142Defeated Deonna Purrazzo and Santana Garrett in a three-way match at the Super 8 ChickFight Tournament finals to win the vacant championship. [10] [11]
Vacated December 2, 2017 Karen Q was stripped from her championship for failing to make title defense.
7 DamarisDecember 2, 2017Toys for Tots VI Woodbury Heights, NJ 1112Defeated Miss Jasmine to win vacated championship. [12]
8Christina MarieMarch 24, 2018Joker's Wild Atlantic City, NJ 1203
9Miss JasmineOctober 13, 2018Witching Hour New Castle, DE 1154
10 Scarlett Bordeaux March 16, 2019 Super 8 ChickFight Tournament 2019 New Castle, DE 1<1 [13] [14]
11Gabby OrtizMarch 16, 2019 Super 8 ChickFight Tournament 2019 New Castle, DE 1<1 [13] [14]
12Quinn McKayMarch 16, 2019 Super 8 ChickFight Tournament 2019 New Castle, DE 1N/A [lower-alpha 1] [13] [14]
Vacated 2019Quinn McKay vacated the championship in 2019, but the exact date is uncertain.
13Gabby OrtizAugust 3, 2021N/A Paulsboro, NJ 2270Ortiz was awarded the vacant championship.
DeactivatedApril 30, 2022Night of Unusual Matches Morganville, NJ The championship was retired after Erica Leigh captured the ECWA Legacy Championship and it was determined that the gender barriers between championships was no longer needed, making Gabby Ortiz the final champion.

Combined Reigns

N/AThe exact length of a title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
RankWrestlerNo. of
Reigns
Combined
Days
1 Deonna Purrazzo 1609
2 Jessie Kaye 1273
3Gabby Ortiz2270
4Christina Marie1203
5Renee Michelle2182
6 Tessa Blanchard 1161
7Miss Jasmine1154
8 Damaris1112
9 Karen Q 142
10 Scarlett Bordeaux 1<1
11Quinn McKay1N/A

Notes

  1. It is unknown how many days Quinn McKay held the title due to it being unknown when she vacated the championship sometime in 2019.

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