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Promotion | East Coast Wrestling Association | ||||||||||||
Date established | September 7, 2013 | ||||||||||||
Date retired | April 30, 2022 | ||||||||||||
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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.
No. | Overall reign number |
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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 | Jessie Kaye | September 7, 2013 | ECWA 46th Anniversary Show | Newark, DE | 1 | 273 | Defeated Missy Sampson to become the inaugural champion. | [1] |
2 | Renee Michelle | June 7, 2014 | Raising the Bar III | Newark, DE | 1 | 35 | [2] | |
— | Vacated | July 12, 2014 | Hall 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 | 1 | 161 | Defeated Jenny Rose at the Super 8 ChickFight Tournament finals to win the vacant championship. | [5] [6] |
4 | Renee Michelle | March 21, 2015 | 19th Annual Super 8 Tournament | Woodbury Heights, NJ | 2 | 147 | [3] [7] | |
— | Vacated | August 15, 2015 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated for unknown reasons. | [3] |
5 | Deonna Purrazzo | October 17, 2015 | 2nd Annual Super 8 ChickFight Tournament | Woodbury Heights, NJ | 1 | 609 | Defeated Tessa Blanchard at the Super 8 ChickFight Tournament finals to win the vacant championship. | [8] [9] |
— | Vacated | June 17, 2017 | Raising 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 | 1 | 42 | Defeated 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 | Damaris | December 2, 2017 | Toys for Tots VI | Woodbury Heights, NJ | 1 | 112 | Defeated Miss Jasmine to win vacated championship. | [12] |
8 | Christina Marie | March 24, 2018 | Joker's Wild | Atlantic City, NJ | 1 | 203 | ||
9 | Miss Jasmine | October 13, 2018 | Witching Hour | New Castle, DE | 1 | 154 | ||
10 | Scarlett Bordeaux | March 16, 2019 | Super 8 ChickFight Tournament 2019 | New Castle, DE | 1 | <1 | [13] [14] | |
11 | Gabby Ortiz | March 16, 2019 | Super 8 ChickFight Tournament 2019 | New Castle, DE | 1 | <1 | [13] [14] | |
12 | Quinn McKay | March 16, 2019 | Super 8 ChickFight Tournament 2019 | New Castle, DE | 1 | N/A [lower-alpha 1] | [13] [14] | |
— | Vacated | 2019 | — | — | — | — | Quinn McKay vacated the championship in 2019, but the exact date is uncertain. | |
13 | Gabby Ortiz | August 3, 2021 | N/A | Paulsboro, NJ | 2 | 270 | Ortiz was awarded the vacant championship. | |
— | Deactivated | April 30, 2022 | Night 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. |
N/A | The exact length of a title reign is too uncertain to calculate. |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of Reigns | Combined Days |
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1 | Deonna Purrazzo | 1 | 609 |
2 | Jessie Kaye | 1 | 273 |
3 | Gabby Ortiz | 2 | 270 |
4 | Christina Marie | 1 | 203 |
5 | Renee Michelle | 2 | 182 |
6 | Tessa Blanchard | 1 | 161 |
7 | Miss Jasmine | 1 | 154 |
8 | Damaris | 1 | 112 |
9 | Karen Q | 1 | 42 |
10 | Scarlett Bordeaux | 1 | <1 |
11 | Quinn McKay | 1 | N/A |
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