IWA Mid-South Women's Championship

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IWA Mid-South Women's Championship
NWA Midwest Women's Championship belt.png
The origianl NWA Midwest Women's Championship belt (2004–2011)
Details
Promotion IWA Mid-South
Date establishedMay 30, 2004
Current championThunderkitty
Date wonJuly 15, 2021
Other names
  • NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Championship
    (2004 - 2005)
  • IWA Mid-South Women's Championship
    (2005 - present)
Statistics
First champion Lacey [1]
Most reigns Mickie Knuckles (3 reigns)
Longest reign Mickie Knuckles (528 days)
Shortest reignLukas Jacobs (12 days)
Oldest champion Jessie Belle Smothers (35 years, 311 days)
Youngest championAlice Crowley
Heaviest champion Chuck Taylor (209 lb)

The IWA Mid-South Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling title owned and promoted by the Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South professional wrestling promotion. [2] The title was created on May 30, 2004, in a one night tournament titled "Volcano Girls" at the National Guard Armory in Hammond, Indiana co-promoted by IWA Mid-South Wrestling and NWA Midwest Wrestling. Until June 17, 2005, it was a joint championship with the NWA Midwest Women's Championship and was known as the NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Championship. [3] [4] The championship is usually won and defended by women, although two men have once won the title such as Chuck Taylor and Lukas Jacobs. There have been a total of 24 reigns held between 17 distinctive champions and one vacancy. The current champion is Thunderkitty who is in her second reign.

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Title history

On May 30, 2004, Lacey defeated Daizee Haze and Mercedes Martinez in a three-way elimination match in tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [1]

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Championship
1 Lacey May 30, 2004Volcano Girls Hammond, IN 1110Lacey defeated Daizee Haze and Mercedes Martinez in a three-way elimination match in tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [1] [5] [6]
2 Mercedes Martinez September 17, 20042004 Ted Petty Invitational Highland, IN 1120 [7]
3 Ariel January 5, 2005 New England Championship Wrestling live event Framingham, MA 128This was a three-way match, also involving Hayley Skye. [8]
4 Daizee Haze February 12, 2005 House show Highland, IN 184This was a six-way elimination match, also involving Cheerleader Melissa, Mickie Knuckles, MsChif and Sara Del Rey. [9]
5 MsChif May 7, 2005 House show Streamwood, IL 135This live event was promoted by Ed Chuman. [10]
IWA Mid-South Women's Championship
6 Mickie Knuckles June 11, 2005 House show Philadelphia, PA 1160This was a three-way match, also involving Allison Danger. On June 17, 2005, in Midlothian, Illinois, Ed Chuman, NWA Midwest promoter, declares that a supposed title change on June 11 (an IWA Mid-South event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Mickie Knuckles defeated Danger and MsChif in a three-way match to become champion in IWA's eyes) is invalid due to the match not being sanctioned by the NWA. The two titles then split into separate entities as IWA Mid-South promoter Ian Rotten recognized Knuckles as champion with her win over MsChif. Knuckles is thus the first strictly IWA Mid-South Women's Champion, and is where that portion of the title lineage begins. [11]
7 Hailey Hatred November 18, 2005IWA Mid-South King of the Death Matches 2005 Plainfield, IN 182 [12]
8 Mickie Knuckles February 8, 2006IWA East Coast a Need to Bleed 2006 South Charleston, WV 2528 [13]
9 Chuck Taylor July 21, 2007IWA Mid-South Bad Blood Rising Joliet, IL 114Taylor's IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship was also on the line. He became the first male wrestler to hold the title. [14]
10 Mickie Knuckles August 4, 2007IWA Mid-South Extreme Heaven 2007 Plainfield, IN 3272This was a no-countout falls count anywhere match. [15]
11 Daizee Haze May 2, 2008IWA Mid-South Fan Appreciation Night Indianapolis, IN 2218This was a three-way match, also involving Sara Del Rey. [16]
— Vacated December 6, 2008Candido Cup 2008 Joliet, IL —— Ian Rotten announced that all titles are being done away with in IWA except for the IWA World Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Titles. [17]
12 Shotzi Blackheart April 19, 2018IWA Mid-South Miss Independent Memphis, IN 1182Blackheart defeated Kikyo in the tournament final to win the reactivated championship. [18]
13Amazing MariaOctober 18, 2018IWA Mid-South 22nd Anniversary Show Jeffersonville, IN 165This was a falls count anywhere match. [19] [20]
14Lukas JacobsDecember 22, 2018IWA Mid-South Big Ass Christmas Bash 2018 Jeffersonville, IN 112Jacobs became the second male wrestler to hold the championship. [21]
15 Max the Impaler January 3, 2019IWA Mid-South RassleKingdom Jeffersonville, IN 143 [22]
16Amazing MariaFebruary 15, 2019IWA Mid-South Heartbreak 2019 Jeffersonville, IN 215This was a three-way match, also involving Thunderkitty. [23]
17 Nevaeh March 2, 2019IWA Mid-South in Like a Lion 2019 Jeffersonville, IN 182 [24]
18 Max the Impaler May 23, 2019IWA Mid-South Payback, Pain and Agony 2019 Jeffersonville, IN 249 [25]
19Alice CrowleyJuly 11, 2019IWA Mid-South Welcome to the Danger Zone Jeffersonville, IN 1238 [26]
20Haley JMarch 5, 2020IWA Mid-South Let The Madness Begin Jeffersonville, IN 1233This was a tables match. [27]
21ThunderkittyOctober 24, 2020IWA Mid-South 24th Anniversary Show: We Are IWA Indianapolis, IN 1103 [28]
22Haley JFebruary 4, 2021IWA Mid-South Opportunity Knocks Indianapolis, IN 294This was a four-way match also involving Amazing Maria and Malia Hosaka. [29]
23 Jessie Belle Smothers May 9, 2021This One's For Donna Jeffersonville, IN 167This was a four-way match also involving Alice Crowley and Thunderkitty. [30]
24ThunderkittyJuly 15, 2021 House show Jeffersonville, IN 2334 [31]
—DeactivatedJune 14, 2022————The promotion ceased operations.

Combined reigns

As of March1, 2026.

Record making three-time champion Mickie Knuckles; she has the longest singular reign for the title at 528 days, and she also has the longest combined reign at 960 days Mickie Knuckles.jpg
Record making three-time champion Mickie Knuckles; she has the longest singular reign for the title at 528 days, and she also has the longest combined reign at 960 days
†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days
1 Mickie Knuckles 3960
3 Thunderkitty 2334
2Haley J2327
4 Daizee Haze 2302
5Alice Crowley1238
6 Shotzi Blackheart 1182
7 Mercedes Martinez 1120
8 Lacey 1110
9 Nevaeh 1109
10 Hailey Hatred 182
11Amazing Maria280
12 MsChif 135
13 Ariel 128
14 Max the Impaler 292
15 Jessie Belle Smothers 167
16 Chuck Taylor 114
17Lukas Jacobs112

See also

References

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  4. ↑ "IWA Mid-South Official Website". IWA-MS. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  5. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 30, 2004). "NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Title Tournament (2004)". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 30, 2004). "IWA Mid-South Volcano Girls - Event @ Hammond, Indiana, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  7. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 17, 2004). "IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Tag 1 - Event @ Lincoln Center in Highland, Indiana, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
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  11. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 11, 2005). "IWA Mid-South Catch A Rising Star - Event @ National Guard Armory in Salem, Indiana, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  12. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 18, 2005). "IWA Mid-South King Of The Death Matches 2005 - Tag 1 - Event @ Capitol Sports Center in Plainfield, Indiana, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  13. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 8, 2006). "IWA East Coast A Need To Bleed 2006 - Event @ South Charleston Community Center in South Charleston, West Virginia, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  14. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 21, 2007). "IWA Mid-South Bad Blood Rising - Event @ Hartman Rec Center in Joliet, Illinois, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
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  21. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 22, 2018). "IWA Mid-South Big Ass Christmas Bash 2018 - Event @ The ArenA in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  22. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 3, 2019). "IWA Mid-South RassleKingdom - Event @ The ArenA in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  23. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 15, 2019). "IWA Mid-South Heartbreak 2019 - Event @ The ArenA in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  24. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 2, 2019). "IWA Mid-South In Like A Lion 2019 - Event @ The ArenA in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  25. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 23, 2019). "IWA Mid-South Payback, Pain & Agony 2019 - Event @ Jeffersonville Arena in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
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