MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship

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MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship
MLW Feather Title.jpg
The current championship belt
Details
Promotion Major League Wrestling (MLW)
Date establishedJuly 7, 2021
Current champion(s) Delmi Exo
Date wonJanuary 11, 2025
Other name(s)
  • MLW Women's Featherweight Championship
    (2021–2022)
  • MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship
    (2022–present)
Statistics
First champion(s) Taya Valkyrie [1]
Most reigns Delmi Exo (2)
Longest reign Janai Kai
(455 days)
Shortest reign Delmi Exo
(191 days)
Oldest champion Taya Valkyrie
(38 years, 264 days)
Youngest champion Delmi Exo
(28 years, 355 days)
Heaviest champion Taya Valkyrie
(145 lb (66 kg))
Lightest champion Janai Kai
(126 lb (57 kg))

The MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion Major League Wrestling (MLW). The current champion is Delmi Exo, who is in her record-setting second reign. She won the title by defeating Janai Kai in a Title vs. Hair match at Kings of Colosseum in North Richland Hills, Texas on January 11, 2025.

Contents

History

The inaugural champion Taya Valkyrie. Taya Valkyrie, April 2016.jpg
The inaugural champion Taya Valkyrie.

MLW previously teased the formation of a women's division on August 18, 2019, later announcing its official launch on October 18, 2019. [2] [3] The division's first official match was held at MLW Blood and Thunder of 2019 between Zeda Zhang and The Spider Lady which Zhang was successful at winning via disqualification. [4] [5]

Following MLW coming back from a lengthy hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on July 7, 2021, it was announced that Shimmer Women Athletes co-founder Dave Prazak had joined MLW to help relaunch its women's division. [6] On the September 22, 2021, episode of Fusion: Alpha , MLW officially announced the launch of its MLW women's featherweight division and introduced the first wrestlers on the roster, including Brittany Blake, Holidead, Nicole Savoy, The Sea Stars (Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo), Willow Nightingale and Zoey Skye. [7] [8]

On April 21, 2022, it was announced that on May 13, 2022, at Kings of Colosseum that there will be a match between Taya Valkyrie and Holidead to determine who the first ever MLW Women's Featherweight Championship title holder is. [9] During the match, Taya defeated Holidead via submission to become the inaugural championship holder. [10]

Sometime during Taya Valkyrie's reign, the title's name was changed from the MLW Women's Featherweight Championship to the MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship according to MLW's official website. [11]

Reigns

As of January21, 2025, there have been four reigns between three champions Taya Valkyrie was the inaugural champion. She is also the oldest champion at 38 years old, while Delmi Exo is the youngest at 28 years old. Janai Kai's reign is the longest at 455 days, while Exo's reign is the shortest at 191 days.

The current champion is Delmi Exo, who is in her second reign. She won the title by defeating Janai Kai in a Title vs. Hair match at Kings of Colosseum in North Richland Hills, Texas on January 11, 2025.

Names

NameYear
MLW Women's Featherweight ChampionshipJuly 7, 2021 – July 31, 2022
MLW World Women's Featherweight ChampionshipJuly 31, 2022 – present [11]
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
Major League Wrestling (MLW)
1 Taya Valkyrie May 13, 2022 Kings of Colosseum Philadelphia, PA 1328Defeated Holidead to become the inaugural champion, which aired on tape delay on June 16.
During this reign on July 31, 2022, the title name was changed to the MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship.		 [1] [11]
2 Delmi Exo April 6, 2023 War Chamber Queens, NY 1191Aired on tape delay on June 15. [12]
3 Janai Kai October 14, 2023 Slaughterhouse Philadelphia, PA 1455 [13]
4 Delmi Exo January 11, 2025 Kings of Colosseum North Richland Hills, TX 210+This was a Title vs. Hair match. [14]

Combined reigns

As of January21, 2025.

Longest reigning champion at a record-setting 455 days Janai Kai. Janai Kai Kitsune Wrestling March 2024.jpg
Longest reigning champion at a record-setting 455 days Janai Kai.
†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days
1 Janai Kai 1455
2 Taya Valkyrie 1328
3 Delmi Exo †2201+

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