OCW Women's Championship

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OCW Women's Championship
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PromotionOhio Championship Wrestling
Date establishedMarch 10, 2007
Current champion(s)Katie Arquette
Date wonApril 21, 2018

The OCW Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship in Ohio Championship Wrestling (OCW). The first title holder was Lexi Lane, who defeated ODB in a tournament final on March 10, 2007. There have been four reigns, shared between three women. Katie Arquette is the current champion, who is in her first title reign. [2]

Contents

Tournament

In March 2007, Ohio Championship Wrestling announced a one-night only eight-women tournament to determine the first OCW Women's Champion. [3]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Lexi Lane Pin
Sassy Stephie
Lexi Lane Pin
Hailey Hatred
Lorelei Lee
Hailey Hatred Pin
Lexi Lane Pin
ODB
Josie
ODB Pin
ODB Pin
Portia Perez
Jessica Havok
Portia Perez Pin

Title history

Reigns

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
1 Lexi Lane March 10, 2007Ladies Night Coshocton, OH 1259Lane defeated ODB in the finals of an eight-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. [1]
2 Nevaeh November 24, 2007 Live event Newark, Ohio 184
3 Ashley Lane February 16, 2008 Live event Newark, Ohio 2357Ashley was formerly known as Lexi Lane.
4 Sara Del Rey February 7, 2009 Live event Coshocton, OH 1 [Note 1] This was a three-way match, also involving Sassy Stephie.
Vacated 2009The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
5Zoey SkyeAugust 26, 2017Women's Title Tournament Akron, OH 17Skye defeated Laura Loveless in the finals of an eight-woman tournament to win the vacant championship. [4]
6Laura LovelessSeptember 2, 2017N/A Canton, OH 1231
7Katie ArquetteApril 21, 2018N/A Akron, OH 11,105+

Footnotes

  1. The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.

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