Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship
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Miyu Yamashita with the current title design
Details
Promotion Pro-Wrestling: EVE
Date established8 April 2011
Current champion(s) Nina Samuels
Date won5 January 2024
Statistics
First champion(s) Britani Knight
Most reigns Nikki Storm and Rhia O'Reilly
(3 times)
Longest reignRhia O'Reilly
(789 days)
Shortest reign Nikki Storm and Viper
(<1 day)
Oldest champion Emi Sakura
(36 years, 37 days)
Youngest champion Britani Knight
(18 years, 234 days)

The Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Pro-Wrestling: EVE. On 9 April 2011, Britani Knight became the inaugural champion after defeating Nikki Storm in the finals of an 21-woman tournament. [1] Since then, there has been 19 reigns shared among 13 different wrestlers. Nina Samuels is the current champion in her second reign.

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History

First champion, Britani Knight Britani Knight.jpg
First champion, Britani Knight

On 8 April 2011, 21 wrestlers entered a two days tournament to crown the first Pro-Wrestling: EVE champion, which was eventually won by Britani Knight, after she defeated Nikki Storm in the finals to become the inaugural champion. [1] On 20 May 2017, the current EVE Champion Rhia O'Reilly vacated the title after breaking both her leg and ankle. On 21 May, at Babes with Power, Sammii Jayne won the vacant championship after defeating Kay Lee Ray in a no disqualification match in the finals of a 16-woman tournament. [2]

On 5 May 2018, EVE held their biggest event to date, Wrestle Queendom, when during the main event, Charlie Morgan defeated Jayne to win the EVE Championship. [3]

Reigns

As of 13July2024, there have been a total of 21 reigns shared between 15 wrestlers and one vacancy. Britani Knight was the inaugural champion, and also the youngest champion at 18 years old, while Emi Sakura is the oldest at 36 years old. Nikki Storm and Rhia O'Reilly hold the record of most reigns at three times. O'Reilly's third reign is the longest at 789 days, while Storm's first reign alongside Viper lasted less than a day.

Nina Samuels is the current champion in her second reign. She defeated Safire Reed on 5 January 2024 at the second Multiverse Rumble show.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
<1Reign lasted less than a day
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Britani Knight 9 April 2011EVE Chapter 6: Return of the Jetta Sudbury, Suffolk 156Defeated Nikki Cross in the finals of an 21-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. [1]
2 Jenny Sjödin 4 June 2011XWA War on the Shore VII Morecambe, Lancashire 1302 [4]
3 Alpha Female 1 April 2012BritWres-Fest 2012 Southwark, London 1223 [5]
4 Nikki Storm 10 November 2012Wrestle-Fever Sudbury, Suffolk 1<1 [6]
5 Emi Sakura 10 November 2012Wrestle-Fever Sudbury, Suffolk 184 [6]
6 Nikki Storm 2 February 2013No Man's Land 2 Preston, Lancashire 2665 [7]
7Rhia O'Reilly29 November 2014XWA We Need a Hero Chelmsford, Essex 1456This was a no disqualification match. [8]
8 Nikki Storm 28 February 2016XWA Goldrush Colchester, Essex 321This was a no disqualification and no countout match. [9]
9Rhia O'Reilly20 March 2016Let's Make History! Hackney Wick, Greater London 2426This was a two-out-of three-falls no disqualification match. [10]
— Vacated 20 May 2017————Rhia O'Reilly vacated the championship after breaking her leg and ankle during a title defence.
10Sammii Jayne21 May 2017Babes with Power Bethnal Green, Greater London 1349Defeated Kay Lee Ray in a no disqualification match in the finals of a 16-woman tournament to win the vacant championship. [2]
11 Charlie Morgan 5 May 2018 Wrestle Queendom Bethnal Green, Greater London 1190 [3]
12 Nina Samuels 11 November 2018She-1 Bethnal Green, Greater London 1118This was a three-way match, also involving Kay Lee Ray. [11]
13 Kay Lee Ray 9 March 2019She Slams on Saturdays London, England 1113 [12]
14 Viper 30 June 2019Wrestle Queendom 2 Bethnal Green, London 1<1 [13]
15Rhia O'Reilly30 June 2019Wrestle Queendom 2 Bethnal Green, London 3789This was an impromptu match after Viper had won the championship. [13]
16 Jetta 27 August 2021Wrestle Queendom 4 London, England 199This was a 28-woman Rumble match. [14]
17Emersyn Jayne4 December 2021Aim to Misbehave London, England 263Jayne was previously known as Sammii Jayne. [15]
18 Jetta 5 February 2022Slayers in Spandex 2 London, England 2281 [16] [17]
19 Alex Windsor 13 November 2022Wrestle Queendom 5
Show 1		 London, England 1<1Won the title on show 1, lost the title on show 2. [18] [19]
20 Miyu Yamashita 13 November 2022Wrestle Queendom 5
Show 2		 London, England 1371 [18] [20]
21Safire Reed19 November 2023Wrestle Queendom 6
Show 2		 London, England 147 [21]
22 Nina Samuels 5 January 2024Multiverse Rumble London, England 2190+ [22]

Combined reigns

†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days
1Rhia O'Reilly31,671
2 Nikki Storm 3686
3Emersyn/Sammii Jayne2412
4 Jetta 2380
5 Miyu Yamashita 1371
6 Nina Samuels †2308+
7 Jenny Sjödin 1302
8 Alpha Female 1223
9 Charlie Morgan 1190
10 Kay Lee Ray 1113
11 Emi Sakura 184
12 Britani Knight 156
13Safire Reed147
14 Alex Windsor 1<1
Viper 1<1

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