RPW Women's Championship

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RPW Women's Championship
Details
Promotion Resistance Pro Wrestling
Date establishedNovember 25, 2011
Current champion(s)Roni Nicole
Date wonMay 4, 2018
Statistics
First champion(s) Melanie Cruise
Most reigns Melanie Cruise (2)
Longest reignRoni Nicole (1836+ days)
Shortest reign Melanie Cruise (49 days)
Oldest champion Amazing Kong (35 years)
Youngest champion Crazy Mary Dobson (21 years)
Heaviest champion Amazing Kong (272 lb (123 kg))
Lightest champion Crazy Mary Dobson (139 lb (63 kg))

The RPW Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship in Resistance Pro Wrestling (RPW). The first holder of the title is Melanie Cruise, who won a gauntlet match on November 25, 2011.

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Title history

#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily
#WrestlersReignDateDays
held
LocationEventNotesRef.
1 Melanie Cruise 1November 25, 2011294 Chicago, IL Black FridayMelanie Cruise pinned Cheerleader Melissa in the finals of an eight-woman gauntlet match to become the first champion. [1]
Vacated September 14, 2012 Chicago, IL Just a GameTitle vacated, after Cruise and Mr. 450 were defeated in a mixed tag team match by Jocephus Brody and Nikki St. John.
2 Melanie Cruise 2November 30, 201249 Chicago, IL Sad Wings of DestinyCruise defeated Nikki St. John in an "I Quit" match to win the vacant title.
Vacated January 18, 2013 Chicago, IL Stay HungryTitle vacated due to Cruise being sidelined with a concussion.
3 Amazing Kong 1January 18, 2013126 Chicago, IL Stay HungryKong defeated D'Arcy Dixon, Nikki St. John and Thunderkitty in a four-way match to win the vacant title. [2]
Vacated May 24, 2013Kong vacated the title.
4D'Arcy Dixon1May 13, 2013336 Merrionette Park, Illinois Lights OutDixon defeated Nikki St. John to win the vacant title.
5 Mickie Knuckles 1April 25, 2014300 Willowbrook, Illinois Don't Tread
6 Crazy Mary Dobson 1March 21, 2015539 Summit, IL All The Colors Of The DarkDobson defeated Knuckles in a No DQ match.
Vacated September 10, 2016Dobson vacated the title due to signing to WWE
7 Rachael Ellering 1November 5, 2016322 Summit, IL Road to RuinEllering won a tournament to win the vacated title [3]
8Holidead1September 23, 2017223 Summit, IL FW/RPW Rumble In SummitThis was a four way also including Akane Fujita and Kylie Rae.
9Roni Nicole1May 4, 20181836+ Summit, IL Resistance Chapter II: RevelationsThis was a falls Count Anywhere match. [4]

Combined reigns

As of May14, 2023.

Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined days
1Roni Nicole †11,836+
2 Crazy Mary Dobson 1539
3 Melanie Cruise 2343
4D'Arcy Dixon1336
5 Rachael Ellering 1322
6 Mickie Knuckles 1300
7Holidead1223
8 Amazing Kong 1126

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