RPW Women's Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Resistance Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | November 25, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Roni Nicole | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | May 4, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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.
# | Order in reign history |
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Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
Event | The 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 |
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | Melanie Cruise | 1 | November 25, 2011 | 294 | Chicago, IL | Black Friday | Melanie 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 Game | Title vacated, after Cruise and Mr. 450 were defeated in a mixed tag team match by Jocephus Brody and Nikki St. John. | |
2 | Melanie Cruise | 2 | November 30, 2012 | 49 | Chicago, IL | Sad Wings of Destiny | Cruise defeated Nikki St. John in an "I Quit" match to win the vacant title. | |
— | Vacated | — | January 18, 2013 | — | Chicago, IL | Stay Hungry | Title vacated due to Cruise being sidelined with a concussion. | |
3 | Amazing Kong | 1 | January 18, 2013 | 126 | Chicago, IL | Stay Hungry | Kong defeated D'Arcy Dixon, Nikki St. John and Thunderkitty in a four-way match to win the vacant title. | [2] |
— | Vacated | — | May 24, 2013 | — | — | — | Kong vacated the title. | |
4 | D'Arcy Dixon | 1 | May 13, 2013 | 336 | Merrionette Park, Illinois | Lights Out | Dixon defeated Nikki St. John to win the vacant title. | |
5 | Mickie Knuckles | 1 | April 25, 2014 | 300 | Willowbrook, Illinois | Don't Tread | ||
6 | Crazy Mary Dobson | 1 | March 21, 2015 | 539 | Summit, IL | All The Colors Of The Dark | Dobson defeated Knuckles in a No DQ match. | |
— | Vacated | — | September 10, 2016 | — | — | — | Dobson vacated the title due to signing to WWE | |
7 | Rachael Ellering | 1 | November 5, 2016 | 322 | Summit, IL | Road to Ruin | Ellering won a tournament to win the vacated title | [3] |
8 | Holidead | 1 | September 23, 2017 | 223 | Summit, IL | FW/RPW Rumble In Summit | This was a four way also including Akane Fujita and Kylie Rae. | |
9 | Roni Nicole | 1 | May 4, 2018 | 1836+ | Summit, IL | Resistance Chapter II: Revelations | This was a falls Count Anywhere match. | [4] |
As of May14, 2023.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Roni Nicole † | 1 | 1,836+ |
2 | Crazy Mary Dobson | 1 | 539 |
3 | Melanie Cruise | 2 | 343 |
4 | D'Arcy Dixon | 1 | 336 |
5 | Rachael Ellering | 1 | 322 |
6 | Mickie Knuckles | 1 | 300 |
7 | Holidead | 1 | 223 |
8 | Amazing Kong | 1 | 126 |
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