WCPW Ladies Championship

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WCPW Ladies Championship
Details
Promotion Windy City Pro Wrestling
Date establishedApril 19, 1988
Date retiredDecember 16, 2010
Statistics
First champion(s) Candi Devine
Final champion(s)Faith
(won September 26, 2009)
Most reignsLips Manson (3)
Longest reignCheeks Manson (980 days)
Shortest reignMaria Maceli (29 days)

The WCPW Ladies Championship (also called the WCPW Women's Championship) was a women's professional wrestling championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). Originally, WCPW was known as Windy City Wrestling (WCW), however, a lawsuit brought by World Championship Wrestling forced the smaller promotion to change its name to "Windy City Pro Wrestling" in 1997. The championship remained active until December 2010, when WCPW merged with the Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment. The women's title has the distinction for being the "most controversial" championship in the promotion with three former champions being stripped of the title while a fourth, Dymond, abandoned the title to join a rival promotion. [1]

Contents

The inaugural champion was Candi Devine, who won the title at a live event in Chicago, Illinois on April 19, 1988 to become the first WCW Women's Champion. Lips Manson holds the record for most reigns, with three. "Awesome" Ondi Austin held the title four times, however, the promotion only officially recognizes two of her reigns. At 980 days, Cheeks Manson was the longest reigning champion in the title's history. Maria Maceli's second reign was the shortest in the history of the title lasting only 29 days. Overall, there have been 21 reigns shared between 32 wrestlers, with nine vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Names

NameYears
WCW Women's Championship1988 — 1996
WCPW Women's Championship1997 — 1999

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
†Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Candi Devine April 19, 1988 Live event Chicago, IL 132 [1] [2] [3]
†Ondi AustinMay 21, 1988 Live event Chicago, IL 11 [2]
† Candi Devine May 22, 1988 Live event Dixon, IL 2131 [2]
2Ondi AustinSeptember 30, 1988 Live event Chicago, IL 1(2)134 [1] [2] [3]
3DazzlerFebruary 11, 1989WCW TV Tapings Cicero, IL 149 [4]
4Ondi AustinApril 1, 1989 Live event Malta, IL 2(3)373 [5]
5Lisa StarrApril 9, 1990 Live event Nashville, TN 1404 [1] [2] [3]
6Ondi AustinMay 18, 1991 Live event Chicago, IL 3(4)106 [1] [2] [3]
7Lisa StarrSeptember 1, 1991 Live event Chicago, IL 2 [Note 1] [1] [2] [3]
— Vacated  May 1993————The championship becomes vacant after Lisa Starr was stripped of the title. [1] [2] [3]
8Toni AlexisMay 22, 1993 Live event Chicago, IL 1360Alexis defeated Vandela to win the vacant championship. [6]
9 Susan Green May 17, 1994 Live event Hammond, IN 1 [Note 2] [1] [2] [3]
— Vacated  November 1994————The championship becomes vacant when Susan Green retired. [1] [2]
10Toni AlexisNovember 5, 1994 Live event Chicago, IL 2196Alexis was awarded the vacant championship. [1] [2] [3]
11 Candi Devine May 20, 1995 Live event Hammond, IN 2(3)364Alexis was awarded the vacant championship. [1] [2] [3]
12CybillMay 18, 1996Battle of the Belts VIII Hammond, IN 1 [Note 3] [7]
— Vacated  May 1997————The championship was vacated when Cybil was suspended and subsequently stripped as champion. [1] [2]
13 Baby Doll May 17, 1997 Live event Cicero, IL 1366Doll won a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1] [2] [3]
14Lips MansonMay 18, 1998Battle of the Belts X Cicero, IL 1243 [1] [2] [3] [8]
— Vacated  January 16, 1999————The championship becomes vacant when Lips Manson was stripped as champion for failing to defend the title within a six-month period. [1] [2] [3]
15Maria MaceliJanuary 16, 1999——1126Maceli was awarded the vacant championship. [1] [2] [3]
16CinnamonMay 22, 1999 Live event Chicago, IL 149 [1] [2] [3]
17Maria MaceliJuly 10, 1999 Live event Chicago, IL 229 [1] [2] [3]
18KatAugust 8, 1999 Live event Chicago, IL 163 [1] [3]
19CrystalOctober 10, 1999War at the World: Day 2 Tinley Park, IL 1188 [1] [2] [3] [9] [10]
20DrusalaApril 15, 2000 Live event Chicago, IL 1378 [1] [3]
— Vacated  April 28, 2001 Live event Chicago, IL ——The championship becomes vacant when Drusala was unable to compete due to injury. [1] [3]
21AngelApril 28, 2001 Live event Cicero, IL 1140Angel defeated Krystal to win the vacant championship. [1] [3]
22PhoenixSeptember 15, 2001 Live event Chicago, IL 142 [1]
23AngelOctober 27, 2001 Live event Chicago, IL 2 [Note 4] [1]
— Vacated  2002————The championship was vacated due to undocumented reasons. [1]
24 SoSay May 17, 2003 Live event Cicero, IL 1 [Note 4] SoSay defeated Sandra D to win the vacant championship. [3] [11]
— Vacated  2003————The championship becomes vacant when SoSay was unable to compete due to injury. [3]
25Cheeks MansonSeptember 13, 2003A Midsummer Night's Classic Chicago, IL 1980Manson won a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [3] [8]
26DymondMay 20, 2006Battle of the Belts 18 Chicago, IL 1 [Note 5] [3] [12] [13] [14]
— Vacated  September 2007————The championship becomes vacant when Dymond left the promotion to join the Vanguard Wrestling All-Star Alliance. [3] [14]
27Faith2007——1 [Note 4] [3]
28Mia MartinezDecember 13, 2008 Live event Calumet City, IL 1209 [3] [15]
29 Lacey Von Erich July 10, 2009Legends under the Stars Villa Park, IL 178This was a five-way match, which also involved Faith, Juliet the Huntress, Kimberly Kash and Mia Martinez. [3]
— Vacated  September 26, 2009Star Spangled Banner Chicago, IL ——The championship is vacated when Lacey Von Erich surrenders the title when she signs a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) [3]
30FaithSeptember 26, 2009 Live event Chicago, IL 1446Faith defeated Mia Martinez to win the vacant championship. [3]
—DeactivatedDecember 16, 2010————WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Faith was the final champion in WCPW as a company.

Combined reigns

RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined
days
1Cheeks Manson1980
2Lisa "L.A." Starr2804
3Lips Manson3799
4 Candi Devine 3661
5Ondi Austin4614
6 Baby Doll 1366
7Drusala1358
8Mia Martinez1209
9Crystal1189
10Maria Maceli2155
11Angel1140
12 Lacey Von Erich 178
13Kat163
14lCinnamon149
15Dazzler149
16Phoenix142

Notes

  1. ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 608 and 638 days.
  2. ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 168 and 197 days.
  3. ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 348 and 378 days.
  4. 1 2 3 The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown.
  5. ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 469 and 498 days.

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