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WLW Ladies Championship | |||||||||||
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Promotion | World League Wrestling | ||||||||||
Date established | April 1999 | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Lucy Mendes | ||||||||||
Date won | February 10, 2012 | ||||||||||
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The World League Wrestling (WLW) Ladies Championship, is the top title contested for women's professional wrestling wrestlers in the independent professional wrestling promotion World League Wrestling.
The current champion is Miss Monica. She defeated Miss Natural and Stacy O'Brien in a triple threat match at Night Of Champions 2 in St Peters, Missouri to win the title on August 28, 2016.
# | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Notes |
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1 | Malia Hosaka | 1 | April 1, 1999 | 17 | Springfield, Missouri | Records are unclear as to who Malia Hosaka defeated to become the inaugural champion. |
2 | Brandi Alexander | 1 | April 18, 1999 | 174 | Springfield, Missouri | |
3 | Malia Hosaka | 2 | October 19, 1999 | 84 | Eldon, Missouri | |
— | Vacated | — | January 2000 | — | — | |
4 | Heather Savage | 1 | April 27, 2001 | 4 | Buffalo, Missouri | Heather Savage defeated Che Physique in a tournament finals to win the vacant title. |
5 | Che Physique | 1 | May 1, 2001 | 92 | Forsyth, Missouri | |
6 | Heather Savage | 2 | August 1, 2001 | 199 | Springfield, Missouri | |
7 | Miss Natural | 1 | February 16, 2002 | 385 | Eldon, Missouri | |
8 | Wendy Rimmer | 1 | March 8, 2002 | 649 | Lexington, Missouri | |
9 | Miss Natural | 2 | December 8, 2003 | 128 | Lexington, Missouri | |
10 | Helena Heavenly | 1 | April 23, 2004 | 113 | Richmond, Missouri | |
11 | Miss Natural | 3 | August 14, 2004 | 91 | Richmond, Missouri | |
12 | Josie | 1 | November 13, 2004 | 147 | Kansas City, Missouri | |
13 | Miss Natural | 4 | April 9, 2005 | 217 | Concordia, Missouri | |
— | Vacated | — | November 2005 | — | — | |
14 | Josie | 2 | November 12, 2005 | 392 | Eldon, Missouri | Josie defeated Wonderful Wendy to win the vacant title. |
— | Vacated | — | December 2006 | — | — | |
15 | Christie Summers | 1 | December 9, 2006 | 286 | St. Louis, Missouri | Christie Summers defeated Rebecca Raze and Jennifer Starr in a three-way match. |
16 | Katie Syren | 1 | September 21, 2007 | 1 | Eldon, Missouri | Katie Syren defeated Christie Summers and Miss Natural in a three-way match. |
17 | Christie Summers | 2 | September 22, 2007 | 35 | Sedalia, Missouri | |
18 | Katie Syren | 2 | October 27, 2007 | 21 | Maryland Heights, Missouri | |
19 | Miss Natural | 5 | November 17, 2007 | 160 | Concordia, Missouri | |
20 | Stacey O'Brien | 1 | April 25, 2008 | 182 | Lebanon, Missouri | |
21 | Amy Hennig | 1 | October 24, 2008 | 29 | Warsaw, Missouri | |
22 | Stacey O'Brien | 2 | November 22, 2008 | 119 | St. Louis, Missouri | |
23 | Amy Hennig | 2 | March 21, 2009 | 196 | Eldon, Missouri | |
24 | Becca Swanson | 1 | October 3, 2009 | 160 | Eldon, Missouri | |
25 | Lucy Mendez | 1 | March 12, 2010 | 1 | Spokane, Missouri | Lucy Mendez defeated Amy Hennig and Becca Swanson in a three-way match. |
26 | Amy Hennig | 3 | March 13, 2010 | 399 | Summersville, Missouri | Amy Hennig defeated Lucy Mendez and Becca Swanson in a three-way match. |
— | Vacated | — | April 16, 2011 | — | — | Title held up after the title was allegedly not defended for 30 days. |
27 | Stacey O'Brien | 3 | September 18, 2011 | 12 | Burlington, Iowa | Defeated Lucy Mendez to win the vacant title. |
28 | Lucy Mendez | 2 | September 30, 2011 | 133 | Dodge City, Kansas | Lucy Mendez teamed up with Brian Breaker against Jack Gamble and Stacey O'Brien in a tag team match with the WLW Heavyweight Championship on the line as well. Mendez pinned O'Brien to win the match and the Women's Championship. |
— | Vacated | — | February 10, 2012 | — | — | Title held up after the title was allegedly not defended for 30 days. |
29 | Stacey O'Brien | 4 | February 10, 2012 | 3,624 | Richmond, Missouri | Stacey O'Brien defeated Miss Natural to win the vacant title. |
30 | Miss Natural | 6 | August 29, 2015 | 2,328 | Troy, Missouri | 2/3 falls match |
31 | Miss Monica | — | August 28, 2016 | 1,963 | St. Peters, Missouri | Miss Monica defeated Miss Natural and Stacy O'Brien |
† | Indicates the current champion |
¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct. |
As of January12, 2022.
Rank | Wrestler | # of Reigns | Combined Days |
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1 | Miss Natural | 5 | 981¤ |
2 | Wendy Rimmer | 1 | 649 ¤ |
3 | Amy Hennig | 3 | 622 |
4 | Josie | 2 | 539¤ |
5 | Stacey O'Brien† | 4 | 2,135 |
6 | Miss Monica† | 1 | 1,963+ |
7 | Christie Summers | 2 | 321 |
8 | Heather Savage | 2 | 203 |
9 | Brandi Alexander | 1 | 184 |
10 | Becca Swanson | 1 | 160 |
11 | Lucy Mendes | 2 | 133 |
12 | Helena Heavenly | 1 | 113 ¤ |
13 | Che Physique | 1 | 92 |
14 | Malia Hosaka | 2 | 91 ¤ |
15 | Katie Syren | 1 | 22 |
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