AWA World Women's Championship

AWA World Women's Championship
Madusa Miceli posing with the championship in 1988
Details
PromotionAmerican Wrestling Association (AWA)
Date established1954
Date retired1991
Statistics
First championJune Byers
Most reignsCandi Devine
(4 times)
Longest reignKay Noble
(3,127 days)
Shortest reignCandi Devine
(3 days)

The AWA World Women's Championship was the women's professional wrestling title in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1961 until 1991.

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 June Byers August 20, 1954 House show Atlanta, GA 1 2563 Byers defeat Mildred Burke for the NWA World Women's Championship and continues to be recognized by AWA after it splits from NWA in 1960.
2 Penny Banner August 26, 1961 House show Angola, IN 1 493 AWA ceased to recognize June Byers as women's champion after she no-showed a title defense. Banner won a battle royal to become the new AWA World Women's Champion.
— Vacated January 1, 1963 — — — — The AWA vacated the championship on January 1, 1963, but June Byers continued to be recognized as champion by the NWA until she retired in January 1964.
3 Kay Noble April 13, 1963 House show Saint Paul, MN 1 3127 Defeat Kathy Starr to win the vacant championship.
4 Vivian Vachon November 4, 1971 House show Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 651
5 Betty Nicoli August 16, 1973 House show Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 587
— Vacated March 27, 1975 — — — — The championship was vacated when Betty Nicoli retired.
Championship history is unrecorded from April 1975 to October 1984.
6 Candi Devine November 2, 1984 House show Minneapolis, MN 1 330 Devine won a battle royal to win the vacant championship.
7 Sherri Martel September 28, 1985 SuperClash Chicago, IL 1 5
— Vacated October 3, 1985 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
8 Candi Devine October 14, 1985 House show Memphis, TN 2 3 Devine was awarded the championship without title match.
9 Sherri Martel October 17, 1985 House show Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 91
10 Candi Devine January 16, 1986 House show Winnipeg, Manitoba 3 163
11 Sherri Martel June 28, 1986 Battle by the Bay Oakland, CA 3 391
— Vacated July 24, 1987 — — — — The championship was vacated when Sherri Martel went to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
12 Madusa Miceli December 27, 1987 AWA Championship Wrestling Las Vegas, NV 1 335 Defeat Candi Devine to win the vacant championship.
13 Wendi Richter November 26, 1988 House show Bloomington, MN 1 368
— Vacated November 29, 1989 — — — — After Wendi Richter left from AWA.
14 Candi Devine December 6, 1989 House show Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4 212 Defeat Judy Martin for the vacant title.
15 Monster Ripper July 7, 1990 House Show Bayamón, Puerto Rico 1 158
— Vacated December 12, 1990 — — — —
Championship history is unrecorded from January 1991 to August 1991.
— Deactivated August 1991 — — — — Title inactive when AWA close.

Combined reigns

¤ The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
days
1 Kay Noble13,127
2 June Byers12,563
3 Candi Devine4708
4 Vivian Vachon1651
5 Betty Nicoli1587
6 Penny Banner1493
7 Sherri Martel3487
8 Wendi Richter1368
9 Madusa Miceli1335
10 Monster Ripper1158

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Hoops, Brian (August 20, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (August 20): June Byers wins NWA Women's belt, Michael Shane wins TNA X-Division title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Archived from the original on February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ Hoops, Brian (April 13, 2016). "Daily pro wrestling history (04/13): Samoa Joe wins TNA World Title; Terry Funk wins ECW World Title". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on July 12, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ "SuperClash I". Pro Wrestling History. September 28, 1985. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ Hoops, Brian (October 17, 2016). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (10/17): Triple H vs. Steve Austin at No Mercy 1999". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  5. ↑ Hoops, Brian (January 16, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/16): Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton win WCW Tag Team Titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ Hoops, Brian (December 27, 2016). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (12/27): Kevin Nash ends Goldberg's streak at Starrcade". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  7. ↑ "CvC: Made In USA, the Greatest Women's Champion is Debra Miceli". Bleacher Report. July 30, 2009. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  8. ↑ Hoops, Brian (November 26, 2015). "Daily pro wrestling history (11/26): Scott Steiner wins WCW World Title, WCW vs. WWF on PPV". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2023. ClassicsWWC (2012-07-23), WWC: Monster Ripper vs. Candi Devine (1990), archived from the original on 2021-12-13, retrieved 2018-01-23
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