WCW Women's Championship

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WCW Women's Championship
Data
owner World Championship Wrestling
Gaea Japan
Introduced December 29, 1996
Discontinued December 20, 1997

The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Women's Championship was a short-lived wrestling title of the World Championship Wrestling . It existed from December 29, 1996 to December 20, 1997. As with all wrestling titles, the title was awarded as part of a storyline .

Before the official championship, the women's champion was taken over from other, friendly promotions.

history

Before the official WCW Women's Championship

In the mid-1980s, WCW predecessor Jim Crockett Promotions was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) , an organization that linked a number of territories. As such, she recognized the NWA World Women's Championship held by Debbie Combs . When the WCW separated from the NWA between 1987 and 1988, the title changed to Misty Blue Simmes . In 1990 WCW recognized Susan Sexton , the champion of the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association, as a champion. She was allowed to defend her title at Clash of the Champions XII: Mountain Madness / Fall Brawl '90 against Bambi .

From 1991 the WCW tried to found its own women's division, which included Madusa , Bambi, Leilani Kai and Judy Martin . The plan failed, however, and all wrestlers except Madusa left the WCW. Therefore Madusa was now used as a ring companion until she switched to the World Wrestling Federation , where she was allowed to become three-time WWF Women's Champion .

The WCW Women's Championship

When Madusa returned to WCW in 1996, she brought the WWF Women's Championship belt with her and threw it in a garbage can on November 4, 1996 in front of the cameras on Monday Nitro . The segment was an early example of the so-called Monday Night Wars between WCW and WWF in the mid to late 1990s. Madusa then feuded with Bull Nakano and Sherri Martel , but it would be half a year before the WCW Women's Championship was finally introduced. To this end, a tournament was held that was broadcast on Monday Nitro on November 4, 1996 and on Pay-per-View Starcade on December 29, 1996. The tournament consisted of only seven wrestlers. Akira Hokuto , Chigusa Nagayo (as Zero), KAORU , Meiko Satomura and Sonoko Kato came from the Japanese women's league Gaea Japan . Then there were the WCW wrestlers Madusa and Malia Hosaka . To get eight participants, Akira Hokutso took part twice, once under the ring name Reina Jakubi and with a mask. In the final, Akira Hokuto won the title, which was able to prevail against Madusa.

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
   Reina Jakubi        
 Madusa Pin code  
 zero
   Madusa Pin code  
 Malia Hosaka
   zero Pin code  
   Madusa
   Akira Hokuto Pin code
   Sonoko Kato
 Kaoru Pin code  
 Kaoru
   Akira Hokuto Pin code  
 Meiko Satomura
   Akira Hokuto Pin code  

Akira Hokuto and Madusa were also the two wrestlers who competed against each other most often. Other applicants were Malia Hosaka, Leilani Kai, Peggy Lee Leather, Debbie Combs and Luna Vachon . On September 20, 1997, Madusa and Akira Hokuto met again in a so-called Title vs. Career match . Madusa lost and paused for about two years. But since Akira Hokuto returned to Japan, the title became vacant .

On December 20, 1997, Devil Masami was allowed to win the title, but this too was short-lived as WCW and Gaea ended their partnership shortly afterwards.

All attempts to create a new title failed, despite a relatively strong women's division in the 1999s and 2000s.

List of title holders

# Wrestler number date Days place event Remarks
1 Akira Hokuto 1 December 29, 1996 168 Nashville , Tennessee Starcade Defeated Madusa in a tournament final.
vacancy - June 15, 1997 0 N / A N / A Hokuto went back to Japan.
2 Devil Masami 1 September 20, 1997 unknown Kawasaki , Japan Beat Zero in a match for the vacant title and the AAAW Single Championship .
Title set - circa September 20, 1997 0 - - The title was discontinued after WCW and GAEA Japan ended their collaboration.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The History of WCW: WCW 1989. Retrieved December 10, 2017 (English).
  2. ^ NWA World Women's Title. Accessed December 10, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Clash of the Champions 1-20. Pro Wrestling History, accessed December 10, 2017 .
  4. ^ WCW Television, Pay Per View, and House Show Reports For 1997. Retrieved December 10, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Devil Masami . Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
  6. ^ Today's History Lesson — September 20th . Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2011.