IWA World Women's Championship

The IWA World Women's Championship was a major women's professional wrestling title in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. It had its origins with Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Alberta in 1987.

IWA World Women's Championship
Details
PromotionStampede Wrestling
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
Date establishedDecember 1987
Date retiredMay 11, 1997
Statistics
First champion(s)Monster Ripper
Final champion(s)Kyoko Inoue
Most reignsChigusa Nagayo, Madusa Miceli, Kyoko Inoue (3)

Title history

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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 Monster Ripper December 1987 House show N/A 1 N/A Recognized as champion in Stampede Wrestling; announced as having defeated Wendi Richter before coming to Calgary. [1]
2 Chigusa Nagayo September 22, 1988 House show Calgary, Alberta 1 104 Defeats Monster Ripper in tournament final to become inaugural champion. [1]
3 Madusa Miceli January 4, 1989 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 1
4 Chigusa Nagayo January 5, 1989 House show Tokyo, Japan 2 121
Vacated May 6, 1989 House show N/A The championship was vacated when Chigusa Nagayo retired.
5 Madusa Miceli September 14, 1989 House show Kumamoto, Japan 2 N/A Defeated Beastie to win the vacant championship.
Vacated 1991 House show N/A The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
6 Kyoko Inoue August 31, 1991 House show Mita, Minato, Tokyo 1 238 Defeated Debbie Malenko to win the vacant championship.
7 Manami Toyota April 25, 1992 Wrestlemarinepiad Yokohama, Japan 1 1,115
8 Reggie Bennett May 15, 1995 Zenjo Movement - Day 8 Niigata, Japan 1 203
9 Takako Inoue December 4, 1995 Monday Night Sensation Tokyo, Japan 1 413 Unifies with All Pacific Championship, defeating Reggie Bennett on November 21, 1996 in Kobe.
10 Kyoko Inoue January 20, 1997 "Ota Ward Champion Legend 1997" Zenjo Perfection - Day 13 Tokyo, Japan 2 111 [2]
Deactivated May 11, 1997 House show N/A Inoue Was unsatisfied after a match against Kaoru Ito ends in a 60-minute time limit draw; title abandoned.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Laroche, Stephen (January 9, 2001). "SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Rhonda Sing / Monster Ripper". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Hoops, Brian (January 20, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/20): HHH returns, wins 2002 Royal Rumble". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
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