WCW Women's Championship
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World Championship Wrestling GAEA Japan |
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| Date established | December 29, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | 1997 | ||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Akira Hokuto |
| Final champion(s) | Devil Masami |
| Most reigns | Akira Hokuto, Devil Masami (1 reign) |
| Heaviest champion | Devil Masami (150 lb (68 kg)) |
| Lightest champion | Akira Hokuto (130 lb (59 kg)) |
The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Women's Championship was a short-lived title for the women's professional wrestling division in World Championship Wrestling. It lasted from 1996 until 1997, when it was abandoned. It is not to be confused with prior women's titles recognized by the promotion.
In the mid-1980s, Jim Crockett Promotions (which eventually became World Championship Wrestling) was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance and recognized the NWA World Women's Championship, which was held by Debbie Combs. The Kansas City promotion that recognized Combs as the champion withdrew from NWA in 1987 and closed in 1988. During this time, the NWA vacated Combs' title and awarded Misty Blue Simmes the reactivated NWA United States Women's Championship (a replacement of the prior NWA World Women's Championship held by Combs). Simmes defended the title from 1987–1989, when the title was no longer recognized by Jim Crockett Promotions.
In 1990, the organization recognized Ladies Professional Wrestling Association Champion Susan Sexton as the World Women's Champion. Sexton defended the title against Bambi at Clash of the Champions XII "Fall Brawl: Mountain Madness".
WCW attempted to create a new women's division in 1991. At Wrestle War, a women's match was featured pitting Itsuki Yamazaki and Mami Kitimura against Miki Handa and Miss A. Later in the year, former United States Women's Champion Misty Blue Simmes returned to the organization and competed in matches against Linda Dallas and Kat LeRoux. During this time, the organization also featured televised matches involving Madusa, Bambi, Leilani Kai, and Judy Martin. By the end of the year, all of the female wrestlers departed from the organization except Madusa (who was retained as a valet).
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