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Professional wrestling women's championship
WCPW Ladies Championship Promotion Windy City Pro Wrestling Date established April 19, 1988 Date retired December 16, 2010 First champion(s) Candi Devine Final champion(s) Faith (won September 26, 2009) Most reigns Lips Manson (3) Longest reign Cheeks Manson (980 days) Shortest reign Maria Maceli (29 days)
The WCPW Ladies Championship (also called the WCPW Women's Championship ) was a women's professional wrestling championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). Originally, WCPW was known as Windy City Wrestling (WCW), however, a lawsuit brought by World Championship Wrestling forced the smaller promotion to change its name to "Windy City Pro Wrestling" in 1997. The championship remained active until December 2010, when WCPW merged with the Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment. The women's title has the distinction for being the "most controversial" championship in the promotion with three former champions being stripped of the title while a fourth, Dymond, abandoned the title to join a rival promotion.[1]
The inaugural champion was Candi Devine , who won the title at a live event in Chicago, Illinois on April 19, 1988 to become the first WCW Women's Champion. Lips Manson holds the record for most reigns, with three. "Awesome" Ondi Austin held the title four times, however, the promotion only officially recognizes two of her reigns. At 980 days, Cheeks Manson was the longest reigning champion in the title's history. Maria Maceli's second reign was the shortest in the history of the title lasting only 29 days. Overall, there have been 21 reigns shared between 32 wrestlers, with nine vacancies, and 1 deactivation.
Title history [ edit ]
Name
Years
WCW Women's Championship
1988 — 1996
WCPW Women's Championship
1997 — 1999
Key
No.
Overall reign number
Reign
Reign number for the specific champion
Days
Number of days held
†
Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
No.
Champion
Championship change
Reign statistics
Notes
Ref.
Date
Event
Location
Reign
Days
1
Candi Devine
April 19, 1988
Live event
Chicago , IL
1
32
[1] [2] [3]
†
Ondi Austin
May 21, 1988
Live event
Chicago , IL
1
1
[2]
†
Candi Devine
May 22, 1988
Live event
Dixon, IL
2
131
[2]
2
Ondi Austin
September 30, 1988
Live event
Chicago , IL
1(2)
134
[1] [2] [3]
3
Dazzler
February 11, 1989
WCW TV Tapings
Cicero, IL
1
49
[4]
4
Ondi Austin
April 1, 1989
Live event
Malta, IL
2(3)
373
[5]
5
Lisa Starr
April 9, 1990
Live event
Nashville, TN
1
404
[1] [2] [3]
6
Ondi Austin
May 18, 1991
Live event
Chicago , IL
3(4)
106
[1] [2] [3]
7
Lisa Starr
September 1, 1991
Live event
Chicago , IL
2
[Note 1]
[1] [2] [3]
—
Vacated
May 1993
—
—
—
—
The championship becomes vacant after Lisa Starr was stripped of the title.
[1] [2] [3]
8
Toni Alexis
May 22, 1993
Live event
Chicago , IL
1
360
Alexis defeated Vandela to win the vacant championship.
[6]
9
Susan Green
May 17, 1994
Live event
Hammond, IN
1
[Note 2]
[1] [2] [3]
—
Vacated
November 1994
—
—
—
—
The championship becomes vacant when Susan Green retired.
[1] [2]
10
Toni Alexis
November 5, 1994
Live event
Chicago , IL
2
196
Alexis was awarded the vacant championship.
[1] [2] [3]
11
Candi Devine
May 20, 1995
Live event
Hammond, IN
2(3)
364
Alexis was awarded the vacant championship.
[1] [2] [3]
12
Cybill
May 18, 1996
Battle of the Belts VIII
Hammond, IN
1
[Note 3]
[7]
—
Vacated
May 1997
—
—
—
—
The championship was vacated when Cybil was suspended and subsequently stripped as champion.
[1] [2]
13
Baby Doll
May 17, 1997
Live event
Cicero, IL
1
366
Doll won a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
[1] [2] [3]
14
Lips Manson
May 18, 1998
Battle of the Belts X
Cicero, IL
1
243
[1] [2] [3] [8]
—
Vacated
January 16, 1999
—
—
—
—
The championship becomes vacant when Lips Manson was stripped as champion for failing to defend the title within a six-month period.
[1] [2] [3]
15
Maria Maceli
January 16, 1999
—
—
1
126
Maceli was awarded the vacant championship.
[1] [2] [3]
16
Cinnamon
May 22, 1999
Live event
Chicago , IL
1
49
[1] [2] [3]
17
Maria Maceli
July 10, 1999
Live event
Chicago , IL
2
29
[1] [2] [3]
18
Kat
August 8, 1999
Live event
Chicago , IL
1
63
[1] [3]
19
Crystal
October 10, 1999
War at the World: Day 2
Tinley Park, IL
1
188
[1] [2] [3] [9] [10]
20
Drusala
April 15, 2000
Live event
Chicago , IL
1
378
[1] [3]
—
Vacated
April 28, 2001
Live event
Chicago , IL
—
—
The championship becomes vacant when Drusala was unable to compete due to injury.
[1] [3]
21
Angel
April 28, 2001
Live event
Cicero, IL
1
140
Angel defeated Krystal to win the vacant championship.
[1] [3]
22
Phoenix
September 15, 2001
Live event
Chicago , IL
1
42
[1]
23
Angel
October 27, 2001
Live event
Chicago , IL
2
[Note 4]
[1]
—
Vacated
2002
—
—
—
—
The championship was vacated due to undocumented reasons.
[1]
24
SoSay
May 17, 2003
Live event
Cicero, IL
1
[Note 4]
SoSay defeated Sandra D to win the vacant championship.
[3] [11]
—
Vacated
2003
—
—
—
—
The championship becomes vacant when SoSay was unable to compete due to injury.
[3]
25
Cheeks Manson
September 13, 2003
A Midsummer Night's Classic
Chicago , IL
1
980
Manson won a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
[3] [8]
26
Dymond
May 20, 2006
Battle of the Belts 18
Chicago , IL
1
[Note 5]
[3] [12] [13] [14]
—
Vacated
September 2007
—
—
—
—
The championship becomes vacant when Dymond left the promotion to join the Vanguard Wrestling All-Star Alliance.
[3] [14]
27
Faith
2007
—
—
1
[Note 4]
[3]
28
Mia Martinez
December 13, 2008
Live event
Calumet City, IL
1
209
[3] [15]
29
Lacey Von Erich
July 10, 2009
Legends under the Stars
Villa Park, IL
1
78
This was a five-way match , which also involved Faith, Juliet the Huntress , Kimberly Kash and Mia Martinez.
[3]
—
Vacated
September 26, 2009
Star Spangled Banner
Chicago , IL
—
—
The championship is vacated when Lacey Von Erich surrenders the title when she signs a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
[3]
30
Faith
September 26, 2009
Live event
Chicago , IL
1
446
Faith defeated Mia Martinez to win the vacant championship.
[3]
—
Deactivated
December 16, 2010
—
—
—
—
WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Faith was the final champion in WCPW as a company.
Combined reigns [ edit ]
Rank
Wrestler
No. of reigns
Combined days
1
Cheeks Manson
1
980
2
Lisa "L.A." Starr
2
804
3
Lips Manson
3
799
4
Candi Devine
3
661
5
Ondi Austin
4
614
6
Baby Doll
1
366
7
Drusala
1
358
8
Mia Martinez
1
209
9
Crystal
1
189
10
Maria Maceli
2
155
11
Angel
1
140
12
Lacey Von Erich
1
78
13
Kat
1
63
14
lCinnamon
1
49
15
Dazzler
1
49
16
Phoenix
1
42
^ The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 608 and 638 days.
^ The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 168 and 197 days.
^ The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 348 and 378 days.
^ a b c The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown.
^ The exact date the championship was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 469 and 498 days.
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Windy City Pro Wrestling (2002). "Ladies..." WCPW/UAPW Title Histories . WindyCityProWrestling.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2003. Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Kreikenbohm, Philip. "WCPW Ladies Championship" . Titel . Cagematch.de. Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 11, 1989). "WCW TV Taping - Event @ Chicago, Illinois, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 27, 2021 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 1, 1989). "WCW - Event @ Malta, Illinois, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 27, 2021 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 22, 1993). "WCW - Event @ International Amphitheater in Chicago, Illinois, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 27, 2021 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 11, 1996). "WCW Battle Of The Belts VIII" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 27, 2021 .
^ a b "In The Beginning - Now" . Brotherhood - News . The Brotherhood: Here Comes The Pain. 2005. Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
^ "Crystal "The Diva" Carmichael" . Bios . Lethalwow.com. Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
^ "Crystal White" . Wrestlers . GloryWrestling.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
^ "Sosay" . Women's Wrestler Profiles . OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. 2007. Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
^ Windy City Pro Wrestling (May 27, 2006). "Battle Of The Belts Results" . WCPW/UAPW's Blog . MySpace.com . Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
^ "Dymond" . Wrestlers . GloryWrestling.com. April 16, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
^ a b Dymond (2005). "Bio" . Home to the "Urban Jewel" - Remember! "Dymond"s are 4ever!. Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
^ Virtusio, Jessi (October 2, 2010). "Pro Wrestling Extra: A conversation with VWAA + WCPW news" . SouthTownStar.com. Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
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