WCPW Ladies Championship

WCPW Ladies Championship
Details
Promotion Windy City Pro Wrestling
Date established April 19, 1988
Date retired December 16, 2010

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

Key
# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

Name Years
WCW Women's Championship 1988 1996
WCPW Women's Championship 1997 1999

Reigns

# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held
Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Candi Devine 1 April 19, 1988 32 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
2 Ondi Austin 1 May 21, 1988 1 Chicago, Illinois Live event Title reign is not acknowledged by the promotion. [2]
3 Candi Devine 2 May 22, 1988 265 Dixon, Illinois Live event Title reign is not acknowledged by the promotion. [2]
4 Ondi Austin 2 September 30, 1988 134 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
5 Dazzler 1 February 11, 1989 49 Cicero, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
6 Ondi Austin 3 April 1, 1989 373 Malta, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
7 Lisa "L.A." Starr 1 April 9, 1990 404 Nashville, Tennessee Live event [1][2][3]
8 Ondi Austin 4 May 18, 1991 106 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
9 Lisa "L.A." Starr 2 September 1, 1991 N/A Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
Vacated May 1993 N/A N/A The championship becomes vacant after Lisa Starr was stripped of the title. [1][2][3]
10 Toni Alexis 1 May 22, 1993 360 Chicago, Illinois Live event Alexis defeated Vandela to win the vacant championship. [1][2][3]
11 Susan Green 1 May 17, 1994 N/A Hammond, Indiana Live event [1][2][3]
Vacated November 1994 N/A N/A The championship becomes vacant when Susan Green retires. [1][2]
12 Toni Alexis 2 November 5, 1994 196 Chicago, Illinois Live event Alexis is awarded the vacant championship. [1][2][3]
13 Candi Devine 3 May 20, 1995 364 Hammond, Indiana Live event [1][2][3]
14 Cybil 1 May 18, 1996 N/A Hammond, Indiana Live event [1][2][3]
Vacated May 1997 N/A N/A The championship is vacated when Cybil is suspended and subsequently stripped as champion. [1][2][3]
15 Baby Doll 1 May 17, 1997 366 Cicero, Illinois Live event This was a tournament final. [1][2][3]
16 Lips Manson 3 May 18, 1998 243 Cicero, Illinois Live event [1][2][3][4]
Vacated January 16, 1999 N/A N/A The championship becomes vacant when Lips Manson is stripped as champion for failing to defend the title within a six-month period. [1][2][3]
17 Maria Maceli 1 January 16, 1999 126 N/A N/A Maceli is awarded the vacant championship. [1][2][3]
18 Cinnamon 1 May 22, 1999 49 Cicero, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
19 Maria Maceli 2 July 10, 1999 29 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
20 Kat 1 August 8, 1999 63 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][3]
21 Crystal 1 October 10, 1999 188 Tinley Park, Illinois War at the World, Day 2 (1999) [1][2][3][5][6]
22 Drusala 1 April 15, 2000 358 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][3]
Vacated April 28, 2001 Cicero, Illinois Live event The championship becomes vacant when Drusala is unable to compete due to injury. [1][3]
23 Angel 1 April 28, 2001 140 Cicero, Illinois Live event Angel defeated Krystal to win the vacant championship. [1][3]
24 Phoenix 1 September 15, 2001 42 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1]
25 Angel 2 October 27, 2001 N/A Chicago, Illinois Live event [1]
Vacated 2002 N/A N/A [1]
26 Sosay 1 May 17, 2003 N/A Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 15 (2003) Sosay defeated Sandra D to win the vacant championship. [3][7]
Vacated 2003 N/A N/A The championship becomes vacant when Sosay is unable to compete due to injury. [3]
27 Cheeks Manson 1 September 13, 2003 980 Chicago, Illinois A Midsummer Night's Classic (2003) This was a tournament final. [3][4]
27 Dymond 1 May 20, 2006 N/A Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 18 (2006) [3][8][9][10]
Vacated September 2007 N/A N/A The championship becomes vacant when leaves the promotion to join the Vanguard Wrestling All-Star Alliance. [3][10]
27 Faith 1 2007 N/A N/A N/A [3]
30 Mia Martinez 1 December 13, 2008 209 Calumet City, Illinois Live event [3][11]
31 Lacey Von Erich 1 July 10, 2009 78 Villa Park, Illinois Legends Under the Stars (2009) This was a Four Corners match involving Faith, Huntress, and Kimberly Kash. [3]
Vacated September 26, 2009 Chicago, Illinois Star Spangled Banner (2009) The championship is vacated when Lacey von Erich surrenders the title when she signs a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. [3]
32 Faith 2 September 26, 2009 446 Chicago, Illinois Star Spangled Banner (2009) Faith defeated Mia Martinez to win the vacant championship. [3]
Deactivated December 16, 2010 N/A N/A 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.

List of combined reigns

<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank[N 1] Wrestler # 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 Cinnamon 1 49
15 Dazzler 1 49
16 Phoenix 1 42

Footnotes

  1. Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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  6. "Crystal White". Wrestlers. GloryWrestling.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  7. "Sosay". Women's Wrestler Profiles. OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. 2007. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  8. Windy City Pro Wrestling (May 27, 2006). "Battle Of The Belts Results". WCPW/UAPW's Blog. MySpace.com. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  9. "Dymond". Wrestlers. GloryWrestling.com. April 16, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  10. 1 2 Dymond (2005). "Bio". Home to the "Urban Jewel" - Remember! "Dymond"s are 4ever!. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
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