The WCPW Ladies Championship (also called the WCPW Women's Championship) was a women's professional wrestlingchampionship 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
Names
Name
Years
WCW Women's Championship
1988 — 1996
WCPW Women's Championship
1997 — 1999
Reigns
Key
No.
Overall reign number
Reign
Reign number for the specific champion
Days
Number of days held
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Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
Faith defeated Mia Martinez to win the vacant championship.
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Deactivated
December 16, 2010
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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.
^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 cThe 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.
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^"Sosay". Women's Wrestler Profiles. OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. 2007. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
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^"Dymond". Wrestlers. GloryWrestling.com. April 16, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
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