WLW Ladies Championship
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| NWA WLW Ladies Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | World League Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | April 1 1999 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Skyler Sparks | ||||||||||
| Date won | November 2, 2024 | ||||||||||
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The World League Wrestling (WLW) Ladies Championship, is the top title contested for women's wrestlers in the independent professional wrestling promotion NWA World League Wrestling.
There have been 43 reigns among 16 wrestlers with five vacancies. The inaugural champion was Malia Hosaka. Miss Natural / Heather Petera and Stacey O'Brien have the most reigns at eight. Stacey O'Brien has the longest combined reign at 1,650 days. Lucy Mendez has the longest singular reign at 728 days. Katie Syren and Mendez have the shortest singular reigns at one day.
The current champion is Skyler Sparks. She defeated Tootie Lynn in a no disqualification match at NWA WLW XXV - 25th Anniversary on November 2, 2024.
Title history
[edit]As of March 22, 2025.
Names
[edit]| Name | Time of use |
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| WLW Ladies Championship | April 1, 1999 – November 2, 2024 |
| NWA WLW Ladies Championship | November 2, 2024 – present |
Reigns
[edit]| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Malia Hosaka | April 1, 1999 | House show | Springfield, Missouri | 1 | 17 | Records are unclear as to who Hosaka defeated to become the inaugural champion. | |
| 2 | Brandi Alexander | April 18, 1999 | House show | Springfield, Missouri | 1 | 184 | ||
| 3 | Malia Hosaka | October 19, 1999 | House show | Eldon, Missouri | 2 | [Note 1] | ||
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | Title was vacated for undocumented reasons. | |
| 4 | Heather Savage | April 27, 2001 | House show | Buffalo, Missouri | 1 | 4 | Savage defeated Che Physique in a tournament finals to win the vacant title. | |
| 5 | Che Physique | May 1, 2001 | House show | Forsyth, Missouri | 1 | 92 | ||
| 6 | Heather Savage | August 1, 2001 | House show | Springfield, Missouri | 2 | 199 | ||
| 7 | Miss Natural | February 16, 2002 | House show | Eldon, Missouri | 1 | 20 | ||
| 8 | Wendy Rimmer | March 8, 2002 | House show | Lexington, Missouri | 1 | 640 | ||
| 9 | Miss Natural | December 8, 2003 | House show | Lexington, Missouri | 2 | 137 | ||
| 10 | Helena Heavenly | April 23, 2004 | House show | Richmond, Missouri | 1 | 113 | ||
| 11 | Miss Natural | August 14, 2004 | House show | Richmond, Missouri | 3 | 91 | ||
| 12 | Josie | November 13, 2004 | House show | Kansas City, Missouri | 1 | 147 | ||
| 13 | Miss Natural | April 9, 2005 | House show | Concordia, Missouri | 4 | [Note 2] | ||
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | Title was vacated for undocumented reasons. | |
| 14 | Josie | November 12, 2005 | House show | Eldon, Missouri | 2 | [Note 3] | Josie defeated Wonderful Wendy to win the vacant title. | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | Title was vacated for undocumented reasons. | |
| 15 | Christie Summers | December 9, 2006 | House shows | St. Louis, Missouri | 1 | 286 | Summers defeated Rebecca Raze and Jennifer Starr in a three-way match. | |
| 16 | Katie Syren | September 21, 2007 | House show | Eldon, Missouri | 1 | 1 | This was a three-way match that also included Miss Natural. | |
| 17 | Christie Summers | September 22, 2007 | House show | Sedalia, Missouri | 2 | 35 | ||
| 18 | Katie Syren | October 27, 2007 | House show | Maryland Heights, Missouri | 2 | 21 | ||
| 19 | Miss Natural | November 17, 2007 | House show | Concordia, Missouri | 5 | 160 | ||
| 20 | Stacey O'Brien | April 25, 2008 | House show | Lebanon, Missouri | 1 | 182 | ||
| 21 | Amy Hennig | October 24, 2008 | House show | Warsaw, Missouri | 1 | 29 | ||
| 22 | Stacey O'Brien | November 22, 2008 | House show | St. Louis, Missouri | 2 | 119 | ||
| 23 | Amy Hennig | March 21, 2009 | House show | Eldon, Missouri | 2 | 196 | ||
| 24 | Becca Swanson | October 3, 2009 | House show | Eldon, Missouri | 1 | 160 | ||
| 25 | Lucy Mendez | March 12, 2010 | House show | Spokane, Missouri | 1 | 1 | Lucy Mendez defeated Amy Hennig and Becca Swanson in a three-way match. | |
| 26 | Amy Hennig | March 13, 2010 | House show | Summersville, Missouri | 3 | 399 | Amy Hennig defeated Lucy Mendez and Becca Swanson in a three-way match. | |
| — | Vacated | April 16, 2011 | – | – | — | — | Hennig was strip of the title due to a lack of defenses. | |
| 27 | Stacey O'Brien | September 18, 2011 | House show | Burlington, Iowa | 3 | 12 | O'Brien defeated Lucy Mendez to win the vacant title. | |
| 28 | Lucy Mendez | September 30, 2011 | House show | Dodge City, Kansas | 2 | 133 | Lucy Mendez teamed up with Brian Breaker against Jack Gamble and Stacey O'Brien in a tag team match with the WLW Heavyweight Championship on the line as well. Mendez pinned O'Brien to win the match and the Ladies Championship. | |
| — | Vacated | February 10, 2012 | — | — | — | — | Mendez was stripped of the title due to a lack of defenses. | |
| 29 | Stacey O'Brien | February 10, 2012 | House show | Richmond, Missouri | 4 | 434 | Stacey O'Brien defeated Miss Natural to win the vacant title. | |
| 30 | Miss Natural | April 19, 2013 | House show | Troy, Missouri | 6 | 8 | This was a 2 out of 3 falls match. | |
| 31 | Stacey O'Brien | April 27, 2013 | House show | Camdenton, Missouri | 5 | 281 | Stacey O'Brien defeated Miss Natural to win the vacant title. | |
| 32 | Devyn Nicole | March 14, 2014 | House show | Otterville, Missouri | 1 | 118 | ||
| 33 | Heather Patera | July 10, 2014 | House show | Troy, Missouri | 7 | 135 | ||
| 34 | Stacey O'Brien | November 22, 2014 | House show | Jefferson City, Missouri | 6 | 280 | ||
| 35 | Heather Patera | August 29, 2015 | House show | Troy, Missouri | 8 | 364 | ||
| 36 | Monica Passeri | August 27, 2016 | House show | St. Peters, Missouri | 1 | 14 | This was a three-way match that also included Stacey O'Brien | |
| 37 | Stacey O'Brien | September 10, 2016 | House show | Grain Valley, Missouri | 7 | 21 | ||
| 38 | Lucy Mendez | October 1, 2016 | House show | Troy, Missouri | 3 | 322 | ||
| 39 | Monica Passeri | August 19, 2017 | House show | Richmond, Missouri | 2 | 259 | ||
| 40 | Stacey O'Brien | May 5, 2018 | House show | Troy, Missouri | 8 | 308 | ||
| 41 | Lucy Mendez | March 9, 2019 | House show | Moscow Mills, Missouri | 4 | 728 | ||
| — | Deactivated | March 6, 2021 | — | — | — | — | Leland Race stated the title was deactivated. | |
| 42 | Tootie Lynn | February 10, 2024 | New Years Wrestleution | Troy, Missouri | 1 | 266 | Lynn defeated Skylar Sparks for the reactivated title. It was also announced that World League Wrestling would be joining the NWA thus the title became known as the NWA WLW Ladies Championship. | [1] |
| 43 | Skylar Sparks | November 2, 2024 | NWA WLW XXV - 25th Anniversary | Troy, Missouri | 1 | 140+ | This was a no disqualification match. | [2] |
Combined reigns
[edit]| † | Indicates the current champion |
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain; so the shortest possible length is used. |
As of March 22, 2025.
| Rank | Wrestler | # of Reigns | Combined Days |
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| 1 | Stacey O'Brien | 8 | 1,650 |
| 1 | Miss Natural / Heather Patera | 8 | 1,338¤ |
| 2 | Wendy Rimmer | 1 | 640 |
| 3 | Amy Hennig | 3 | 622 |
| 4 | Josie | 2 | 539¤ |
| 5 | Christie Summers | 2 | 321 |
| 6 | Monica Passeri | 2 | 273 |
| 7 | Tootie Lynn | 1 | 266 |
| 8 | Heather Savage | 2 | 203 |
| 9 | Brandi Alexander | 1 | 184 |
| 10 | Becca Swanson | 1 | 160 |
| 11 | Skylar Sparks† | 1 | 140+ |
| 12 | Lucy Mendes | 2 | 133 |
| 13 | Helena Heavenly | 1 | 113¤ |
| 14 | Che Physique | 1 | 92 |
| 15 | Malia Hosaka | 2 | 91¤ |
| 16 | Katie Syren | 1 | 22 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The exact length of Hoska's second reign is unknown. It may have lasted between 471 and 498 days.
- ^ The exact length of Miss Natural's fourth reign is unknown. It may have lasted between 58 and 69 days.
- ^ The exact length of Josie's second reign is unknown. It may have lasted between 384 and 392 days.
References
[edit]- ^ "WLW New Years Wrestleution 2024". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. February 10, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ^ "NWA WLW XXV - 25th Anniversary". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. November 2, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2025.