The UWA World Women's Championship (Campeonato Mundial Feminil de UWA in Spanish) was a singles women's professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) from 1975 until the UWA closed in 1995 and since then defended on the Mexican independent circuit. Zuleyma was the reigning champion when UWA closed and she sporadically defended the title over the next 10 years, often with over a year between title defenses. The last champion was Miss Janeth with no recorded title defenses after 2003.
| UWA World Women's Championship Campeonato Mundial Feminil de UWA | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Universal Wrestling Association Mexican independent circuit | ||||||||||
| Date established | December 9, 1979 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | 2003 | ||||||||||
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As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers.[a] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline,[b] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[c] or leaving the company.[d]
Reigns edit
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| † | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Vickie Williams | December 9, 1979 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 14 | Defeated Irma González to become first champion. | [e] |
| 2 | Estela Melina | December 23, 1979 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | [e] | ||
| 3 | Vickie Williams | March 9, 1980 | Live event | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 2 | 77 | [e] | |
| 4 | Irma González | May 25, 1980 | Live event | N/A | 1 | 133 | [e][6] | |
| 5 | Vickie Williams | October 5, 1980 | Live event | Mexico City | 3 | 77 | [e] | |
| 6 | Chabela Romero | December 21, 1980 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 119 | [e] | |
| — | Vacated | April 19, 1981 | — | — | — | — | Championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. | [e] |
| 7 | Lola González | August 16, 1981 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 376 | Defeated Vickie Williams to win the vacant title. | [e] |
| 8 | Irma González | August 27, 1982 | Live event | N/A | 2 | 575 | [e] | |
| 9 | Lola González | March 25, 1983 | Live event | Puebla, Puebla | 2 | 28 | [e] | |
| 10 | Irma Aguilar | April 22, 1983 | Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico | Live event | 1 | 269 | [e] | |
| 11 | Pantera Sureña | December 27, 1983 | Live event | Puebla, Puebla | 1 | 262 | [e] | |
| 12 | Jaguar Yokota | September 17, 1984 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 209 | [e][7] | |
| 13 | Lola González | April 14, 1985 | Live event | Mexico City | 3 | 618 | [e] | |
| 14 | Shinobu Kandori | December 23, 1986 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [e] | ||
| — | Vacated | July 1987 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Shinobu Kandori left the promotion. | [e] |
| 15 | Lola González | October 10, 1987 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 1,232 | Defeated Harley Saito to win the vacant title. | [e] |
| † | Zuleyma | February 23, 1991 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 3,849 | [e] | |
| † | Miss Janeth | September 7, 2001 | Live event | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 1 | 0 | [e] | |
| † | Ayako Hamada | September 7, 2001 | Live event | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 1 | |||
| † | Miss Janeth | 2002 | Live event | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 2 | |||
| — | 2003 | — | Championship inactive from 2003 on | |||||
Footnotes edit
- ^ Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"[1]
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart"[2]
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson"[3]
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[4]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Duncan & Will (2000) p. 399, Chapter: MEXICO: UWA World Women's Title [Flores, Mora] [5]
References edit
- Hornbaker, Tim (2016). "Statistical notes". Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers (Revised ed.). New York, New York: Sports Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61321-808-2.
- Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 399.
- ^ Centinela, Teddy (May 25, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 1980: Perro Aguayo destrona a Gran Hamada… Irma González se corona ante Vicky Williams". SuperLuchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ^ Molinaro, John (2002). Marek, Jeff; Meltzer, Dave (eds.). Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time. Toronto, Ontario: Winding Stair Press. p. 166. ISBN 1-55366-305-5.