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WNC Women's Championship

The WNC Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Wrestling New Classic (WNC) promotion. The title was a spiritual successor to the Smash Diva Championship, the women's title of WNC's predecessor, Smash. The championship was first announced at a press conference on October 12, 2012, when it was announced that a single-elimination tournament to determine the inaugural champion would take place from October 26 to December 27.[1] In storyline, the championship belt was donated to WNC by the final Smash Champion and WWE road agent Dave Finlay, who was also named the head of the WNC Championship Committee, which decides matches for the title.[7][8]

WNC Women's Championship
The WNC Women's Championship belt
(October 2012 — September 2014)
Details
PromotionWrestling New Classic
Reina Joshi Puroresu
Date establishedOctober 12, 2012[1]
Date retiredSeptember 30, 2014[2][3]
Statistics
First champion(s)Syuri[4]
Final champion(s)Syuri[2][3]
Most reignsSyuri
(2 reigns)
Longest reignSyuri
(2nd reign, 377 days)
Shortest reignMakoto
(25 days)
Oldest championLin Byron
(31 years, 70 days)
Youngest championMakoto
(23 years, 186 days)
Heaviest championMakoto
(60 kg (130 lb))[5]
Lightest championLin Byron
(55 kg (121 lb))[6]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. There were five reigns shared among four wrestlers.

History edit

Championship tournament edit

 
Syuri, the inaugural WNC Women's Champion

On October 12, 2012, Tajiri, the founder of Wrestling New Classic (WNC), announced the creation of the WNC Women's Championship, with a six-woman single-elimination tournament starting on October 26 in Korakuen Hall.[1] The six participants were announced as Kana, Syuri, Lin Byron, Makoto, Nagisa Nozaki and Jessica Love, a Finnish wrestler, who was born male, but underwent a sex reassignment surgery in 2011 to legally become female.[1] The first round of the tournament was decided that same day by a random draw, conducted by Tajiri and WNC president Tsutomu Takashima, which resulted in Love and Nozaki getting byes directly to the semifinals.[1][9] The first first round match took place on October 26 and saw Syuri defeat Lin Byron to advance to the semifinals against Jessica Love.[10] The second first round match took place on November 26 and saw Kana defeat Makoto to advance to the semifinals against Nagisa Nozaki.[11] In the semifinals two days later, Syuri defeated Jessica Love, while Nagisa Nozaki eliminated the inaugural Smash Diva Champion, Kana, setting up a final match between the two.[12] On December 27, Syuri, the final Smash Diva Champion, defeated Nagisa Nozaki to become the inaugural WNC Women's Champion.[4][13][14][15]

First round
(October 26
November 26) 		Semifinals
(November 28) 		Finals
(December 27)
      
Jessica Love Pin
Syuri 5:50[12]
Syuri Pin
Lin Byron 8:12[10]
Syuri Pin
Nagisa Nozaki 5:45[4]
Kana Sub
Makoto N/A[11]
Kana Pin
Nagisa Nozaki 6:03[12]

Retiring edit

On June 18, 2014, WNC announced that the promotion would be shutting down following June 26. Afterwards, six of the promotion's male wrestlers transferred over to Wrestle-1, while its female wrestlers remained affiliated with the Reina Joshi Puroresu promotion,[16][17] with which WNC had had a working agreement since January 2014.[18] Following WNC shutting down, the WNC Women's Championship went inactive, before being brought up at a Reina event on August 30. On September 3, it was announced that Syuri, the reigning WNC Women's Champion, would face another WNC original and former WNC Women's Champion Makoto on September 30 in a match, which will mark the end of the title.[19] On September 30, Syuri successfully defended the title against Makoto, after which it was retired.[2][3]

Reigns edit

Over the championship's one-year history, there have been five reigns between four champions and one vacancy. Syuri was the inaugural and final champion, and holds the record for most reigns at two. Syuri's second reign is the longest at 377 days, while Makoto's reign is the shortest at 25 days. Lin Byron was the oldest champion at 31 years old, while Makoto is the youngest at 23 years old.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Syuri December 27, 2012 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Tournament Tokyo, Japan 1 94 0[20] Syuri defeated Nagisa Nozaki in the finals of a six-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. [4]
2 Makoto March 31, 2013 Shinjuku Face Tournament Evening Section Tokyo, Japan 1 25 0[21] [20]
3 Lin Byron April 25, 2013 Korakuen Hall Dai Kessen Tokyo, Japan 1 93 1[22] This was a seven-way match, also involving Arisa Nakajima, Command Bolshoi, Kayoko Haruyama, Nikki Storm and Syuri. [21]
— Vacated  August 11, 2012 — Tokyo, Japan — — — The championship was vacated after Lin Byron fractured her left ankle. [23]
4 Serena August 10, 2013 Kagoshima Tournament Kagoshima, Japan 1 39 0 Serena defeated Syuri in the finals of a three-woman round-robin tournament to win the vacant championship. [24]
5 Syuri September 18, 2013 Shinjuku Face Tournament Tokyo, Japan 2 377 5[3] [25]
— Deactivated  September 30, 2014 Shin-Kiba 1st Ring Tournament Tokyo, Japan — — — The championship retired due to WNC having shut down on June 26, 2014. [2][3]

Combined reigns edit

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined
days
1 Syuri 2 5 471
2 Lin Byron 1 1 93
3 Serena 1 0 39
4 Makoto 1 0 25

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c d "Reina9.30新木場大会　朱里と真琴がWNCディーバ王座封印マッチ、華名が加藤と60秒1本勝負". Battle News (in Japanese). October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e 【結果】レイナ９・30新木場. Ringstars (in Japanese). Ameba. October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d "2012-12-27 後楽園大会 試合結果". Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). January 2, 2013. Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
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  8. ^ これがＷＮＣ王座のベルトだ！. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). October 23, 2012. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  9. ^ ＷＮＣ初代女子王座決定トーナメント開催. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). October 16, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  10. ^ a b "10・26 後楽園ホール大会 全試合結果&Tajiri総括". Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). October 27, 2012. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
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  12. ^ a b c "11･28WNC後楽園ホール大会　試合結果". Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). November 29, 2012. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  13. ^ "AkiraがTajiriを、朱里が野崎を下し、シナプスがフィンレーからのベルトを独占！自爆し髪を刈られた黒潮が覚醒！". Battle News (in Japanese). December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  14. ^ "WNC初代男女王者にAkira＆朱里". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). December 28, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  15. ^ 【結果】ＷＮＣ12・27後楽園. Ringstars (in Japanese). Ameba. December 31, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
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  17. ^ 武藤Ｗ－１がＷＮＣを“吸収合併”. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). June 19, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  18. ^ "旗揚げ前から波乱のReina!!1・30WNC新宿で4Wayマッチが決定!!". Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). January 9, 2014. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  19. ^ ""コンサルタント"華名が朱里と真琴にWNCベルト封印マッチ要求！朱里は10.30自主興行開催！須佐えりが本格復帰！". Battle News (in Japanese). September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
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  23. ^ リン・バイロン、8/10鹿児島で女子王座返上。新女王決定戦は同日鹿児島で！！. Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). July 27, 2013. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
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  25. ^ "2013-09-18 WNC新宿Face大会　試合結果". Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). September 18, 2013. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2013.

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