WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship
The WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship belt
Details
PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling
GAEA Japan
Date establishedApril 7, 1997
Date retiredApril 3, 1998
Statistics
First champion(s)Toshie Uematsu
Final champion(s)Sugar Sato
Most reignsAll titleholders (1 reign)
Longest reignSugar Sato
(195 days)
Shortest reignYoshiko Tamura
(63 days)
Oldest championToshie Uematsu
(22 years, 359 days)
Youngest championYoshiko Tamura
(21 years, 164 days)
Heaviest championYoshiko Tamura
(154lbs (70kg))
Lightest championToshie Uematsu
(123lbs (56kg))

The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Women's Cruiserweight Championship was a singles women's professional wrestling championship in World Championship Wrestling for smaller women. It was created as a joint venture between WCW and GAEA Japan. The weight limit for the women's cruiserweight division was 130 lb (as announced on WCW television). The first champion was crowned in a four-woman tournament that began on an episode of WCW Monday Nitro on March 31, 1997 and concluded on April 7, 1997.[1] Since the tournament final was only shown on WCW Main Event, and the results were never mentioned on WCW television again, it is speculated that the title was created solely to be used by the GAEA promotion in Japan.[2] In fact, the title was defended and changed hands twice in Japan before being abandoned in early 1998.

Title history

On April 7, 1997, at Main Event, Toshie Uematsu became the inaugural champion by defeating Malia Hosaka in the finals of four-woman single-elimination tournament.[2] The championship was short-lived, as it was deactivated on April 3, 1998, as GAEA Japan and WCW ended their relationship.

Inaugural championship tournament

Semifinals Finals
      
1 Toshie Uematsu
4 Meiko Satomura
Toshie Uematsu
Malia Hosaka
3 Malia Hosaka
2 Sonoko Kato

Reigns

The inaugural champion Toshie Uematsu

Over the championship's 11-month history, there have only been three reigns between three champions. Toshie Uematsu was the inaugural champion. Sugar Sato's reign is the longest at 195 days, as well as being the final champion, while Yoshiko Tamura's reign is the shortest at 63 days. Uematsu is the oldest champion at 22 years old, while Tamura is the youngest at 21 years old.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
  1   Toshie Uematsu   April 7, 1997   Main Event Huntsville, AL   1   103 Defeated Malia Hosaka in the finals of a four-woman single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. [2]
  2   Yoshiko Tamura   July 19, 1997   The Dream and Future ~ 2nd Jr. All Stars Yokohama, Japan   1   63 [3]
  3   Sugar Sato September 20, 1997   Double Destiny Kawasaki, Japan   1  195
— Deactivated   April 3, 1998   Full Bloom Yamaguchi, Japan — — The championship was deactivated due to WCW and GAEA ending their relationship.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WCW Title Tournaments". Retrieved 2006-06-16.
  2. 1 2 3 "This Week in the WCW for April 7, 1997". Retrieved 2007-06-16.
  3. ↑ "PUROLOVE.com - Gaea Japan 1997 results (translated from original German)". Retrieved 2012-07-20.
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