WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship

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.

WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship
Details
PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling
GAEA Japan
Date establishedApril 7, 1997
Date retiredApril 3, 1998

Inaugural tournament
Semifinals Final
      
1 Toshie Uematsu
4 Meiko Satomura
Toshie Uematsu
Malia Hosaka
3 Malia Hosaka
2 Sonoko Kato

Title history
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 Uematsu defeated Malia Hosaka in the finals of a ten-woman 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. "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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