Wrestling Information Archive - NWA Women's World Heavyweight Title History

Name	Date	Location	Notes
Mildred Burke	1937		1
June Byers	August 20, 1954	Atlanta, Georgia	2
Penny Banner	1964		3
"Slave Girl" Fabulous Moolah	1960's		4
Betty Boucher	September 17, 1966	Seattle, Washington
Fabulous Moolah (2)	1966
Yukiko Tomoe	March 10, 1968	Osaka, Japan
Fabulous Moolah (3)	April 2, 1968	Hamamatsu, Japan
Sue Green	1976	New York City, New York
Fabulous Moolah (4)	1976	New York City, New York
Evelyn Stevens	October 8, 1978	Dallas, Texas
Fabulous Moolah (5)	October 10, 1978	Fort Worth, Texas	5
Debbie Combs	April 10, 1987	Kansas City, Missouri	6
Misty Blue	1988		7
Susan Sexton	1990		8
Bambi	1990		9
Malia Hosaka	May 9, 1989	Johnson City, Tennessee
Debbie Combs (2)	May 10, 1989	Fall Branch, Tennessee	10
Strawberry Fields	October 14, 2000	Nashville, Tennessee	11
Madison	August 23, 2002	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada	12
Char Starr	October 26, 2002	Corpus Christi, Texas
Madison (2)	December 6, 2002	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Leilani Kai	March 12, 2003	Nashville, Tennessee	13
Kiley McLean	June 19, 2004	Richmond, Virginia	14
Lexie Fyfe	April 23, 2005	Richmond, Virginia	15
Christie Ricci	October 8, 2005	Nashville, Tennessee	16

2. The commission stops the match between Mildred Burke and June Byers, then they stripped Burke of the title, and awards it to Byers. Byers won a 13-woman world championship tournament in June of 1953 in Baltimore, Maryland.

3. Penny Banner won a battle royal to win AWA World title on August 26, 1961 in Angola, Indian and was briefly recognized as champion by some NWA promoters after Byers retired in January of 1964.

4. Fabulous Moolah won a tournament on September 18, 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland by defeating Judy Grable in the finals and was recognized as champion by NWA after Byers retired in January of 1964.

5. WWF withdraws from NWA in 1983 and buys the right of the women's world titles from Moolah. Moolah's title continues to be recognized as WWF Women's World title.

6. Debbie Combs defeated Penny Mitchell to become the champion, or awarded on this day after having won a tournament in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Kansas City promotion withdraws from the NWA in 1987 and closes in 1988.

7. Recognized as champion by WCW and the title was vacated in 1989. Combs continues to defend her title.

9. May have defeated Sexton to win the title. The title was vacated in 1990. Combs continues to defend her title.

11. Strawberry Fields defeated Leilani Kai.to win the title. Then the title was vacated in November 2000.

13. Was stripped of the title on June 19, 2004 for several no-shows at title defenses.

16. Christie Ricci defeated Lexie Fyfe and Tasha Simone in a three-way match to win the title.

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