IWA Mid-South Women's Championship

The IWA Mid-South Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling title owned and promoted by the Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South professional wrestling promotion.[1] The title was created on May 30, 2004, in a one night tournament titled "Volcano Girls" at the National Guard Armory in Hammond, Indiana co-promoted by IWA Mid-South Wrestling and NWA Midwest Wrestling. Until June 17, 2005, it was a joint championship with the NWA Midwest Women's Championship and was known as the NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Championship.[2][3] The championship is usually won and defended by women, although two men have once won the title such as Chuck Taylor and Lukas Jacobs. There have been a total of 24 reigns held between 17 distinctive champions and one vacancy. The current champion is Thunderkitty who is in her second reign.

IWA Mid-South Women's Championship
Details
PromotionIWA Mid-South
Date establishedMay 30, 2004
Current champion(s)Thunderkitty
Date wonJuly 15, 2021
Other name(s)
  • NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Championship
    (2004 - 2005)
  • IWA Mid-South Women's Championship
    (2005 - present)
Statistics
First champion(s)Lacey
Most reignsMickie Knuckles (3 reigns)
Longest reignMickie Knuckles (528 days)
Shortest reignLukas Jacobs (12 days)
Oldest championJessie Belle Smothers (35 years, 311 days)
Youngest championAlice Crowley
Heaviest championChuck Taylor (209 lb)

Title history edit

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Championship
1 LaceyMay 30, 2004House showHammond, IN1110Lacey defeated Daizee Haze and Mercedes Martinez in a three-way elimination match in tournament final to become the inaugural champion.[4][5]
2Mercedes MartinezSeptember 17, 20042004 Ted Petty InvitationalHighland, IN1110[6]
3 ArielJanuary 5, 2005New England Championship Wrestling live eventFramingham, MA138This was a three-way match, also involving Hayley Skye.[7]
4Daizee HazeFebruary 12, 2005House showHighland, IN184This was a six-way elimination match, also involving Cheerleader Melissa, Mickie Knuckles, MsChif and Sara Del Rey.[8]
5 MsChifMay 7, 2005House showStreamwood, IL135This live event was promoted by Ed Chuman.[9]
IWA Mid-South Women's Championship
6Mickie KnucklesJune 11, 2005House showPhiladelphia, PA1160This was a three-way match, also involving Allison Danger. On June 17, 2005, in Midlothian, Illinois, Ed Chuman, NWA Midwest promoter, declares that a supposed title change on June 11 (an IWA Mid-South event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Mickie Knuckles defeated Danger and MsChif in a three-way match to become champion in IWA's eyes) is invalid due to the match not being sanctioned by the NWA. The two titles then split into separate entities as IWA Mid-South promoter Ian Rotten recognized Knuckles as champion with her win over MsChif. Knuckles is thus the first strictly IWA Mid-South Women's Champion, and is where that portion of the title lineage begins.[10]
7Hailey HatredNovember 18, 2005IWA Mid-South King of the Death Matches 2005Plainfield, IN182[11]
8Mickie KnucklesFebruary 8, 2006IWA East Coast a Need to Bleed 2006South Charleston, WV2528[12]
9Chuck TaylorJuly 21, 2007IWA Mid-South Bad Blood RisingJoliet, IL114Taylor's IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship was also on the line. He became the first male wrestler to hold the title.[13]
10Mickie KnucklesAugust 4, 2007IWA Mid-South Extreme Heaven 2007Plainfield, IN3272This was a no-countout falls count anywhere match.[14]
11Daizee HazeMay 2, 2008IWA Mid-South Fan Appreciation NightIndianapolis, IN2218This was a three-way match, also involving Sara Del Rey.[15]
VacatedDecember 6, 2008Candido Cup 2008Joliet, ILIan Rotten announced that all titles are being done away with in IWA except for the IWA World Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Titles.[16]
12Shotzi BlackheartApril 19, 2018IWA Mid-South Miss IndependentMemphis, IN1182Blackheart defeated Kikyo in the tournament final to win the reactivated championship.[17]
13Amazing MariaOctober 18, 2018IWA Mid-South 22nd Anniversary ShowJeffersonville, IN165This was a falls count anywhere match.[18][19]
14Lukas JacobsDecember 22, 2018IWA Mid-South Big Ass Christmas Bash 2018Jeffersonville, IN112Jacobs became the second male wrestler to hold the championship.[20]
15Max the ImpalerJanuary 3, 2019IWA Mid-South RassleKingdomJeffersonville, IN143[21]
16Amazing MariaFebruary 15, 2019IWA Mid-South Heartbreak 2019Jeffersonville, IN215This was a three-way match, also involving Thunderkitty.[22]
17 NevaehMarch 2, 2019IWA Mid-South in Like a Lion 2019Jeffersonville, IN182[23]
18Max the ImpalerMay 23, 2019IWA Mid-South Payback, Pain and Agony 2019Jeffersonville, IN249[24]
19Alice CrowleyJuly 11, 2019IWA Mid-South Welcome to the Danger ZoneJeffersonville, IN1238[25]
20Haley JMarch 5, 2020IWA Mid-South Let The Madness BeginJeffersonville, IN1233This was a tables match.[26]
21ThunderkittyOctober 24, 2020IWA Mid-South 24th Anniversary Show: We Are IWAIndianapolis, IN1103[27]
22Haley JFebruary 4, 2021IWA Mid-South Opportunity KnocksIndianapolis, IN294This was a four-way match also involving Amazing Maria and Malia Hosaka.[28]
23Jessie Belle SmothersMay 9, 2021This One's For DonnaJeffersonville, IN167This was a four-way match also involving Alice Crowley and Thunderkitty.[29]
24ThunderkittyJuly 15, 2021House showJeffersonville, IN21,062+[30]

Combined reigns edit

As of June 11, 2024.

Record making three-time champion Mickie Knuckles; she has the longest singular reign for the title at 528 days, and she also has the longest combined reign at 960 days
Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
1Mickie Knuckles3960
3Thunderkitty †21,165+
2Haley J2327
4Daizee Haze2302
5Alice Crowley1238
6Shotzi Blackheart1182
7Mercedes Martinez1120
8 Lacey1110
9 Nevaeh1109
10Hailey Hatred182
11Amazing Maria280
12 MsChif135
13 Ariel128
14Max the Impaler292
15Jessie Belle Smothers167
16Chuck Taylor114
17Lukas Jacobs112

See also edit

References edit

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