NWA Texas Women's Championship
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NWA Texas Women's Championship | |||||||||||
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Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||
Date established | March 5, 1950 | ||||||||||
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The NWA Texas Women's Championship is the National Wrestling Alliance's women's professional wrestling championship in the state of Texas.
Title history
[edit]No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
1 | Nell Stewart | March 30, 1950 | Live Event | Galveston, TX | 1 | 292 | Stewart defeated Mae Young to become the inaugural champion. | [1] | ||
2 | Mars Bennett | January 12, 1951 | Southwest Sports | Dallas, TX | 1 | 7 | This was a two-out-of-three falls match. Nell Stewart was still recognized as the champion in San Antonio. | [1][2] | ||
3 | Nell Stewart | January 19, 1951 | Live Event | Houston, TX | 2 | [Note 1] | Stewart left Texas in November 1955, and was recognized as the champion in November 1957. It is unclear if during this time Stewart remained the champion or reclaimed the title back. | [1] | ||
— | Vacated | December 1957 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Nell Stewart left Texas. | [1] | ||
4 | Lorraine Johnson | August 28, 1959 | Live Event | Houston, TX | 1 | [Note 2] | Johnson defeated Laura Martinez to win the vacant championship. | [1] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from August 28, 1959 to October 22, 1961. | ||||||||||
5 | Nell Stewart | before October 22, 1961 | Live Event | N/A | 3 | 502[Note 3] | In Beaumont, Sweet Georgia Brown claims the championship as of January 30, 1963. | [1] | ||
6 | Penny Banner | March 8, 1963 | Houston Wrestling | Houston, TX | 1 | [Note 2] | [1] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from March 8, 1963 to 1963. | ||||||||||
7 | Nell Stewart | before 1963 | Live Event | N/A | 4 | [Note 2] | [1] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from 1963 to December 3, 1963. | ||||||||||
8 | Sweet Georgia Brown | before December 3, 1963 | Live Event | N/A | 1 | [Note 2] | Brown was recognized as the champion in Dallas. | [1] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from December 3, 1963 to November 6, 1966. | ||||||||||
9 | Kay Noble | before November 6, 1966 | Live Event | N/A | 1 | 309[Note 4] | Noble was recognized as the champion in West Texas. | [1] | ||
10 | Evelyn Stevens | before September 11, 1967 | Live Event | El Paso, TX | 1 | [Note 5] | This title change repeated itself on September 14, 1967 in Amarillo. | [1] | ||
11 | Princess White Dove | September 1968 | Live Event | N/A | 1 | [1] | According to the Odessa American, Princess White Dove was billed as champion in West Texas for defeating Evelyn Stevens, while Stevens continued to be recognized as champion in East Texas. | [1] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from September 1968 to February 11, 1969. | ||||||||||
12 | Evelyn Stevens | before February 11, 1969 | Live Event | N/A | 2 | 144[Note 6] | [1] | |||
13 | Mary DeLeon | July 5, 1969 | Live Event | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 71[Note 7] | [1] | |||
14 | Evelyn Stevens | before September 14, 1969 | Live Event | N/A | 3 | 258[Note 8] | [1] | |||
15 | Betty Nicoli | before May 30, 1970 | Live Event | Houston, TX | 1 | [Note 2] | Kay Noble was billed as champion in Longview, at least between March 9, 1971 and August 31, 1971. | [1] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from May 30, 1970 to November 22, 1970. | ||||||||||
16 | Vivian Vachon | before November 22, 1970 | Live Event | N/A | 1 | 129[Note 9] | [1] | |||
17 | Marie LaVerne | before March 31, 1971 | Live Event | N/A | 1 | [Note 10] | It is possible that LaVerne was awarded the championship after Vivian Vachon moved to California in February 1972. | [1] | ||
18 | Kay Noble | July 1972 | Live Event | N/A | 2 | [Note 11] | [1] | |||
19 | Marie LaVerne | July 6, 1972 | Live Event | Amarillo, TX | 2 | 771 | [1] | |||
20 | Kay Noble | August 16, 1974 | NWA Western States | Abilene, TX | 3 | [Note 2] | Noble won the championship after LaVerne no-showed at the event. | [1] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from August 16, 1974 to April 14, 1976. | ||||||||||
21 | Sylvia Hackney | before April 14, 1976 | Live Event | N/A | 1 | [Note 2] | [1] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from April 14, 1976 to August 18, 1976. | ||||||||||
22 | Marie LaVerne | before August 18, 1976 | Live Event | N/A | 3 | [Note 2] | [1] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from August 18, 1976 to October 21, 1977. | ||||||||||
23 | Susan Green | October 21, 1977 | Live Event | Houston, TX | 1 | [Note 2] | Green defeated Joyce Grable to win the vacant championship. | [1] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from October 21, 1977 to March 24, 1978. | ||||||||||
24 | Joyce Grable | March 24, 1978 | Live Event | Houston, TX | 1 | 203 | Either Grable defeated Leilani Kai for the championship or Grable was the champion at the time, who successfully defended the title against Kai. | [1] | ||
25 | Suzette Ferreira | October 13, 1978 | Live Event | Houston, TX | 1 | [Note 2] | [1] | |||
25 | Vicki Williams | January 28, 1979 | Live Event | Houston, TX | 1 | [Note 2] | Either Williams defeated Suzette Ferreira for the championship or Grable was the champion at the time, who successfully defended the title against Ferreira. | [1] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from January 28, 1979 to November 22, 1980. | ||||||||||
26 | Pepper Torres | November 22, 1980 | Live Event | Houston, TX | 1 | [Note 2] | Either Torres defeated Leilani Kai for the championship or Grable was the champion at the time, who successfully defended the title against Kai. | [1] | ||
Championship history is unrecorded from November 22, 1980 to February 1981. | ||||||||||
27 | Susan Green | before February 1981 | Live Event | Houston, TX | 2 | [Note 12] | [1] | |||
28 | Evelyn Stevens | February 27, 1981 | Live Event | Houston, TX | 4 | [Note 2] | [1] | |||
— | Vacated | 1981 – 1983 | — | — | — | — | The year that the championship was vacated is uncertain. | [1] | ||
29 | Velvet McIntyre | February 13, 1983 | Live Event | San Antonio, TX | 1 | [Note 13] | [3] | |||
30 | Evelyn Stevens | September 1984 | Live Event | Houston, TX | 5 | [Note 2] | [3] | |||
— | Deactivated | 1984 | — | — | — | — | The championship was deactivated in 1984. | [1] |
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ The exact date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the title reign lasted between 2,508 and 2,538 days.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n The length of the reign is too uncertain to calculate.
- ^ The exact date that Steward won the championship is uncertain, which means the length of this title reign might be inaccurate.
- ^ The exact date that Noble won the championship is uncertain, which means the length of this title reign might be inaccurate.
- ^ The exact date that Steven lost the championship is uncertain, which means the title reign lasted between 356 and 385 days.
- ^ The exact date that Stevens won the championship is uncertain, which means the length of this title reign might be inaccurate.
- ^ The exact date that DeLeon lost the championship is uncertain, which means the length of this title reign might be inaccurate.
- ^ The exact date that Stevens won the championship is uncertain, which means the length of this title reign might be inaccurate.
- ^ The exact date that Vachon won and lost the championship is uncertain, which means the length of this title reign might be inaccurate.
- ^ The exact date that DeLeon won and lost the championship is uncertain, which means the length of this title reign, which allegedly is between 458 and 488 days, might be inaccurate.
- ^ The exact date that Noble won the championship is uncertain, which means the title reign lasted between <1 and 5 days.
- ^ The exact date that Green won the championship is uncertain, which means the length of this title reign, which allegedly is between <1 and 26 days, might be inaccurate.
- ^ The exact date that McIntyre lost the championship is uncertain, which means the title reign lasted between 566 and 595 days.