WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship

Details

Date established

April 7, 1997

Date retired

1997

Promotion

Statistics
First champion(s)	Toshie Uematsu
Most reigns	Toshie Uematsu, Yoshiko Tamura, Sugar Saito (1 reign)

The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Women's Cruiserweight Championship was a short-lived singles championship in World Championship Wrestling for the 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 as a bonus match 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 until being abandoned in late 1997.

Title history

#	Wrestler	Reigns	Date	Days held:	Location	Event	Notes
001 !1	Toshie Uematsu	1	000000001997-04-07-0000April 7, 1997	103	Huntsville, Alabama	WCW Main Event	Defeated Malia Hosaka in a tournament final to determine the first WCW Women's Cruiserweight Champion.^[2]
002 !2	Yoshiko Tamura	1	000000001997-07-19-0000July 19, 1997	63	Yokohama, Japan	The Dream & Future ~ 2nd Jr. All Stars^[3]	^[3]
003 !3	Sugar Sato	1	000000001997-09-20-0000September 20, 1997		Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
003.5 !-	Retired	-	1997	0	N/A	N/A	The championship was abandoned after WCW and GAEA Japan ended their relationship.

References

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

World Championship Wrestling championships

World	World Heavyweight (reigns) (1991–2001) International World Heavyweight (reigns) (1993–1994)

Secondary	World Television (reigns) (1991–2000) United States (reigns) (1991–2001)

Tag Team	World Tag Team (reigns) (1991–2001) World Six-Man Tag Team (reigns) (1991) United States Tag Team (reigns) (1986–1992) Cruiserweight Tag Team (reigns) (2001)

Divisional	Light Heavyweight (reigns) (1991–1992) Cruiserweight (reigns) (1996–2001) Women's (reigns) (1996–1997) Women's Cruiserweight (reigns) (1997)

Other	Hardcore (reigns) (1999–2001) Triple Crown

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