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The women's division of professional wrestling has maintained a recognized world champion since 1937, when Mildred Burke won the original World Women's title.[1] She then formed the World Women's Wrestling Association in the early 1950s and recognized herself as the first champion, although the championship would be vacated upon her retirement in 1956. The NWA however, ceased to acknowledge Burke as their Women's World champion in 1954, and instead acknowledged June Byers as champion after a controversial finish to a high-profile match between Burke and Byers that year. Upon Byers' retirement in 1964, The Fabulous Moolah, who won a junior heavyweight version of the NWA World Women's Championship (the predecessor to the WWE Women's Championship) in a tournament back in 1958, was recognized by most NWA promoters as champion by default.
Women's Professional wrestling Championships
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WWE
The most well known organization showcasing women's wrestling has been World Wrestling Entertainment. Female professional wrestlers are members of the Women's or more modernly titled "Diva's" Division. While the division has never had a tag team championship, women do compete in tag team as well as singles competition in scripted matches. The main WWE Championship for female competitors is the WWE Divas Championship, which is the successor to the WWE Women's Championship and carries on its linage. WWE also has the NXT Women's Championship which is contested for in WWE's developmental territory female division.
TNA
As the main competitor to WWE, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling has it's flagship TNA Knockouts Championship. TNA brand's its female wrestling employees as TNA Knockouts. The promotion formerly had a tag team championship, the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship
Other Promotions
None of the other major US professional wrestling promotions have a unified division with a title However there are a number of independent or "indy" promotions with womens wrestling divisions and championships.
Shimmer Women Athletes
Shimmer Women Athletes (often referred to simply as Shimmer) is an American, Chicago-based female independent professional wrestling promotion founded in 2005. The promotion's main championship is the Shimmer Championship, and it's tag team title is the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.
Shine Wrestling
Shine Wrestling (stylized as SHINE Wrestling and often referred to simply as SHINE) is an American, Florida based female independent professional wrestling promotion. It is the sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes and airs events on internet pay-per-view (iPPV). The promotion's main championship is the Shine Championship and it's tag team title is the Shine Tag Team Championship.
See also
References
- ^ National Wrestling Alliance, The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling, p. 290, Tim Hornbaker, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 1-55022-741-6