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
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Championship
1 Lacey May 30, 2004 House show Hammond, IN 1 110 Lacey defeated Daizee Haze and Mercedes Martinez in a three-way elimination match in tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [4][5]
2 Mercedes Martinez September 17, 2004 2004 Ted Petty Invitational Highland, IN 1 110 [6]
3 Ariel January 5, 2005 New England Championship Wrestling live event Framingham, MA 1 38 This was a three-way match, also involving Hayley Skye. [7]
4 Daizee Haze February 12, 2005 House show Highland, IN 1 84 This was a six-way elimination match, also involving Cheerleader Melissa, Mickie Knuckles, MsChif and Sara Del Rey. [8]
5 MsChif May 7, 2005 House show Streamwood, IL 1 35 This live event was promoted by Ed Chuman. [9]
IWA Mid-South Women's Championship
6 Mickie Knuckles June 11, 2005 House show Philadelphia, PA 1 160 This 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]
7 Hailey Hatred November 18, 2005 IWA Mid-South King of the Death Matches 2005 Plainfield, IN 1 82 [11]
8 Mickie Knuckles February 8, 2006 IWA East Coast a Need to Bleed 2006 South Charleston, WV 2 528 [12]
9 Chuck Taylor July 21, 2007 IWA Mid-South Bad Blood Rising Joliet, IL 1 14 Taylor's IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship was also on the line. He became the first male wrestler to hold the title. [13]
10 Mickie Knuckles August 4, 2007 IWA Mid-South Extreme Heaven 2007 Plainfield, IN 3 272 This was a no-countout falls count anywhere match. [14]
11 Daizee Haze May 2, 2008 IWA Mid-South Fan Appreciation Night Indianapolis, IN 2 218 This was a three-way match, also involving Sara Del Rey. [15]
— Vacated December 6, 2008 Candido Cup 2008 Joliet, IL — — Ian Rotten announced that all titles are being done away with in IWA except for the IWA World Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Titles. [16]
12 Shotzi Blackheart April 19, 2018 IWA Mid-South Miss Independent Memphis, IN 1 182 Blackheart defeated Kikyo in the tournament final to win the reactivated championship. [17]
13 Amazing Maria October 18, 2018 IWA Mid-South 22nd Anniversary Show Jeffersonville, IN 1 65 This was a falls count anywhere match. [18][19]
14 Lukas Jacobs December 22, 2018 IWA Mid-South Big Ass Christmas Bash 2018 Jeffersonville, IN 1 12 Jacobs became the second male wrestler to hold the championship. [20]
15 Max the Impaler January 3, 2019 IWA Mid-South RassleKingdom Jeffersonville, IN 1 43 [21]
16 Amazing Maria February 15, 2019 IWA Mid-South Heartbreak 2019 Jeffersonville, IN 2 15 This was a three-way match, also involving Thunderkitty. [22]
17 Nevaeh March 2, 2019 IWA Mid-South in Like a Lion 2019 Jeffersonville, IN 1 82 [23]
18 Max the Impaler May 23, 2019 IWA Mid-South Payback, Pain and Agony 2019 Jeffersonville, IN 2 49 [24]
19 Alice Crowley July 11, 2019 IWA Mid-South Welcome to the Danger Zone Jeffersonville, IN 1 238 [25]
20 Haley J March 5, 2020 IWA Mid-South Let The Madness Begin Jeffersonville, IN 1 233 This was a tables match. [26]
21 Thunderkitty October 24, 2020 IWA Mid-South 24th Anniversary Show: We Are IWA Indianapolis, IN 1 103 [27]
22 Haley J February 4, 2021 IWA Mid-South Opportunity Knocks Indianapolis, IN 2 94 This was a four-way match also involving Amazing Maria and Malia Hosaka. [28]
23 Jessie Belle Smothers May 9, 2021 This One's For Donna Jeffersonville, IN 1 67 This was a four-way match also involving Alice Crowley and Thunderkitty. [29]
24 Thunderkitty July 15, 2021 House show Jeffersonville, IN 2 832+ [30]

Combined reigns

As of October 25, 2023.

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
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
days
1 Mickie Knuckles3960
3 Thunderkitty †2935+
2 Haley J2327
4 Daizee Haze2302
5 Alice Crowley1238
6 Shotzi Blackheart1182
7 Mercedes Martinez1120
8 Lacey1110
9 Nevaeh1109
10 Hailey Hatred182
11 Amazing Maria280
12 MsChif135
13 Ariel128
14 Max the Impaler292
15 Jessie Belle Smothers167
16 Chuck Taylor114
17 Lukas Jacobs112

See also

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