The NWA Women's World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The title was first held by Mildred Burke in 1950, who was recognized as champion due to her February 11, 1937 defeat of Women's World Champion Clara Mortensen. The current champion is Kenzie Paige, who is in her first reign.

History

Mildred Burke was recognized as the inaugural champion in 1950. After her Two out of three falls match against June Byers in 1954 ended in a no contest, Byers was recognized as the NWA World Women's Champion, and Burke created the WWWA World Championship and was recognized as its first champion. Upon June Byers's retirement, it was held primarily (and operated) by Lillian Ellison (under the ring name of The Fabulous Moolah), who first won the championship in a battle royal in September 1956.

In 1983, the physical belt was sold by Ellison to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), where it became the WWF Women's Championship. The World Wrestling Federation recognized Moolah as the reigning champion but did not recognize any of the title changes that had occurred since Moolah was first awarded the title in 1956. The NWA Women's title continued its lineage after Moolah's belt was purchased and renamed by the WWF.

The Fabulous Moolah has held the title more times than any other wrestler, with a total of four reigns. She also has the longest reign of 3,651 days, and is the oldest champion after winning the title at 55 years old. Evelyn Stevens and Malia Hosaka have the shortest reign at 1 day each. La Reina de Corazones is the youngest champion after winning the title at 21 years of age. Overall, the title has been held by 25 different women for a total of 35 reigns.

Via various partnerships, the NWA World Women's Championship has also been defended in other promotions.

Belt design

1950 - 1954: Mildred Burke defeated Clara Mortensen on February 11, 1937 to win the original version of the Women's World Championship. Due to her victory, Burke was recognized as the inaugural NWA champion in 1950. The original title belt last appeared in an NWA ring on August 20, 1954. In 2021, The main plate of the original belt was given to NWA President, Billy Corgan.

1954 - 1983: Sometime after August 1954, a new design was presented. In 1983, During The Fabulous Moolah's reign as champion, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and The Fabulous Moolah sold the championship to the WWF.

Reigns

As of July 7, 2024, there have been 41 reigns, between 32 wrestlers and eight vacancies. Mildred Burke was the inaugural champion. The Fabulous Moolah holds the record for most recognized reigns at four. Moolah is the oldest champion at 55 years old, while La Reina de Corazones is the youngest at 21 years old. Moolah's third reign is the longest at 3,841 days, while Evelyn Stevens and Malia Hosaka's reigns are the shortest at one day each.

Kenzie Paige is the current champion, in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Kamille at NWA's 75th Anniversary Show on August 27, 2023, in St. Louis, Missouri

Names

Name	Year
NWA Women's Championship	1950 – September 16, 2016
NWA World Women's Championship	September 16, 2016 – present

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
†	Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
	National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
1	Mildred Burke	1950	Live event	N/A	1		Burke defeated Clara Mortensen on February 11, 1937 to win the original version of the Women's World Championship. Due to her victory, Burke was recognized as the inaugural NWA champion in 1950.
2	June Byers	August 20, 1954	Live event	Atlanta, GA	2		Byers wrestled Mildred Burke for the NWA World Women's Championship in a two out of three falls match. The commission stopped the match between Burke and Byers at the end of the second fall, stripped Burke of the title, and awarded it to Byers. Burke set up the WWWA World Championship and continued to recognize herself as the World Women's Champion.
—	Vacated	1956/1964	—	—	—	—	In 1956, the NWA promoters of New York, New Jersey and Baltimore (led by Vince McMahon Sr.) stopped recognizing June Byers as champion and she was stripped of the championship by the Baltimore Athletic Commission. Byers, with the support of promoter Billy Wolfe, continued to be recognized by the majority of the National Wrestling Alliance until her retirement in 1964.
3	The Fabulous Moolah	September 18, 1956	Live event	Baltimore, MD	1	3,651	Moolah defeated Judy Grable at the end of a 13-woman battle royal. Moolah was not fully recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the new NWA World Women's Champion until 1964 because Billy Wolfe, with whom Moolah had a falling-out earlier in her career, still controlled most of the NWA. Penny Banner, the AWA World Women's champion, was also briefly recognized in some NWA territories after Byers' retirement in 1964.
4	Bette Boucher	September 17, 1966	Live event	Seattle, WA	1	16
5	The Fabulous Moolah	October 3, 1966	Live event	Vancouver BC, Canada	2	524
6	Yukiko Tomoe	March 10, 1968	Live event	Osaka, Japan	1	23
7	The Fabulous Moolah	April 2, 1968	Live event	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan	3	3,841
8	Evelyn Stevens	October 8, 1978	Live event	Dallas, TX	1	1
9	The Fabulous Moolah	October 9, 1978	Live event	Fort Worth, TX	4	1,909
—	Vacated	December 31, 1983	—	—	—	—	The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) withdrew from the NWA in 1983, and The Fabulous Moolah sold the championship to the WWF. The WWF recognized Moolah as champion but did not acknowledge previous title changes: see WWE Women's Championship.
10	Debbie Combs	February 12, 1986	Live event	Honolulu, HI	1		Combs won the vacant championship in a 9-woman battle royal against Candi Devine, Despina Montagos, Eva Savage, Lady Satan, Princess Jasmine, Roxie Rush, Reggie Schwartz, and Sherri Martel.
—	Vacated	1987	—	—	—	—	The championship was declared vacant in 1987 when the Kansas City promotion withdrew from the NWA.
11	Debbie Combs	April 10, 1987	Live event	Kansas City, MO	2		Combs defeated Penny Mitchell to win the vacant championship.
12	Bambi	1994	N/A	N/A	1
13	Peggy Lee Leather	1994	N/A	N/A	1
14	Bambi	July 26, 1994	NWA TV tapings	East Ridge, TN	2
15	Malia Hosaka	May 9, 1996	Live event	Johnson City, TN	1	1	Hosaka defeated Debbie Combs, who continued to defend the championship despite Bambi being recognized as the champion by Jim Crockett Promotions.
16	Debbie Combs	May 10, 1996	Live event	Fall Branch, TN	3
—	Vacated	October 1996	—	—	—	—	Debbie Combs was stripped of the championship.
17	Strawberry Fields	October 14, 2000	NWA 52nd Anniversary Show	Nashville, TN	1		Fields defeated Leilani Kai to win the vacant championship.
—	Vacated	November 2000	—	—	—	—	Strawberry Fields vacated the championship due to an injury.
18	Madison	August 23, 2002	Live event	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada	1	64	Madison defeated Bam Bam Bambi to win the vacant championship.
19	Char Starr	October 26, 2002	NWA 54th Anniversary Show	Corpus Christi, TX	1	41
20	Madison	December 6, 2002	Live event	Port Coquitlam, BC	2	96
21	Leilani Kai	March 12, 2003	NWA:TNA Weekly PPV #36	Nashville, TN	1	465
—	Vacated	June 19, 2004	—	—	—	—	Leilani Kai was stripped after several no-shows
22	Kiley McLean	June 19, 2004	Live event	Richmond, VA	1	308	McLean defeated Kameo to win the vacant championship.
23	Lexie Fyfe	April 23, 2005	Live event	Richmond, VA	1	168
24	Christie Ricci	October 8, 2005	NWA 57th Anniversary Show	Nashville, TN	1	476	This was a three-way match, also involving Tasha Simone.
25	MsChif	January 27, 2007	Live event	Lebanon, TN	1	98
26	Amazing Kong	May 5, 2007	Live event	Streamwood, IL	1	358
27	MsChif	April 27, 2008	Live event	Cape Girardeau, MO	2	818
28	Tasha Simone	July 24, 2010	House show	Lebanon, TN	1	70
29	La Reina de Corazones	October 2, 2010	Live event	Altus, OK	1	35
—	Vacated	November 6, 2010	Live event	Lebanon, TN	—	—	La Reina de Corazones was stripped of the championship after refusing to defend it.
30	Tasha Simone	November 6, 2010	Live event	Lebanon, TN	2	365	Simone defeated Rachel to win the vacant championship.
31	Tiffany Roxx	November 6, 2011	Live event	Lebanon, TN	1	49	This was a no disqualification match.
32	Tasha Simone	December 25, 2011	Live event	Lebanon, TN	3	300	This was a steel cage match.
33	Kacee Carlisle	October 20, 2012	Live event	Lebanon, TN	1	462
34	Barbi Hayden	January 25, 2014	Live event	Cypress, TX	1	378
35	Santana Garrett	February 7, 2015	Live event	Plant City, FL	1	314
36	Amber Gallows	December 18, 2015	Live event	Sherman, TX	1	273	This was a four-way elimination match, also involving Bree Ann and Nikki Knight. Gallows won the championship by lastly eliminating Santana Garrett.
	National Wrestling Alliance/Lightning One Inc.
37	Jazz	September 16, 2016	Live event	Sherman, TX	1	948	This was a three-way match, also involving Christi Jaynes.
—	Vacated	April 22, 2019	—	—	—	—	Jazz vacated the championship due to medical and personal reasons.
38	Allysin Kay	April 27, 2019	Crockett Cup	Concord, NC	1	272	Kay defeated Santana Garrett to win the vacant championship.
39	Thunder Rosa	January 24, 2020	Hard Times	Atlanta, GA	1	277
40	Serena Deeb	October 27, 2020	UWN Primetime Live	Long Beach, CA	1	222	Deeb defended the title on October 22 on an All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Dynamite taping, five days prior to winning the title. The match aired on October 28, 2020, the day after she won the title.
41	Kamille	June 6, 2021	When Our Shadows Fall	Atlanta, GA	1	812
42	Kenzie Paige	August 27, 2023	NWA 75th Anniversary Show	St. Louis, MO	1	315+

Combined reigns