# AWA World Women's Championship

The AWA World Women's Championship was the women's professional wrestling title in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1961 until 1990.

## Title history

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | June Byers | August 20, 1954 | House show | Atlanta, GA | 1 | 2563 | Byers defeated Mildred Burke for the NWA World Women's Championship and continues to be recognized by AWA after it splits from NWA in 1960. | |
| 2 | Penny Banner | August 26, 1961 | House show | Angola, IN | 1 | 493 | AWA ceased to recognize June Byers as women's champion after she no-showed a title defense. Banner won a battle royal to become the new AWA World Women's Champion. | |
| — | Vacated | January 1, 1963 | — | — | — | — | The AWA vacated the championship on January 1, 1963, but June Byers continued to be recognized as champion by the NWA until she retired in January 1964. | |
| 3 | Kay Noble | April 13, 1963 | House show | Saint Paul, MN | 1 | 3127 | Defeated Kathy Starr to win the vacant championship. | |
| 4 | Vivian Vachon | November 4, 1971 | House show | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 1 | 651 | | |
| 5 | Betty Nicoli | August 16, 1973 | House show | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 1 | 587 | | |
| — | Vacated | March 27, 1975 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated when Betty Nicoli retired. | |
| 6 | Candi Devine | November 2, 1984 | House show | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | | Devine won a battle royal to win the vacant championship. | |
| 7 | Sherri Martel | September 28, 1985 | SuperClash | Chicago, IL | 1 | 5 | | |
| — | Vacated | October 3, 1985 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. | |
| 8 | Candi Devine | October 14, 1985 | House show | Memphis, TN | 2 | 3 | Devine was awarded the championship without title match. | |
| 9 | Sherri Martel | October 17, 1985 | House show | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 2 | 91 | | |
| 10 | Candi Devine | January 16, 1986 | House show | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 3 | 163 | | |
| 11 | Sherri Martel | June 28, 1986 | Battle by the Bay | Oakland, CA | 3 | 391 | | |
| — | Vacated | July 24, 1987 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated when Sherri Martel went to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). | |
| 12 | Madusa Miceli | December 27, 1987 | AWA Championship Wrestling | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | 335 | Defeated Candi Devine to win the vacant championship. | |
| 13 | Wendi Richter | November 26, 1988 | House show | Bloomington, MN | 1 | | | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated when Wendi Richter left the promotion; she was still advertised as champion for the show where Devine wins the vacant title. | |
| 14 | Candi Devine | December 6, 1989 | House show | Toronto, ON | 4 | | Devine defeated Judy Martin to win the vacant championship; Monster Ripper defeated Devine on July 7, 1990 at the WWC 17th Anniversary show in Bayamón, Puerto Rico to claim the title, but Ripper was never officially recognized as champion by the AWA. | |
| — | Deactivated | January 12, 1991 | — | — | — | — | The championship retired when the AWA closed. | |

## Combined reigns

| ¤ | The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct. |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | Kay Noble | 1 | 3,127 |
| 2 | June Byers | 1 | 2,563 |
| 3 | Candi Devine | 4 | 859–918¤ |
| 4 | Vivian Vachon | 1 | 651 |
| 5 | Betty Nicoli | 1 | 587 |
| 6 | Penny Banner | 1 | 493 |
| 7 | Sherri Martel | 3 | 487 |
| 8 | Wendi Richter | 1 | 370–375¤ |
| 9 | Madusa Miceli | 1 | 335 |