WOTU World Championship (RLS Championship)

The WOTU World Championship is the main female championship fought for in UNION Wrestling, and is recognised within the alternative wrestling scene as being the "most prestigious currently available women's world championship in Europe".1 It was created in 2022 and replaces the previous UNION Women's Championship.
It is currently held by Lara Grey, who was also the first women to win the predecessor championship.2
==History==
The belt was created to head up the new Women Of The UNION (WOTU) division of UNION Wrestling by Eddie Hamer and Jackie Compton, seen as being a way of finally have "a World-level Championship for the women's division that didn't need a qualifier". It was won by Lara Grey, who defeated Compton by submission, in the main event of the third night of the UNION Bring Down The House event in March 2022.
Grey would have to miss Bring Down the House '23 due to injury, before returning to defeat Nancy Warren at Uneasy Alliance 2023. She'd successfully defend the title against Reaper and Bella Yang in June at UNION Hardcore Brawl 2023.
Grey would defend the title successfully once more, in her hardest fought contest, against her mentor Angel, at UNION Open Challenge 2024.
==Reigns==
#	Champion 	Won 	Reign In Defences
1	Lara Grey	Defeated Jackie Compton at UNION Bring Down The House	7*
*=Includes live, not-streamed matches either at special events or events held during the streaming hiatuses.
==Trivia==
*Like all UNION Wrestling titles, the reigns are not measured in days held, but the number of times defended, to further separate UW from other promotions.3
*Some pundits, reviewers and fans were disappointed by the decision to have the new title held by the somewhat predictable choice of Grey, as they were with having Virgil Baker become a three-time UNION World champion, especially as Compton is seen as a huge star in the alt. wrestling scene.4
==Behind-the-Scenes/Notes==
#The "alternative wrestling scene" being my posh little name for the universe I've created as a complete whole.
#This was a decision I took in part due to a desire to return to the kind of fun I was having back when she first won the title, and also partly the reason in point #4.
#This is actually to make it easier to update the pages on here, having to do so only after defences rather than daily or weekly.
#I thought it would be a nice little narrative addition to have a more negative talking point come out of their reboot.
Category:Championships