WCW Women's Championship
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| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling GAEA Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | December 29, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | January 8, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Women's Heavyweight Championship (referred to mostly as the WCW Women’s Championship) was a title for the women's professional wrestling division in World Championship Wrestling. It lasted from 1996 until 1998, when it was abandoned. It is not to be confused with prior women's titles recognized by the promotion.
The rights to the Women's Championship are owned by the WWE through the acquisition of selected assets of WCW since 2001.