WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship

WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship
The WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship belt
Details
PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling
GAEA Japan
Date establishedApril 7, 1997
Date retiredApril 3, 1998
Statistics
First championToshie Uematsu
Final championSugar Sato
Most reignsAll titleholders (1 reign)
Longest reignSugar Sato
(195 days)
Shortest reignYoshiko Tamura
(63 days)
Oldest championToshie Uematsu
(22 years, 359 days)
Youngest championYoshiko Tamura
(21 years, 164 days)
Heaviest championYoshiko Tamura
(154lbs (70kg))
Lightest championToshie Uematsu
(123lbs (56kg))

The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Women's Cruiserweight Championship was a singles women's professional wrestling championship in World Championship Wrestling for smaller women. It was created as a joint venture between WCW and GAEA Japan. The weight limit for the women's cruiserweight division was 130 lb (as announced on WCW television). The first champion was crowned in a four-woman tournament that began on an episode of WCW Monday Nitro on March 31, 1997 and concluded on April 7, 1997. Since the tournament final was only shown on WCW Main Event, and the results were never mentioned on WCW television again, it is speculated that the title was created solely to be used by the GAEA promotion in Japan. In fact, the title was defended and changed hands twice in Japan before being abandoned in early 1998.

After it was retired, the rights to the WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship, inactive since 1999, are currently owned by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) through its acquisition of the selected assets of WCW in 2001.

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