MLW Women's Featherweight Championship

The MLW Women's Featherweight Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion Major League Wrestling (MLW).

MLW Women's Featherweight Championship
Details
PromotionMajor League Wrestling (MLW)
Date establishedJuly 7, 2021
Current champion(s)TBD
Date wonMay 13, 2022

History

MLW previously teased the formation of a women's division on August 18, 2019, later announcing its official launch on October 18, 2019.[1][2] The division's first official match was held at MLW Blood and Thunder of 2019 between Zeda Zhang and The Spider Lady which Zhang was successful at winning via disqualification.[3][4]

Over a year later, on July 7, 2021, it was announced that Shimmer Women Athletes co-founder Dave Prazak had joined MLW to help relaunch its women's division.[5] On the September 22, 2021, episode of Fusion: Alpha, MLW officially announced the launch of its women's featherweight division and introduced the first wrestlers on the roster, including Brittany Blake, Holidead, Nicole Savoy, The Sea Stars (Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo), Willow Nightingale and Zoey Skye.[6][7]

On April 21, 2022, it was finally announced that on May 13, 2022 at Kings of Colosseum that their will be a match between Taya Valkyrie and Holidead to determine who the first ever MLW Women's Featherweight Championship title holder is.

References
  1. Defelice, Robert (August 18, 2019). "MLW Teases The Formation Of A Women's Division". Fightful. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  2. "MLW Announces New Women's Division". Wrestling Inc. October 18, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  3. "MLW Blood & Thunder". Cagematch. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. "MLW Blood & Thunder". Wrestling Data.
  5. "DAVE PRAZAK JOINS MLW, WILL SPEARHEAD WOMEN'S DIVISION LAUNCH". Wrestling Observer. July 7, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  6. Wilkinson, Nick (September 22, 2021). "MLW announces its Women's Featherweight Division". Diva Dirt. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  7. Lambert, Jeremy (September 22, 2021). "MLW Announces Women's Featherweight Division". Fightful. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
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