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32-590: On December 14, 2011, All Pro Wrestling announced that they had come to terms with Vendetta Pro Wrestling to recognize the Vendetta Pro Tag-Team Championship, and to have them defended in both Vendetta Pro and in APW as the "Unified" Tag Team Titles. The titles were defended for the first time in APW on January 14, 2011, as champions Greg Hernandez and Jesse Jimenez defended against APW's team of Jody Kristofferson and Dalton Frost. Since then,

64-530: A four-way match at Bay Area Bash 2022 on September 3, 2022. All Pro Wrestling All Pro Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion and training school, based in Hayward , California . The company was founded by Roland Alexander and managed by him until his death on November 5, 2013. It is located 45 miles southeast of San Francisco, 15 miles south of Oakland , and 35 miles north of San Jose . All Pro Wrestling opened in 1991 under

96-518: A counterpart title. The NXT Women's Championship would become WWE's third main women's title when NXT , the promotion's developmental brand , became recognized as WWE's third major brand in September 2019 when it was moved to the USA Network . However, this recognition was reversed when NXT reverted to being WWE's developmental brand in September 2021. As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft ,

128-627: A team/individual wrestlers, at less than a day. Reno Scum and Classic Connection have the most combined defenses, as a team/individual wrestlers. with ten. EGO (AJ Kirsch and Nathan Rulez), The Westside Playaz 2000 (Boyce LeGrande and Robert Thompson), and Immortal Fear (Billy Blade and Kaden) have the most defenses over a singular reign, as a team/individual wrestlers with ten. The current champions are The Bad Boys (Derek Slade and Dominic Teixeira). They defeated La Rebelión Amarilla ( Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf ), The Stoner Brothers (Rick Scott Stoner and Scott Rick Stoner), and Matt Carlos and Rik Luxury in

160-498: A tryout match with the World Wrestling Federation . The spot in the film was said to have tremendously boosted the school's "Boot Camp" sign ups. APW suffered a wrongful death lawsuit to the family of APW Boot Camp trainee, Brian Ong. On May 28, 2001, Ong was training with fellow trainee Dalip Singh , despite suffering from an earlier concussion . Singh delivered a flapjack to Ong twice, with his head striking

192-783: Is currently holding events at the Bayshore Community Center in Daly City, CA. After the closing of the APW Garage head trainer Jeckles opened his own school, the Puppet Masters Dojo, in Hayward, CA. WWE Raw Women%27s Championship The WWE Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE , defended on

224-472: The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup , a team that previously received a custom WWE Championship for this feat in 2015, to Bianca Andreescu for winning the 2019 Women's US Open , and to the Chicago Sky and Las Vegas Aces for winning the 2021 and 2023 WNBA Finals , respectively. As of November 27, 2024, there have been 29 reigns between 12 champions. Charlotte Flair, then known simply as Charlotte,

256-642: The SmackDown brand division . It is one of two women's world titles for WWE's main roster, along with the Women's World Championship on Raw . The current champion is Nia Jax , who is in her second reign. She won the title by defeating Bayley at SummerSlam on August 3, 2024. Established on April 3, 2016, at WrestleMania 32 , it replaced the Divas Championship and has a unique title history, separate from WWE's original Women's Championship and

288-543: The APW roster, including trainers Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan, and Frank Murdoch left the company to start a training facility known as the Pro Wrestling IRON Tetsu Academy (now defunct). In April 2008, booker and promoter Gabriel Ramirez left the company to start his own promotion, Pro Wrestling Revolution. Former wrestling manager John LaRocca took over as head booker for the company. In October 2005, future WWE champion Becky Lynch (using

320-719: The APW/Vendetta Pro Unified Tag Team Champions will often wear one Vendetta Pro title belt along with one APW title belt. This relationship came to an end in 2014 when Vendetta Pro returned to having their own set of tag belts, following this the APW would reinstate the championships. As of June 16, 2023, there have been 38 reigns among 31 teams and 42 wrestlers with eight vacancies. The inaugural champions were Michael Modest and Steve Rizzono . Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend), Classic Connection (Buddy Royal and Levi Shapiro), and Lion Power (Marcus Lewis and Will Hobbs ) have

352-648: The Divas Championship. Charlotte Flair , then known simply as Charlotte, was the inaugural champion. As a result of the 2016 WWE Draft , the championship became exclusive to Raw and was renamed the Raw Women's Championship while SmackDown created the SmackDown Women's Championship as its counterpart. As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft , the Raw and SmackDown women's championships switched brands, with

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384-509: The June 9, 2023, episode of SmackDown , WWE official Adam Pearce unveiled a new design for the title which reverted to being called the WWE Women's Championship. It uses the same "Network Logo" design, but with similarities to the men's Undisputed WWE Universal Championship that was unveiled on the previous week's episode of SmackDown . It retains the smaller white strap and the side plates of

416-543: The Raw Women's Championship reverting to its original name of WWE Women's Championship, while the SmackDown Women's Championship became the Women's World Championship. The title was the first women's championship to headline a WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event , which occurred at Hell in a Cell in 2016 . It also headlined WWE's only all-female event, Evolution in 2018 . Along with the SmackDown Women's Championship at

448-536: The Raw and SmackDown women's championships switched brands and there were no title changes for either championship before draft results went into effect on May 8. The issue of the Raw Women's Championship being on SmackDown was then resolved on the June 9, 2023, episode of SmackDown . That night, WWE official Adam Pearce unveiled a new championship belt to reigning champion Asuka , with the title subsequently reverting to its original name of WWE Women's Championship. The SmackDown Women's Championship subsequently became

480-465: The Women's World Championship on June 12. The championship was the first women's title to be defended in the main event of a WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event , which was at Hell in a Cell in October 2016; this was also the first-ever women's Hell in a Cell match and the first women's match to main event a WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event. At the event, Charlotte (whose ring name

512-425: The athletic abilities of female wrestlers and relegating them to "eye candy". Lita also unveiled a new title belt and revealed that the Divas Championship would be retired in favor of a new WWE Women's Championship. The inaugural champion was determined by a triple threat match between Charlotte, Becky Lynch , and Sasha Banks later that night, which was originally scheduled for the Divas Championship. Charlotte,

544-509: The center plate by gold divider bars. In what has become a prominent feature on all of WWE's championship belts, the side plates feature a removable center section, which can be customized with the reigning champion's logo; the default side plates feature the WWE logo on a red globe. This was the first women's title in WWE with customizable side plates. The title retained this design when it was renamed as Raw Women's Championship in September 2016. On

576-625: The final Divas Champion, became the first WWE Women's Champion by winning that match. Following the reintroduction of the brand split in July 2016, reigning champion Charlotte was drafted to the Raw brand, making the championship exclusive to Raw. It was subsequently renamed the Raw Women's Championship after SummerSlam in August, when SmackDown created the SmackDown Women's Championship as

608-429: The lineage of female champions dates back to The Fabulous Moolah 's reign in 1956. When the championship was unveiled, the brand extension was not in effect as that had ended in August 2011. From its inception until the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016, reigning champion Charlotte defended the title on both Raw and SmackDown . The WWE Women's Championship belt uses the "Network Logo" design that

640-602: The main event of WrestleMania 35 in April 2019, which Lynch won. This was the first women's match to main event a WrestleMania – WWE's flagship event. On May 10, 2020, the championship became the first in history to be directly rewarded as a result of winning the Money in the Bank ladder match (taped April 15, 2020), which was revealed when the briefcase was opened by Becky Lynch the following night on Raw . Lynch announced that she

672-477: The mat and worsening his concussion. He was pronounced dead on arrival to a local hospital. Ong's family sued APW for reckless behavior. The case was filed in September 2002, and the trial was underway on June 10, 2005. After a three-week trial, on July 12, the jury voted unanimously in favor of the Ong family. APW was forced to pay $ 1.3 million to the Ong family. After a dispute with Roland Alexander in 2002, most of

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704-415: The most reigns as teams with three. Robert Thompson and Tony Jones have the most reigns individually with five. Reno Scum have the longest combined reigns, as a team/individual wrestlers, at 860 days. War Beast ( Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael ) have the longest singular reign, as a team/individual wrestlers, at 996 days. Original Westside Playaz (Robert Thompson and Tony Jones) have the shortest reign, as

736-477: The name, "Pacific Coast Sports". The school and its "Gym Wars" events maintained a strong local following throughout the 1990s, but it wasn't until professional wrestling's Attitude Era that APW gained national notoriety. In 1999, All Pro Wrestling (APW) was featured as part of the documentary film, Beyond the Mat . Roland Alexander, along with wrestlers Tony Jones and Michael Modest appeared, as they were having

768-529: The previous design, but in matching the men's title, the WWE logo is now encrusted with black diamonds on a gold nugget-textured background while the small print below the logo now reads "Women's Undisputed Champion" (although it was never contested in a unification match to bear the name "Undisputed", it simply appears on the belt to match its male counterpart). In what has become a tradition since fall 2014, WWE has presented custom WWE Championship belts to winners in both male and female professional sports with

800-650: The ring name Rebecca Knox) appeared at the APW affiliated promotion ChickFight III. In December 2009, APW began televising taped shows All Pro Wrestling Gym Wars on Saturday mornings on Channel 50 / Cable 199 in the San Francisco Bay Area . On December 14, 2011, All Pro Wrestling and Vendetta Pro Wrestling announced the Vendetta Pro Tag Team Titles will now be booked in All Pro Wrestling as well. The title

832-573: The side plates commemorating the achievement. In September 2018, WWE began presenting custom Women's Championship belts to winners in just female sports. The first of these was given to the Seattle Storm for winning the 2018 WNBA Finals . Custom Women's Championship belts (originally the red design, but then the gold version beginning in 2023) have since been presented to the United States Women's National Soccer Team for winning

864-754: The time, it was also defended in the main event match of the 35th edition of WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania , in 2019. The championship was established on April 3, 2016. During the WrestleMania 32 pre-show that day, WWE Hall of Famer Lita appeared: after recapping the history of women's professional wrestling in WWE , she declared that WWE's women would no longer be referred to as WWE Divas, but as " WWE Superstars " like their male counterparts. The term "Diva" had been criticized by some commentators, fans, and several past and present female wrestlers, including reigning Divas Champion Charlotte , as diminishing

896-470: Was first used by the WWE Championship when it was introduced in August 2014 with a few notable differences. When it was originally unveiled, the die-cut WWE logo in the center plate sat on a red background, as opposed to black, while the small print below the logo read "Women's Champion", and the strap was smaller and white as opposed to black. The belt featured the same side plates, divided from

928-485: Was forfeiting the title due to pregnancy and announced the Money in the Bank match winner, Asuka, as the new champion. The title shares its name with the original WWE Women's Championship . However, the newer title does not share the same title history as the original, which was unified with the Divas Championship in 2010 and subsequently retired. WWE acknowledges the original championship as its predecessor, and notes that

960-476: Was lengthened to Charlotte Flair) defeated Sasha Banks to become a three-time champion. After two years, it was again featured in the main event match of a pay-per-view and livestreaming event, which was the first-ever all-women's event Evolution in October 2018, where Ronda Rousey retained the title against Nikki Bella . Rousey then defended the title in a winner takes all triple threat match against SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch in

992-583: Was renamed the APW-Vendetta Pro "Unified" Tag Team Championship and be defended on Vendetta Pro and APW events. At that time "Dos Perfectos" (Greg Hernandez and Jesse Jimenez) were the Vendetta Pro Tag Team Champions and were crowned the first APW/Vendetta Pro Unified Tag Team Champions. Alexander died on November 5, 2013, following heart and diabetes issues, aged 59. The company is now run by head booker Markus Mac and

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1024-424: Was the inaugural champion. She also has the most reigns at six. Bianca Belair 's first reign is the longest at 420 days (419 days as recognized by WWE), while her second reign is the shortest at 1 minute and 35 seconds. Becky Lynch has the longest combined reign at 535 days (560 days as recognized by WWE). Asuka is the oldest champion, winning the title at the age of 41, while Sasha Banks is the youngest when she won

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