The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Women's Cruiserweight Championship was a short-lived singles championship in World Championship Wrestling

World Championship Wrestling

World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...

 for the smaller women. It was created as a joint venture between WCW and GAEA Japan

GAEA Japan

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. The weight limit for the women's cruiserweight division was 130 lb

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 (as announced on WCW television). The first champion was crowned in a four woman tournament that began on an episode of Monday Night Nitro on March 31, 1997 and concluded on April 7, 1997 . Since the tournament final was only shown as a bonus match on WCW Main Event

WCW Main Event

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, 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 until being abandoned in late 1997.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Toshie Uematsu Toshie Uematsu is a female Japanese Professional Wrestler best known for her popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. She was one of the members of the first class of wrestlers trained by Chigusa Nagayo when Nagayo formed the GAEA Japan promotion...	1	April 7, 1997	Huntsville, Alabama Huntsville, Alabama Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....	Tournament final over Malia Hosaka Malia Hosaka Malia Hosaka is an American professional wrestler. She is a former NWA World Women's Champion.-Career:Malia Hosaka was trained by Killer Kowalski at the wrestling training camp run by Misty Blue Simmes... .
Yoshiko Tamura	1	July 19, 1997	Yokohama Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu... , Japan
Sugar Sato	1	September 20, 1997	Kawasaki, Kanagawa Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area.... , Japan
Title retired				Title was abandoned after GAEA and WCW ceased their relationship.