The Women's World Championship was the first

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in the world.

History

Cora Livingston Cora B. Bowser (1887/1889 – April 22, 1957), better known by the ring name Cora Livingston (also spelled as Livingstone) was an American professional wrestler. She is the first women's world champion in professional wrestling history. Earl ...

defeated Hazel Parker in 1906. Though the contest was for the Featherweight Championship, from that point she billed herself as the first women's champion of the world. She then went to face women's champion Laura Bennett in a champion vs. champion title unification match in 1910. The match saw

victorious and it was at that time she was officially recognized as the first women's world champion. Mildred Burke won a woman's world championship title in 1937 and held it for close to two decades. Mildred Burke won the women's wrestling world championship title defeating Clara Mortenson the inaugural champion. Clara had competed for the vacant championship against Barbara Ware, with Clara coming out victorious, following her victory, she was billed as the first women's world champion. On June 14, 1953, June Byers won a 13-woman tournament in

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to claim the belt. She quickly became a popular fan favorite champion.June Byers at imdb.com
Retrieved on 2007-11-11. Byers and Burke wrestled a

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in 1954 it went to a no contest. Subsequently, Byers was recognized as the NWA World Women's Champion, and Burke went on to create the WWWA World Championship and was recognized as its first champion.

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