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| Acronym | LPWA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| Defunct | 1998 |
| Style | Women's professional wrestling |
| Headquarters | Laughlin, Nevada (1989–1992) |
| Founder | Tor Berg[1] |
| Owner | Tor Berg (1989–1992; 1998–2000) |
TheLadies Professional Wrestling Association (LPWA) was awomen's professional wrestlingpromotion which operated in the early 1990s (ca. 1989–1992). It was considered a successor to such women's promotions asGorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW), but it differed in that, while GLOW slanted more towardWWF-stylesports entertainment, the LPWA treated its product seriously and put its primary emphasis on in-ring athletics.
Thurston John "Tor" Berg (1938–2011) founded the company ca. 1989.[1] An incident occurred in March 1991, where Berg promisedJumping Bomb Angels memberNoriyo Tateno that he would give her a permanent job in the new company if she retired in Japan and moved to the United States.[1] Berg, however, later backed out on the deal, andSherri Martel made the incident public.[1]
The LPWA produced two television series,The Super Ladies of Wrestling andLadies Championship Wrestling from 1990 to 1992.[2] Many of their matches were also distributed and sold onVHS tapes. They held their first and only pay-per-view,Super Ladies Showdown, on February 23, 1992, before closing down operations shortly after.[3]
Berg planned on promoting a secondSuper Ladies pay-per-view event in 2000, but the event was canceled. The pay-per-view was scheduled to feature women from around the world, including American wrestlersDebbie Malenko,Sherri Martel, Sweet Destiny andMissy Hyatt; Japanese wrestlers Chikako Shiratori,AKINO, Chapparita Asari andAyako Hamada; and Australian wrestlers Amy Action, Raya Riot, and former LPWA ChampionSusan Sexton.[4]
| Super Ladies Showdown | |
|---|---|
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| Promotion | LPWA |
| Date | February 23, 1992 |
| City | Rochester, Minnesota |
| Venue | Mayo Civic Center |
| Attendance | 400[5] |
LPWA Super Ladies Showdown was aprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view from the LPWA. It took place on February 23, 1992, from theMayo Civic Center inRochester, Minnesota.[5] It was the only PPV from the LPWA, which folded shortly after the event. The main event was a match for the LPWA Singles Championship, in whichTerri Powers facedLady X. The event also featured a tournament for the LPWA Japanese Championship.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mami Kitamura and Miki Handa defeated Allison Royal and Lisa Starr | Tag Team match | 3:46 | ||
| 2 | Denise Storm defeatedSusan Green | LPWA Japanese Championship Tournament First Round match | 6:02 | ||
| 3 | Reggie Bennett defeated Yukari Osawa | LPWA Japanese Championship Tournament First Round match | 6:19 | ||
| 4 | Shinobu Kandori defeatedDesiree Petersen | Singles match | 4:31 | ||
| 5 | Harley Saito defeated Mizuki Endoh | LPWA Japanese Championship Tournament First Round match | 7:06 | ||
| 6 | Eagle Sawai defeated Midori Saito | LPWA Japanese Championship Tournament First Round match | 5:43 | ||
| 7 | Black Venus (with Boogaloo Brown) defeatedRockin' Robin | Singles match | 5:39 | ||
| 8 | Denise Storm defeatedReggie Bennett bydisqualification | LPWA Japanese Championship Tournament Semi-Final match | 8:27 | ||
| 9 | Harley Saito defeated Eagle Sawai by points | LPWA Japanese Championship Tournament Semi-Final match | 10:00 | ||
| 10 | The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin andLeilani Kai) (c) defeatedBambi andMalia Hosaka | Tag Team match for theLPWA Tag Team Championship | 8:47 | ||
| 11 | Harley Saito defeated Denise Storm | Tournament Final match for the LPWA Japanese Championship | 8:07 | ||
| 12 | Terri Power defeatedLady X (c) | Singles match for theLPWA Championship | 8:36 | ||
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The LPWA Championship was aprofessional wrestlingtitle created in early 1990.[6]
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Susan Sexton | January 1990 | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | Sexton was awarded the championship. | |
| 2 | Lady X | January 31, 1991 | LPWA show | Laughlin, NV | 1 | 388 | ||
| 3 | Terri Power | February 23, 1992 | LPWA Super Ladies Showdown | Rochester, MN | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | Deactivated | 1992 | — | — | — | — | The championship was abandoned after the LPWA closed. | |
The LPWA Japanese Championship was aprofessional wrestlingtitle created in 1992. The inaugural (and only) champion was Harley Saito, who won an eight-woman tournament held during the Super Ladies Showdown pay-per-view event.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Denise Storm | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Susan Green | 6:02 | |||||||||||||
| Denise Storm | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Reggie Bennett | 8:27 | |||||||||||||
| Yukari Osawa | 6:19 | |||||||||||||
| Reggie Bennett | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Denise Storm | 8:07 | |||||||||||||
| Harley Saito | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mizuki Endoh | 7:06 | |||||||||||||
| Harley Saito | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Harley Saito | PTS | |||||||||||||
| Eagle Sawai | 10:00 | |||||||||||||
| Eagle Sawai | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Midori Saito | 5:43 | |||||||||||||
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Harley Saito | February 23, 1992 | LPWA Super Ladies Showdown | Rochester, MN | 1 | N/A | Saito defeated Denise Storm in the finals of an eight-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. | |
| — | Deactivated | 1992 | — | — | — | — | The championship was abandoned after the LPWA closed. | |
The LPWA Tag Team Championship was aprofessional wrestlingtag team title created in early 1990.[6]
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Team America (Heidi Lee Morgan andMisty Blue) | March 13, 1990 | LPWA show | Laughlin, NV | 1 | 352 | Team America defeated Bad, Black and Beautiful(Bad Girl and Black Venus) to become the inaugural champions. | |
| 2 | The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin andLeilani Kai) | February 28, 1991 | LPWA show | Laughlin, NV | 1 | N/A | Also billed as The Queen's Court. | [7] |
| — | Deactivated | 1992 | — | — | — | — | The championship was abandoned after the LPWA closed. | |
The LPWA Tag Team Championship was an existingprofessional wrestlingtag team title recognized in early-mid 1990. In 1973,Adrian Street and Miss Linda won the World Mixed Tag Team Championship by defeating Don Kovaks and Suzie Parker in Germany. Street and Linda were still undefeated as champions when they joined the LPWA in 1990 and continued to defend the championships in the promotion.[8]
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Adrian Street and Miss Linda | January 1990 | LMLW show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | Deactivated | 1990 | — | — | — | — | The championship was abandoned afterAdrian Street and Miss Linda left LPWA by the end of 1990. | |
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