| MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Major League Wrestling (MLW) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | July 7, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Shoko Nakajima | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | April 5, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
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TheMLW World Women's Featherweight Championship is awomen's professional wrestlingchampionship created and promoted by theAmericanprofessional wrestling promotionMajor League Wrestling (MLW). The current champion isShoko Nakajima, who is in her first reign. She won the title by defeatingDelmi Exo atBattle Riot VII inLong Beach, California on April 5, 2025.
MLW previously teased the formation of a women's division on August 18, 2019, later announcing its official launch on October 18, 2019.[2][3] The division's first official match was held atMLW Blood and Thunder of 2019 betweenZeda Zhang andThe Spider Lady which Zhang was successful at winning via disqualification.[4][5]
Following MLW coming back from a lengthy hiatus due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, on July 7, 2021, it was announced thatShimmer Women Athletes co-founderDave Prazak had joined MLW to help relaunch its women's division.[6] On the September 22, 2021, episode ofFusion: Alpha, MLW officially announced the launch of its MLW women's featherweight division and introduced the first wrestlers on the roster, including Brittany Blake,Holidead,Nicole Savoy,The Sea Stars (Ashley Vox andDelmi Exo),Willow Nightingale and Zoey Skye.[7][8]
On April 21, 2022, it was announced that on May 13, 2022, atKings of Colosseum that there will be a match betweenTaya Valkyrie andHolidead to determine who the first ever MLW Women's Featherweight Championship title holder is.[9] During the match, Taya defeated Holidead viasubmission to become the inaugural championship holder.[10]
Sometime during Taya Valkyrie's reign, the title's name was changed from the MLW Women's Featherweight Championship to the MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship according to MLW's official website.[11]
On May 19, 2025 it was announced that the MLW Women's title will be defended inJapan for the first time ever in history at aTokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling event on June 7, 2025 as current championShoko Nakajima faces Kaya Toribami.[12] During the event Shoko was successful at retaining the title.[13]
As of July 9, 2025, there have been five reigns between four championsTaya Valkyrie was the inaugural champion. She is also the oldest champion at 38 years old, whileDelmi Exo is the youngest at 28 years old.Janai Kai's reign is the longest at 455 days, while Exo's second reign is the shortest at 84 days.
The current champion isShoko Nakajima, who is in her first reign. She won the title by defeatingDelmi Exo atBattle Riot VII inLong Beach, California on April 5, 2025.
| Name | Year |
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| MLW Women's Featherweight Championship | July 7, 2021 – July 31, 2022 |
| MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship | July 31, 2022 – present[11] |
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||||||
| Major League Wrestling (MLW) | |||||||||||
| 1 | Taya Valkyrie | May 13, 2022 | Kings of Colosseum | Philadelphia,PA | 1 | 328 | DefeatedHolidead to become the inaugural champion, which aired ontape delay on June 16. During this reign on July 31, 2022, the title name was changed to the MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship. | [1][11] | |||
| 2 | Delmi Exo | April 6, 2023 | War Chamber | Queens, NY | 1 | 191 | Aired ontape delay on June 15. | [14] | |||
| 3 | Janai Kai | October 14, 2023 | Slaughterhouse | Philadelphia,PA | 1 | 455 | [15] | ||||
| 4 | Delmi Exo | January 11, 2025 | Kings of Colosseum | North Richland Hills,TX | 2 | 84 | This was aTitle vs. Hair match. | [16] | |||
| 5 | Shoko Nakajima | April 5, 2025 | Battle Riot VII | Long Beach,CA | 1 | 95+ | [17] | ||||
As of July 9, 2025.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janai Kai | 1 | 455 |
| 2 | Taya Valkyrie | 1 | 328 |
| 3 | Delmi Exo | 2 | 275 |
| 4 | Shoko Nakajima † | 1 | 95+ |
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