IPW New Zealand Women's Championship

IPW New Zealand Women's Championship
Details
PromotionImpact Pro Wrestling
Date established18 August 2012
Current championMegan-Kate
Date won21 Setptember 2024
Statistics
First championEvie
Most reignsMegan-Kate (5 reigns)
Longest reignCandy Lee (518 days)
Shortest reignEvie (1 day)
Oldest championMegan-Kate (33 years, 292 days)
Youngest championEmmy Driver (20 years, 83 days)

The IPW New Zealand Women's Championship is the top women's professional wrestling championship title in the New Zealand promotion Impact Pro Wrestling. The current champion is Megan-Kate who is in her fifth reign.

The championship is contested in professional wrestling matches. Originally introduced on February 12, 2012 at IPW Breakdown,[1] a four-woman single elimination tournament was established to crown the inaugural champion. The semi-final rounds were Evie vs Olivia Shaw and Britenay vs Megan-Kate. Evie would defeat Olivia Shaw at Unleashed to advance.[2] Britenay would defeat Megan-Kate in controversial fashion at Collision Course, as Megan-Kate was pinned while she had her foot on the ropes.[3] Megan-Kate contested this outcome and would be granted a second chance by IPW Commissioner Dion McCracken at Taranaki Turmoil where Britenay would once again defeat her.[4] The final was booked for IPW Destiny and scheduled as a singles match between Evie and Britenay, however, in the opening moments of the match, IPW Commissioner Dion McCracken added Megan-Kate into the contest, making the final a triple threat.[5] Evie defeated Britenay and Megan-Kate to become the inaugural IPW New Zealand Women's Champion.[5]

Megan-Kate holds the record for most reigns with five. At 518 days, Candy Lee's first reign was the longest in the title's history. Evie's third reign was the shortest in the history of the title at just one day. Overall, there have been 22 reigns shared between 9 wrestlers, with one interim title, and two vacancies.[6]

Title history

Reigns

Key
No. Overall reign number
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.
Date Event Location Reign Days


1 Evie 18 August 2012 Destiny Lynfield 1 324 Defeated Britenay and Megan-Kate in a tournament final triple threat match. [5]
— Vacated 8 July 2013 — — — — All IPW Championships were vacated in the lead up to Revival of the Fittest. At the event, Evie, Britenay, and Olivia Shaw fought to a no contest and the title remained vacant. [7]
2 Emmy Driver 31 August 2013 Steve Wrigley presents IPW Live Lynfield 1 77 IPW General Manager Steve Wrigley awarded the vacant title to Emmy Driver. [7]
— Vacated 16 November 2013 — — — — The championship was vacated after Emmy Driver quit IPW, refusing to face Evie at Last Chance. [8]
3 Evie 7 December 2013 Nightmare Before Xmas 2013 Lynfield 2 266 Defeated Britenay and Olivia Shaw in a triple threat elimination match for the vacant title. [8]
— ​ Britenay ​ (Interim) 1 February 2014 The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Lynfield — 210 While lineal champion Evie was on tour in Japan with Pro Wrestling Zero1, IPW instated an interim championship in her absence. Britenay defeated Olivia Shaw to win the interim IPW New Zealand Women's Championship. [9]
4 Britenay 30 August 2014 Rival Turf Lynfield 1 315 Britenay defeated lineal champion Evie in a falls count anywhere match to become the undisputed IPW New Zealand Women's Champion. IPW recognises this as the start of Britenay's first reign. [10]
5 Megan-Kate 11 July 2015 The Ultimate Prize Mt. Albert 1 105 [11]
6 Evie 24 October 2015 Armageddon Expo - Tag 1 Epsom 3 1 [12]
7 Megan-Kate 25 October 2015 Armageddon Expo - Tag 2 Epsom 2 20 [13]
8 Carmen Rose 14 November 2015 Damage Control Alfriston 1 35 [14]
9 Britenay 19 December 2015 ​ Nightmare B4 ​ X-Mas 2015 Lynfield 2 56 This was a triple threat match also involving Megan-Kate. [15]
10 Megan-Kate 13 February 2016 Fallout Lynfield 3 33 [16]
11 Britenay 17 March 2016 SPW Fight For Gold Invercargill 3 275 This was the first time the IPW Women's Championship was won outside of Impact Pro Wrestling. [17]
12 Carmen Rose 17 December 2016 Nightmare Before Xmas Mt. Albert 2 56 [18][19]
13 Britenay 11 February 2017 Blood for Glory Mt. Albert 4 308 [20]
14 Candy Lee 16 December 2017 Nightmare Before Xmas Mt. Eden 1 518 [21][22]
15 Kellyanne 18 May 2019 Endgame Mt. Eden 1 210 [23]
16 Candy Lee 14 December 2019 Nightmare Before Christmas ABA Stadium Mt. Eden 2 462 [24]
17 Frankie Quinn 20 March 2021 March to War Mt. Eden 1 126 This was a triple threat match also involving Britenay. [25]
18 Amber Saint 24 July 2021 Fans Bring the Weapons Mt. Eden 1 504 [26]
19 Candy Lee 10 December 2022 Nightmare Before Xmas Mt. Eden 3 154 [27]
20 Megan-Kate 13 May 2023 IPW XX Mt. Eden 4 217 This was a four-way elimination match also involving Frankie Quinn and Britenay. Candy Lee was eliminated first, followed by Britenay, and finally Frankie Quinn. [28]
21 Frankie Quinn 16 December 2023 Nightmare Before Christmas Mt. Albert 2 280 This was a Bat on a Pole match. [29]
22 Megan-Kate 21 September 2024 Fans Bring the Weapons Mt. Albert 5 293+ This was the first ever women's Fans Bring the Weapons match in New Zealand Pro Wrestling history. [30]

Combined reigns

As of July 11, 2025.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
days
1 Candy Lee 3 1,134
2 Britenay 4 954
3 Megan-Kate 5 668+
4 Evie 3 591
5 Amber Saint 1 504
6 Frankie Quinn 2 406
7 Kellyanne 1 210
8 Carmen Rose 2 91
9 Emmy Driver 1 77

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