World of Womens' Wrestling (WOWW): A US-based all-female wrestling promotion founded in 2015 by retired wrestler Carol Barlet, who got her start wrestling in independent promotions around her native Florida before going on a tour of Japan during the golden age of joshi puroresu in the late 80s and early 90s, where she made a name for herself through her long-running feud, and occasional tag team partnership, with
Akira Koizumi. Upon returning to America, she was disappointed to find that womens' wrestling still wasn't taken as seriously as it was in Japan, and she considered her experience on the joshi circuit to be the true potential for women in the sport. Fifteen years later, she announced she would step down from wrestling to open a promotion of her own in the hopes of giving women from around the world a chance to experience joshi-style wrestling.
WOWW operates as something of a super-indie, having regular PPVs and a weekly show streaming online. In addition to having its own singles, tag team, and hardcore championships, WOWW features top talent from independent promotions, and even some big names from larger companies have been known to drop by. They have a close relationship with the joshi scene and have exchanged talent for major shows, and co-promoted one event in Japan that featured an appearance by
Yuki Kazikura shortly after she signed with LAW. In addition, several women on the LAW roster wrestled for WOWW at one point or another, including
Marzia Servelli,
Cecilia Lombard, and
Astrid Ostberg.
Both Akira Koizumi and Astrid Ostberg have held the WOWW Championship at one point, while the Hardcore Championship has been held by Cecilia Lombard, Astrid Ostberg, and
Kayla Grant's sister Haleigh, and the WOWW Tag Team Championships were held by
the British Bunnies.