Last night at RISE 10: INSANITY, Phoenix of RISE Champion Tessa Blanchard faced off against Mercedes Martinez in a 75 minute Iron Woman match, that saw Mercedes Martinez defeat Tessa Blanchard for the title. In the process, the two set a new record for the longest women’s singles match in the history of pro wrestling at 75 minutes.
https://twitter.com/RISEdtwa/status/1053528389473234944
Ironically, setting these records isn’t exactly something new for Mercedes Martinez. After all, she held the previous record in 2011 with Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) in a 73 minute match against Lexxus (now Alisha Edwards in IMPACT Wrestling) in a WSU Championship defense.
https://twitter.com/Tess_Blanchard/status/1053660708204896257
Not only does Mercedes Martinez share the record for the #1 and #2 longest women’s matches of all time, she also was part of the #3 longest match, which had set the record prior to her WSU title defense in 2011. In 2009, still with WSU, she won a 70 minute Iron Woman match against Angel Orsini. And her 2009 match not only set the new record in 2009, it smashed it. Before that match, the longest match was a 2007 title match between Europe’s Real Quality Wrestling (RQW) Champion Wesna defending against Cheerleader Melissa at ChickFight IX: Our Final Chance. And that match went just over 43 minutes.
https://twitter.com/RISEdtwa/status/1053569226886275073
