Stephanie Vaquer didn’t just win back the Women’s World Championship in front of her home country’s fans. Her victory over Liv Morgan at the September 12 live event in Santiago put her in extremely rare company in WWE history.
Considering the lineages behind today’s main roster world titles, the last comparable title change at a house show happened on November 26, 1994. That night, Diesel defeated Bob Backlund in just eight seconds at Madison Square Garden in New York City to win the WWE Championship.
That’s nearly 32 years between Diesel’s win and Vaquer’s. Before that, Bret Hart had a similar moment on October 12, 1992, when he defeated Ric Flair in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to win his first WWE Championship at a non-televised event.
WWE has had other notable title changes at house shows, though. On April 24, 2007, Mickie James won the Women’s Championship from Melina in Paris, but dropped the title back to Melina on the same night.
Samoa Joe also ended Finn Bálor’s 292-day reign on April 21, 2016, winning the NXT Championship at a live event in Lowell, Massachusetts.
In Vaquer’s case, the title change carries even more weight because it involved a main roster world title and wasn’t reversed the same night. Becky Lynch served as the special guest referee and played a decisive role in Vaquer’s Women’s World Championship win.
Morgan’s reign ended after 148 days.