The WWE Women's Championship [1] is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand. It was introduced on April 3, 2016, at WrestleMania 32 to replace the WWE Divas Championship and has a unique title history separate from the original WWE Women's Championship. Following the reintroduction of the brand split in July 2016, the title became exclusive to Raw and was renamed as the Raw Women's Championship after SummerSlam in August 2016 when SmackDown created the SmackDown Women's Championship as a counterpart title. As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft, the championships switched brands. In June 2023, the Raw Women's Championship reverted to its original name of WWE Women's Championship while the SmackDown Women's Championship became the Women's World Championship. [2]
The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. Bayley is the current champion in her second reign. She defeated her former friend and partner, Iyo Sky, during night two of WrestleMania XL on April 7, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
As of April16, 2024, there have been 28 reigns between 12 champions. The first champion was Charlotte, who won the title at WrestleMania 32. She also has the most reigns with six. The champion with the single longest reign is Bianca Belair with a reign of 420 days while the record for longest combined reign is held by Becky Lynch at 560 days. Two women in history have held the championship for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more: Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair.
Name | Years |
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WWE Women's Championship | April 3, 2016 – September 5, 2016 June 9, 2023 – present |
WWE Raw Women's Championship | September 5, 2016 – June 9, 2023 |
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | |||||
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1 | Charlotte | April 3, 2016 | WrestleMania 32 | Arlington, TX | 1 | 113 | 113 | On the WrestleMania 32 Kickoff pre-show, the title was established as the WWE Women's Championship to replace the WWE Divas Championship, which was originally to be defended in this match. Charlotte, who was the reigning Divas Champion, defeated Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks in a triple threat match to become the inaugural champion, subsequently retiring the Divas Championship. The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2016 WWE Draft in July. | [3] | |
WWE: Raw | ||||||||||
2 | Sasha Banks | July 25, 2016 | Raw | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 27 | 26 | [4] | ||
3 | Charlotte | August 21, 2016 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 43 | 43 | The title was renamed as the Raw Women's Championship on September 5, 2016, following the creation of the SmackDown Women's Championship for the SmackDown brand. | [5] | |
4 | Sasha Banks | October 3, 2016 | Raw | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 27 | 27 | [6] | ||
5 | Charlotte Flair | October 30, 2016 | Hell in a Cell | Boston, MA | 3 | 29 | 29 | This was the first women's Hell in a Cell match and the first time women were the main event match of a WWE pay-per-view. During her reign, Charlotte's ring name was lengthened to Charlotte Flair. | [7] | |
6 | Sasha Banks | November 28, 2016 | Raw | Charlotte, NC | 3 | 20 | 19 | This was a falls count anywhere match. | [8] | |
7 | Charlotte Flair | December 18, 2016 | Roadblock: End of the Line | Pittsburgh, PA | 4 | 57 | 57 | This was a 30-minute iron man match, which Flair won 3–2 in sudden death overtime. | [9] | |
8 | Bayley | February 13, 2017 | Raw | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | 76 | 75 | [10] | ||
9 | Alexa Bliss | April 30, 2017 | Payback | San Jose, CA | 1 | 112 | 111 | [11] | ||
10 | Sasha Banks | August 20, 2017 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 4 | 8 | 8 | [12] | ||
11 | Alexa Bliss | August 28, 2017 | Raw | Memphis, TN | 2 | 223 | 222 | [13] | ||
12 | Nia Jax | April 8, 2018 | WrestleMania 34 | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 70 | 70 | [14] | ||
13 | Alexa Bliss | June 17, 2018 | Money in the Bank | Rosemont, IL | 3 | 63 | 63 | This was Bliss' Money in the Bank cash-in match. | [15] | |
14 | Ronda Rousey | August 19, 2018 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 232 | 231 | [16] | ||
15 | Becky Lynch | April 8, 2019 | WrestleMania 35 | East Rutherford, NJ | 1 | 373 | 398 | This was a winner takes all triple threat match for both the Raw Women's Championship and SmackDown Women's Championship, also involving Charlotte Flair, who defended the SmackDown Women's Championship. Lynch pinned Rousey to win both titles. WWE recognizes Lynch's reign as ending on May 10, 2020 due to tape delay. | [17] | |
16 | Asuka | April 15, 2020 | Money in the Bank | Stamford, CT | 1 | 96 | 78 | Defeated Carmella, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans, Nia Jax, and Shayna Baszler in the women's Money in the Bank ladder match. The Money in the Bank briefcase was originally supposed to contain a guaranteed championship match contract, but on the May 11, 2020, episode of Raw , Becky Lynch announced that, due to her pregnancy, she had forfeited the title prior to the ladder match and it was placed in the briefcase with the winner getting the title. WWE recognizes Asuka's reign as beginning on May 10, 2020 (when the Money in the Bank ladder match aired on tape delay) and ending on July 27, 2020 (also on tape delay). | [18] [19] | |
17 | Sasha Banks | July 20, 2020 | Raw | Orlando, FL | 5 | 34 | 26 | Besides pinfall or submission, the title could also change hands by countout or disqualification; Banks won by countout. WWE recognizes Banks' reign as beginning on July 27, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay. | [20] | |
18 | Asuka | August 23, 2020 | SummerSlam | Orlando, FL | 2 | 231 | 231 | [21] | ||
19 | Rhea Ripley | April 11, 2021 | WrestleMania 37 Night 2 | Tampa, FL | 1 | 98 | 97 | [22] | ||
20 | Charlotte Flair | July 18, 2021 | Money in the Bank | Fort Worth, TX | 5 | 1 | 1 | WWE's official title history incorrectly lists her reign as ending on July 20, 2021. | [23] | |
21 | Nikki A.S.H. | July 19, 2021 | Raw | Dallas, TX | 1 | 33 | 32 | This was Nikki A.S.H.'s Money in the Bank cash-in match. | [24] | |
22 | Charlotte Flair | August 21, 2021 | SummerSlam | Paradise, NV | 6 | 62 | 61 | This was a triple threat match, also involving Rhea Ripley. | [25] | |
23 | Becky Lynch | October 22, 2021 | SmackDown | Wichita, KS | 2 | 162 | 161 | As a result of the 2021 WWE Draft, then-SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch was drafted to Raw while Charlotte Flair was drafted to SmackDown. To keep the titles on their respective brands, WWE official Sonya Deville had the two women exchange championships. | [26] | |
24 | Bianca Belair | April 2, 2022 | WrestleMania 38 Night 1 | Arlington, TX | 1 | 420 | 419 | The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2023 WWE Draft. | [27] | |
WWE: SmackDown | ||||||||||
25 | Asuka | May 27, 2023 | Night of Champions | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 3 | 70 | 70 | The title's name reverted to WWE Women's Championship on June 9, 2023. | [28] | |
26 | Bianca Belair | August 5, 2023 | SummerSlam | Detroit, MI | 2 | <1 | <1 | This was a triple threat match, also involving Charlotte Flair. | [29] | |
27 | Iyo Sky | August 5, 2023 | SummerSlam | Detroit, MI | 1 | 246 | 246 | This was Sky's Money in the Bank cash-in match. | [29] | |
28 | Bayley | April 7, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 2 | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 9+ | 9+ | [30] |
As of April16, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days recognized by WWE |
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1 | Becky Lynch | 2 | 535 | 559 |
2 | Bianca Belair | 2 | 420 | 419 |
3 | Alexa Bliss | 3 | 398 | 396 |
4 | Asuka | 3 | 397 | 379 |
5 | Charlotte Flair | 6 | 305 | 304 |
6 | Iyo Sky | 1 | 246 | |
7 | Ronda Rousey | 1 | 232 | 231 |
8 | Sasha Banks | 5 | 116 | 106 |
9 | Rhea Ripley | 1 | 98 | 97 |
10 | Bayley † | 2 | 85+ | 84+ |
11 | Nia Jax | 1 | 70 | |
12 | Nikki A.S.H. | 1 | 33 | 32 |
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