WWE Evolve Women's Championship

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WWE Evolve Women's Championship
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The WWE Evolve Women's Championship belt with default side plates.
Details
Promotion WWE
Brand Evolve
Date establishedMay 7, 2025
Current champion Kendal Grey
Date wonSeptember 23, 2025
(aired October 15, 2025)
Statistics
First champion Kali Armstrong
Longest reign Kali Armstrong
(151 days) [a]
Oldest champion Kali Armstrong
(30 years, 293 days)
Youngest champion Kendal Grey
(24 years, 100 days)

The WWE Evolve Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the developmental brand Evolve. The title was unveiled on May 7, 2025. The current champion is Kendal Grey, who is in her first reign. She defeated Kali Armstrong to win the title at Evolve: Succession on October 15, 2025 (taped September 23).

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History

In July 2020, the American professional wrestling company WWE acquired the independent promotion Evolve. [1] In March 2025, WWE launched a developmental brand called Evolve, a relaunch of the former promotion, featuring WWE Performance Center trainees, as well as wrestlers signed to the WWE Independent Development program. [2] On the May 7, 2025, episode of Evolve , the brand's Prime Minister Stevie Turner announced the creation of men's and women's Evolve Championships. The titles were designed to be defended exclusively on the Evolve brand, offering more opportunities for WWE rookie talent, giving them increased exposure and opportunities. [3] [4]

During the Evolve tapings on April 25, Kali Armstrong became the inaugural champion by defeating Wendy Choo, Kendal Grey, and Kylie Rae, who she last eliminated, in a fatal four-way elimination match; the episode aired on tape delay on May 28, which is the date WWE officially recognizes. [5] [6] The Evolve Women's Championship became the first Evolve championship to be defended on the NXT brand on the July 15 episode of NXT , where Armstrong defeated Karmen Petrovic by disqualification after interference from Jordynne Grace. [7]

Belt design

The WWE Evolve Women's Championship belt design is nearly identical to the men's WWE Evolve Championship, consisting of the WWE Evolve logo at the center of the center plate with the words "Women's" and "Champion" on the top and bottom of the plate, respectively. There are four side plates. Like all of WWE's championship belts, the inner side plates feature a removable center section that can be customized with the champion's logo; the default plates feature the WWE logo over a globe. The outer side plates also feature the WWE logo but not on a globe. Also like WWE's other women's championships, the plates are smaller than the men's and on a white strap instead of black. [8]

Reigns

As of October16, 2025, there have been two reigns. The inaugural champion was Kali Armstrong. The current champion is Kendal Grey, who is in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Kali Armstrong to win the title at Evolve: Succession on October 15, 2025 (taped September 23). [9]

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
Days recog.Number of days held recognized by the promotion
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDays recog.
WWE: Evolve
1 Kali Armstrong April 25, 2025 Evolve Orlando, FL 1151140Defeated Wendy Choo, Kendal Grey, and Kylie Rae, who she last pinned, in a fatal four-way elimination match to become the inaugural champion.
WWE recognizes Armstrong's reign as beginning on May 28, 2025, when the episode aired on tape delay.
[5] [6]
2 Kendal Grey September 23, 2025 Evolve: Succession Orlando, FL 123+1+WWE recognizes Grey's reign as beginning on October 15, 2025, when the episode aired on tape delay. [5] [10]

See also

References

  1. Dominguez, Noah (July 3, 2020). "WWE Acquires Evolve Wrestling". Comic Book Resources . Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. Thompson, Andrew (February 1, 2025). "WWE Evolve announced, premiering March 5th on Tubi". POST Wrestling . Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  3. Lambert, Jeremy (May 7, 2025). "WWE EVOLVE Championships Unveiled". Fightful. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  4. Boone, Matt (May 7, 2025). "WWE Unveils New EVOLVE Championships, Inaugural Title Matches Set". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "WWE Evolve Women's Championship Overview". Cagematch.net. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Thomas, Jeremy (May 28, 2025). "Kali Armstrong Becomes Inaugural WWE EVOLVE Women's Champion". 411Mania. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  7. Moore, John (July 15, 2025). "NXT TV results (7/15): Moore's review of the GAB fallout edition with Trick Williams, Mike Santana, and Joe Hendry vs. DarkState, Stacks vs. Tony D'Angelo vs. Luca Crusifino in a Triple Threat". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  8. Thomas, Jeremy (May 7, 2025). "WWE EVOLVE Championships Revealed On This Week's Show". 411Mania. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  9. Lambert, Jeremy (October 15, 2025). "Kendal Grey Wins WWE EVOLVE Women's Championship". Fightful. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  10. Vetter, Chris (October 15, 2025). "WWE Evolve results (10/15): Vetter's review of "Succession" with Kali Armstrong vs. Kendal Grey for the Evolve Women's Championship, Jackson Drake vs. Bryce Donovan for the Evolve Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved October 16, 2025.
  1. 140 days as recognized by WWE.