WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship

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WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship
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Promotion WWE
Date establishedOctober 5, 2024
Current champion(s) Liv Morgan
Date wonNovember 2, 2024
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First champion(s) Liv Morgan

The WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship is a ceremonial professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. Introduced on October 5, 2024, it is awarded annually at each Crown Jewel professional wrestling event as the result of a match between the reigning women's world champions of Raw and SmackDown. The award is represented by a championship belt, but the winner is presented with the Crown Jewel ring, similar to a Super Bowl ring, as the belt stays on display at the WWE Experience attraction in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The inaugural winner was Raw's Liv Morgan, who defeated SmackDown's Nia Jax at the 2024 Crown Jewel.

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The men's version of this championship is the WWE Crown Jewel Championship.

History

At Bad Blood on October 5, 2024, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque unveiled the new WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship, which will be contested at each Crown Jewel event, and announced that the inaugural champion would be determined at Crown Jewel on November 2, 2024. [1] Neither of the titleholders' championships were defended during the match, and the loser retained their respective championship. [2] [3] At the event, Liv Morgan defeated Nia Jax to become the inaugural champion. [4]

Inaugural champion Liv Morgan. Liv Morgan January 2023 (cropped).jpg
Inaugural champion Liv Morgan.

Reigns

Raw SmackDown § NXT Unbranded
#WinnerReignYearLocationNotesRef.
1 Liv Morgan 1 2024 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Defeated SmackDown's WWE Women's Champion Nia Jax to become the inaugural champion. [4]

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The WWE Crown Jewel Championship is a men's ceremonial professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. Introduced on October 5, 2024, it is awarded annually at each Crown Jewel professional wrestling event as the result of a match between the reigning world champions of Raw and SmackDown. The award is represented by a championship belt, but the winner is presented with the Crown Jewel ring, similar to a Super Bowl ring, as the belt stays on display at the WWE Experience attraction in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The inaugural winner was SmackDown's Cody Rhodes, who defeated Raw's Gunther at the 2024 Crown Jewel.

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