WWE Women's United States Championship

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WWE Women's United States Championship
WWE Women's United States Championship.jpeg
The WWE Women's United States Championship belt with default side plates
Details
Promotion WWE
Brand SmackDown
Date establishedNovember 8, 2024
Current champion Giulia
Date wonJune 27, 2025
Statistics
First champion Chelsea Green
Longest reign Chelsea Green
(132 days) [a]
Shortest reign Zelina Vega
(63 days) [b]
Oldest champion Zelina Vega
(34 years, 119 days)
Youngest champion Giulia
(31 years, 126 days)
Heaviest champion Chelsea Green
(125 lb (57 kg))
Lightest champion Zelina Vega
(106 lb (48 kg))

The WWE Women's United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. It is one of two secondary women's championships on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship on Raw. The title was unveiled during SmackDown on November 8, 2024. The current champion is Giulia, who is in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Zelina Vega on the June 27, 2025, episode of SmackDown.

Contents

History

Inaugural champion Chelsea Green Chelsea Green RR25 (1) (cropped).jpg
Inaugural champion Chelsea Green

The American professional wrestling promotion WWE was founded in April 1963, but it never had a secondary women's championship until the NXT Women's North American Championship was introduced for the developmental brand NXT in April 2024. [1] Later that year during the November 8, 2024, episode of SmackDown , the brand's general manager Nick Aldis unveiled the WWE Women's United States Championship as a secondary championship for the main roster women's division on the SmackDown brand, countering the men's WWE United States Championship. [2] [3] [4] The WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship was subsequently introduced for Raw on November 25. [5]

Prior to the November 15 episode of SmackDown, Aldis announced that tournament matches to determine the inaugural Women's United States Champion would begin on that night's episode. [6] WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque subsequently revealed the tournament bracket, featuring 12 women from the SmackDown roster in four triple threat matches for the first round, with the winners of each advancing to the semifinals in singles matches with those winners then facing off in the tournament final at Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII on December 14, 2024. Tournament participants announced were Bayley, B-Fab, Candice LeRae, Bianca Belair, Chelsea Green, Blair Davenport, Michin, Piper Niven, Jade Cargill, Naomi, Tiffany Stratton, and Elektra Lopez. [7] Cargill, however, was pulled from the tournament due to a backstage assault and was replaced by NXT's Lash Legend. [8] In the tournament final at Saturday Night's Main Event on December 14, Green defeated Michin to become the inaugural champion. [9]

Tournaments

Inaugural tournament

The tournament to crown the inaugural Women's United States Champion began on November 15, 2024, and was held across episodes of SmackDown, concluding at the Saturday Night's Main Event special on December 14, 2024.

First round
SmackDown
November 15 – December 6, 2024		Semifinals
SmackDown
December 13, 2024		Final
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII
December 14, 2024
Bayley Pin
Candice LeRae —
B-Fab 10:02 [10]
Bayley 12:12 [11]
Chelsea Green Pin
Bianca Belair —
Chelsea Green Pin
Blair Davenport 10:04 [12]
Chelsea Green Pin
Michin 8:05 [13]
Lash Legend [c] —
Michin Pin
Piper Niven 10:34 [15]
Michin Pin
Tiffany Stratton 8:23 [11]
Naomi —
Tiffany Stratton Pin
Elektra Lopez 7:32 [16]

Belt design

The belt design is identical to the men's version, but like all women's championships in WWE, it is smaller and on a white strap and it has small blue text that reads "Women's" placed above the words "United States". Like all of WWE's other championship belts, the two side plates feature a removable center section which can be customized with the champion's logos; the default side plates feature a WWE logo over a silver globe. [17]

Reigns

Current champion Giulia Giulia RR25 (cropped).jpg
Current champion Giulia

As of July12, 2025, there have been three reigns among three different champions. The inaugural champion was Chelsea Green. The current champion is Giulia, who defeated Zelina Vega on the June 27, 2025, episode of SmackDown in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [18]

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: SmackDown
1 Chelsea Green December 14, 2024 Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII Uniondale, NY 1132131Defeated Michin in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [13]
2 Zelina Vega April 25, 2025 SmackDown Fort Worth, TX 16362 [19]
3 Giulia June 27, 2025 SmackDown Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 115+15+ [18]

Notes

  1. ↑ 131 days as recognized by WWE.
  2. ↑ 62 days as recognized by WWE.
  3. ↑ Jade Cargill was originally slated to participate, but was attacked backstage by an unknown assailant (later revealed to be Naomi) during the November 22 episode of SmackDown and was pulled from the tournament. [12] She was replaced by NXT's Lash Legend. [14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Currier, Joseph (April 6, 2024). "WWE introducing Women's NXT North American Championship". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Archived from the original on April 6, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  2. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (November 8, 2024). "WWE Women's United States Championship Unveiled On WWE SmackDown". Fightful. Archived from the original on November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  3. ↑ Aguilar, Matthew (November 8, 2024). "WWE Reveals New Women's Championship on SmackDown". ComicBook.com . Archived from the original on November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  4. ↑ Ucchino, Rick (November 9, 2024). "WWE Introduces Women's United States Championship On SmackDown". Sports Illustrated . Archived from the original on November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  5. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (November 25, 2024). "WWE Women's Intercontinental Title Introduced On WWE Raw". Fightful. Archived from the original on December 2, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  6. ↑ Currier, Joseph (November 15, 2024). "Women's United States title tournament to begin on WWE SmackDown". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Archived from the original on November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  7. ↑ Mrosko, Geno (November 15, 2024). "Tournament announced to decide first ever WWE women's United States champion". Cageside Seats. Archived from the original on November 16, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  8. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (November 28, 2024). "WWE Names Replacement For Jade Cargill In WWE Women's United States Title Tournament". Fightful. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  9. ↑ Barnard, Adam (December 14, 2024). "Chelsea Green Becomes The Inaugural United States Women's Champion At Saturday Night's Main Event". Sports Illustrated . Archived from the original on December 15, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  10. ↑ Barnett, Jake (November 15, 2024). "WWE Smackdown results (11/15): Barnett's review of Motor City Machine Guns vs. The Street Profits for the WWE Tag Team Titles, Nia Jax vs. Naomi for the WWE Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Archived from the original on December 7, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  11. 1 2 Barnett, Jake (December 13, 2024). "WWE Smackdown results (12/13): Barnett's review of Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens final words before SNME, Bayley vs. Chelsea Green and Tiffany Stratton vs. Michin in Women's U.S. Title tournament matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Archived from the original on December 14, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  12. 1 2 Barnett, Jake (November 22, 2024). "WWE Smackdown results (11/22): Barnett's review of Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens meeting face-to-face, LA Knight vs. Santos Escobar for the U.S. Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Archived from the original on November 27, 2024. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  13. 1 2 Powell, Jason (December 14, 2024). "WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results (12/14): Powell's live review of Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens for the WWE Championship, Gunther vs. Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor for the World Heavyweight Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Archived from the original on December 15, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  14. ↑ Harris, Jeffrey (November 23, 2024). "WWE SmackDown Spoilers for November 29 Episode, Go-Home Show Before Survivor Series". 411Mania. Archived from the original on November 23, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  15. ↑ Barnett, Jake (November 29, 2024). "WWE Smackdown results (11/29): Barnett's review of Roman Reigns and CM Punk, Jey Uso vs. Jacob Fatu in a WarGames advantage match, the final push for WWE Survivor Series WarGames". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Archived from the original on November 30, 2024. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  16. ↑ Barnett, Jake (December 6, 2024). "WWE Smackdown results (12/6): Barnett's review of MCMG vs. The Street Profits for the WWE Tag Team Titles, Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Elektra Lopez in a Women's U.S. Title tournament match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Archived from the original on December 7, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  17. ↑ Boone, Matt (November 8, 2024). "Photo: Women's U.S. Championship Debuts On WWE SmackDown On 11/8". PWMania . Archived from the original on November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  18. 1 2 Lambert, Jeremy (June 27, 2025). "Giulia Wins WWE Women's US Title On WWE SmackDown". Fightful. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  19. ↑ Powell, Jason (April 25, 2025). "WWE Smackdown results (4/25): Powell's live review of the WrestleMania 41 fallout edition with WWE Champion John Cena, plus The Street Profits vs. MCMG vs. DIY in a TLC match for the WWE Tag Team Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved April 25, 2025.
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