The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has maintained several women's championships (except for two interims in the 1990s) since 1983, when the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) established the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship. One year later, the WWF bought the NWA Women's Championship and renamed it the WWF Women's Championship, establishing their first women's world championship. Although the title preceded the company's creation, the WWF claimed a lineage that began in 1956. Whenever the WWE brand extension has been implemented (2008–2010; 2016–present), separate women's championships have been created or allocated for each brand.
As of 2024, WWE promotes two world championships on its main roster: the Women's World Championship on Raw and the WWE Women's Championship on SmackDown. WWE also promotes three secondary championships on its main roster: the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship for RAW, the WWE Women's United States Championship for SmackDown, and the WWE Women's Speed Championship shared between Raw, SmackDown and its developmental brand, NXT. For NXT, WWE promotes the NXT Women's Championship and the NXT Women's North American Championship. For the tag team division, WWE promotes a tag team championship, the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, which is defended across Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.
Name | Years |
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WWF Women's Championship (original version) | 1956 – 2010 (became WWF property in 1984) |
WWE Divas Championship | 2008 – 2016 |
WWE Women's Championship (current version) | 2016 – present |
Women's World Championship | 2016 – present |
Name | Years |
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WWE Women's Speed Championship | 2024 – present |
WWE Women's United States Championship | 2024 – present |
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship | 2024 – present |
Name | Years |
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WWF Women's Tag Team Championship | 1983 – 1989 |
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship | 2018 – present |
Name | Years |
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NXT Women's Championship | 2013 – present |
NXT UK Women's Championship | 2018 – 2022 |
Name | Years |
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NXT Women's North American Championship | 2024 – present |
Name | Years |
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NXT Women's Tag Team Championship | 2021 – 2023 |
In addition to titles specifically designated for women, there were also two championships that were explicitly open to all challengers, regardless of gender. The following lists those two championships, the female wrestlers who won the titles, and the years the titles were active.
Name | Wrestler | Years |
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WWE Hardcore Championship | Godfather's Ho, Mighty Molly, Trish Stratus, Terri | 1998 – 2002 |
WWE 24/7 Championship | Kelly Kelly, Candice Michelle, Alundra Blayze, Maria Kanellis, Carmella, Tamina, Alicia Fox, Dana Brooke, Nikki A.S.H./Cross, Doudrop, Alexa Bliss, Referee Daphanie LaShaunn | 2019 – 2022 |
The Original WWE Women's Championship was the first women's world championship of WWE. Its origins predate the company's creation. On September 18, 1956, The Fabulous Moolah became the third NWA World Women's Champion. Moolah had worked for the northeastern United States-based Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC), a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), since the previous year. [1] In 1963, CWC seceded from the NWA and established itself as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF); it quietly rejoined the NWA in 1971. Moolah bought the rights to the championship in the 1970s and continued to defend the championship as the NWA World Women's Champion. The WWWF, renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979, withdrew from the NWA for good in 1983. Moolah then sold the championship's rights to the WWF in 1984, and she was recognized as the WWF Women's Champion. [2] Instead of beginning her reign in 1984, the WWF claimed the lineage of her reign from when she first became champion in 1956. The preceding champions and the title changes between 1956 and when Moolah lost it in 1984 are not recognized by WWE, although they are recognized by the NWA. [3] As a result, The Fabulous Moolah's first reign is considered to have lasted 28 years by the promotion. [4]
After the company was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May 2002, the championship was subsequently referred to as the WWE Women's Championship. With the WWE brand extension that began in March 2002, the Women's Championship at first was still defended on both the Raw and SmackDown brands, while most titles were exclusive to one brand. [5] [6] In September, the Women's Championship became exclusive to Raw, but remained the sole championship contested by women until June 6, 2008, when a counterpart to the championship, called the WWE Divas Championship, was created for the SmackDown brand. [7] [8] The titles switched brands after their respective title holders were drafted to the opposite brands in the 2009 WWE draft. [9] [10] The Women's Championship was unified with the Divas Championship at Night of Champions in September 2010, creating the Unified WWE Divas Championship [11] [12] [13] and rendering the Women's Championship defunct as the unified title followed the lineage of the Divas Championship; shortly after, the title dropped the "Unified" moniker. The final Women's Champion was Layla, although Michelle McCool had defended the title in her place in the unification match. [14] [15]
The WWE Divas Championship was the second women's world championship to be established by WWE. After several years of the WWE Women's Championship being contested exclusively on Raw, SmackDown established the Divas Championship on June 6, 2008, for their women's division. Its name was derived from WWE Divas, the term WWE had used at the time for the women's wrestlers. The inaugural champion was Michelle McCool. [7] The titles would switch brands after their respective title holders were drafted to the opposite brands in the 2009 WWE draft. [9] The following year at Night of Champions in September 2010, the Women's Championship was unified with the Divas Championship, creating the Unified WWE Divas Championship, [11] rendering the Women's Championship defunct as the unified title followed the lineage of the Divas Championship; shortly after, the title dropped the "unified" moniker and the first brand extension ended in August 2011. [14] [15] The Divas Championship continued as the only women's championship of the main roster until 2016 when it was retired and replaced by a new WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania 32 in April that year. The final Divas Champion was Charlotte Flair, at the time known simply as Charlotte. [16] [17] [18]
The NXT Women's Championship is the women's championship for WWE's developmental brand, NXT. The title was established in April 2013 and the inaugural champion was Paige. [19] [20] [21] In September 2019, the title became one of WWE's three main women's titles when NXT became WWE's third major brand, [22] [23] however, it reverted back to a developmental brand in September 2021. [24]
The current WWE Women's Championship is the third women's world championship established by WWE and is currently the women's championship of the SmackDown brand. The title was unveiled at WrestleMania 32 in April 2016 to replace the Divas Championship. This came after the term "Diva" was scrutinized by some commentators, fans, and several past and present WWE female performers who were in favor of changing the championship to the Women's Championship. The division itself was also changed from being called the Divas division to being called the Women's division. This newer championship does not share its title history with the original WWE Women's Championship that was contested between 1956 and 2010. The inaugural champion was Charlotte Flair, who at the time simply went by Charlotte. [16] [17] [18]
Following the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016, reigning champion Charlotte Flair was drafted to the Raw brand, making the championship exclusive to Raw. In response, SmackDown created the SmackDown Women's Championship as its counterpart. The WWE Women's Championship was subsequently renamed as the Raw Women's Championship to reflect its exclusivity to that brand. [25] [26] As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft, the championships switched brands, [27] and the Raw Women's Championship reverted back to its original name of WWE Women's Championship on the June 9, 2023, episode of SmackDown. [28] [29] [30]
The Women's World Championship is the fourth women's world championship established by WWE and is currently the women's championship of the Raw brand. Originally introduced as the SmackDown Women's Championship, its creation came as a result of the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016, after reigning WWE Women's Champion Charlotte Flair was drafted to the Raw brand, making the championship exclusive to Raw and renamed to Raw Women's Championship. In response, SmackDown created the SmackDown Women's Championship on August 23, 2016. The inaugural champion was Becky Lynch. [25] As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft, the championships switched brands despite their namesakes. [27] The Raw Women's Championship reverted to its original name while the SmackDown Women's Championship was renamed as Women's World Championship on the June 12, 2023, episode of Raw. [31]
The NXT UK Women's Championship was the women's championship of NXT UK, a sister brand of NXT based in the United Kingdom. Established in 2018, the inaugural champion was Rhea Ripley. [32] [33] After the announcement of the closure of NXT UK, the title was unified into the NXT Women's Championship at Worlds Collide in September 2022. Meiko Satomura is recognized as the final champion. [34]
At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 6, 2024, the WrestleMania week event for WWE's developmental brand NXT, the NXT Women's North American Championship was announced by the brand's General Manager Ava. This title will be the equivalent to the men's NXT North American Championship, marking the first-ever secondary women's championship in WWE. [35] [36] At Week 2 of Spring Breakin', Ava announced that the inaugural champion will be crowned at Battleground in a six-woman ladder match. [37] The inaugural champion was Kelani Jordan. [38]
On February 9, 2024, the American professional wrestling promotion WWE announced a partnership with X to introduce WWE Speed , a weekly video series to stream exclusively on the social media platform where wrestlers would perform in matches with a five-minute time limit, which originally featured matches with only male wrestlers from its premiere episode. [39] On May 1, 2024, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque confirmed that the program would also eventually feature women's matches; this led to an official announcement on August 9, 2024, where he announced that the tournament for the championship will begin on September 4, 2024. [40] [41] In the tournament final that occurred during the Speed tapings on October 4, 2024, SmackDown's Candice LeRae defeated Raw's Iyo Sky to become the inaugural champion. [42]
The WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship was introduced by Triple H and the championship was a annual champion vs champion style prize and after the champion wins they must keep the championship in Saudi Arabia at the WWE Experience building where the women's champion Will be presented with a ring instead of taken the championship with them to all brands and the first champion was crown on November on 2, 2024 where Liv Morgan the WWE Women's World Champion defeated the WWE Women's Champion Nia Jax for the championship.
The WWE Women's United States Championship is a secondary women's championship established for the SmackDown brand. The title was introduced on November 8, 2024 by SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis. [43]
On December 14, 2024, Saturday Night's Main Event where Chelsea Green was crowned the inaugural WWE Women’s United States Champion when she defeated Michin in the WWE Women’s United States Championship Tournament finals. [44]
The WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship is a secondary women's Championship established for the Raw brand. The title was introduced on November 25, 2024 by Raw general manager Adam Pearce. [45]
The WWF Women's Tag Team Championship was the company's first women's tag team championship, established in 1983. In 1983, reigning NWA Women's World Tag Team Champions Velvet McIntyre and Princess Victoria joined the WWF. As the WWF had withdrawn from the NWA, which owned the championship, McIntyre and Victoria were recognized as the first WWF Women's Tag Team Champions. [46] [47] The championship continued until 1989, when the promotion abandoned it due to lack of performers in the division. The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin) were the final champions. [48]
The WWE Women's Tag Team Championship was introduced on the December 24, 2018, episode of Raw [49] and is the only women's tag team championship in WWE, shared by the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brands. After three decades of not having a women's tag team championship and with large support from fans and female wrestlers alike, the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship was established and then debuted in 2019. The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) became the inaugural champions at Elimination Chamber in February. The title was originally established to be defended across the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brands. [50] However, in March 2021, after a dispute over the title, the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was established, thus the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship became no longer available to NXT. [51] On the June 23, 2023, episode of SmackDown, reigning WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler defeated the reigning NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn in a unification match where the NXT title was unified into the WWE title, retiring the NXT title and subsequently making the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship available to NXT again. [52]
The NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was the women's tag team championship of WWE's developmental brand NXT. The title was established on the March 10, 2021, episode of NXT , where NXT General Manager William Regal unveiled the championship, naming Dakota Kai and Raquel González as the first champions, due to the controversial ending of their match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship the week prior and their having won the first Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. [51] It would be a short-lived championship, as two years later on the June 23, 2023, episode of SmackDown, reigning WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler defeated reigning NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn in a unification match where the NXT title was unified into the WWE title, subsequently retiring the NXT title with Fyre and Dawn recognized as the final champions. [52] [53]
The following list shows the women wrestlers that are currently holding all active women's championships in WWE.
Championship | Champion | Reign | Date won | Days held [54] | Location | Notes |
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World championships | ||||||
Women's World Championship | Liv Morgan | 2 | May 25, 2024 | 205+ | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Defeated Becky Lynch at King & Queen of the Ring. |
WWE Women's Championship (current version) | Nia Jax | 2 | August 3, 2024 | 135+ | Cleveland, Ohio | Defeated Bayley at SummerSlam. |
WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship | Liv Morgan | 1 | November 2, 2024 | N/A | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Defeated Nia Jax in a champion vs. champion match at Crown Jewel to become the inaugural champion. |
Mid-Division championships | ||||||
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
WWE Women's United States Championship | Chelsea Green | 1 | December 14, 2024 | 2+ | Uniondale, New York | Defeated Michin in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. |
WWE Speed Women's Championship | Candice LeRae | 1 | October 4, 2024 | 73+ | Nashville, Tennessee | Defeated Iyo Sky in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. |
Tag team championships | ||||||
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship | Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill | 2 | August 31, 2024 | 107+ | Berlin, Germany | Defeated The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn) at Bash in Berlin. |
Developmental championships | ||||||
NXT Women's Championship | Roxanne Perez | 2 | April 6, 2024 | 254+ | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Defeated Lyra Valkyria at Stand & Deliver. |
Developmental Mid-Division championships | ||||||
NXT Women's North American Championship | Fallon Henley | 1 | October 27, 2024 | 50+ | Hershey, Pennsylvania | Defeated Kelani Jordan in a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Spinner's Choice Gauntlet match, which included Henley's Fatal Influence stablemates Jazmyn Nyx and Jacy Jayne, at Halloween Havoc. |
The following list shows retired women's championships and the final female title holders before the belts were deactivated in WWE.
Championship | Final champion(s) | Reign | Date retired | Days held | Notes |
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Singles championships | |||||
WWE Women's Championship (original version) | Layla | 1 | September 19, 2010 | 131 | The championship was unified into the WWE Divas Championship. Michelle McCool defended the title in place of Layla in the unification match. |
WWE Divas Championship | Charlotte Flair | 1 | April 3, 2016 | 196 | The championship was retired and replaced by a new WWE Women's Championship . |
Tag team championships | |||||
WWF Women's Tag Team Championship | The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) | 2 (2, 2) | February 14, 1989 | 251 | The championship was abandoned due to a lack of female tag teams. |
Developmental championships | |||||
NXT UK Women's Championship | Meiko Satomura | 1 | September 4, 2022 | 451 | The championship was unified into the NXT Women's Championship. The actual length of Satomura's reign is undeterminable as the actual date she won the title is unknown. The number shown is what WWE recognizes based on air dates. |
Developmental Tag team championships | |||||
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship | Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn | 1 (1, 1) | June 23, 2023 | 83 | The championship was unified into the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. |
The following list shows the inaugural holders for each women's championship created and/or promoted by WWE.
Championship | Holder(s) | Date | Notes |
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World championships | |||
WWE Women's Championship (original version) | The Fabulous Moolah | September 18, 1956 | On this date, Moolah became the third NWA World Women's Champion. WWE claims this date as the creation of their title and does not recognize any title changes of the National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) title until Moolah lost it in 1984. Shortly before Moolah lost the title, the WWF bought the rights to the title and renamed it WWF Women's Championship. Wendi Richter is the first woman to win the title under the WWF banner. |
WWE Divas Championship | Michelle McCool | July 20, 2008 | |
WWE Women's Championship (current version) | Charlotte Flair | April 3, 2016 | |
Women's World Championship | Becky Lynch | September 11, 2016 | Won the title as the SmackDown Women's Championship. |
Mid-Division championships | |||
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship | TBD | TBD | Inaugural champion will be determined via tournament. |
WWE Women's United States Championship | Chelsea Green | December 14, 2024 | |
WWE Women's Speed Championship | Candice LeRae | August 9, 2024 | |
Tag team championships | |||
WWF Women's Tag Team Championship | Princess Victoria and Velvet McIntyre | May 13, 1983 | They were the reigning NWA World Women's Tag Team Champions of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), but became the inaugural WWF Women's Tag Team Champions upon joining the WWF. |
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship | The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) | February 17, 2019 | |
Developmental World championships | |||
NXT Women's Championship | Paige | May 30, 2013 | WWE recognizes that Paige won the title on June 5, 2013, when the match aired on tape delay. |
NXT UK Women's Championship | Rhea Ripley | August 26, 2018 | WWE recognizes that Ripley won the title on November 28, 2018, when the match aired on tape delay. |
Developmental Mid-Division championships | |||
NXT Women's North American Championship | Kelani Jordan | June 9, 2024 | |
Developmental tag team championships | |||
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship | Dakota Kai and Raquel González | March 10, 2021 |
The following list shows the top 10 recognized longest women's championship reigns in WWE history. This does not include the Fabulous Moolah's first reign as WWF Women's Champion as it was not under the WWF banner.
No. | Champion | Title | Reign | Days recognized |
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1 | Rockin' Robin | WWF Women's Championship | 1 | 501 |
2 | Trish Stratus | WWE Women's Championship | 6 | 447 |
3 | Sherri Martel | WWF Women's Championship | 1 | 440 |
4 | Bianca Belair | WWE Raw Women's Championship | 1 | 419 |
5 | Becky Lynch | WWE Raw Women's Championship | 1 | 398 |
6 | Bayley | WWE SmackDown Women's Championship | 2 | 379 |
7 | Rhea Ripley | Women's World Championship [a] | 1 | |
8 | The Fabulous Moolah | WWF Women's Championship | 2 | |
9 | Alundra Blayze | WWF Women's Championship | 2 | 348 |
10 | Nikki Bella | WWE Divas Championship | 2 | 300 |
The following list shows the top 10 longest women's tag team championship reigns in WWE history.
The following list shows the longest reigning champion for each singles and tag team women's championship.
No. | Champion | Title | Reign | Dates held | Length (days) | Notes |
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1 | The Fabulous Moolah | WWE Women's Championship (original version) | 1 | September 18, 1956 – September 17, 1966 | 3,651 | During this reign, the title was known as the NWA World Women's Championship and was renamed the WWF Women's Championship when the WWF bought the rights to the championship in 1984. WWE recognizes this reign as lasting 10,170 days (September 18, 1956 – July 23, 1984) as they do not recognize the title changes of the NWA World Women's Championship between 1956 and 1984. |
2 | The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) | WWF Women's Tag Team Championship | 1 | August 1, 1985 - January 24, 1988 | 906 | |
3 | Kay Lee Ray | NXT UK Women's Championship | 1 | August 31, 2019 – June 10, 2021 | 649 | The actual date that she lost the title is unknown, but WWE recognizes 649 days due to tape delay. |
4 | Asuka | NXT Women's Championship | 1 | April 1, 2016 – August 24, 2017 | 510 | WWE recognizes this reign as lasting 523 days (April 1, 2016 – September 6, 2017) due to tape delay. |
5 | Bianca Belair | WWE Women's Championship (current version) | 1 | April 2, 2022 – May 27, 2023 | 420 | WWE recognizes this reign as lasting 419 days. During this reign, the title was known as the Raw Women's Championship. |
6 | Bayley | Women's World Championship | 2 | October 11, 2019 – October 25, 2020 | 380 | WWE recognizes this reign as lasting 379 days. During this reign, the title was known as the SmackDown Women's Championship. |
Rhea Ripley | 1 | April 1, 2023 – April 15, 2024 | 380 | WWE recognizes this reign as lasting 379 days. She won the title as the SmackDown Women's Championship. The title became the Women's World Championship on June 12, 2023. | ||
7 | Nikki Bella | WWE Divas Championship | 2 | November 23, 2014 – September 20, 2015 | 301 | WWE recognizes this reign as lasting 300 days. |
8 | Katana Chance and Kayden Carter | NXT Women's Tag Team Championship | 1 | August 2, 2022 – February 4, 2023 | 186 | |
9 | The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) | WWE Women's Tag Team Championship | 1 | October 6, 2019 – March 25 or 26, 2020 | 172 or 171 | The event that they lost the title was taped across two days, and it is not known which date they lost the titles. WWE recognizes The Kabuki Warriors' reign as lasting 180 days (October 6, 2019 – April 4, 2020) due to tape delay. |
10 | Kelani Jordan | NXT Women's North American Championship | 1 | June 9, 2024 – October 27, 2024 | 140 | There has only been one reign with this championship thus far. |
The following list shows the wrestlers with the most reigns for each women's championship created and/or promoted by WWE.
No. | Champion | Title | No. of Reigns | Notes |
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1 | Trish Stratus | WWE Women's Championship (original version) | 7 | In reality, The Fabulous Moolah had the most reigns at 8. She first won the championship when it was called the NWA World Women's Championship and it was renamed the WWF Women's Championship when the WWF bought the rights to the championship in 1984, which was what the title was known as for her subsequent reigns. However, WWE only recognizes that Moolah held the championship four times as they do not recognize the title changes of the NWA World Women's Championship from 1956 to 1984. During Stratus' first reign, the title was known as the WWF Women's Championship. |
2 | Charlotte Flair | Women's World Championship | 7 | During all seven of her reigns, the title was known as the SmackDown Women's Championship. |
3 | WWE Women's Championship (current version) | 6 | During her second through sixth reigns, the title was known as the Raw Women's Championship. She was also the inaugural holder of the title. | |
4 | Asuka | WWE Women's Tag Team Championship | 4 | |
5 | AJ Lee | WWE Divas Championship | 3 | |
Eve Torres | ||||
6 | Charlotte Flair | NXT Women's Championship | 2 | |
Shayna Baszler | ||||
Roxanne Perez | ||||
7 | Dakota Kai and Raquel González | NXT Women's Tag Team Championship | 2 | |
Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) | ||||
8 | The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) | WWF Women's Tag Team Championship | 2 | |
9 | Kay Lee Ray | NXT UK Women's Championship | 1 | There were only four reigns between four women during the title's four-year existence. |
Meiko Satomura | ||||
Rhea Ripley | ||||
Toni Storm | ||||
10 | Kelani Jordan | NXT Women's North American Championship | 1 | |
Fallon Henley | ||||
11 | Chelsea Green | WWE Women's United States Championship | 1 | |
The following list shows the wrestlers who have the most reigns in total for women's singles championships, combining all titles they have held as recognized by WWE. This list also shows the titles that they won to achieve this record (minimum of five reigns).
No. | Champion | Titles | No. of Reigns | Notes |
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1 | Charlotte Flair |
| 16 | Flair was the last Divas Champion and the inaugural WWE Women's Champion, with the latter known as the Raw Women's Championship from her second through sixth reigns. During her reigns with the Women's World Championship, the title was known as the SmackDown Women's Championship. She is also the only woman to have held as many different championships. In terms of women's world championships, Flair is a 14-time world champion as the NXT Women's Championship is not considered a world championship retroactive to her 2nd reign with the title. |
2 | Sasha Banks |
| 7 | During her second through fifth reigns with the WWE Women's Championship, the title was known as the Raw Women's Championship. During her reign with the Women's World Championship, the title was known as the SmackDown Women's Championship. |
Becky Lynch |
| During her first four reigns with the Women's World Championship, the title was known as the SmackDown Women's Championship and she was the inaugural champion. During her reigns with the WWE Women's Championship, the title was known as the Raw Women's Championship. Lynch is the only wrestler to have held both titles at the same time. | ||
Trish Stratus |
| During her first reign, the title was known as the WWF Women's Championship. | ||
5 | Mickie James |
| 6 | In reality, Mickie James is a 12-time world champion. She is a 6-time TNA Knockouts World Champion, but the company doesn't recognize her reigns with that title. |
6 | Alexa Bliss |
| 5 | During her reigns with the WWE Women's Championship, the title was known as the Raw Women's Championship. During her reigns with the Women's World Championship, the title was known as the SmackDown Women's Championship. Bliss was the first wrestler to have won both titles. |
Melina |
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Asuka |
| During her first two reigns with the WWE Women's Championship, the title was known as the Raw Women's Championship; it reverted to WWE Women's Championship during her third reign. During her reign with the Women's World Championship, the title was known as the SmackDown Women's Championship. | ||
Bayley |
| During her first reign with the WWE Women's Championship, the title was known as the Raw Women's Championship. During her reigns with the Women's World Championship, the title was known as the SmackDown Women's Championship. |
The following list shows the wrestlers who have the most reigns in total for women's tag team championships, combining all titles they have held as recognized by WWE. This list also shows the titles that they won to achieve this record (minimum of three reigns).
No. | Champion | Titles | No. of reigns | Notes |
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1 | Raquel Rodriguez |
| 5 | For her two reigns with the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship, she was known as Raquel González and she was one-half of the inaugural championship team. She became Raquel Rodriguez before winning her first WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. |
2 | Asuka |
| 4 | |
Dakota Kai |
| Kai was one-half of the inaugural NXT Women's Tag Team Champions. | ||
3 | Alexa Bliss |
| 3 | |
Iyo Sky |
| She was known as Io Shirai when she held the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship. She became Iyo Sky before winning her first WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. | ||
Nikki Cross |
| She was known as Nikki A.S.H. during her third reign. | ||
Sasha Banks |
| Banks was one-half of the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. | ||
Shayna Baszler |
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The following list shows the top 10 female wrestlers based on their most combined days as singles champions in WWE history.
† | Indicates this wrestler is currently holding a championship |
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¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct |
The following list shows the top 10 female tag teams based on their most combined days as tag team champions in WWE history.
† | Indicates this wrestler is currently holding a championship |
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¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct |
Rank | Wrestler | Titles won | Number of reigns | Combined days as champion |
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1 | The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) | WWF Women's Tag Team Championship | 2 | 1,157 |
2 | Princess Victoria and Velvet McIntyre | WWF Women's Tag Team Championship | 1 | 574 |
3 | The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) | WWE Women's Tag Team Championship | 2 | ¤270 |
4 | Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) | NXT Women's Tag Team Championship | 2 | 249 |
5 | Desiree Petersen and Velvet McIntyre | WWF Women's Tag Team Championship | 1 | 237 |
6 | Katana Chance and Kayden Carter | NXT Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) | 2 | 225 |
7 | Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler | WWE Women's Tag Team Championship | 2 | 215 |
8 | Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky) | WWE Women's Tag Team Championship | 2 | 162 |
9 | The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn) | NXT Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) | 1 | 160 |
10 | Bayley and Sasha Banks | WWE Women's Tag Team Championship | 2 | 145 |
Throughout its history, women have served in various onscreen roles in the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. In the 1990s, WWE introduced the term Diva to refer to its female performers, including wrestlers, managers or valets, backstage interviewers, or ring announcers.
The 1956 to 2010 version of the WWE Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The company claims a lineage that dates back to September 18, 1956, when The Fabulous Moolah became the third NWA World Women's Champion. WWE did not exist at that time, but they claim 1956 for the championship's establishment and do not recognize any title changes from when Moolah became champion until she lost it in 1984. Prior to Moolah losing the championship, she sold the rights to the title to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and it became the WWF Women's Championship, which would again be renamed in 2002 to WWE Women's Championship when the WWF was renamed to WWE. With the company claiming a lineage beginning in 1956, it made the Women's Championship the oldest active professional wrestling championship in WWE until its retirement in 2010 after it was unified with the WWE Divas Championship, which briefly became known as the Unified WWE Divas Championship. The final champion was Layla.
The 1971 to 2010 version of the World Tag Team Championship was the original professional wrestling world tag team championship in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion, and the company's third tag team championship overall. Originally established by the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) on June 3, 1971, it served as the only title for tag teams in the promotion until the then-WWF bought World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in March 2001, which added the WCW Tag Team Championship. Both titles were unified in November 2001, retiring WCW's championship and continuing WWF's.
WWE Night of Champions was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, a Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion. The inaugural event took place in June 2007 and was a crossover with Vengeance titled Vengeance: Night of Champions. In 2008, Vengeance was dropped in favor of Night of Champions and it took over the June PPV slot. The event then moved to July in 2009 before becoming the annual September PPV beginning in 2010. The original concept of Night of Champions was that every championship promoted on WWE's main roster was contested. In 2016, Night of Champions was replaced by the similarly themed Clash of Champions which was discontinued after its final use in 2020. After eight years, Night of Champions was revived to be held in May 2023 as WWE's ninth event in Saudi Arabia. Although the 2023 event was based around championship matches, not all of WWE's main roster championships were contested.
The WWE Draft is a process used by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE to refresh its rosters between the Raw and SmackDown brands when a brand extension is in effect. Wrestlers from the promotion's developmental brand NXT (2016–present) are also eligible to be drafted to Raw and SmackDown. Two of WWE's former brands, ECW (2006–2009) and 205 Live (2019), have also taken part in the draft during the promotion's various brand split periods.
Championship unification is the act of combining two or more separate professional wrestling championships into a single title.
The brand extension, also referred to as the brand split, is the separation of the American professional wrestling promotion WWE's roster of wrestlers into distinct divisions, or "brands". The promotion's wrestlers are assigned to a brand via the annual WWE Draft and exclusively perform on that brand's weekly television show, with some exceptions. Throughout its history, WWE has utilized the brand extension twice. The first brand split occurred from 2002 to 2011, while the ongoing second began in 2016.
The World Tag Team Championship is a men's professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It is one of two male tag team championships for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Tag Team Championship on SmackDown. The current champions are The War Raiders, who are in their second reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating The Judgment Day on the December 16, 2024, episode of Raw.
Professional wrestling is a dramatic enactment of wrestling as a spectator sport. As is the norm for this sport, women's professional wrestling is organized by wrestling federations called promotions. Some promotions are exclusively for women, while others have separate divisions for women. Among the nations that have women's professional wrestling are Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The WWE Tag Team Championship is a men's professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. It is one of two male tag team championships for WWE's main roster, along with the World Tag Team Championship on Raw. The current champions are #DIY, who are in their second reign, both as a team and individually. They won the titles by defeating The Motor City Machine Guns on the December 6, 2024, episode of SmackDown.
The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has maintained several men's and women's tag team championships since Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC) seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1963 to become the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), which was later subjected to various name changes, including World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)—in April 2011, the company ceased using its full name and has since just been referred to as WWE. The first men's tag team title, the Northeast version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship, preceded the company's creation, as it was established in 1957 for CWC as a version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship, while the first women's tag team title, the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship, was established in 1983. Whenever the WWE brand extension has been implemented, separate tag team championships have been created or allocated for each brand.
SmackDown is a brand of the American professional wrestling promotion WWE that was established on March 25, 2002. Brands are divisions of WWE's roster where wrestlers are assigned to perform on a weekly basis when a brand extension is in effect. Wrestlers assigned to SmackDown primarily appear on the brand's weekly television program, Friday Night SmackDown, also referred to simply as SmackDown. It is one of WWE's two main brands, along with Raw, collectively referred to as WWE's main roster. The brand extension was discontinued between August 2011 and July 2016.
The NXT North American Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is defended as the secondary men's championship of NXT, the promotion's developmental brand. The current champion is Tony D'Angelo, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Oba Femi on the October 8, 2024, episode of NXT.
The WWE Women's Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling women's tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is the only women's tag team championship in WWE, thus is defended across both main roster brand divisions, Raw and SmackDown, and the developmental brand, NXT. The current champions are Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill from SmackDown, who are in their record-tying second reign as a team and second reign for each individually. They won the title by defeating The Unholy Union at Bash in Berlin on August 31, 2024. Due to an injury incurred by Cargill, Naomi is filling in for her as of December 13, 2024.
The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has maintained several men's world championships since Capitol Wrestling Corporation seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance in 1963 to become the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), which was later subjected to various name changes, including World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)—in April 2011, the company ceased using its full name and has since just been referred to as WWE. The company's first world championship was the WWE Championship, which was established along with the promotion's creation in 1963 as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship; it is still active today and is WWE's oldest active title. Whenever the WWE brand extension has been implemented, separate world championships have been created or allocated for each brand.
WWE has promoted several women's championships over the years.
The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has maintained several secondary championships since Capitol Wrestling Corporation seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance in 1963 to become the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), which was later subjected to various name changes, including World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)—in April 2011, the company ceased using its full name and has since just been referred to as WWE. The company's first men's secondary championship was the NWA United States Television Championship, which was established in 1957 as a version of the NWA World Television Championship, while the first women's secondary title, the NXT Women's North American Championship, was established in April 2024, followed by the unveiling of the WWE Women’s United States Championship and WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship in November 2024. Whenever the WWE brand extension has been implemented, separate secondary championships have been created or allocated for each brand.
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