The Women's World Championship [1] is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand. Established as the SmackDown Women's Championship on the August 23, 2016, episode of SmackDown , it was created to be the counterpart to the WWE Women's Championship, which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 WWE draft and renamed as the Raw Women's Championship. [2] As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft, the Raw and SmackDown women's championships switched brands. In June 2023, the SmackDown Women's Championship was renamed as Women's World Championship while the Raw Women's Championship reverted to its original name of WWE Women's Championship.
The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. The current champion is Liv Morgan, who is in her second reign. [lower-alpha 1] She defeated Becky Lynch at King and Queen of the Ring on May 25, 2024, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
As of June3, 2024, there have been 28 reigns between 13 champions and 2 vacancies. Becky Lynch was the inaugural champion. Charlotte Flair has the most reigns at seven. Bayley's second reign and Rhea Ripley's sole reign are tied for the longest singular reign at 380 days (379 days for both as recognized by WWE), while Flair's fourth reign is the shortest at 4 minutes and 55 seconds. Bayley holds the record for the longest combined reign at 520 days. Becky Lynch is the oldest champion, having won the title at 37 years, 83 days old, while Alexa Bliss is the youngest when she won it at 25. Only two women have held the title for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more: Bayley and Rhea Ripley.
Name | Years |
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WWE SmackDown Women's Championship | August 23, 2016 – June 12, 2023 |
Women's World Championship | June 12, 2023 – present |
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. | |||||
WWE: SmackDown | ||||||||||
1 | Becky Lynch | September 11, 2016 | Backlash | Richmond, VA | 1 | 84 | 84 | As a result of the 2016 WWE draft, the WWE Women's Championship became exclusive to Raw. In response, SmackDown established the SmackDown Women's Championship and Raw's title was subsequently renamed. Lynch defeated Alexa Bliss, Carmella, Naomi, Natalya, and Nikki Bella in a six-pack elimination challenge to become the inaugural champion. | [3] | |
2 | Alexa Bliss | December 4, 2016 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Dallas, TX | 1 | 70 | 69 | This was a tables match. | [4] | |
3 | Naomi | February 12, 2017 | Elimination Chamber | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 9 | 8 | [5] | ||
— | Vacated | February 21, 2017 | SmackDown | Ontario, CA | — | — | — | The championship was vacated when Naomi suffered a knee injury and was unable to defend the title within 30 days. | [6] | |
4 | Alexa Bliss | February 21, 2017 | SmackDown | Ontario, CA | 2 | 40 | 40 | Defeated Becky Lynch to win the vacant title. | [6] | |
5 | Naomi | April 2, 2017 | WrestleMania 33 | Orlando, FL | 2 | 140 | 139 | This was a six-pack challenge, also involving Becky Lynch, Carmella, Mickie James, and Natalya. | [7] | |
6 | Natalya | August 20, 2017 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 86 | 86 | [8] | ||
7 | Charlotte Flair | November 14, 2017 | SmackDown | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 147 | 146 | [9] | ||
8 | Carmella | April 10, 2018 | SmackDown | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 131 | 130 | This was Carmella's Money in the Bank cash-in match. This was the first time a women's title changed hands after a Money in the Bank contract cash-in. | [10] | |
9 | Charlotte Flair | August 19, 2018 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 28 | 27 | This was a triple threat match, also involving Becky Lynch, who Flair pinned. | [11] | |
10 | Becky Lynch | September 16, 2018 | Hell in a Cell | San Antonio, TX | 2 | 91 | 91 | [12] | ||
11 | Asuka | December 16, 2018 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | San Jose, CA | 1 | 100 | 99 | This was a triple threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, also involving Charlotte Flair. | [13] | |
12 | Charlotte Flair | March 26, 2019 | SmackDown | Uncasville, CT | 3 | 13 | 12 | [14] | ||
13 | Becky Lynch | April 8, 2019 | WrestleMania 35 | East Rutherford, NJ | 3 | 41 | 41 | This was a winner takes all triple threat match for both the Raw Women's Championship and SmackDown Women's Championship, also involving Ronda Rousey, who defended the Raw Women's Championship. Lynch pinned Rousey to win both titles. | [15] | |
14 | Charlotte Flair | May 19, 2019 | Money in the Bank | Hartford, CT | 4 | <1 | <1 | [16] | ||
15 | Bayley | May 19, 2019 | Money in the Bank | Hartford, CT | 1 | 140 | 140 | This was Bayley's Money in the Bank cash-in match. | [16] | |
16 | Charlotte Flair | October 6, 2019 | Hell in a Cell | Sacramento, CA | 5 | 5 | 4 | [17] | ||
17 | Bayley | October 11, 2019 | SmackDown | Paradise, NV | 2 | 380 | 379 | [18] | ||
18 | Sasha Banks | October 25, 2020 | Hell in a Cell | Orlando, FL | 1 | 167 | 167 | This was a Hell in a Cell match. | [19] | |
19 | Bianca Belair | April 10, 2021 | WrestleMania 37 Night 1 | Tampa, FL | 1 | 133 | 132 | [20] | ||
20 | Becky Lynch | August 21, 2021 | SummerSlam | Paradise, NV | 4 | 62 | 62 | Bianca Belair was originally scheduled to defend the title against Sasha Banks; however, before the match began, it was announced that Banks was unable to compete for undisclosed reasons. Carmella was then announced as her new opponent, but Lynch made a surprise return from maternity leave, took out Carmella, and challenged Belair to an impromptu match that Belair accepted. | [21] | |
21 | Charlotte Flair | October 22, 2021 | SmackDown | Wichita, KS | 6 | 198 | 197 | As a result of the 2021 WWE Draft, then Raw Women's Champion, Charlotte Flair was drafted to SmackDown while Becky Lynch was drafted to Raw. To keep the titles to their respective brands, WWE official Sonya Deville had the two women exchange championships. | [22] | |
22 | Ronda Rousey | May 8, 2022 | WrestleMania Backlash | Providence, RI | 1 | 55 | 55 | This was an "I Quit" match. | [23] | |
23 | Liv Morgan | July 2, 2022 | Money in the Bank | Paradise, NV | 1 | 98 | 97 | This was Morgan's Money in the Bank cash-in match. Morgan was a member of the Raw roster prior to the cash-in. She was transferred to the SmackDown brand after winning the championship. | [24] | |
24 | Ronda Rousey | October 8, 2022 | Extreme Rules | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 83 | 83 | This was an Extreme Rules match. | [25] | |
25 | Charlotte Flair | December 30, 2022 | SmackDown | Tampa, FL | 7 | 92 | 92 | [26] | ||
26 | Rhea Ripley | April 1, 2023 | WrestleMania 39 Night 1 | Inglewood, CA | 1 | 380 | 379 | Ripley won the championship as a member of the Raw brand, but the title did not officially switch to Raw until the 2023 WWE Draft. It was subsequently renamed as the Women's World Championship on the June 12, 2023, episode of Raw . | [27] | |
WWE: Raw | ||||||||||
— | Vacated | April 15, 2024 | Raw | Montreal, QC, Canada | — | — | — | Rhea Ripley was forced to relinquish the title due to a legitimate arm injury. | [28] | |
27 | Becky Lynch | April 22, 2024 | Raw | Columbus, OH | 5 | 33 | 32 | This was a 14-woman Battle Royal for the vacant title in which Lynch last eliminated Liv Morgan to win. | [29] | |
28 | Liv Morgan | May 25, 2024 | King and Queen of the Ring | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 2 | 9+ | 9+ | [30] |
As of June3, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Bayley | 2 | 520 | 519 |
2 | Charlotte Flair | 7 | 483 | 479 |
3 | Rhea Ripley | 1 | 380 | 379 |
4 | Becky Lynch | 5 | 311 | 310 |
5 | Sasha Banks | 1 | 167 | |
6 | Naomi | 2 | 149 | 147 |
7 | Ronda Rousey | 2 | 138 | |
8 | Bianca Belair | 1 | 133 | 132 |
9 | Carmella | 1 | 131 | 130 |
10 | Liv Morgan † | 2 | 107+ | 106+ |
11 | Alexa Bliss | 2 | 110 | 109 |
12 | Asuka | 1 | 100 | 99 |
13 | Natalya | 1 | 86 |
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