WWE Women's Championship

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The Women’s World Championship is one of the prestigious professional wrestling championships in the women’s division in WWE. It is one of the two women’s world championships in the main roster of WWE, along with the WWE Women’s Championship.


History of Women’s World Championship

WWE reintroduced the brand split in 2016, where the wrestlers are exclusively assigned for a particular brand (either Raw or SmackDown) on which they got picked. During the 2016 Draft, the WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair was drafted to Raw and took the championship with her, leaving the SmackDown women’s division without a championship. In August 2016, the SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon and the SmackDown’s General Manager unveiled the SmackDown Women’s Championship. Subsequently the WWE Women’s Championship was renamed as Raw Women’s Championship.


Becky Lynch
Becky Lynch


A six-pack elimination challenge was announced at Backlash to crown the inaugural SmackDown Women’s Champion. Becky lynch won the match and became the first-ever SmackDown Women’s Champion. As of March 2023, the SmackDown women’s Championship has been through 36 reigns,13 champions and one vacancy. Charlotte Flair has the most number of championship reigns of seven. Bayley's second championship reign of 380 days is the longest championship reign of a SmackDown Women’s Champion. Charlotte Flair’s fourth reign is the shortest at less than 1 day. Bayley holds the record for the longest combined reign of 520 days. Naomi is the only champion who vacated the championship. Becky Lynch is the only person to hold both Raw and SmackDown Women's Championship simultaneously. Carmella, Bayley and Liv Morgan are the three champions, who won the championship by cashing in the Money in the Bank contract. Charlotte Flair is the only person to be crowned as the SmackDown Women's Champion by exchanging her Raw Women's Championship. Asuka is the oldest to hold the championship at age 37 and Alexa Bliss is the youngest at age 25.


In 2023, the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship was renamed to Women's World Championship and its RAW counterpart was named WWE Women's Championship. However, currently, the Women's World Championship is a title exclusive to RAW due to draft 2023.


Current Women’s World Champion


Rhea Ripley


Rhea Ripley is the current Women's World Champion on her first reign, by defeating Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 39 Night 1. She took the championship with her to Raw as a result of the 2023 Draft. Thus the SmackDown Women's Championship became an asset of the Raw brand. The title was then renamed to Women's World Championship.


List of Women’s World Champions in WWE


ChampionDateEventDays as Champion
Becky LynchSeptember 11, 2016Backlash84
Alexa BlissDecember 4, 2016TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs69
NaomiFebruary 12, 2017Elimination Chamber8
VacatedFebruary 21, 2017SmackDown
Alexa BlissFebruary 21, 2017SmackDown40
NaomiApril 2, 2017WrestleMania 33139
NatalyaAugust 20, 2017SummerSlam86
Charlotte FlairNovember 14, 2017SmackDown146
CarmellaApril 10, 2018SmackDown130
Charlotte FlairAugust 19, 2018SummerSlam27
Becky LynchSeptember 16, 2018Hell in a Cell91
AsukaDecember 16, 2018TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs99
Charlotte FlairMarch 26, 2019SmackDown12
Becky LynchApril 8, 2019WrestleMania 3541
Charlotte FlairMay 19, 2019Money in the Bank<1
BayleyMay 19, 2019Money in the Bank140
Charlotte FlairOctober 6, 2019Hell in a Cell4
BayleyOctober 11, 2019SmackDown379
Sasha BanksOctober 25, 2020Hell in a Cell167
Bianca BelairApril 10, 2021WrestleMania 37132
Becky LynchAugust 21, 2021SummerSlam62
Charlotte FlairOctober 22, 2021SmackDown198
Ronda RouseyMay 8, 2022WrestleMania Backlash55
Liv MorganJuly 2, 2022Money In The Bank98
Ronda RouseyOctober 8, 2022Extreme Rules83
Charlotte FlairDecember 30, 2022SmackDown92
Rhea RipleyApril 1, 2023WrestleMania 39: Night One219+


Belt Design

Women&#039;s World Championship | WWE


The Women's World Championship looks very identical to the current design of the World Heavyweight Championship on the male roster. Both the titles resemble the famous Big Gold Belt of WWE and WCW and are of gold design with golden plates as well. Not only does it take inspiration from the Big Gold Belt, but it also incorporates a big W in the middle like all the major current belts in WWE. All in all, it looks like a title to fight for.



FAQs

Q. Who is the current Women's World Champion?

A. Rhea Ripley is the current Women's World Champion.

Q. Who is the WWE Women's Champion?

A. Iyo Sky is the current WWE Women's Champion.

Q. Who has the most number of Women's title reign?

A. Charlotte Flair has the most number of Women's Championship reigns in WWE with a monumental record of 14 reigns.

Q. Is Women's World Championship a World Title?

A. Yes, both Raw and SmackDown's Women's Championship is considered as the world championships in the women's division. These titles are now known as WWE Women's Championship and Women's World Championship respectively.

Q. Who did Liv Morgan defeat to win the WWE SmackDown Championship?

A. Liv Morgan defeated Ronda Rousey by cashing-in her Money in the Contract and won the SmackDown Women's Championship.