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With the Women's Championship heading to Raw in the wake of the Brand Extension Draft, Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan introduced the SmackDown Women's Championship for the blue brand with the first champion being crowned at WWE Backlash on Sept. 11, 2016.
On the June 12, 2023 edition of Raw, the title was renamed to the Women's World Championship.
Championship Holders over time
379 days†
(reign began in previous decade)
7 days
Champion | Date of Reign | | Time Held |
---|---|---|
Rhea Ripley | Jan 6, 2025 - Present | |
Liv Morgan | May 25, 2024 - Jan 6, 2025 | 226 days |
Becky Lynch | Apr 22, 2024 - May 25, 2024 | 32 days |
Vacant Title | Apr 15, 2024 - Apr 22, 2024 | 7 days |
Rhea Ripley | Apr 1, 2023 - Apr 15, 2024 | 379 days |
Charlotte Flair | Dec 30, 2022 - Apr 1, 2023 | 92 days |
Ronda Rousey | Oct 8, 2022 - Dec 30, 2022 | 83 days |
Liv Morgan | Jul 2, 2022 - Oct 8, 2022 | 97 days |
Ronda Rousey | May 8, 2022 - Jul 2, 2022 | 55 days |
Charlotte Flair | Oct 22, 2021 - May 8, 2022 | 197 days |
Becky Lynch | Aug 21, 2021 - Oct 22, 2021 | 62 days |
Bianca Belair | Apr 10, 2021 - Aug 21, 2021 | 132 days |
Sasha Banks | Oct 25, 2020 - Apr 10, 2021 | 167 days |
Bayley | Oct 11, 2019 - Oct 25, 2020 | 379 days† (reign began in previous decade) |
379 days†
(reign ends in next decade)
<1 day
Champion | Date of Reign | | Time Held |
---|---|---|
Bayley | Oct 11, 2019 - Oct 25, 2020 | 379 days† (reign ends in next decade) |
Charlotte Flair | Oct 6, 2019 - Oct 11, 2019 | 4 days |
Bayley | May 19, 2019 - Oct 6, 2019 | 140 days |
Charlotte Flair | May 19, 2019 | <1 day |
Becky Lynch | Apr 8, 2019 - May 19, 2019 | 41 days |
Charlotte Flair | Mar 26, 2019 - Apr 8, 2019 | 12 days |
Asuka | Dec 16, 2018 - Mar 26, 2019 | 99 days |
Becky Lynch | Sep 16, 2018 - Dec 16, 2018 | 91 days |
Charlotte Flair | Aug 19, 2018 - Sep 16, 2018 | 27 days |
Carmella | Apr 10, 2018 - Aug 19, 2018 | 130 days |
Charlotte Flair | Nov 14, 2017 - Apr 10, 2018 | 146 days |
Natalya | Aug 20, 2017 - Nov 14, 2017 | 86 days |
Naomi | Apr 2, 2017 - Aug 20, 2017 | 139 days |
Alexa Bliss | Feb 21, 2017 - Apr 2, 2017 | 40 days |
Naomi | Feb 12, 2017 - Feb 21, 2017 | 8 days |
Alexa Bliss | Dec 4, 2016 - Feb 12, 2017 | 69 days |
Becky Lynch | Sep 11, 2016 - Dec 4, 2016 | 84 days |