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Inaugural champion Lyra Valkyria. The American professional wrestling promotion WWE was founded in April 1963, but it never had a secondary women's championship until April 2024 when the NXT Women's North American Championship was introduced for the developmental brand NXT, [1] followed by the WWE Women's United States Championship for the main roster brand SmackDown in early November.
Main roster performers primarily appear on Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown, while developmental wrestlers appear on NXT. Supplementary shows include Main Event , which primarily features Raw wrestlers (with occasional appearances from NXT wrestlers), and Speed , which features wrestlers from all three brands and has its own ...
The Women's World Championship is held by two-time champion Rhea Ripley, who won the title by defeating Liv Morgan during the Raw Netflix premiere on January 6, 2025. [11] The WWE Women's Championship is held by first-time champion Tiffany Stratton, who defeated Nia Jax in her Money in the Bank cash-in match on SmackDown on January 3, 2025. [12]
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 ...
The WWE Women's Tag Team Championship is a women's professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE.Announced on December 24, 2018, it is the only women's tag team championship in WWE, thus is available to both main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown, and the developmental brand, NXT.
The issue of the SmackDown Women's Championship being on Raw was then resolved on the June 12, 2023, episode of Raw. That night, WWE official Adam Pearce unveiled a new championship belt to reigning champion Rhea Ripley, with the title subsequently renamed as the Women's World Championship. This came shortly after the Raw Women's Championship ...
WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship Tournament: Lyra Valkyria: January 13 Defeated Dakota Kai in the tournament final to become the inaugural WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion. The first round and semifinals occurred in December 2024. WWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament: Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex ...
The title was established as the WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania 32, to replace the WWE Divas Championship. Charlotte, the reigning Divas Champion, defeated Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks in a triple threat match to become the inaugural champion. The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2016 WWE Draft in July. [3] WWE: Raw: 2