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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.
In the fourth match, Raw's Women's World Champion Liv Morgan faced SmackDown's WWE Women's Champion Nia Jax for the inaugural WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship. Morgan hit a DDT and covered Jax for a two count. Jax hit Morgan with a Samoan Drop from the middle rope for a near-fall. Morgan hit a sunset bomb from the ropes.
[5] [6] [7] But in 2021, the brand's weekly television show was rebooted as "NXT 2.0", and was reinstated to its original status as the developmental division for the main roster (Raw and SmackDown), though it has since dropped the "2.0" name.
The WWE Women's United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. It is one of two secondary women's championships on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship on Raw.
[1] [2] Established in 2021, the winner of the inaugural tournament was Zelina Vega. [3] The prize for winning the tournament is being crowned the "Queen of the Ring" (originally simply "Queen"), and beginning in 2024, a match for a women's world championship. It is the female version of WWE's long-standing King of the Ring tournament for male ...
On May 1, 2024, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque confirmed that the program would also eventually feature women's matches. [3] This led to an official announcement on August 9, 2024, where it was revealed that a tournament for the inaugural WWE Women's Speed Championship would begin on September 4, 2024. [4]
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 secondary titles for female wrestlers are the Women's Intercontinental Championship on Raw and the Women's United States Championship on SmackDown.
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 ...