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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 ...
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 shoulder injury. [28] 27 Becky Lynch: April 22, 2024: Raw: Columbus, OH: 5 33: 32
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 .
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 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.
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 Speed Championship #1 Contender's Tournament: Chad Gable or TBD: TBD
On May 1, 2024, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque confirmed that WWE TV show WWE Speed that was established April 3, 2024, which air's on Twitter would also feature women's matches; this led to an official announcement on August 9, 2024, where he announced that the tournament for the first ever WWE Speed Women's Championship ...