The Women's World Championship 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 Championship, which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 WWE draft and renamed as the Raw Women's Championship. As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft, the Raw and SmackDown women's championships switched brands. In June 2023, the SmackDown Women's Championship was renamed as Women's World Championship while the Raw Women's Championship reverted to its original name of WWE Women's Championship.
The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. Stephanie Vaquer is the current champion in her second reign She won the title by defeating Liv Morgan on Night 4 of WWE's South America Live Tour on September 12, 2026, in which Becky Lynch served as the special guest referee.
As of , , there have been 34 reigns between 15 champions and 3 vacancies. Becky Lynch was the inaugural champion. Charlotte Flair has the most reigns at seven. Bayley's second reign and Rhea Ripley's first reign are tied for the longest singular reign at 380 days (379 days for both as recognized by WWE), while Flair's fourth reign is the shortest at 4 minutes and 55 seconds. Bayley holds the record for the longest combined reign at 520 days. Naomi is the oldest champion, having won the title at 37 years, 225 days old, while Alexa Bliss is the youngest when she won it at 25. Only two women have held the title for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more: Bayley and Rhea Ripley.
Title history Names NameYearsWWE SmackDown Women's ChampionshipAugust 23, 2016 – June 12, 2023Women's World ChampionshipJune 12, 2023 – current
Reigns
Combined reigns
As of , .
†Indicates the current champion RankWrestlerNo. ofreignsCombineddaysCombined days by WWE1 2 520 5192 7 483 4783 3 471 4704 2 436 4355 5 311 3106 † 2 +7 3 185 1828 1 1679 2 13810 1 133 13211 1 132 13112 1 131 13013 2 110 10914 1 100 9915 1 86
References
External links Official WWE Women's World Title History WWE Women's World Championship Title History at Wrestling-Titles.com