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 Championship, which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 WWE draft and renamed as the Raw Women's Championship.[2] 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. The current champion is Liv Morgan, who is in her second reign. She defeated Becky Lynch at King and Queen of the Ring on May 25, 2024, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
As of,, there have been 28 reigns between 13 champions and 2 vacancies. Becky Lynch was the inaugural champion. Charlotte Flair has the most reigns at seven. Bayley's second reign and Rhea Ripley's sole 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. Becky Lynch is the oldest champion, having won the title at 37 years, 83 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.
| Name | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| WWE SmackDown Women's Championship | August 23, 2016 – June 12, 2023 | |
| Women's World Championship | June 12, 2023 – present |
As of, .
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | data-sort-type="number" | No. of reigns | data-sort-type="number" | Combined days | data-sort-type="number" | Combined days rec. by WWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 520 | 519 | ||||
| 2 | 7 | 483 | 479 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 380 | 379 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 311 | 310 | ||||
| 5 | † | 2 | + | + | |||
| 6 | 1 | 167 | |||||
| 7 | 2 | 149 | 147 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 138 | |||||
| 9 | 1 | 133 | 132 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 131 | 130 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 110 | 109 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 100 | 99 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 86 | |||||