| WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship | |
| Currentholder: | TBD |
| Won: | TBA |
| Created: | November 25, 2024 |
| Promotion: | WWE |
| Brand: | Raw |
| Firstchamp: | TBD |
The WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship is an upcoming professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, to be defended on the Raw brand division. It will be one of two secondary women's championships on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Women's United States Championship on SmackDown. The title was unveiled prior to the November 25, 2024, episode of Raw with the inaugural champion to be determined by a tournament that began on the December 2 episode.
The American professional wrestling promotion WWE was founded in April 1963, but it never had a secondary women's championship. That changed in 2024 when the NXT Women's North American Championship was introduced for the developmental brand NXT in April,[1] followed by the WWE Women's United States Championship for the main roster brand SmackDown in early November.[2] [3] [4] Later that same month prior to the November 25 episode of Raw, the brand's general manager Adam Pearce unveiled the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship for the main roster women's division on the Raw brand, countering the men's WWE Intercontinental Championship.[5]
The inaugural Women's Intercontinental Champion will be determined by a tournament that began on the December 2 episode of Raw. Just prior to that episode's broadcast, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque revealed the tournament bracket, featuring 12 women from the Raw roster in four triple threat matches for the first round, with the winners of each advancing to the semifinals in singles matches with those winners then facing off in the tournament final at a to be announced date. Tournament participants announced were Dakota Kai, Shayna Baszler, Katana Chance, Zoey Stark, Raquel Rodriguez, Kayden Carter, Lyra Valkyria, Zelina Vega, Ivy Nile, Alba Fyre, Kairi Sane, and Natalya.[6]
A tournament to determine the inaugural Women's Intercontinental Champion began on December 2, 2024, and is being held across episodes of Raw. The date and event for the tournament final has not been revealed.[7] [6]
The belt design is identical to the men's version, but like all women's championships in WWE, it is smaller and on a white strap. It also replaced the word "Heavyweight" with "Women's". Like all of WWE's other championship belts, the two side plates feature a removable center section which can be customized with the champion's logos; the default side plates feature a WWE logo over a blue globe.[8]