List of WWE Women's Champions
The WWE Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion.[1]
The championship was generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. There have been a total of 29 recognized champions who have had a combined 59 official reigns. The following is a chronological list of wrestlers that have been WWE Women's Champion by ring name.
The title became vacant only twice in history for a total of 65 days and deactivated twice for a combined 1398 days.
The inaugural champion was The Fabulous Moolah, who won the title on September 18, 1956. She has the longest reign with 3,651 days, as well as the most reigns with 8. Moolah is also the oldest competitor to win the title at age 76. Under the WWE banner, The Fabulous Moolah has the longest reign with 10,170 days and Trish Stratus has the most reigns with 7.
Mickie James has the shortest reign with 1 hour. Wendi Richter is the youngest champion at the age of 22 years and 10 months, and the Fabulous Moolah is the oldest at the age of 76 years and 106 days. Bertha Faye is the heaviest champion and The Kat is the lightest champion. The final champion was Layla, in her first and only reign.
Title history
Names
Name[1] | Years[1] |
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NWA World Women's Championship | 1956—1983 |
WWF Women's Championship | 1983—2002 |
WWE Women's Championship | 2002—2010 |
Reigns
No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | The Fabulous Moolah | 1 | September 18, 1956 | 10,170 | Baltimore, MD | Live event | Moolah's reign is the only reign recognized until 1984 with it listed as 10,170 days held. | [2] |
— | Bette Boucher | 1 | September 17, 1966 | 13 | Seattle, WA | Live event | [1] | |
— | The Fabulous Moolah | 2 | October 1966 | 517 | — | Live event | [1] | |
— | Yukiko Tomoe | 1 | March 10, 1968 | 23 | Osaka, Japan | Live event | [1] | |
— | The Fabulous Moolah | 3 | April 2, 1968 | 2,862 | Hamamatsu, Japan | Live event | [1] | |
— | Sue Green | 1 | 1975 | 0 | Dallas, TX | This win is not recognized by the NWA. | [3] | |
— | The Fabulous Moolah | 4 | 1975 | 0 | Texas | The previous Green win is not recognized by the NWA. Moolah's reign from 1968 through 1978 is considered uninterrupted. | [3] | |
— | Evelyn Stevens | 1 | October 8, 1978 | 2 | Dallas, TX | Live event | [1] | |
— | The Fabulous Moolah | 5 | October 10, 1978 | 2,113 | Fort Worth, TX | Live event | [1] | |
2 | Wendi Richter | 1 | July 23, 1984 | 210 | New York, NY | The Brawl to End It All | [4] | |
3 | Leilani Kai | 1 | February 18, 1985 | 41 | New York, NY | The War to Settle the Score | Aired March 5, 1985 on Prime Time Wrestling. | [5] |
4 | Wendi Richter | 2 | March 31, 1985 | 239 | New York, NY | WrestleMania | [6] | |
5 | The Spider (Fabulous Moolah) | 6 | November 25, 1985 | 220 | New York, NY | Live event | This was the original screwjob | [7] |
6 | Velvet McIntyre | 1 | July 3, 1986 | 6 | Brisbane, Australia | Live event | [8] | |
7 | The Fabulous Moolah | 7 | July 9, 1986 | 380 | Sydney, Australia | Live event | [9] | |
8 | Sensational Sherri | 1 | July 24, 1987 | 441 | Houston, TX | Live event | [10] | |
9 | Rockin' Robin | 1 | October 7, 1988 | 502 | Paris, France | Prime Time Wrestling | Aired November 8, 1988. | [11] |
— | Deactivated | — | February 21, 1990 | — | — | — | Title deactivated. | [11] |
10 | Alundra Blayze | 1 | December 13, 1993 | 342 | Poughkeepsie, NY | All American Wrestling | Aired December 26, 1993. Defeated Heidi Lee Morgan in a tournament final.[12] | [13] |
11 | Bull Nakano | 1 | November 20, 1994 | 134 | Tokyo, Japan | Big Egg Wrestling Universe | [14] | |
12 | Alundra Blayze | 2 | April 3, 1995 | 146 | Poughkeepsie, NY | Raw | [15] | |
13 | Bertha Faye | 1 | August 27, 1995 | 57 | Pittsburgh, PA | SummerSlam | [16] | |
14 | Alundra Blayze | 3 | October 23, 1995 | 51 | Brandon, MB | Raw | [17] | |
— | Deactivated | — | December 13, 1995 | — | — | — | Title deactivated when Blayze left the WWF. Blayze then joined World Championship Wrestling and, during Nitro in Augusta, GA on December 18, 1995, dropped the title belt in a trash can.[18] | [17] |
15 | Jacqueline | 1 | September 15, 1998[19] | 61 | Sacramento, CA | Raw is War | Aired September 21, 1998. Defeated Sable. | [20] |
16 | Sable | 1 | November 15, 1998 | 176 | St. Louis, MO | Survivor Series | Shane McMahon was the special guest referee. | [21] |
17 | Debra | 1 | May 10, 1999 | 29 | Orlando, FL | Raw is War | This was an evening gown match. Sable had defeated Debra in the match but Commissioner Shawn Michaels stated that Debra was the winner because she had lost her dress and awarded the championship to her. | [22] |
18 | Ivory | 1 | June 8, 1999[23] | 131 | Worcester, MA | Raw is War | Aired June 14, 1999. | [24] |
19 | The Fabulous Moolah | 8 | October 17, 1999 | 8 | Cleveland, OH | No Mercy | [25] | |
20 | Ivory | 2 | October 25, 1999 | 48 | Providence, RI | Raw is War | [16] | |
21 | The Kat | 1 | December 12, 1999 | 50 | Sunrise, FL | Armageddon | This was a fatal four-way evening gown pool match, also involving Jacqueline and B.B., with The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young as special guest referees. | [26] |
22 | Hervina | 1 | January 31, 2000 | 1 | Pittsburgh, PA | Raw is War | This was a lumberjill snowbunny match. Hervina was Harvey Wippleman disguised as a woman & was recognised as the first male to win the women's championship. | [27] |
23 | Jacqueline | 2 | February 1, 2000[28] | 56 | Detroit, MI | SmackDown! | Aired February 3, 2000. | [29] |
24 | Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley | 1 | March 28, 2000[28] | 146 | San Antonio, TX | SmackDown! | Aired March 30, 2000. | [30] |
25 | Lita | 1 | August 21, 2000 | 71 | Lafayette, LA | Raw is War | The Rock was the special guest referee. | [31] |
26 | Ivory | 3 | October 31, 2000[28] | 152 | Rochester, NY | SmackDown! | Aired November 2, 2000. This was a fatal four-way match, also involving Jacqueline and Trish Stratus. | [32] |
27 | Chyna | 1 | April 1, 2001 | 214 | Houston, TX | WrestleMania X-Seven | [33] | |
— | Vacated | — | November 1, 2001 | — | — | — | Title vacated when Chyna retired and left the WWF in a contract dispute. | [33] |
28 | Trish Stratus | 1 | November 18, 2001 | 78 | Greensboro, NC | Survivor Series | This was a six way match, also involving Lita, Jacqueline, Ivory, Molly Holly and Jazz. | [34] |
29 | Jazz | 1 | February 4, 2002 | 98 | Las Vegas, NV | Raw | Title was renamed WWE Women's Championship on May 6, 2002. | [35] |
30 | Trish Stratus | 2 | May 13, 2002 | 41 | Toronto, ON | Raw | This was a hardcore mixed tag team match with Stratus and Bubba Ray Dudley defeating Jazz and Steven Richards, where Richards' WWE Hardcore Championship was also on the line. | [36] |
31 | Molly Holly | 1 | June 23, 2002 | 91 | Columbus, OH | King of the Ring | [37] | |
32 | Trish Stratus | 3 | September 22, 2002 | 56 | Los Angeles, CA | Unforgiven | On the September 26, 2002 edition of SmackDown!, General Manager Stephanie McMahon reveals that the Women's title has been made exclusive to Raw. | [38] |
33 | Victoria | 1 | November 17, 2002 | 133 | New York, NY | Survivor Series | This was a hardcore match. | [39] |
34 | Trish Stratus | 4 | March 30, 2003 | 28 | Seattle, WA | WrestleMania XIX | This was a triple threat match also involving Jazz. | [40] |
35 | Jazz | 2 | April 27, 2003 | 64 | Worcester, MA | Backlash | [41] | |
36 | Gail Kim | 1 | June 30, 2003 | 28 | Buffalo, NY | Raw | Kim defeated Victoria in the finals of a seven-woman battle royal, also involving Ivory, Molly Holly, Trish Stratus and Jacqueline. | [42] |
37 | Molly Holly | 2 | July 28, 2003 | 210 | Colorado Springs, CO | Raw | [43] | |
38 | Victoria | 2 | February 23, 2004 | 111 | Omaha, NE | Raw | This was a fatal four-way elimination match, also involving Lita and Jazz. Victoria pinned Lita to win the championship. | [44] |
39 | Trish Stratus | 5 | June 13, 2004 | 176 | Columbus, OH | Bad Blood | This was a fatal four-way match also involving Lita and Gail Kim. Stratus pinned Lita to win the championship. | [45] |
40 | Lita | 2 | December 6, 2004 | 34 | Charlotte, NC | Raw | [46] | |
41 | Trish Stratus | 6 | January 9, 2005 | 448 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | New Year's Revolution | [47] | |
42 | Mickie James | 1 | April 2, 2006 | 134 | Rosemont, IL | WrestleMania 22 | [48] | |
43 | Lita | 3 | August 14, 2006 | 34 | Charlottesville, VA | Raw | [49] | |
44 | Trish Stratus | 7 | September 17, 2006 | 1 | Toronto, ON | Unforgiven | [50] | |
— | Vacated | — | September 18, 2006 | — | Montreal, QC | Raw | Title vacated due to Stratus' legitimate retirement. | [51] |
45 | Lita | 4 | November 5, 2006 | 21 | Cincinnati, OH | Cyber Sunday | This was a lumberjill match. Lita defeated Mickie James in a tournament final. | [51] |
46 | Mickie James | 2 | November 26, 2006 | 85 | Philadelphia, PA | Survivor Series | [52] | |
47 | Melina | 1 | February 19, 2007 | 64 | Bakersfield, CA | Raw | [53] | |
48 | Mickie James | 3 | April 24, 2007 | <1 | Paris, France | Live event | This was a triple threat match also involving Victoria. | [54] |
49 | Melina | 2 | 61 | Melina was awarded an immediate rematch because Mickie pinned Victoria who was not the champion. | [55] | |||
50 | Candice Michelle | 1 | June 24, 2007 | 105 | Houston, TX | Vengeance: Night of Champions | [56] | |
51 | Beth Phoenix | 1 | October 7, 2007 | 190 | Rosemont, IL | No Mercy | [57] | |
52 | Mickie James | 4 | April 14, 2008 | 125 | London, England | Raw | [58] | |
53 | Beth Phoenix | 2 | August 17, 2008 | 161 | Indianapolis, IN | SummerSlam | This was a Winner Takes All Intergender tag team match where Phoenix teamed with Santino Marella and James with Kofi Kingston, whose WWE Intercontinental Championship was also on the line. | [59] |
54 | Melina | 3 | January 25, 2009 | 154 | Detroit, MI | Royal Rumble | The title became exclusive to SmackDown when Melina was drafted to the SmackDown brand on April 13, 2009. | [60] |
55 | Michelle McCool | 1 | June 28, 2009 | 217 | Sacramento, CA | The Bash | [61] | |
56 | Mickie James | 5 | January 31, 2010 | 23 | Atlanta, GA | Royal Rumble | [62] | |
57 | Michelle McCool | 2 | February 23, 2010 | 61 | Milwaukee, WI | SmackDown | Vickie Guerrero served as the special guest referee. Aired on February 26, 2010. | [63] |
58 | Beth Phoenix | 3 | April 25, 2010 | 16 | Baltimore, MD | Extreme Rules | This was contested in an Extreme Makeover match. | [64] |
59 | Layla | 1 | May 11, 2010 | 131 | Buffalo, NY | SmackDown | Aired on broadcast delay on May 14, 2010. LayCool (Michelle McCool and Layla) defeated Phoenix in a Texas Tornado Handicap match when Layla pinned Phoenix. Michelle McCool was unofficially the co-champion during this reign; she defended the championship in Layla's place on some occasions, but was not officially recognized as the title holder. | [65] |
— | Unified | — | September 19, 2010 | — | Rosemont, IL | Night of Champions | Retired after Michelle McCool, who had been unofficially co-reigning with Layla, defeated Melina to unify the Women's and WWE Divas Championship. | [66][67] |
Combined reigns
Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Fabulous Moolah | 8 | 16,268 |
2 | Trish Stratus | 7 | 828 |
3 | Alundra Blayze | 3 | 539 |
4 | Rockin' Robin | 1 | 502 |
5 | Wendi Richter | 2 | 449 |
6 | Sensational Sherri | 1 | 441 |
7 | Beth Phoenix | 3 | 367 |
Mickie James | 5 | 367 | |
9 | Ivory | 3 | 331 |
10 | Molly Holly | 2 | 301 |
11 | Melina | 3 | 279 |
12 | Michelle McCool | 2 | 278 |
13 | Victoria | 2 | 244 |
14 | Chyna | 1 | 214 |
15 | Sable | 1 | 176 |
16 | Jazz | 2 | 162 |
17 | Lita | 4 | 160 |
18 | Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley | 1 | 146 |
19 | Bull Nakano | 1 | 134 |
20 | Layla | 1 | 131 |
21 | Jacqueline | 2 | 117 |
22 | Candice Michelle | 1 | 105 |
23 | Bertha Faye | 1 | 57 |
24 | The Kat | 1 | 50 |
25 | Leilani Kai | 1 | 41 |
26 | Debra | 1 | 29 |
27 | Gail Kim | 1 | 28 |
28 | Velvet McIntyre | 1 | 6 |
29 | Hervina | 1 | 1 |
See also
- WWE Diva
- WWE Divas Championship
- NWA World Women's Championship
- List of WWE Divas Champions
- List of former championships in WWE
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Layla is the last-ever Women's Champion.
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