List of Women's World Champions (IWE)

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Revision as of 19:38, 6 April 2024

The Women's World Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion IWE on the SmackDown brand. Unveiled on the August 23, 2016, episode of SmackDown Live, it was created to be the counterpart title to the then-IWE Women's Championship, which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 IWE draft and renamed to Raw 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 inaugural champion was Becky Lynch, who won the title at Backlash on September 11, 2016.

As of January 30, 2025, overall, there have been 15 reigns between 8 champions and 1 vacancy. Charlotte Flair holds the record for the longest reign at 147 days and the longest combined reign at 175 days, while Naomi has the shortest reign at 9 days. Alexa Bliss, Naomi, Flair, and Lynch are tied with the most reigns at two. Asuka is the oldest champion, having won the title at 37, while Bliss is the youngest, having won it at 25.

Contents

Title history

Names

Name Years
IWE SmackDown Women's Championship August 23, 2016 – June 12, 2023
Women's World Championship June 12, 2023 – present

Reigns

Key
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific champion listed
Days The number of the days that the champion held the title for
Days
recog.
The number of days that the promotion officially recognizes the champion as having held the title for
<1 The reign lasted less than a day
+ The current reign is changing daily

No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Days recog.
IWE: SmackDown
1 Becky Lynch September 11, 2016 Backlash Richmond, Virginia 1 84 84 This was a Six-pack challenge, also involving Alexa Bliss, , Carmella, Naomi, Natalya and Nikki Bella to determine the inaugural champion.
2 Alexa Bliss December 4, 2016 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs Dallas, TX 1 70 70 This was a tables match.
3 Naomi February 12, 2017 Elimination Chamber Phoenix, AZ 1 9 9
Vacated February 21, 2017 SmackDown Live Ontario, CA Naomi had to vacate the championship due to suffering a knee injury in winning the title.
4 Alexa Bliss February 21, 2017 SmackDown Live Ontario, CA 2 40 41 Defeated Becky Lynch to win the vacant title.
5 Naomi April 2, 2017 WrestleMania 33 Orlando, FL 2 140 140 Defeated Alexa Bliss in a Six Pack Challenge, also including Carmella, Mickie James, Becky Lynch, and Natalya.
6 Natalya August 20, 2017 SummerSlam Brooklyn, NY 1 86 87
7 Charlotte Flair November 14, 2017 SmackDown Live Charlotte, NC 1 147 146
8 Carmella April 10, 2018 SmackDown Live New Orleans, LA 1 131 131 Cashed in her Money in the Bank contract.
9 Charlotte Flair August 18, 2018 SummerSlam Brooklyn, NY 2 28 27 This was a triple threat match, also involving Becky Lynch.
10 Becky Lynch September 16, 2018 Hell in a Cell San Antonio, TX 2 91 91
11 Asuka December 16, 2018 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs San Jose, CA 1 100 99 This was a Triple Threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, also involving Charlotte Flair.
12 Charlotte Flair March 26, 2019 SmackDown Uncasville, CT 3 12 12
13 Becky Lynch April 8, 2019 WrestleMania 35 East Rutherford, NJ 3 41 41 This was a winner takes all triple threat match for both the Raw and SmackDown Women's Championships, also involving Ronda Rousey, who defended the Raw Women's Championship. Lynch pinned Rousey to win both titles. With the win Lynch, became a double champion and the only woman to ever hold both titles simultaneously.
14 Charlotte Flair May 19, 2019 Money in the Bank Hartford, CT 4 <1 <1
15 Bayley May 19, 2019 Money in the Bank Hartford, CT 1 140 140 This was Bayley's Money in the Bank cash-in match.
16 Charlotte Flair October 6, 2019 Hell in a Cell Sacramento, CA 5 5 5
17 Bayley October 11, 2019 SmackDown Las Vegas, NV 2 380 379
18 Sasha Banks October 25, 2020 Hell in a Cell Orlando, FL 1 167 167 This was a Hell in a Cell match.
19 Bianca Belair April 10, 2021 WrestleMania 37
Night 1
Tampa, FL 1 133 133
20 Becky Lynch August 21, 2021 SummerSlam Paradise, NV 4 62 62 Bianca Belair was originally scheduled to defend the title against Sasha Banks; however, before the match began, it was announced that Banks was unable to compete for undisclosed reasons. Carmella was then announced as her new opponent, but Lynch made a surprise return from maternity leave, took out Carmella, and challenged Belair to an impromptu match that Belair accepted.
21 Charlotte Flair October 22, 2021 SmackDown Wichita, KS 6 198 198 As a result of the 2021 WWE Draft, then-Raw Women's Champion Charlotte Flair was drafted to SmackDown while Becky Lynch was drafted to Raw. To keep the titles on their respective brands, IWE official Sonya Deville had the two women exchange championships.
22 Ronda Rousey May 8, 2022 WrestleMania Backlash Providence, RI 1 55 55 This was an "I Quit" match.
23 Liv Morgan July 2, 2022 Money in the Bank Paradise, NV 1 98 97 This was Morgan's Money in the Bank cash-in match.
Morgan was a member of the Raw roster prior to the cash-in. She was transferred to the SmackDown brand after winning the championship.
24 Ronda Rousey October 8, 2022 Extreme Rules Philadelphia, PA 2 83 83 This was a Extreme Rules match.
25 Charlotte Flair December 30, 2022 SmackDown Tampa, FL 7 92 92
26 Rhea Ripley April 1, 2023 WrestleMania 39
Night 1
Inglewood, CA 1 371+ 371+ The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2023 IWE Draft. On the June 12, 2023, episode of Raw, the title was renamed as the Women's World Championship.
IWE: Raw

Combined reigns

As of January 30, 2025.

Indicates the current champion

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined days Combined days
recognized by IWE
1 Bayley 2 520 519
2 Charlotte Flair 7 483 479
3 Rhea Ripley1 371+
4 Becky Lynch 4 278
5 Sasha Banks 1 167
6 Naomi 2 149
7 Ronda Rousey 1 138
8 Bianca Belair 1 133
9 Carmella 1 131
10 Alexa Bliss 2 110 111
11 Asuka 1 100
12 Liv Morgan 1 98 97
13 Natalya 1 86

See also

References

External links

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