IWE Raw Women's Championship
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- Not to be confused with IWE Women's Championship or IWE Divas Championship.
| IWE Women's Championship | |
| The current IWE Women's Championship belt with default side plates. | |
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| Current champion(s) | Charlotte |
| Date won | April 3, 2016 |
| Date established | April 3, 2016 |
| Promotion | IWE |
| Statistics | |
| First champion(s) | Charlotte |
The IWE Women's Championship is a professional wrestling championship in the IWE promotion. It was introduced on April 3, 2016, to replace the IWE Divas Championship, which had been introduced alongside the original Women's Championship in 2008, before the titles were unified under the Divas Championship name in 2010. The IWE Women's Championship is a new, separate title that does not carry the lineage of the original Women's Championship.
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History
On April 3, 2016, IWE Hall of Famer Lita appeared during the IWE WrestleMania 32 pre-show and, after recapping the history of women's wrestling in IWE, unveiled the brand-new championship belt and declared that IWE's women would no longer be referred to as IWE Divas, but as "Superstars" just as their male counterparts are. This came after several of IWE's female wrestlers had viewed the Diva term as a negative as they felt it diminished their role in the company to "eye candy" rather than as athletes. She then announced that the winner of the Triple Threat match between Charlotte, Becky Lynch, and Sasha Banks later that night would become the first-ever champion. Charlotte became the inaugural champion on April 3, 2016.
The title was named after the IWE Women's Championship however the new title does not share the same lineage as the original IWE Women's Championship was merged into the IWE Diva's Championship in 2010 because IWE had long branded their female wrestlers as "Divas" Following the announcement, seven time IWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus "And she's back! So go get it girls, this is what you (we) have been fighting for, No matter the outcome, you all will be in the historybooks for restoring the integrity and credibility of the women's division.".
Reigns
- Main article: List of IWE Women's Champions (2016-present)
The current champion is Charlotte, who is the inaugural holder. She defeated Becky Lynch, and Sasha Banks by submission in Triple Threat match at WrestleMania 32 on April 3, 2016 to win the title. The match was originally supposed to be for the IWE Divas Championship, which was held by Charlotte, but the title was retired with the unveiling of the new championship.
