IWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)
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| The final belt design of the Women's Championship (June 2002 - September 2010) | |
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| Date established | September 18, 1956 |
| Promotion | IWE |
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The IWE Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship in the International Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (IWF/E) promotion. The lineage of the Women's Championship dates back to September 18, 1956, when The Fabulous Moolah became the NWA World Women's Champion. The IWE did not exist at that time, and although they did not create their own women's championship until 1984 with The Fabulous Moolah as the first IWF Women's Champion, they claim 1956 for the championship's establishment and do not recognize any title changes from when Moolah became champion in 1956 until she lost it in 1984. This made the Women's Championship the oldest active professional wrestling championship in International Wrestling Entertainment history until its retirement in 2010 after unification with the IWE Divas Championship. The final champion was Layla.
A new IWE Women's Championship (now Raw Women's Championship) was created in 2016, and although both championships had shared the name and the original is considered to be the predecessor, the new championship does not carry the lineage of the original.
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History
IWF Women's Championship Tournament (1993)
The IWF Women's Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide the new Women's Champion after the title was reinstated following three years of inactivity.
IWE Women's Championship Tournament (2006)
The IWE Women's Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide a new Women's Champion after Trish Stratus retired.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first round started on September 25, 2006.
Brand designation history
Following the IWE brand extension on March 25, all titles in IWE became exclusive to either the Raw brand or SmackDown brand. The following is a list of dates indicating the transitions of the Women's Championship between the Raw and SmackDown brands.
Reigns
- Main article: List of IWE Women's Champions (1956–2010)
The inaugural champion was The Fabulous Moolah who defeated Judy Grable in September 1956 and she by far had the longest official reign by holding it for 27 years, 10 months, 5 days, or a total of 10,170 days. Trish Stratus has had more reigns than anyone else, with seven. Sari Pasma has the shortest reign, while in Paris on April 24, 2007. Pasma defeated then-champion Denise and Courtney Savoie in a Triple Threat Match. However, Jonathan Coachman, the Acting General Manager for Raw said that since Sari pinned Courtney, Denise deserved an immediate rematch in which she won by having her feet on the ropes. Amber, Bailey Dalton (Last Reign) and Victoria are the only undefeated champions in IWE history as Amber retired during her first reign and Amanda Johnson unified the Divas and Women's titles in Victoria's place(Victoria being the Womens Champion at the time). Rockin Robin was stripped of the title when she left and the title was deactivated.
