Over the years, WWE Women's Superstars have had several titles to fight for, and with each title there has been hard fought battles to prove who was truly the best woman on the roster.
WWE Women's Championship
Other names: WWF Women's Championship
Years Active: 1956-1990;1993-1995;1998-2010
First Champion: Fabulous Moolah
Last Champion: Layla
Longest Reign- Fabulous Moolah (10,107 days)
Shortest Reign- Mickie James(>1day)
Most Reigns: Trish Stratus (7)
Notes: Fabulous Moolah actually holds the record of most reigns, but WWE didn't recognize any title changes from 1956-1984.
The title was Raw exclusive as part of the first brand extension draft from 2002-2009. The title moved to SmackDown in 2009, when then champion Melina was drafted there, and the title would remain on the blue brand until it was retired in 2010.
Mickie James defeated Melina and Victoria in a live event on April 24, 2007 to become Women's Champion, but the decision was later reversed as Mickie pined Victoria, when Melina was the champion at the time, giving her the shortest reigning Women's Champion of 17 hours.
The title has been deactivated on three occasions. Once in 1990, 1995, and finally in 2010 when Michelle McCool defeated Melina to unify the Women's title with the Divas title, thus retiring the Women's Title.
WWE Divas Championship
Other names: Unified Divas Championship
Years Active: 2008-2016
First Champion: Michelle McCool
Last Champion: Charlotte Flair
Longest Reign: Nikki Bella (301 Days)
Shortest Reign: Jillian Halls (2 min)
Most Reigns: Eve Torres & AJ LEE(3)
Notes: The Divas Championship was created in 2008 for the women of SmackDown, after nearly six years of the women not having a championship to fight for. It then became exclusive to Raw the following year, when then champion Maryse was drafted. When the Women's title was retired and unified with the Divas title, the Divas Championship would be the sole championship for both Raw and SmackDown until the first Brand Extension was phased out in 2011.
AJ Lee became the first and only women to defend the Divas Championship at Wrestlemania in 2014, apart of the Diva's Championship Invitational.
Alicia Fox is the first and only African American to win the Divas Championship in 2010. It was her only reign, and it lasted 56 days.
The title was retired in April 2016, at Wrestlemania 32, when 4× Women's Champion and WWE Hall of Famer Lita introduced a new Women's title that would replace the Divas title in the process.
WWE RAW Women's Championship
Other Names: WWE Women's Championship
Years Active: 2016- Present
First Champion: Charlotte Flair
Longest Reign: Charlotte Flair (114 Days)
Shortest Reign: Sasha Banks (27 Days)
Most Reigns: Charlotte Flair & Sasha Banks(3)
Notes: The WWE Raw Women's Championship was created in April 2016, and was first introduced at Wrestlemania 32 by WWE Hall of Famer Lita. It replaced the Divas Title when it was revealed that the term 'WWE Diva' would be terminated in favor of being called Superstar's, much like their male coworkers.
Charlotte Flair became the inaugural champion, when she defeated Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch later on that night.
The championship, which was originally the WWE Women's Title, was renamed the WWE Raw Women's Title when the champion at the time, Charlotte Flair, was drafted to Monday Night Raw on July 19, 2016.
Though this title belt is relatively new, it has already been raised to great heights. For the first time in WWE History, Charlotte and the Women's Champion at the time Sasha Banks, fought for the title inside Hell in a Cell, Falls Count Anywhere, & Iron Man matches.
WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
Years Active: 2016- Present
First Champion: Becky Lynch
Longest Reign: 85 Days (Becky
Lynch)Shortest Reign: 9 Days (Naomi)
Most Reigns: Alexa Bliss & Naomi (2)
* Stats are pulled from WWE.com
Notes: After the WWE Brand Extension Draft was said and done, the women of SmackDown were left without a title to fight for. After a whole month, WWE finally introduced the SmackDown Women's Championship, that would be put on the line in a Six Pack Elimination challenge at Backlash. Becky Lynch prevailed in this matchup to became the inaugural champion.
This belt has also been held to great heights, as it has been defended in a Tables Match, Steel Cage Match, and was in the Women's Main Event at WrestleMania 33.
Last Updated: June 11, 2017
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