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Trish Stratus after winning her seventh reign, the most of any WWE Women's Champion.

The WWE Women's Championship was a 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.

Title history

Names

Name[1] Years[1]
NWA World Women's Championship 1956—1983
WWF Women's Championship 1983—2002
WWE Women's Championship 2002—2010
Unified WWE Divas' Championship 2010

Reigns

† indicates reigns and title changes not recognized by WWE.
# Wrestler Reigns Date Days Held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 The Fabulous Moolah 1 September 18, 1956 3651 Baltimore, MD Live event Defeated Judy Grable in a tournament final. The NWA World Women's Championship was sold by Moolah to the World Wrestling Federation. WWE does not recognize any title changes of that title between 1956 and 1983. [2]
— Bette Boucher 1† September 17, 1966 13 Seattle, WA Live event [1]
— The Fabulous Moolah 1(2)† September 1966 527 — Live event [1]
— Yukiko Tomoe 1† March 10, 1968 23 Osaka, Japan Live event [1]
— The Fabulous Moolah 1(3)† April 2, 1968 2862 Hamamatsu, Japan Live event [1]
— Sue Green 1† February 2, 1976 32 New York, NY Live event [1]
— The Fabulous Moolah 1(4)† March 5, 1976 947 New York, NY Live event [1]
— Evelyn Stevens 1† October 8, 1978 2 Dallas, TX Live event [1]
— The Fabulous Moolah 1(5)† October 10, 1978 2113 Fort Worth, TX Live event WWE does not recognize any of the title changes before 1984, considering Moolah's reign to be 10,170 days. [1]
2 Wendi Richter 1 July 23, 1984 210 New York, NY The Brawl to End It All Became the youngest woman to hold the title. [3]
3 Leilani Kai 1 February 18, 1985 41 New York, NY The War to Settle the Score event. Later aired on Prime Time Wrestling Aired March 5, 1985. [4]
4 Wendi Richter 2 March 31, 1985 239 New York, NY WrestleMania [5]
5 The Spider Lady (Fabulous Moolah) 2(6)† November 25, 1985 220 New York, NY Live event See "The Original Screwjob". [6]
6 Velvet McIntyre 1 July 3, 1986 6 Brisbane, Australia Live event [7]
7 The Fabulous Moolah 3(7)† July 9, 1986 380 Sydney, Australia Live event [8]
8 Sensational Sherri 1 July 24, 1987 441 Houston, TX Live event [9]
9 Rockin' Robin 1 October 7, 1988 451 Paris, France Prime Time Wrestling Aired November 8, 1988. [10]
— Deactivated — February 21, 1990 — — — Title deactivated and Rockin' Robin stripped of the belt. [10]
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.[11] [12]
11 Bull Nakano 1 November 20, 1994 134 Tokyo, Japan Big Egg Wrestling Universe [13]
12 Alundra Blayze 2 April 3, 1995 146 Poughkeepsie, NY Monday Night Raw [14]
13 Bertha Faye 1 August 27, 1995 57 Pittsburgh, PA SummerSlam (1995) [15]
14 Alundra Blayze 3 October 23, 1995 51 Brandon, MB Monday Night Raw [16]
— Deactivated — December 13, 1995 — — — Title deactivated when Blayze left WWF. Blayze then joined World Championship Wrestling and appeared on Nitro in Augusta, GA on December 18, 1995 and dropped the title belt in a trash can.[17] [16]
15 Jacqueline 1 September 15, 1998[18] 61 Sacramento, CA Raw is War Became the first African American woman to win the title. Aired on tape delay on September 21, 1998. Defeated Sable. [19]
16 Sable 1 November 15, 1998 176 St. Louis, MO Survivor Series (1998) [20]
17 Debra 1 May 10, 1999 29 Orlando, FL Raw is War This was contested in an evening gown match. Sable actually 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. [21]
18 Ivory 1 June 8, 1999[22] 131 Worcester, MA Raw is War Aired June 14, 1999. [23]
19 The Fabulous Moolah 4(8)† October 17, 1999 8 Cleveland, OH No Mercy (1999) [24]
20 Ivory 2 October 25, 1999 48 Providence, RI Raw is War [25]
21 Miss Kitty 1 December 12, 1999 50 Sunrise, FL Armageddon (1999) This was contested in a four corners 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 actually Harvey Wippleman disguised as a woman, thus being the only man to hold the title. [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. Contested in the main event of Smackdown!. [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 contested in a Four Corners match, also involving Jacqueline and Trish Stratus. [32]
27 Chyna 1 April 1, 2001 214 Houston, TX WrestleMania X-Seven [33]
— Vacated — November 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 (2001) This was a six way match, also involving Lita, Jacqueline, Ivory, Molly Holly, and Jazz for vacant title. [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 contested in a tag team match with Stratus and Bubba Ray Dudley defeating Jazz and Steven Richards. [36]
31 Molly Holly 1 June 23, 2002 91 Columbus, OH King of the Ring (2002) [37]
32 Trish Stratus 3 September 22, 2002 56 Los Angeles, CA Unforgiven (2002) [38]
33 Victoria 1 November 17, 2002 133 New York, NY Survivor Series (2002) This was contested in a hardcore match. [39]
34 Trish Stratus 4 March 30, 2003 28 Seattle, WA WrestleMania XIX This was contested in a triple threat match also involving Jazz. [40]
35 Jazz 2 April 27, 2003 64 Worcester, MA Backlash (2003) [41]
36 Gail Kim 1 June 30, 2003 28 Buffalo, NY Raw Kim won the title in her debut in a seven-woman battle royal, also involving Ivory, Victoria, 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 contested in 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 (2004) This was contested in a fatal four-way match also involving Lita and Gail Kim, Trish pinned Lita to win the title. [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 (2005) [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 (2006) [50]
— Vacated — September 18, 2006 — Montreal, QC Raw Title vacated due to Stratus' retirement. [51]
45 Lita 4 November 5, 2006 21 Cincinnati, OH Cyber Sunday (2006) This was contested a lumberjill match involving Candice Michelle, Torrie Wilson, Ashley, Jillian Hall, Layla, Kelly Kelly, Rebecca DiPietro, Ariel, Melina, Michelle McCool, Victoria, Trinity, and Kristal Marshall. Lita defeated Mickie James in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [51]
46 Mickie James 2 November 26, 2006 85 Philadelphia, PA Survivor Series (2006) [52]
47 Melina 1 February 19, 2007 64 Bakersfield, CA Raw [53]
48 Mickie James 3 April 24, 2007 0 Paris, France Live event This was a triple threat match also involving Victoria, who Mickie pinned to win the title. This was the shortest Women's Championship reign in history. [54]
49 Melina 2 April 24, 2007 61 Paris, France Live event 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 Became the first Diva Search contestant to win the Women's Championship. [56]
51 Beth Phoenix 1 October 7, 2007 190 Rosemont, IL No Mercy (2007) [57]
52 Mickie James 4 April 14, 2008 125 London, England Raw [58]
53 Beth Phoenix 2 August 17, 2008 161 Indianapolis, IN SummerSlam (2008) This was contested in a Winner Takes All Intergender Tag Team match also involving her partner Santino Marella and James' partner Kofi Kingston, whose WWE Intercontinental Championship was also on the line. [59]
54 Melina 3 January 25, 2009 154 Detroit, MI Royal Rumble (2009) The title became exclusive to SmackDown when Melina was drafted to SmackDown on April 13, 2009. [60]
55 Michelle McCool 1 June 28, 2009 217 Sacramento, CA The Bash Michelle McCool became the first woman to hold the Women's and Divas title. [61]
56 Mickie James 5 January 31, 2010 23 Atlanta, GA Royal Rumble (2010) [62]
57 Michelle McCool 2 February 23, 2010 61 Milwaukee, WI SmackDown! Aired on tape delay on February 26, 2010. Vickie Guerrero was the Special Guest Referee. [63]
58 Beth Phoenix 3 April 25, 2010 16 Baltimore, MD Extreme Rules (2010) This was contested in an Extreme Makeover Match. [64]
59 Layla 1 May 11, 2010 131 Buffalo, NY SmackDown! 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. This episode aired on tape delay on May 14, 2010. [65]
— Deactivated — September 19, 2010 — Rosemont, IL Night of Champions (2010) 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

Melina in her third reign as Women's Champion, after winning the belt at the Royal Rumble (2009)
Rank Wrestler # of
Reigns 		Combined
Days
1 The Fabulous Moolah 4 10,708
2 Trish Stratus 7 828
3 Alundra Blayze 3 539
4 Rockin' Robin 1 451
5 Wendi Richter 2 449
6 Sherri Martel 1 441
7 Mickie James 5 367
Beth Phoenix 3 367
8 Ivory 3 331
9 Molly Holly 2 301
10 Melina 3 279
11 Michelle McCool 2 278
12 Victoria 2 244
13 Chyna 1 214
14 Sable 1 176
15 Jazz 2 162
16 Lita 4 160
17 Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley 1 146
18 Bull Nakano 1 134
19 Layla 1 131
20 Jacqueline 2 117
21 Candice Michelle 1 105
22 Bertha Faye 1 57
23 The Kat 1 50
24 Leilani Kai 1 41
25 Debra 1 29
26 Gail Kim 1 28
27 Velvet McIntyre 1 6
28 Hervina 1 1

See also

References

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  37. ^ "Molly Holly's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
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  67. ^ "Hall of Women's Champions". WWE. Retrieved 2010-09-26. Layla is the last-ever Women's Champion.


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