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Trish Stratus during 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 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

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 Unknown 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 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 - 1990 0 N/A N/A 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 Zenyo Big Egg 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 0 N/A N/A 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 a 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 a male 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 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 Contested in the main event of Raw. [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 Chyna retired with the championship. [33]
- Vacated - November 2001 0 N/A N/A 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. Became the second African-American woman to hold the title. [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 This was contested in a 7-Diva battle royal on including Trish Stratus, Ivory, Jacqueline, Victoria and Molly Holly. Became the first woman of Korean decent to hold the title. [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. [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. [45]
40 Lita 2 December 6, 2004 34 Charlotte, NC Raw This makes Lita the only woman to win the title twice in the main event. [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 James' win at WrestleMania 22 made her the first diva to win her first title at her debut WrestleMania. [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 0 Montreal, QC Raw Title vacated due to Stratus' legit 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 defeating Mickie James in a tournament final. [51]
46 Mickie James 2 November 26, 2006 85 Philadelphia, PA Survivor Series (2006) This was Lita's Retirement match. [52]
47 Melina 1 February 19, 2007 64 Bakersfield, CA Raw Melina became the first Mexican-American woman to win the Women's Championship. [53]
48 Mickie James 3 April 24, 2007 0 Paris, France Live event This was a triple threat match also involving Victoria. [54]
49 Melina 2 April 24, 2007 61 Paris, France Live event [55]
50 Candice Michelle 1 June 24, 2007 105 Houston, TX Vengeance: Night of Champions Became the first Diva Search contestant to capture 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 This was the only time that the WWE Women's Championship had changed hands in the UK, thus making Mickie James the only WWE diva in the titles history to capture the title in the UK. [58]
53 Beth Phoenix 2 August 17, 2008 161 Indianapolis, IN SummerSlam (2008) This was contested in an 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 Became the first person to win the Women's Championship and the WWE Divas Championship. [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 El 1 May 11, 2010 133 Buffalo, NY SmackDown! Defeated Beth Phoenix in a Texas Tornado Handicap match also involving Michelle McCool. Layla pinned Beth Phoenix to win the title to became the first -born Women's Champion. This episode aired on tape delay on May 14, 2010. [65]
- Deactivated - September 19, 2010 0 Rosemont, IL Night of Champions (2010) Retired after Michelle McCool defeated Melina to unify the Women's and WWE Divas Championship. [66][67]

Combined reigns

This list includes all title reigns.

Melina in her third reign as Women's Champion
Rank Wrestler # of
Reigns
Combined
Days
1. The Fabulous Moolah 4 10,778
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. Beth Phoenix 3 368
8. Mickie James 5 367
9. Ivory 3 331
10. Molly Holly 2 301
11. Melina 3 279
12. Michelle McCool 2 278
13. Victoria 2 244
14. Chyna 1 214
15. Sable 1 176
16. Jazz 2 162
17. Lita 4 160
18. Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley 1 146
19. Bull Nakano 1 134
20. Layla 1 131
21. Jacqueline 2 117
22. Candice Michelle 1 105
23. Bertha Faye 1 57
24. The Kat 1 50
25. Leilani Kai 1 41
26. Debra 1 29
27. Gail Kim 1 28
28. Velvet McIntyre 1 6
29. Hervina 1 1

See also

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