List of WWE Raw Women's Champions

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Current and two-time champion Becky Lynch; she was also the longest reigning champion at 373 (398 days as recognized by WWE) for her first reign and she has the longest combined reign at 475+ (500+ days as recognized by WWE).

The WWE Raw Women's Championship[1] is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It was introduced as the WWE Women's Championship on April 3, 2016, at WrestleMania 32 to replace the WWE Divas Championship and has a unique title history separate from the original WWE Women's Championship. As a result of the 2016 WWE draft, the championship became exclusive to Raw with a subsequent rename and SmackDown created the SmackDown Women's Championship as a counterpart title.

The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. Becky Lynch is the current champion in her second reign. During the 2021 WWE Draft, previous champion Charlotte Flair was drafted by SmackDown, while Lynch, who held the SmackDown Women's Championship, was drafted by Raw. On the October 22, 2021 episode of SmackDown, the night that draft results took effect, Lynch and Flair exchanged titles by order of WWE official Sonya Deville to keep the championships on their respective brands.

As of February 1, 2022, there have been 23 reigns between 10 champions. Charlotte Flair, then known simply as Charlotte, was the inaugural champion, having won the title at WrestleMania 32. Flair also has the most reigns at six. Becky Lynch's first reign is the longest at 398 days, while Flair's fifth reign is the shortest at one day. Lynch also has the longest combined reign at 475+ (500+ days as recognized by WWE). Asuka is the oldest champion at age 39 while Sasha Banks is the youngest, having won the title at 24 years, 181 days old.

Title history[]

Names[]

Name Years
WWE Women's Championship April 3, 2016 – September 4, 2016
WWE Raw Women's Championship September 5, 2016 – present

Reigns[]

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Days recog. Number of days held recognized by the promotion
† Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Days recog.
WWE
1 Charlotte April 3, 2016 WrestleMania 32 Arlington, TX 1 113 113 On the WrestleMania 32 Kickoff pre-show, the title was established as the WWE Women's Championship to replace the WWE Divas Championship, which was originally to be defended in this match. Charlotte, who was the reigning Divas Champion, defeated Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks in a triple threat match to become the inaugural champion, subsequently retiring the Divas Championship. The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2016 WWE Draft in July. [2]
WWE: Raw
2 Sasha Banks July 25, 2016 Raw Pittsburgh, PA 1 27 26 [3]
3 Charlotte August 21, 2016 SummerSlam Brooklyn, NY 2 43 43 The title was renamed as the Raw Women's Championship on September 5, 2016, following the creation of the SmackDown Women's Championship for the SmackDown brand. [4]
4 Sasha Banks October 3, 2016 Raw Los Angeles, CA 2 27 27 [5]
5 Charlotte Flair October 30, 2016 Hell in a Cell Boston, MA 3 29 29 This was the first women's Hell in a Cell match and the first time women were the main event match of a WWE pay-per-view. During her reign, Charlotte's ring name was lengthened to Charlotte Flair. [6]
6 Sasha Banks November 28, 2016 Raw Charlotte, NC 3 20 19 This was a falls count anywhere match. [7]
7 Charlotte Flair December 18, 2016 Roadblock: End of the Line Pittsburgh, PA 4 57 57 This was a 30-minute iron man match, which Flair won 3–2 in sudden death overtime. Additionally, regardless of winner, the loser could never challenge for the title as long as the other was champion. [8]
8 Bayley February 13, 2017 Raw Las Vegas, NV 1 76 75 [9]
9 Alexa Bliss April 30, 2017 Payback San Jose, CA 1 112 111 [10]
10 Sasha Banks August 20, 2017 SummerSlam Brooklyn, NY 4 8 8 [11]
11 Alexa Bliss August 28, 2017 Raw Memphis, TN 2 223 222 [12]
12 Nia Jax April 8, 2018 WrestleMania 34 New Orleans, LA 1 70 70 [13]
13 Alexa Bliss June 17, 2018 Money in the Bank Rosemont, IL 3 63 63 This was Bliss' Money in the Bank cash-in match. [14]
14 Ronda Rousey August 19, 2018 SummerSlam Brooklyn, NY 1 232 231 [15]
15 Becky Lynch April 8, 2019 WrestleMania 35 East Rutherford, NJ 1 373 398 This was a winner takes all triple threat match for both the Raw Women's Championship and SmackDown Women's Championship, also involving Charlotte Flair, who defended the SmackDown Women's Championship. Lynch pinned Rousey to win both titles. WWE recognizes Lynch's reign as ending on May 10, 2020 due to tape delay. [16]
16 Asuka April 15, 2020 Money in the Bank Stamford, CT 1 96 78 Defeated Carmella, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans, Nia Jax, and Shayna Baszler in the women's Money in the Bank ladder match. The Money in the Bank briefcase was originally supposed to contain a guaranteed championship match contract, but on the May 11, 2020 episode of Raw, Becky Lynch announced that, due to being pregnant, she had forfeited the belt prior to the ladder match, and it was placed in the briefcase with the winner getting the title.
WWE recognizes Asuka's reign as beginning on May 10, 2020 (when the Money in the Bank ladder match aired on tape delay) and ending on July 27, 2020 (also on tape delay). 		[17][18]
17 Sasha Banks July 20, 2020 Raw Orlando, FL 5 34 26 Besides pinfall or submission, the title could also change hands by countout or disqualification; Banks won by countout.
WWE recognizes Banks' reign as beginning on July 27, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay. 		[19]
18 Asuka August 23, 2020 SummerSlam Orlando, FL 2 231 231 [20]
19 Rhea Ripley April 11, 2021 WrestleMania 37
Night 2 		Tampa, FL 1 98 97 [21]
20 Charlotte Flair July 18, 2021 Money in the Bank Fort Worth, TX 5 1 1 [22]
21 Nikki A.S.H. July 19, 2021 Raw Dallas, TX 1 33 33 This was Nikki A.S.H.'s Money in the Bank cash-in match. [23]
22 Charlotte Flair August 21, 2021 SummerSlam Paradise, NV 6 62 62 This was a triple threat match also involving Rhea Ripley. [24]
23 Becky Lynch October 22, 2021 SmackDown Wichita, KS 2 102+ 102+ As a result of the 2021 WWE Draft, then-SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch was drafted to Raw while Charlotte Flair was drafted to SmackDown. To keep the titles on their respective brands, WWE official Sonya Deville had the two women exchange championships. [25]

Combined reigns[]

Inaugural and record six-time champion Charlotte Flair.

As of February 1, 2022.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
days 		Combined days
recognized by WWE
1 Becky Lynch † 2 475+ 500+
2 Alexa Bliss 3 398 396
3 Asuka 2 327 309
4 Charlotte Flair 6 305
5 Ronda Rousey 1 232 231
6 Sasha Banks 5 116 106
7 Rhea Ripley 1 98 97
8 Bayley 1 76 75
9 Nia Jax 1 70
10 Nikki A.S.H. 1 33

See also[]

References[]

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