WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
The WWE SmackDown Women's Championship is a wrestling championship in WWE competed by women of the SmackDown Live brand. It was created after the return of the brand extension. The WWE Women's Championship became exclusive of Raw. The current champion is Ronda Rousey.
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 Alexa Bliss with the belt. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Ronda Rousey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | May 8, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brand | SmackDown | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date created | August 23, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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History
With the return of the WWE Brand Extension in the middle of 2016,[1][2] a draft took place on July 19. The WWE Women's Champion Charlotte was drafted to Raw. As a result, SmackDown Live was left without a women's title.[3] On the August 23, 2016 episode of SmackDown Live, Shane McMahon introduced the SmackDown Women's Championship.[4] The first champion was crowned at Backlash on September 11, 2016, where Becky Lynch beat Alexa Bliss, Carmella, Naomi, Natalya and Nikki Bella in a six-pack elimination challenge to win the title.[5]
Reigns
| Reign | The reign number for the specific champion listed |
|---|---|
| Location | The city in which the title was won |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1 | Becky Lynch | 1 | September 11, 2016 | 84 | Richmond, VA | Backlash | Beat Alexa Bliss, Carmella, Naomi, Natalya and Nikki Bella in a six-pack elimination challenge to become the first champion. | [5] |
| 2 | Alexa Bliss | 1 | December 4, 2016 | 70 | Dallas, TX | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | This was a tables match. | [6] |
| 3 | Naomi | 1 | February 12, 2017 | 9 | Phoenix, AZ | Elimination Chamber | [7] | |
| — | Vacated | — | February 21, 2017 | — | Ontario, CA | SmackDown Live | Naomi vacated the title due she hurt her knee during the Elimination Chamber. | [8] |
| 4 | Alexa Bliss | 2 | February 21, 2017 | 40 | Ontario, CA | SmackDown Live | Defeated Becky Lynch to win the title. | [8] |
| 5 | Naomi | 2 | April 2, 2017 | 140 | Orlando, FL | WrestleMania 33 | This was a six-pack challenge, also involving Becky Lynch, Carmella, Mickie James, and Natalya. | [9] |
| 6 | Natalya | 1 | August 20, 2017 | 86 | Brooklyn, NY | Summerslam | Became the first woman in WWE history to have held both the Divas and SmackDown Women's titles. | |
| 7 | Charlotte Flair | 1 | November 14, 2017 | 147 | Charlotte, NC | SmackDown Live | Became the first woman in WWE history to have held the NXT, Divas, Raw Women's and SmackDown Women's Championships (Grand Slam Champion) | |
| 8 | Carmella | 1 | April 10, 2018 | 131 | New Orleans, LA | SmackDown Live | Carmella cashed in her Money in the Bank contract. | |
| 9 | Charlotte Flair | 2 | August 19, 2018 | 28 | Brooklyn, NY | Summerslam | This was a triple threat match, also involving Becky Lynch. | |
| 10 | Becky Lynch | 2 | September 16, 2018 | 91 | San Antonio, TX | Hell In A Cell | ||
| 11 | Asuka | 1 | December 16, 2018 | 100 | San Jose, CA | TLC: Tables, Ladders, & Chairs | This was a triple threat tables, ladders and chairs match that Charlotte Flair also competed in. | |
| 12 | Charlotte Flair | 3 | March 26, 2019 | 15 | Uncasville, CT | SmackDown Live | ||
| 13 | Becky Lynch | 3 | April 8, 2019 | 28+ | East Rutherforld, NJ | WrestleMania 35 | A Triple Threat Winner Takes All match with Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey | |
| 14 | Charlotte Flair | 4 | May 19, 2019 | 4 minutes | Money in the Bank | One on One match against Lacey Evans | ||
| 15 | Bayley | 1 | 140 | Cashes in Money in the Bank | ||||
| 16 | Charlotte
Flair |
5 | October 6, 2019 | 5 | Hell in a Cell | |||
| 17 | Bayley | 2 | 11th October, 2019 | Charlotte | Smackdown |
Combined reigns
As of January 31, 2021.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days | 1 | Becky Lynch | 3 | 203+ |
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| 3 | Naomi |
2 || 149 | |||||
| 4 | Carmella | 1 | 131 | ||||
| 5 | Alexa Bliss | 2 | 110 | ||||
| 6 | Natalya | 1 | 86 | ||||
| 7 | Asuka | 1 | 64+ |
WWE SmackDown Women's Championship Media
Naomi with her custom glowing SmackDown Women's Championship belt during her second reign.
Current champion Rhea Ripley.
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References
- ↑ Steinberg, Brian (May 25, 2016). "WWE's 'Smackdown' Will Move To Live Broadcast On USA (Exclusive)". Variety. https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/wwe-smackdown-live-usa-1201782569/. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
- ↑ "WWE's destiny to be determined during SmackDown's Live premiere". WWE. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ↑ "2016 WWE Draft results: WWE officially ushers in New Era". WWE. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ↑ Parks, Greg. "8/23 WWE Smackdown LIVE – Parks's Complete, Real-Time Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Caldwell, James. "9/11 WWE Backlash Results – CALDWELL'S Complete PPV Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ Powell, Jason. "Powell's WWE TLC 2016 live review: AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose in a TLC match for the WWE Championship, The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler in a ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ↑ Powell, Jason. "2/12 Powell's WWE Elimination Chamber 2017 live review: John Cena vs. AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose vs. The Miz vs. Baron Corbin vs. Bray Wyatt in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Keller, Wade. "KELLER'S WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 2/21: Results of Battle Royal to determine a new no. 1 contender for WWE Championship at WrestleMania". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ↑ Powell, Jason. "Powell's WrestleMania 33 live review: Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns, Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship, AJ Styles vs. Shane McMahon, Seth Rollins vs. Triple H in an unsanctioned match". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved April 2, 2017.