List of WWE Women's Champions

The former and final WWE Women's Champion: Layla

The WWE Women's Championship was a professional wrestling championship in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion.

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.

The title became vacant only twice in history for a total of 65 days and deactivated twice for a combined 1398 days.

The inaugural champion was The Fabulous Moolah, who won the title on September 18, 1956. She has the longest reign with 3,651 days, as well as the most reigns with 8. Moolah is also the oldest competitor to win the title at age 76. Under the WWE banner, The Fabulous Moolah has the longest reign with 10,170 days and Trish Stratus has the most reigns with 7.

Mickie James has the shortest reign with 1 hour. Stephanie McMahon is the youngest champion at age 23 and 5 months. Bertha Faye is the heaviest champion and The Kat is the lightest champion. The final champion is Layla.

Title history

Names

Name	Years
NWA World Women's Championship	1956—1983
WWF Women's Championship	1983—2002
WWE Women's Championship	2002—2010

Reigns

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	The Fabulous Moolah	1	September 18, 1956		Baltimore, MD	Live event	Moolah's reign is the only reign recognized until 1984 with it listed as 10,170 days held.
—	Bette Boucher	1	September 17, 1966		Seattle, WA	Live event
—	The Fabulous Moolah	2	September 30, 1966		—	Live event
—	Yukiko Tomoe	1	March 10, 1968		Osaka, Japan	Live event
—	The Fabulous Moolah	3	April 2, 1968		Hamamatsu, Japan	Live event
—	Sue Green	1	February 2, 1976		New York, NY	Live event
—	The Fabulous Moolah	4	March 5, 1976		New York, NY	Live event
—	Evelyn Stevens	1	October 8, 1978		Dallas, TX	Live event
—	The Fabulous Moolah	5	October 10, 1978		Fort Worth, TX	Live event
2	Wendi Richter	1	July 23, 1984		New York, NY	The Brawl to End It All
3	Leilani Kai	1	February 18, 1985		New York, NY	The War to Settle the Score	Aired March 5, 1985 on Prime Time Wrestling.
4	Wendi Richter	2	March 31, 1985		New York, NY	WrestleMania
5	The Spider (Fabulous Moolah)	6	November 25, 1985		New York, NY	Live event	This was the original screwjob
6	Velvet McIntyre	1	July 3, 1986		Brisbane, Australia	Live event
7	The Fabulous Moolah	7	July 9, 1986		Sydney, Australia	Live event
8	Sensational Sherri	1	July 24, 1987		Houston, TX	Live event
9	Rockin' Robin	1	October 7, 1988		Paris, France	Prime Time Wrestling	Aired November 8, 1988.
—	Deactivated	—	February 21, 1990	—	—	—	Title deactivated.
10	Alundra Blayze	1	December 13, 1993		Poughkeepsie, NY	All American Wrestling	Aired December 26, 1993. Defeated Heidi Lee Morgan in a tournament final.
11	Bull Nakano	1	November 20, 1994		Tokyo, Japan	Big Egg Wrestling Universe
12	Alundra Blayze	2	April 3, 1995		Poughkeepsie, NY	Raw
13	Bertha Faye	1	August 27, 1995		Pittsburgh, PA	SummerSlam
14	Alundra Blayze	3	October 23, 1995		Brandon, MB	Raw
—	Deactivated	—	December 13, 1995	—	—	—	Title deactivated when Blayze left the WWF. Blayze then joined World Championship Wrestling and, during Nitro in Augusta, GA on December 18, 1995, dropped the title belt in a trash can.
15	Jacqueline	1	September 15, 1998		Sacramento, CA	Raw is War	Aired September 21, 1998. Defeated Sable.
16	Sable	1	November 15, 1998		St. Louis, MO	Survivor Series	Shane McMahon was the special guest referee.
17	Debra	1	May 10, 1999		Orlando, FL	Raw is War	This was an evening gown match. Sable had 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.
18	Ivory	1	June 8, 1999		Worcester, MA	Raw is War	Aired June 14, 1999.
19	The Fabulous Moolah	8	October 17, 1999		Cleveland, OH	No Mercy
20	Ivory	2	October 25, 1999		Providence, RI	Raw is War
21	The Kat	1	December 12, 1999		Sunrise, FL	Armageddon	This was a fatal four-way evening gown pool match, also involving Jacqueline and B.B., with The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young as special guest referees.
22	Hervina	1	January 31, 2000		Pittsburgh, PA	Raw is War	This was a lumberjill snowbunny match. Hervina was Harvey Wippleman disguised as a woman.
23	Jacqueline	2	February 1, 2000		Detroit, MI	SmackDown!	Aired February 3, 2000.
24	Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley	1	March 28, 2000		San Antonio, TX	SmackDown!	Aired March 30, 2000.
25	Lita	1	August 21, 2000		Lafayette, LA	Raw is War	The Rock was the special guest referee.
26	Ivory	3	October 31, 2000		Rochester, NY	SmackDown!	Aired November 2, 2000. This was a fatal four-way match, also involving Jacqueline and Trish Stratus.
27	Chyna	1	April 1, 2001		Houston, TX	WrestleMania X-Seven
—	Vacated	—	November 1, 2001	—	—	—	Title vacated when Chyna retired and left the WWF in a contract dispute.
28	Trish Stratus	1	November 18, 2001		Greensboro, NC	Survivor Series	This was a six way match, also involving Lita, Jacqueline, Ivory, Molly Holly and Jazz.
29	Jazz	1	February 4, 2002		Las Vegas, NV	Raw	Title was renamed WWE Women's Championship on May 6, 2002.
30	Trish Stratus	2	May 13, 2002		Toronto, ON	Raw	This was a hardcore mixed tag team match with Stratus and Bubba Ray Dudley defeating Jazz and Steven Richards, where Richards' WWE Hardcore Championship was also on the line.
31	Molly Holly	1	June 23, 2002		Columbus, OH	King of the Ring
32	Trish Stratus	3	September 22, 2002		Los Angeles, CA	Unforgiven	On the September 26, 2002 edition of SmackDown!, General Manager Stephanie McMahon reveals that the Women's title has been made exclusive to Raw.
33	Victoria	1	November 17, 2002		New York, NY	Survivor Series	This was a hardcore match.
34	Trish Stratus	4	March 30, 2003		Seattle, WA	WrestleMania XIX	This was a triple threat match also involving Jazz.
35	Jazz	2	April 27, 2003		Worcester, MA	Backlash
36	Gail Kim	1	June 30, 2003		Buffalo, NY	Raw	Kim defeated Victoria in the finals of a seven-woman battle royal, also involving Ivory, Molly Holly, Trish Stratus and Jacqueline.
37	Molly Holly	2	July 28, 2003		Colorado Springs, CO	Raw
38	Victoria	2	February 23, 2004		Omaha, NE	Raw	This was a fatal four-way elimination match, also involving Lita and Jazz. Victoria pinned Lita to win the championship.
39	Trish Stratus	5	June 13, 2004		Columbus, OH	Bad Blood	This was a fatal four-way match also involving Lita and Gail Kim. Stratus pinned Lita to win the championship.
40	Lita	2	December 6, 2004		Charlotte, NC	Raw
41	Trish Stratus	6	January 9, 2005		San Juan, Puerto Rico	New Year's Revolution
42	Mickie James	1	April 2, 2006		Rosemont, IL	WrestleMania 22
43	Lita	3	August 14, 2006		Charlottesville, VA	Raw
44	Trish Stratus	7	September 17, 2006		Toronto, ON	Unforgiven
—	Vacated	—	September 18, 2006	—	Montreal, QC	Raw	Title vacated due to Stratus' legitimate retirement.
45	Lita	4	November 5, 2006		Cincinnati, OH	Cyber Sunday	This was a lumberjill match. Lita defeated Mickie James in a tournament final.
46	Mickie James	2	November 26, 2006		Philadelphia, PA	Survivor Series
47	Melina	1	February 19, 2007		Bakersfield, CA	Raw
48	Mickie James	3	April 24, 2007	<1	Paris, France	Live event	This was a triple threat match also involving Victoria.
49	Melina	2					Melina was awarded an immediate rematch because Mickie pinned Victoria who was not the champion.
50	Candice Michelle	1	June 24, 2007		Houston, TX	Vengeance: Night of Champions
51	Beth Phoenix	1	October 7, 2007		Rosemont, IL	No Mercy
52	Mickie James	4	April 14, 2008		London, England	Raw
53	Beth Phoenix	2	August 17, 2008		Indianapolis, IN	SummerSlam	This was a Winner Takes All Intergender tag team match where Phoenix teamed with Santino Marella and James with Kofi Kingston, whose WWE Intercontinental Championship was also on the line.
54	Melina	3	January 25, 2009		Detroit, MI	Royal Rumble	The title became exclusive to SmackDown when Melina was drafted to the SmackDown brand on April 13, 2009.
55	Michelle McCool	1	June 28, 2009		Sacramento, CA	The Bash
56	Mickie James	5	January 31, 2010		Atlanta, GA	Royal Rumble
57	Michelle McCool	2	February 23, 2010		Milwaukee, WI	SmackDown	Vickie Guerrero served as the special guest referee. Aired on February 26, 2010.
58	Beth Phoenix	3	April 25, 2010		Baltimore, MD	Extreme Rules	This was contested in an Extreme Makeover match.
59	Layla	1	May 11, 2010		Buffalo, NY	SmackDown	Aired on broadcast delay on May 14, 2010. 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.
—	Unified	—	September 19, 2010	—	Rosemont, IL	Night of Champions	Retired after Michelle McCool, who had been unofficially co-reigning with Layla, defeated Melina to unify the Women's and WWE Divas Championship.

Combined reigns

The inaugural, eight-time, oldest, most combined days and longest reign in the WWF/E Women's Championship history: The Fabulous Moolah.

Trish Stratus after winning her seventh title, the most of any WWE Women's Champion under the WWE banner

Rank	Champion	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	The Fabulous Moolah	8	10,708
2	Trish Stratus	7	828
3	Alundra Blayze	3	539
4	Rockin' Robin	1	502
5	Wendi Richter	2	449
6	Sensational Sherri	1	441
7	Beth Phoenix	3	367
	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

• WWE Diva
• WWE Divas Championship
• NWA World Women's Championship
• List of WWE Divas Champions

External links

• Official WWE Women's Championship Title History