The AEW Women's World Championship is a

women's professional wrestling Professional wrestling is a dramatic enactment of wrestling as a spectator sport. As is the norm for this sport, women's professional wrestling is organized by wrestling federations called promotions. Some promotions are exclusively for women ...

world championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

created and promoted by the American

promotion Promotion may refer to: Marketing * Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or i ...

All Elite Wrestling All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. It is considered the second largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind WWE. AEW is owned by Shahid Khan and his son Tony, ...

(AEW). Established on June 18, 2019, the inaugural champion was

Riho is a Japanese professional wrestler and idol currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is a former AEW Women's World Champion. She was trained by Emi Sakura and debuted for her Ice Ribbon promotion in May 2006, at the age of nine. S ...

. The current champion is

Jamie Hayter Paige Wooding (born 23 April 1995) better known by the ring name Jamie Hayter is an English professional wrestler who is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is the current AEW Women's World Champion in her first reign. S ...

, who is in her first reign.

History

On June 18, 2019, six months after the American professional wrestling promotion

(AEW) was founded, AEW

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

and

Chief Executive Officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especial ...

Tony Khan Antony Rafiq Khan (born October 10, 1982) is an American businessman, promoter, and sports executive. He is known for his involvement in American football, professional wrestling and soccer. He is best known as the founder and co-owner of All E ...

announced plans for both a singles and tag team championship for the women's division. It was then announced by AEW Chief Brand Officer

Brandi Rhodes Brandi Alexis Runnels ( née Reed; born June 23, 1983), known professionally as Brandi Rhodes, is an American professional wrestler, ring announcer, model, businesswoman and television personality. She is known for her time as the former Chief ...

that the AEW Women's World Championship belt would be unveiled on August 31 at All Out, and that the first champion would be crowned on October 2 during the inaugural broadcast of AEW's weekly television show, later revealed as '' Dynamite''. Both participants for the inaugural championship match were determined at All Out. The first competitor was determined by the women's

Casino Battle Royale The Casino Battle Royale, with its tag team variant being the Casino Tag Team Royale, is a professional wrestling match utilized by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Both variations are modified rumble rules battle royals. The Casino Battle Royale featu ...

during the ''Buy In'' pre-show, which was won by

Nyla Rose Nyla Rose (born August 3, 1982) is an American professional wrestler and actress signed to All Elite Wrestling, where she is a former AEW Women's World Champion. She also starred in the 2016 Canadian television series '' The Switch''. Rose beca ...

. Later that night on the main show,

became her opponent by defeating

Hikaru Shida is a Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, actress, and model, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a former and the longest-reigning AEW Women's World Champion. On February 25, 2021, she became the longest reign ...

. On the premiere episode of ''Dynamite'', Riho defeated Rose to become the inaugural champion. At All Out on September 4, 2022, reigning champion

Thunder Rosa Melissa Cervantes (born July 22, 1986), known by her ring name Thunder Rosa, is a Mexican professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a former one-time AEW Women's World Champion. She ...

was originally scheduled to defend the championship against

Toni Storm Toni Rossall (born 19 October 1995), better known by the ring name Toni Storm, is a New Zealand-Australian professional wrestler. She is currently signed to AEW, where she is a former AEW Women's World Champion. She previously worked for WWE ...

; however, due to Rosa suffering a back injury in late August, the match was called off. Instead of vacating the title, it was decided that an

interim champion An interim championship is an alternate title that is awarded by the sanctioning bodies of professional boxing, and in other combat sports such as kickboxing, professional wrestling, and mixed martial arts. Occasionally, the champion of a particul ...

would be crowned until Rosa's return, after which, the interim champion would face Rosa to determine the undisputed champion. A

four-way match Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a ...

was scheduled for All Out where Storm defeated Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.,

, and Hikaru Shida to become the interim champion. At Full Gear on November 19, Hayter defeated Storm to win the interim championship. However, on the November 23 episode of ''Dynamite'', it was announced that Rosa had relinquished the

lineal championship In combat sports where champions are decided by a challenge, the lineal championship of a weight class is a world championship title held initially by an undisputed champion and subsequently by a fighter who defeats the reigning champion in a mat ...

, thus Hayter became the undisputed champion by default and Storm's interim reign was retroactively made an official reign.

Belt design

The original AEW Women's World Championship belt had a small oval shaped center plate. There were a total of six side plates, three on each side of the center plate. The top of the center plate had a crown and ornamentation lined the edge of the center plate. At the very center of the plate was a name plate to display the reigning champion's name. Above the name plate was AEW's logo while below the name plate read "Women's World Wrestling Champion". The side plates had a globe at the center with ornamentation around the globe. On the May 28, 2021, Friday night special airing of ''Dynamite'', reigning champion Hikaru Shida was awarded with a slightly updated championship belt. The updated belt featured the overall same design, but was slightly bigger with extra encrusted diamonds and extra gold

plating Plating is a surface covering in which a metal is deposited on a conductive surface. Plating has been done for hundreds of years; it is also critical for modern technology. Plating is used to decorate objects, for corrosion inhibition, to impro ...

, and it only had two side plates on each side of the center plate instead of three. The unveiling of this updated design was to commemorate Shida's reign of 370 days, which currently stands as the longest reign for any AEW championship. Shida, however, would lose the title just two days later at

Double or Nothing Double or nothing (UK often double or quits) is a gamble to decide whether a loss or debt should be doubled. The result of a "double or nothing" bet is either the subject doubled to twice the amount as the original ''or'' the doubling of a debt. It ...

to Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. At

Revolution In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

on March 6, 2022, Baker unveiled a new design of the championship belt with bigger plates, similar to the men's

AEW World Championship The AEW World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Unveiled on May 25, 2019, it is the promotion's top championship for male singles competitors, a ...

. The new belt was designed by Belts By Dan, which took three weeks to complete, and it was inspired by the

Mid-South North American Championship The Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship was the major singles title in the Mid-South Wrestling Association from 1979 until the promotion became the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1986. The title was retired then in favor of the ...

belt of the 1980s.

Reigns

As of , , there have been seven reigns between seven champions and one vacancy. Riho was the inaugural champion. Hikaru Shida's reign is the longest reign at 372 days, while Toni Storm has the shortest reign at 76 days. Riho was the youngest champion at 22 years old while Thunder Rosa is the oldest champion at 37. Jamie Hayter is the current champion in her first reign. She initially won the interim AEW Women's World Championship by defeating Toni Storm at Full Gear on November 19, 2022, in Newark, NJ. She was later declared the undisputed lineal champion on the November 23 episode of ''Dynamite'' after Thunder Rosa relinquished the lineal championship, which also retroactively made Storm's interim reign an official reign.

References

External links

Official AEW Women's World Championship Title History
{{All Elite Wrestling 2019 introductions All Elite Wrestling championships Women's professional wrestling championships World professional wrestling championships