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WWE Raw Women's Championship The WWE Raw Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It is one of two women's world titles for WWE's main roster, along ...
is a
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created and promoted by the American
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on the Raw brand. It was introduced as the WWE Women's Championship on April 3, 2016, at
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to replace the
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and has a unique title history separate from the original
WWE Women's Championship WWE (formerly the WWF, WWWF, and its predecessor, Capitol Wrestling) has maintained several women's professional wrestling championships since acquiring The Fabulous Moolah's NWA World Women's Championship in 1984. Whenever brand division has be ...
. As a result of the
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, the championship became exclusive to Raw with a subsequent rename and
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created the
SmackDown Women's Championship The WWE SmackDown Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. It is one of two women's world titles for WWE's main rost ...
as a counterpart title. The championship is generally contested in
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, in which participants execute
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finishes rather than contend in direct competition. During the
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, previous champion
Charlotte Flair Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr (born April 5, 1986) is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Charlotte Flair. She is currently inactive. She is a second-generati ...
was drafted by SmackDown, while
Becky Lynch Rebecca Quin (born 30 January 1987) is an Irish professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE under the ring name Becky Lynch where she performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand. Lynch is one of WWE's most recognizable and ...
, who held the SmackDown Women's Championship, was drafted by Raw. On the October 22, 2021 episode of ''
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'', the night that draft results took effect, Lynch and Flair exchanged titles by order of WWE official
Sonya Deville Daria Rae Berenato (born September 24, 1993) is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. She is currently signed to WWE where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Sonya Deville. She is also a former on-scre ...
to keep the championships on their respective brands.
Bianca Belair Bianca Blair Crawford (born Bianca Nicole Blair; April 9, 1989) is an American professional wrestler and a fitness and figure competitor. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Bianca Belair, and ...
is the current champion in her first reign. She won the title by defeating
Becky Lynch Rebecca Quin (born 30 January 1987) is an Irish professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE under the ring name Becky Lynch where she performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand. Lynch is one of WWE's most recognizable and ...
during Night 1 of
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on April 2, 2022, in
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. As of , , there have been 24 reigns between 11 champions. Charlotte Flair, then known simply as Charlotte, was the inaugural champion, having won the title at WrestleMania 32, and she also has the most reigns at six. Lynch's first reign is the longest at 373 days (398 days as recognized by WWE), while Flair's fifth reign is the shortest at one day. Lynch also has the longest combined reign at 535 days (560 days as recognized by WWE).
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is the oldest champion at age 38, while
Sasha Banks Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado (born January 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler and actress. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Sasha Banks. Banks previously wrestled on ...
is the youngest, having won the title at 24 years, 181 days old.


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Combined reigns

As of , .


See also

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* Women's championships in WWE *
Women in WWE Throughout its history, women have served in various onscreen roles in the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. In the 1990s, WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation) introduced the term Diva to refer to its female performer ...


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Official Raw Women's Title History
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