The WWE SmackDown Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two women's championships for WWE's main roster, along with the Raw Women's Championship on the Raw brand. The current champion is Charlotte Flair, who is in her first reign.
Unveiled on the August 23, 2016, episode of SmackDown Live, it was created to be the counterpart title to the then-WWE Women's Championship, which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 WWE draft. That title was subsequently renamed after the crowning of the inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion, Becky Lynch.
Video WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
History
Following the reintroduction of the WWE brand extension and subsequent draft on July 19, 2016, then-WWE Women's Champion Charlotte was drafted to Raw, leaving SmackDown without a women's championship. Immediately following SummerSlam on the August 23, 2016, episode of SmackDown Live, SmackDown commissioner Shane McMahon and general manager Daniel Bryan unveiled the SmackDown Women's Championship (Raw's title was subsequently renamed). A six-pack elimination challenge was then scheduled for Backlash on September 11, 2016, to determine the inaugural champion. The six women who competed at SummerSlam in the six-woman tag team match were chosen for the six-pack challenge: Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch, Carmella, Naomi, Natalya, and Nikki Bella. Lynch became the inaugural champion when she last eliminated Carmella.
The championship belt design is nearly identical to the Raw Women's Championship with the difference being that the background of the center plate and the default side plates' globes are blue (as opposed to red for both) to symbolize its exclusivity to SmackDown. As with the Raw's Women's Championship, the side plates can be customized with the champion's logo. During Naomi's second reign on the July 4, 2017, episode of SmackDown Live, strips of multi interchanging colored LED lights were placed around the outline of the WWE logo and the outline of the belt to go with her "glow" gimmick.
Inaugural championship match
Maps WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
Reigns
As of January 23, 2018, overall there have been 7 reigns between 5 champions and 1 vacancy. Becky Lynch was the inaugural champion. Naomi holds the record for both the longest reign and shortest reign at 140 days and 9 days, respectively, as well as the longest combined reign at 149 days. She is also tied with Alexa Bliss with the most reigns at two. Natalya is the oldest champion, having won the title at 35, while Bliss is the youngest when she won it at 25.
Charlotte Flair is the current champion in her first reign. She defeated Natalya on SmackDown Live in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 14, 2017. With this win, she became the first woman to have held all three currently active women's championships in WWE: the NXT Women's Championship, the Raw Women's Championship, and the SmackDown Women's Championship, as well as the retired Divas Championship.
Combined reigns
As of January 23, 2018.
References
External links
- Official SmackDown Women's Title History
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