List of WWE Women's Champions
Reigns

List of WWE Women's Champions

Section Title: Reigns
Table Section Text: None

No.	Champion	Championship change	Reign statistics	Notes	Ref.

Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Days recog.

1	The Fabulous Moolah	September 18, 1956	Live event	Baltimore, MD	1	3,651	10,170	WWE recognizes Moolah's reign as being uninterrupted until 1984. The title was known as the NWA World Women's Championship (which still exists today) until May 19, 1984, when it was renamed to WWF Women's Championship

†	Bette Boucher	September 17, 1966	Live event	Seattle, WA	1	13	—

†	The Fabulous Moolah	October 1966	Live event	N/A	2	N/A	—

†	Yukiko Tomoe	March 10, 1968	Live event	Osaka, Japan	1	23	—

†	The Fabulous Moolah	April 2, 1968	Live event	Hamamatsu, Japan	3	2,862	—

†	Sue Green	May 29, 1975	N/A	Houston, TX	1	N/A	—

†	The Fabulous Moolah	May 31, 1975	N/A	Dallas, TX	4	N/A	—

†	Evelyn Stevens	October 8, 1978	Live event	Dallas, TX	1	2	—

†	The Fabulous Moolah	October 10, 1978	Live event	Fort Worth, TX	5	2,113	—

2	Wendi Richter	July 23, 1984	The Brawl to End It All	New York, NY	1	210	210

3	Leilani Kai	February 18, 1985	The War to Settle the Score	New York, NY	1	41	41	Aired March 5, 1985 on Prime Time Wrestling

4	Wendi Richter	March 31, 1985	WrestleMania I	New York, NY	2	239	239

5	The Spider Lady (The Fabulous Moolah)	November 25, 1985	Live event	New York, NY	2 (6)	220	220	This was the original screwjob

6	Velvet McIntyre	July 3, 1986	Live event	Brisbane, Australia	1	6	6

7	The Fabulous Moolah	July 9, 1986	Live event	Sydney, Australia	3 (7)	380	380

8	Sensational Sherri	July 24, 1987	Live event	Houston, TX	1	441	441

9	Rockin' Robin	October 7, 1988	Prime Time Wrestling	Paris, France	1	502	502	Aired November 8, 1988

—	Deactivated	February 21, 1990	—	—	—	—	—

10	Alundra Blayze	December 13, 1993	All American Wrestling	Poughkeepsie, NY	1	342	342	Aired December 26, 1993. Defeated Heidi Lee Morgan in a tournament final

11	Bull Nakano	November 20, 1994	Big Egg Wrestling Universe	Tokyo, Japan	1	134	134

12	Alundra Blayze	April 3, 1995	Raw	Poughkeepsie, NY	2	146	146

13	Bertha Faye	August 27, 1995	SummerSlam	Pittsburgh, PA	1	57	57

14	Alundra Blayze	October 23, 1995	Raw	Brandon, MB	3	51	51

—	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	September 15, 1998	Raw is War	Sacramento, CA	1	61	61	Aired September 21, 1998. Defeated Sable

16	Sable	November 15, 1998	Survivor Series	St. Louis, MO	1	176	176	Shane McMahon was the special guest referee

17	Debra	May 10, 1999	Raw is War	Orlando, FL	1	29	29	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	June 8, 1999	Raw is War	Worcester, MA	1	131	131	Aired June 14, 1999

19	The Fabulous Moolah	October 17, 1999	No Mercy	Cleveland, OH	4 (8)	8	8

20	Ivory	October 25, 1999	Raw is War	Providence, RI	2	48	48

21	The Kat	December 12, 1999	Armageddon	Sunrise, FL	1	50	50	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	January 31, 2000	Raw is War	Pittsburgh, PA	1	1	1	This was a lumberjill snowbunny match. Hervina was Harvey Wippleman disguised as a woman and was recognised as the first man to win the women's championship.

23	Jacqueline	February 1, 2000	SmackDown!	Detroit, MI	2	56	56	Aired February 3, 2000

24	Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley	March 28, 2000	SmackDown!	San Antonio, TX	1	146	146	Aired March 30, 2000

25	Lita	August 21, 2000	Raw is War	Lafayette, LA	1	71	71	The Rock was the special guest referee

26	Ivory	October 31, 2000	SmackDown!	Rochester, NY	3	152	152	Aired November 2, 2000. This was a fatal four-way match, also involving Jacqueline and Trish Stratus

27	Chyna	April 1, 2001	WrestleMania X-Seven	Houston, TX	1	214	214

—	Vacated	November 1, 2001	—	—	—	—	—	Title vacated when Chyna retired and left the WWF in a contract dispute

28	Trish Stratus	November 18, 2001	Survivor Series	Greensboro, NC	1	78	78	This was a six-pack challenge match, also involving Ivory, Jacqueline, Jazz, Lita, and Molly Holly

29	Jazz	February 4, 2002	Raw	Las Vegas, NV	1	98	98	Title was renamed WWE Women's Championship on May 6, 2002

30	Trish Stratus	May 13, 2002	Raw	Toronto, ON	2	41	41	This was a hardcore mixed tag team match with Stratus and Bubba Ray Dudley defeating Jazz and Steven Richards, with Richards' WWE Hardcore Championship also on the line

31	Molly Holly	June 23, 2002	King of the Ring	Columbus, OH	1	91	91

32	Trish Stratus	September 22, 2002	Unforgiven	Los Angeles, CA	3	56	56	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	November 17, 2002	Survivor Series	New York, NY	1	133	133	This was a hardcore match

34	Trish Stratus	March 30, 2003	WrestleMania XIX	Seattle, WA	4	28	28	This was a triple threat match also involving Jazz

35	Jazz	April 27, 2003	Backlash	Worcester, MA	2	64	64

36	Gail Kim	June 30, 2003	Raw	Buffalo, NY	1	28	28	Kim won a seven-woman battle royal, also involving Ivory, Jacqueline, Molly Holly, Trish Stratus, and Victoria

37	Molly Holly	July 28, 2003	Raw	Colorado Springs, CO	2	210	210

38	Victoria	February 23, 2004	Raw	Omaha, NE	2	111	111	This was a fatal four-way elimination match, also involving Jazz and Lita. Victoria pinned Lita to win the championship

39	Trish Stratus	June 13, 2004	Bad Blood	Columbus, OH	5	176	176	This was a fatal four-way match also involving Lita and Gail Kim. Stratus pinned Lita to win the championship

40	Lita	December 6, 2004	Raw	Charlotte, NC	2	34	34

41	Trish Stratus	January 9, 2005	New Year's Revolution	San Juan, Puerto Rico	6	448	448

42	Mickie James	April 2, 2006	WrestleMania 22	Rosemont, IL	1	134	134

43	Lita	August 14, 2006	Raw	Charlottesville, VA	3	34	34

44	Trish Stratus	September 17, 2006	Unforgiven	Toronto, ON	7	1	1

—	Vacated	September 18, 2006	Raw	Montreal, QC	—	—	—	Title vacated due to Stratus' retirement

45	Lita	November 5, 2006	Cyber Sunday	Cincinnati, OH	4	21	21	This was a lumberjill match. Lita defeated Mickie James in a tournament final

46	Mickie James	November 26, 2006	Survivor Series	Philadelphia, PA	2	85	85

47	Melina	February 19, 2007	Raw	Bakersfield, CA	1	64	64

48	Mickie James	April 24, 2007	Live event	Paris, France	3	<1	<1	This was a triple threat match also involving Victoria

49	Melina	April 24, 2007	Live event	Paris, France	2	61	61	Melina was awarded an immediate rematch because Mickie pinned Victoria who was not the champion

50	Candice Michelle	June 24, 2007	Vengeance: Night of Champions	Houston, TX	1	105	105

51	Beth Phoenix	October 7, 2007	No Mercy	Rosemont, IL	1	190	190

52	Mickie James	April 14, 2008	Raw	London, England	4	125	125

53	Beth Phoenix	August 17, 2008	SummerSlam	Indianapolis, IN	2	161	161	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	January 25, 2009	Royal Rumble	Detroit, MI	3	154	154	The title became exclusive to SmackDown during the 2009 WWE draft.

55	Michelle McCool	June 28, 2009	The Bash	Sacramento, CA	1	217	217

56	Mickie James	January 31, 2010	Royal Rumble	Atlanta, GA	5	23	23

57	Michelle McCool	February 23, 2010	SmackDown	Milwaukee, WI	2	61	61	Vickie Guerrero served as the special guest referee. Aired on February 26, 2010

58	Beth Phoenix	April 25, 2010	Extreme Rules	Baltimore, MD	3	16	16	This was contested in an Extreme Makeover match

59	Layla	May 11, 2010	SmackDown	Buffalo, NY	1	131	131	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.

—	Unified	September 19, 2010	Night of Champions	Rosemont, IL	—	—	—	Retired after Michelle McCool, who had been unofficially co-reigning with Layla, defeated Melina to unify the Women's and WWE Divas Championship

Sentence(s)

Holly held the WWE Women's Championship twice.

final_sentence: Holly held the WWE Women's Championship twice.