# WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship

The WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It is one of two secondary women's championships on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Women's United States Championship on SmackDown. The title was unveiled prior to the November 25, 2024, episode of Raw. The current champion is Lyra Valkyria. She won the title by defeating Dakota Kai in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion on the January 13, 2025, episode of Raw.

## History

The American professional wrestling promotion WWE was founded in April 1963, but it never had a secondary women's championship until April 2024 when the NXT Women's North American Championship was introduced for the developmental brand NXT, followed by the WWE Women's United States Championship for the main roster brand SmackDown in early November. Later that same month prior to the November 25 episode of Raw, the brand's general manager Adam Pearce unveiled the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship for the main roster women's division on the Raw brand, countering the men's WWE Intercontinental Championship.
The inaugural Women's Intercontinental Champion was determined by a tournament that began on the December 2 episode of Raw. Prior to that episode's broadcast, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque revealed the tournament bracket, featuring 12 women from the Raw roster in four triple threat matches for the first round, with the winners of each advancing to the semifinals in singles matches, with those winners then facing off in the tournament final on Raw on January 13, 2025. Tournament participants announced were Dakota Kai, Shayna Baszler, Katana Chance, Zoey Stark, Raquel Rodriguez, Kayden Carter, Lyra Valkyria, Zelina Vega, Ivy Nile, Alba Fyre, Kairi Sane, and Natalya. In the tournament final on January 13, Valkyria defeated Kai to become the inaugural champion.

## Tournaments
### Inaugural tournament

The tournament to determine the inaugural Women's Intercontinental Champion began on December 2, 2024, and was held across episodes of Raw. The final took place on the January 13, 2025, episode.
| First round Raw December 2 – December 23, 2024 | First round Raw December 2 – December 23, 2024 | First round Raw December 2 – December 23, 2024 | Semifinals Raw December 30, 2024 | Semifinals Raw December 30, 2024 | Semifinals Raw December 30, 2024 | Final Raw January 13, 2025 | Final Raw January 13, 2025 | Final Raw January 13, 2025 |
| Dakota Kai | Dakota Kai | Pin | | | | | | |
| Katana Chance | Katana Chance | 7:00 | | | | | | |
| Shayna Baszler | Shayna Baszler | — | | | | | | |
| Shayna Baszler | Shayna Baszler | — | Dakota Kai | Dakota Kai | Pin | | | |
| | | | Zoey Stark | Zoey Stark | 8:15 | | | |
| Zoey Stark | Zoey Stark | Pin | Zoey Stark | Zoey Stark | 8:15 | | | |
| Raquel Rodriguez | Raquel Rodriguez | — | | | | | | |
| Kayden Carter | Kayden Carter | 9:25 | | | | | | |
| Kayden Carter | Kayden Carter | 9:25 | | | | Dakota Kai | Dakota Kai | 8:31 |
| | | | | | | Lyra Valkyria | Lyra Valkyria | Pin |
| Lyra Valkyria | Lyra Valkyria | Pin | | | | Lyra Valkyria | Lyra Valkyria | Pin |
| Zelina Vega | Zelina Vega | — | | | | | | |
| Ivy Nile | Ivy Nile | 7:50 | | | | | | |
| Ivy Nile | Ivy Nile | 7:50 | Lyra Valkyria | Lyra Valkyria | Pin | | | |
| | | | Iyo Sky | Iyo Sky | 11:45 | | | |
| Alba Fyre | Alba Fyre | — | Iyo Sky | Iyo Sky | 11:45 | | | |
| Iyo Sky | Iyo Sky | Pin | | | | | | |
| Natalya | Natalya | 8:05 | | | | | | |

#### Notes

* ↑ Kairi Sane was originally slated to participate, but was attacked backstage by Pure Fusion Collective (Shayna Baszler, Sonya Deville, and Zoey Stark) during the December 16 episode of Raw and was pulled from the tournament. She was replaced by fellow Damage CTRL stablemate Iyo Sky.

## Belt design

The belt design is identical to the men's version, but like all women's championships in WWE, it is smaller and on a white strap. It also replaced the word "Heavyweight" with "Women's". Like all of WWE's other championship belts, the two side plates feature a removable center section which can be customized with the champion's logos; the default side plates feature a WWE logo over a blue globe.

## Reigns

As of March 14, 2025.
Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| | WWE: Raw | WWE: Raw | WWE: Raw | WWE: Raw | WWE: Raw | WWE: Raw | WWE: Raw | WWE: Raw |
| 1 | Lyra Valkyria | January 13, 2025 | Raw | San Jose, CA | 1 | 60+ | Defeated Dakota Kai in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | |