The NXT Women's Championship was introduced on April 5, 2013 and the first NXT Women's Champion was crowned on June 20, 2013 (aired July 24) in the inaugural championship tournament (2013). Following the reintroduction of the brand split in July 2016, the WWE Women's Champion (Charlotte Flair) was drafted to the Raw brand, making the championship exclusive to Raw. In August 2016, the WWE created the SmackDown Women's Championship as a counterpart title and the WWE Women's Championship was subsequently renamed to Raw Women's Championship. On June 18, 2018, the NXT UK Women's Championship was announced for WWE's NXT UK brand. The inaugural NXT UK Women's Champion was crowned in the tournament finals on August 21, 2018 (aired November 28). During the December 24, 2018 Raw episode, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. The inaugural champions were crowned at Elimination Chamber on February 17, 2019, in a tag team Elimination Chamber match, featuring three teams from Raw and three teams from SmackDown, making the titles non-exclusive to either brand.