Raw Women’s Championship

The **Raw Women's Championship**, formally known as the new ***WWE Women's Championship***, is the WWE Raw brand's current Women's Championship. The title was introduced at WrestleMania 32 in 2016 to replace the Divas Championship and begin marketing the women as WWE Superstars instead of Divas.

### History

In a milestone moment for WWE and all female athletes across the globe, Charlotte was crowned as the brand-new WWE Women's Champion after defeating Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch in a thrilling Triple Threat Match at WrestleMania 32. The Women's Division has never looked brighter with a dazzling performer such as Charlotte at the helm.

Sasha Banks kicked off Raw's New Era by ending Charlotte's more than 300-day reign as the top competitor in WWE's Women's division. The Boss forced Charlotte to submit to the Bank Statement, clinching her first WWE Women's Championship.

Sasha Banks captured her second Raw Women's Championship by defeating Charlotte with the Bank Statement and forcing Charlotte to submit. Sasha Banks clinched her third Raw Women's Championship by forcing Charlotte Flair to submit in her hometown in a Falls Count Anywhere Match.

Charlotte Flair claimed her fourth Raw Women's Championship in a grueling 30-Minute WWE Iron Man Match against Sasha Banks at Roadblock: End of the Line. The Queen won the last match of her rivarly with Sasha by submission in sudden death overtime.

Bayley captured her first Raw Women's Championship, defeating Charlotte Flair in the main event of the Feb. 13 edition of Raw. Bayley achieved her lifelong dream with a Bayley-to-Belly.

Alexa Bliss made history at WWE Payback, reigning surpreme over Bayley in a hard-fought contest to become the first Superstar to win both the SmackDown Women's Championship and the Raw Women's Championship.

Sasha Banks claimed her fourth Women's Title in a gutsy performance at SummerSlam 2017 as she dethroned Alexa Bliss with a submission victory via a Bank Statement.

Live on Raw, Alexa Bliss claimed her second Raw Women's Championship when she hit Sasha Banks with a DDT and scored a pinfall.

Nia Jax scored a victory not only for herself, but for anyone who has been bullied for being different, when she defeated Alexa Bliss at WrestleMania 34 to become the Raw Women's Champion.

Alexa Bliss won the Raw Women's Title by cashing in her Money in the Bank contract after disrupting challenger Ronda Rousey's first singles match against champion Nia Jax.

Ronda Rousey achieved another milestone in her legendary combat sports career when she defeated Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam 2018 to become the Raw Women’s Champion.

Becky Lynch became the first woman to hold the Raw Women's Championship and the SmackDown Women's Championship at the same time when she defeated Ronda Rousey & Charlotte Flair in the Winner Take All main event of WrestleMania 35. Lynch pinned Rousey after reversing Piper's Pit to score this history-making achievement.

Asuka climbed the corporate ladder and won a historic Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match atop the WWE headquarters, The next night an emotional Becky Lynch announced she was pregnant and would be stepping away from WWE, and Asuka's contract crowned her as the new Raw Women's Champion.

The Boss became "Two Belts Banks" in a match where the title could change hands on a count-out, disqualification or interference. Victory came after Bayley attacked Asuka's tag team partner, Kairi Sane, leaving The Empress of Tomorrow to abandon the match, giving Sasha a count-out win and the Raw Women's Title.

At SummerSlam 2020, Asuka challenged for both the SmackDown Women's Title and Raw Women's Title in two separate matches. Although she came up short against SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley, Asuka defeated Sasha Banks later in the night to reclaim the Raw Women's Championship.

Rhea Ripley proved ready for Asuka at WrestleMania 37, conquering The Empress the win her first Raw Women’s Champions on The Grandest Stage of Them All.

At the 2021 WWE Money in the Bank, Charlotte Flair defeated Rhea Ripley to reclaim the Raw Women's Champion once again.

After a hard-hitting title battle, Charlotte Flair got herself disqualified by striking Rhea Ripley with the Raw Women’s Title, but Ripley quickly responded with a devastating Riptide to the champion. Seeing that The Queen was wounded, Nikki A.S.H emerged with her newly-won Money in the Bank contract to cash in and defeat Flair with a high crossbody to become the new Raw Women’s Champion!

Charlotte Flair reigned supreme once again at SummerSlam, extending her undefeated streak at the event to 5-0 and defeating titleholder Nikki A.S.H. and Rhea Ripley in a Triple Threat Match to recapture the Raw Women’s Championship.

As a result of both titleholders switching brands as part of the 2021 WWE Draft, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch carried out an official exchange of their Raw and SmackDown’s Women’s Titles.

Bianca Belair triumphant over Becky Lynch to capture the Raw Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 38. The historic title change marked the second year in a row that The EST of WWE won a Women’s Title on The Grandest Stage of Them All.

### Championship Holders over time

1. Charlotte Flair (APR 3, 2016 - JUL 25, 2016) 113 days
2. Sasha Banks (JUL 25, 2016 - AUG 21, 2016) 26 days
3. Charlotte Flair (2) (AUG 21, 2016 - OCT 3, 2016) 43 days
4. Sasha Banks (2) (OCT 3, 2016 - OCT 30, 2016) 27 days
5. Charlotte Flair (3) (OCT 30, 2016 - NOV 28, 2016) 29 days
6. Sasha Banks (3) (NOV 28, 2016 - DEC 18, 2016) 19 days
7. Charlotte Flair (4) (DEC 18, 2016 - FEB 13, 2017) 57 days
8. Bayley (FEB 13, 2017 - APR 30, 2017) 75 days
9. Alexa Bliss (APR 30, 2017 - AUG 20, 2017) 111 days
10. Sasha Banks (4) (AUG 20, 2017 - AUG 28, 2017) 8 days
11. Alexa Bliss (2) (AUG 28, 2017 - APR 8, 2018) 222 days
12. Nia Jax (APR 8, 2018 - JUN 17, 2018) 70 days
13. Alexa Bliss (3) (JUN 17, 2018 - AUG 19, 2018) 63 days
14. Ronda Rousey (AUG 19, 2018 - APR 8, 2019) 231 days
15. Becky Lynch (APR 8, 2019 - MAY 10, 2020) 398 days
16. Asuka (MAY 10, 2020 - JUL 27, 2020) 78 days
17. Sasha Banks (5) (JUL 27, 2020 - AUG 23, 2020) 26 days
18. Asuka (2) (AUG 23, 2020 - APR 11, 2021) 231 days
19. Rhea Ripley (APR 11, 2021 - JUL 18, 2021) 97 days
20. Charlotte Flair (5) (JUL 18, 2021 - JUL 20, 2021) 2 days
21. Nikki A.S.H (JUL 19, 2021 - AUG 21, 2021) 32 days
22. Charlotte Flair (6) (AUG 21, 2021 - OCT 22, 2021) 61 days
23. Becky Lynch (2) (OCT 22, 2021 - APR 2, 2022) 161 days
24. Bianca Belair (APR 2, 2022 - PRESENT)