What is Women's World Championship (WWE)?
{{use mdy dates|date=March 2017}} {{about|WWE's women's title used on Raw|the women's title used on SmackDown|WWE Women's Championship||}} {{Infobox pro wrestling championship|name=Women's World Championship|image=Rhea Ripley 2024.jpg |caption=Two-time champion [[Rhea Ripley]] with the current design of the belt (2023–present)|promotion=[[WWE]]|brand=[[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]]|currentholder=[[Iyo Sky]]|won=March 3, 2025|created=August 23, 2016|firstchamp=[[Becky Lynch]]|mostreigns=[[Charlotte Flair]]<br>(7 reigns)|longestreign=[[Bayley]]<small> (2nd reign, 380 days)</small>, [[Rhea Ripley]]<small> (1st reign, 380 days)</small>{{efn|name=fn1|WWE lists Bayley's second reign as lasting 379 days, and therefore only Ripley's first reign as the longest single reign.}}|shortestreign=[[Charlotte Flair]]<br>(4th reign, 4 minutes and 55 seconds)|oldest=[[Becky Lynch]]<br>({{age in years and days|1987|01|30|2024|04|22}})|youngest=[[Alexa Bliss]]<br>({{age in years and days|1991|08|09|2016|12|04}})|heaviest=[[Rhea Ripley]]<br>{{nobr|({{convert|170|lb}})}}|lightest=[[Alexa Bliss]]<br>{{nobr|({{convert|102|lb}})}}|pastnames=* WWE SmackDown Women's Championship<br>(2016–2023) * '''Women's World Championship '''<br>(2023–present)}} The '''Women's World Championship''' [[Professional wrestling|wrestling]] championship in [[WWE]] competed by women of the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]]. It was created after the return of the [[WWE Brand Extension|brand extension]]. First known as the '''SmackDown Women's Championship''', it was revealed on the August 23, 2016, episode of ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' as the counterpart to the [[WWE Women's Championship]], which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 WWE Draft. The first champion was [[Becky Lynch]]. As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft, the Raw and SmackDown women's championships switched brands, with the SmackDown Women's Championship renamed as the Women's World Championship, while the Raw Women's Championship changed to its original name of WWE Women's Cha