WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

The 'World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Women's Championship' is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. It is challenged by WWE Divas only and is exclusive to the RAW brand.

Contents

History

Current champion

See also

Notes

External links

History

Compared to the men's belts, the Women's Championship is traditionally considered to be one of the minor belts, due to the various roles women have had in modern wrestling storylines.
Because of the relative depth of the women's roster compared to the men's roster, little attention is paid to championship responsibilities compared to the men's titles: whereas virtually all of WWE's men's titles are to be defended once every 30 days or vacated in case of an injury, neither has been strictly enforced for the Women's championship. An example of this would be when Trish Stratus took a 4 month leave to recover from a herniated disc in her lower back and returned still wearing the Women's Title.
The Women's Championship was first won by The Fabulous Moolah on September 15, 1956 after she defeated Judy Grable in a tournament final. At the time, it was recognized as the NWA World Women's Championship. In 1983, Moolah, who at the time owned the rights to the Women's Championship and the Women's Tag Team Championship, sold the rights to Vince McMahon when the WWF withdrew from the NWA. It was thus recognized exclusively as the 'WWF Women's Championship'. Because of this, WWE holds the viewpoint that The Fabulous Moolah held her title for almost 30 years, despite evidence that the Women's Championship changed hands during this span.
In the mid/late 1980s, the title would be won by Moolah twice more, along with other notable Champions such as Wendi Richter, Leilani Kai, Velvet McIntyre, Sensational Sherri and Rockin' Robin. Robin left the company in 1990 and was stripped of the title. The belt remained deactivated until 1993 when Alundra Blayze won it in a six-woman tournament. After winning it twice more, Blayze went to World Championship Wrestling, where she proceeded to dump the title in a trash can.
The title wouldn't be seen again until it was re-activated in September 1998 after being won by Jacqueline. As this was right in the middle of the "Attitude Era", the title would go on to be defended in non-wrestling match-ups that were considered trashy by some. Such matches included evening gown matches, swimming pool matches, and bra and panties matches. Harvey Wippleman, in disguise as ''Hervina'', became the only male to win the Women's Championship, later stating he could defeat any woman as to why he was the Women's Champion.
At the onset of the WWE Brand Extension in 2002, the Women's Championship could be defended on both ''RAW'' and ''SmackDown!'', as was the case with its male counterpart, the WWE Undisputed Championship. Eventually, the Women's Championship was made a ''RAW'' exclusive title. However, the title has been challenged for on several occasions by ''SmackDown!'' competitors since that time.

Current champion

The current champion is Candice Michelle, who is in her first reign. She defeated Melina at WWE Vengeance 2007 on June 24, 2007 in Houston, Texas.^[2]

See also

★ List of WWE Women's Champions

★ List of WWE Women's Championship reigns by length

★ WWE Diva

Notes

1. Mickie's Third Reign
2. Vengeance 2007 Results: Dream come true Lennie DiFino

External links

★ WWE Women's Title History