Name Years NWA World Women's Championship 1956—1983 WWF Women's Championship 1983—2002 WWE Women's Championship 2002—2010
# Wrestler Reigns Date Days Held Location Event Notes
1 The Fabulous Moolah 1 September 18, 1956 3651 Baltimore, MD Live event Defeated Judy Grable in a tournament final. The NWA World Women's Championship was sold by Moolah to the World Wrestling Federation. WWE does not recognize any title changes of that title between 1956 and 1983.
- Bette Boucher 1 September 17, 1966 13 Seattle, WA Live event
- The Fabulous Moolah 1 September 1966 527 Unknown Live event
- Yukiko Tomoe 1 March 10, 1968 23 Osaka, Japan Live event
- The Fabulous Moolah 1 April 2, 1968 2862 Hamamatsu, Japan Live event
- Sue Green 1 February 2, 1976 32 New York, NY Live event
- The Fabulous Moolah 1 March 5, 1976 947 New York, NY Live event
- Evelyn Stevens 1 October 8, 1978 2 Dallas, TX Live event
- The Fabulous Moolah 1 October 10, 1978 2113 Fort Worth, TX Live event WWE does not recognize any of the title changes before 1984, considering Moolah's reign to be 10,170 days.
2 Wendi Richter 1 July 23, 1984 210 New York, NY The Brawl to End it All Became the youngest woman to hold the title.
3 Leilani Kai 1 February 18, 1985 41 New York, NY Prime Time Wrestling Aired March 5, 1985.
4 Wendi Richter 2 March 31, 1985 239 New York, NY WrestleMania
5 The Spider Lady 2 November 25, 1985 220 New York, NY Live event See "The Original Screwjob". (Fabulous Moolah)
6 Velvet McIntyre 1 July 3, 1986 6 Brisbane, Australia Live event
7 The Fabulous Moolah 3 July 9, 1986 380 Sydney, Australia Live event
8 Sensational Sherri 1 July 24, 1987 441 Houston, TX Live event
9 Rockin' Robin 1 October 7, 1988 451 Paris, France Prime Time Wrestling Aired November 8, 1988.
- Deactivated 0 February 21, 1990 0 N/A N/A Title deactivated and Rockin' Robin stripped of the belt
10 Alundra Blayze 1 December 13, 1993 342 Poughkeepsie, NY All American Wrestling Aired December 26, 1993. Defeated Heidi Lee Morgan in a tournament final.
11 Bull Nakano 1 November 20, 1994 134 Tokyo, Japan Big Egg Wrestling Universe
12 Alundra Blayze 2 April 3, 1995 146 Poughkeepsie, NY Monday Night Raw
13 Bertha Faye 1 August 27, 1995 57 Pittsburgh, PA SummerSlam
14 Alundra Blayze 3 October 23, 1995 51 Brandon, MB Monday Night Raw
- Deactivated 0 December 13, 1995 0 N/A N/A Title deactivated when Blayze left WWF. Blayze then joined World Championship Wrestling and appeared on Nitro in Augusta, GA on December 18, 1995 and dropped the title belt in a trash can
15 Jacqueline 1 September 15, 1998 61 Sacramento, CA Raw is War Became the first African-American woman to win the title. Aired on tape delay on September 21, 1998. Defeated Sable.
16 Sable 1 November 15, 1998 176 St. Louis, MO Survivor Series
17 Debra 1 May 10, 1999 29 Orlando, FL Raw is War This was contested in an evening gown match. Sable actually defeated Debra in the match but Commissioner Shawn Michaels stated that Debra was the winner because she had lost her dress and awarded the championship to her.
18 Ivory 1 June 8, 1999 131 Worcester, MA Raw is War Aired June 14, 1999.
19 The Fabulous Moolah 4 October 17, 1999 8 Cleveland, OH No Mercy
20 Ivory 2 October 25, 1999 48 Providence, RI Raw is War
21 Miss Kitty 1 December 12, 1999 50 Sunrise, FL Armageddon This was contested in a four corners evening gown pool match, also involving Jacqueline and B.B., with The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young as special guest referees.
22 Hervina 1 January 31, 2000 1 Pittsburgh, PA Raw is War This was a Lumberjill Snowbunny match. Hervina was actually a male disguised as a woman, thus being the only man to hold the title
23 Jacqueline 2 February 1, 2000 56 Detroit, MI SmackDown Aired February 3, 2000.
24 Stephanie McMahon 1 March 28, 2000 146 San Antonio, TX SmackDown Aired March 30, 2000. Contested in the main event of Smackdown
25 Lita 1 August 21, 2000 71 Lafayette, LA Raw is War Contested in the main event of Raw. The Rock was the special guest referee.
26 Ivory 3 October 31, 2000 152 Rochester, NY SmackDown! Aired November 2, 2000. This was contested in a Four Corners match, also involving Jacqueline and Trish Stratus.
27 Chyna 1 April 1, 2001 214 Houston, TX WrestleMania X-Seven Chyna retired with the championship.
- Vacated 0 November 2001 0 N/A N/A Title vacated when Chyna retired and left the WWF in a contract dispute.
28 Trish Stratus 1 November 18, 2001 78 Greensboro, NC Survivor Series This was a six way match, also involving Lita, Jacqueline, Ivory, Molly Holly, and Jazz for vacant title.
29 Jazz 1 February 4, 2002 98 Las Vegas, NV Raw Title was renamed WWE Women's Championship on May 6, 2002. Became the second African-American woman to hold the title.
30 Trish Stratus 2 May 13, 2002 41 Toronto, ON Raw This was contested in a tag team match with Stratus and Bubba Ray Dudley defeating Jazz and Steven Richards.
31 Molly Holly 1 June 23, 2002 91 Columbus, OH King of the Ring
32 Trish Stratus 3 September 22, 2002 56 Los Angeles, CA Unforgiven
33 Victoria 1 November 17, 2002 133 New York, NY Survivor Series This was contested in a hardcore match.
34 Trish Stratus 4 March 30, 2003 28 Seattle, WA WrestleMania XIX This was contested in a triple threat match also involving Jazz.
35 Jazz 2 April 27, 2003 64 Worcester, MA Backlash
36 Gail Kim 1 June 30, 2003 28 Buffalo, NY Raw This was contested in a 7-Diva battle royal on including Trish Stratus, Ivory, Jacqueline, Victoria, Molly Holly and Jazz (Jazz was the reigning champion before she tore her ACL in the battle royal thus she was forced to leave the match she was also forced to relinquish her title). Became the first woman of Korean decent to hold the title.
37 Molly Holly 2 July 28, 2003 210 Colorado Springs, CO Raw
38 Victoria 2 February 23, 2004 111 Omaha, NE Raw This was contested in a fatal four-way elimination match, also involving Lita and Jazz, Victoria pinned Lita to win the championship.
39 Trish Stratus 5 June 13, 2004 176 Columbus, OH Bad Blood This was contested in a fatal four-way match also involving Lita and Gail Kim, Trish pinned Lita to win the title.
40 Lita 2 December 6, 2004 34 Charlotte, NC Raw This makes Lita the only woman to win the title twice in the main event.
41 Trish Stratus 6 January 9, 2005 448 San Juan, Puerto Rico New Year's Revolution
42 Mickie James 1 April 2, 2006 134 Rosemont, IL WrestleMania 22 James' win at WrestleMania 22 made her the first diva to win her first title at her debut WrestleMania.
43 Lita 3 August 14, 2006 34 Charlottesville, VA Raw
44 Trish Stratus 7 September 17, 2006 1 Toronto, ON Unforgiven
- Vacated 0 September 18, 2006 0 Montreal, QC Raw Title vacated due to Stratus' legit retirement.
45 Lita 4 November 5, 2006 21 Cincinnati, OH Cyber Sunday This was contested a lumberjill match involving Candice Michelle, Torrie Wilson, Ashley, Jillian Hall, Layla, Kelly Kelly, Rebecca DiPietro, Ariel, Melina, Michelle McCool, Victoria, Trinity, and Kristal Marshall. Lita defeating Mickie James in a tournament final.
46 Mickie James 2 November 26, 2006 85 Philadelphia, PA Survivor Series This was Lita's Retirement match.
47 Melina 1 February 19, 2007 64 Bakersfield, CA Raw Melina became the first Mexican-American woman to win the Women's Championship.
48 Mickie James 3 April 24, 2007 0 Paris, France Live event This was a triple threat match also involving Victoria
49 Melina 2 April 24, 2007 61 Paris, France Live event
50 Candice Michelle 1 June 24, 2007 105 Houston, TX Vengeance:Night of Champions Became the first Diva Search contestant to capture the Women's Championship.
51 Beth Phoenix 1 October 7, 2007 190 Rosemont, IL No Mercy
52 Mickie James 4 April 14, 2008 125 London, England Raw This was the only time that the WWE Women's Championship had changed hands in the UK, thus making Mickie James the only WWE diva in the titles history to capture the title in the UK.
53 Beth Phoenix 2 August 17, 2008 161 Indianapolis, IN SummerSlam This was contested in an Intergender tag team match also involving her partner Santino Marella and James' partner Kofi Kingston, whose WWE Intercontinental Championship was also on the line.
54 Melina 3 January 25, 2009 154 Detroit, MI Royal Rumble The title became exclusive to SmackDown when Melina was drafted to SmackDown on April 13, 2009.
55 Michelle McCool 1 June 28, 2009 217 Sacramento, CA The Bash Became the first person to win the Women's Championship and the WWE Divas Championship
56 Mickie James 5 January 31, 2010 23 Atlanta, GA Royal Rumble
57 Michelle McCool 2 February 23, 2010 61 Milwaukee, WI SmackDown! Aired on tape delay on February 26, 2010. Vickie Guerrero was the Special Guest Referee.
58 Beth Phoenix 3 April 25, 2010 16 Baltimore, MD Extreme Rules This was contested in an Extreme Makeover Match
59 Layla 1 May 11, 2010 131 Buffalo, NY SmackDown! Defeated Beth Phoenix in a Texas Tornado Handicap match also involving Michelle McCool. Layla pinned Beth Phoenix to win the title to became the first English Women's Champion. This episode aired on tape delay on May 14, 2010.
- Deactivated 0 September 19, 2010 0 Rosemont, IL Night of Champions Retired after Michelle McCool defeated Melina to unify the Women's and WWE Divas Championship.
The Original ScrewjobIn 1985, after losing and then regaining the title from rival Leilani Kai at the inaugural WrestleMania, Richter was scheduled to defend her women's title at Madison Square Garden on November 25 of that same year against a mysterious masked opponent known only as The Spider Lady. During the match, The Spider Lady broke from the pre-scripted events and pinned Richter's shoulders to the mat. The referee—who was in on the plan—delivered a swift three count, despite Richter kicking out after a count of one. Richter ignored the bell and continued to attack the Spider, unmasking the new champion to reveal that it was The Fabulous Moolah in disguise.
It was reported that the plan to rid Richter of the title was concocted by WWF Chairman Vince McMahon, who brought in Moolah after Richter refused to sign a new contract with the WWF. Richter, however, claims she was still under her original five year contract, but that she regularly had disagreements with McMahon about her compensation. She also claims that when she arrived at the arena that day, she was surprised to find Moolah backstage, as she never showed up to events at which she was not scheduled to wrestle. After the match, an infuriated Richter left the arena in her wrestling gear, took a cab to the airport, and booked herself on a flight out of New York. Afterward, she never spoke to either McMahon or Moolah again.
