Champion | Date | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
Fabulous Moolah | 09/18/56 | Baltimore, MD | House Show |
NOTES: Won a battle royal finale. | |||
Betty Boucher | 09/17/66 | Seattle, WA | House Show |
Fabulous Moolah | 09/??/66 | [INSERT] | House Show |
Yukiko Tomoe | 03/10/68 | Osaka, Japan | House Show |
Fabulous Moolah | 04/02/68 | Hamamatsu, Japan | House Show |
Sue Green | 02/02/76 | New York City, NY | House Show |
Fabulous Moolah | 03/05/76 | New York City, NY | House Show |
Evelyn Stevens | 10/08/78 | Dallas, TX | House Show |
Fabulous Moolah | 10/10/78 | Ft. Worth, TX | House Show |
NOTES: WWE does not recognize any of the title changes before 1984, considering Moolah’s reign to be 10,170 days. | |||
Wendi Richter | 07/23/84 | New York City, NY | The Brawl to End It All |
Leilani Kai | 02/18/85 | New York City, NY | War To Settle The Score |
Wendi Richter | 03/31/85 | New York City, NY | Wrestlemania I |
Fabulous Moolah | 11/25/85 | New York City, NY | House Show |
NOTES: Wrestled as the masked “Spider Lady.” | |||
Velvet McIntyre | 07/03/86 | Brisbane, Australia | House Show |
Fabulous Moolah | 07/09/86 | Sydney, Australia | House Show |
Sherri Martel | 07/24/87 | Houston, TX | House Show |
Rockin’ Robin | 10/07/88 | Paris, France | Prime Time Wrestling |
NOTES: February 21, 1990 – The title was deactivated and Rockin’ Robin stripped of the belt. | |||
Alundra Blayze | 12/13/93 | Poughkeepsie, NY | All American Wrestling |
NOTES: Won a championship tournament finale. | |||
Bull Nakano | 11/20/94 | Tokyo, Japan | Big Egg Wrestling Universe |
Alundra Blayze | 04/03/95 | Poughkeepsie, NY | RAW |
Bertha Faye | 08/27/95 | Pittsburgh, PA | SummerSlam |
Alundra Blayze | 10/23/95 | Brandon, MA | RAW |
NOTES: Stripped on December 13, 1995 after Blayze showed up on WCW Nitro and dumped the WWF Women’s belt in the trash! | |||
Jacqueline | 09/15/98 | Sacramento, CA | RAW |
NOTES: Jacqueline defeated Sable for the vacant title. | |||
Sable | 11/15/98 | St Louis, MO | Survivor Series |
Debra | 05/10/99 | Orlando, FL | RAW |
Ivory | 06/08/99 | Worcester, MA | RAW |
Fabulous Moolah | 10/17/99 | Cleveland, OH | No Mercy |
Ivory | 10/25/99 | Providence, RI | RAW |
The Kat | 12/12/99 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Armageddon |
NOTES: This was a fatal four-way evening gown pool match, also involving Jacqueline and B.B., with The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young as special guest referees. | |||
Harvey Wippleman | 01/31/00 | Pittsburgh, PA | RAW |
NOTES: This was a Lumberjill Snowbunny match. Hervina was Harvey Wippleman disguised as a woman. | |||
Jacqueline | 02/03/00 | Detroit, MI | SmackDown |
Stephanie McMahon | 03/30/00 | San Antonio, TX | SmackDown |
Lita | 08/21/00 | Lafayette, LA | RAW |
Ivory | 10/31/00 | Rochester, NY | SmackDown |
NOTES: This was a fatal four-way match, also involving Jacqueline and Trish Stratus. | |||
Chyna | 04/01/01 | Houston, TX | Wrestlemania X-7 |
NOTES: Title vacated when Chyna retired and left the WWF in a contract dispute. | |||
Trish Stratus | 11/18/01 | Greensboro, NC | Survivor Series |
Jazz | 02/04/02 | Las Vegas, NV | RAW |
Trish Stratus | 05/13/02 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | RAW |
Molly Holly | 06/23/02 | Columbus, OH | King of the Ring |
Trish Stratus | 09/22/02 | Los Angeles, CA | Unforgiven |
Victoria | 11/17/02 | New York City, NY | Survivor Series |
NOTES: This was a Hardcore Match | |||
Trish Stratus | 03/30/03 | Seattle, WA | Wrestlemania 19 |
NOTES: This was a triple threat match. | |||
Jazz | 04/27/03 | Worchester, MA | Backlash 2003 |
Gail Kim | 06/30/03 | Buffalo, NY | RAW |
NOTES: Won a 7-Diva battle royal. | |||
Molly Holly | 07/28/03 | Colorado Springs, CO | RAW |
Victoria | 02/23/04 | Omaha, NE | RAW |
NOTES: Beat Molly Holly, Lita, and Jazz in a fatal-four-way elimination match. | |||
Trish Stratus | 06/13/04 | Columbus, OH | Bad Blood |
NOTES: Beat Victoria, Lita and, Gail Kim in a fatal-four-way match. | |||
Lita | 12/06/04 | Charlotte, NC | RAW |
Trish Stratus | 01/09/05 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | New Year’s Revolution |
Mickie James | 04/02/06 | Chicago, IL | WrestleMania 22 |
Lita | 08/14/06 | Charlottesville, VA | RAW |
Trish Stratus | 09/17/06 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Unforgiven |
NOTES: This was Trish Stratus’ Retirement Match. | |||
Lita | 11/05/06 | Cincinnati, OH | Cyber Sunday |
NOTES: Defeated Mickie James in a Tournament Final match. | |||
Mickie James | 11/26/06 | Philadelphia, PA | Survivor Series |
Melina Perez | 02/19/07 | Bakersfield, CA | RAW |
Mickie James | 04/24/07 | Paris, France | House Show |
NOTES: This title switch happened by mistake. This was a triple–threat match also involving Victoria. | |||
Melina Perez | 04/24/07 | Paris, France | House Show |
NOTES: Melina was awarded an immediate rematch because Mickie pinned Victoria who was not the champion. | |||
Candice Michelle | 06/24/07 | Houston, TX | Vengeance |
Beth Phoenix | 10/07/07 | Chicago, IL | No Mercy |
Mickie James | 04/14/08 | London, England | RAW |
Beth Phoenix | 08/17/08 | Indianapolis, IN | SummerSlam |
* * * NOTES: Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix beat Kofi Kingston and Mickie James in a “Winner Take All” match to win the WWE Intercontinental title and WWE Women’s title. | |||
Melina Perez | 01/25/09 | Detroit, MI | Royal Rumble |
Michelle McCool | 06/28/09 | Sacramento, CA | The Bash |
* * * NOTES: Michelle McCool becomes the first woman to become WWE Diva’s champion and WWE Women’s title. | |||
Mickie James | 01/31/10 | Atlanta, GA | Royal Rumble |
Michelle McCool | 02/26/10 | Milwaukee, WI | SmackDown |
Beth Phoenix | 04/25/10 | Baltimore, MD | Extreme Rules |
* * * NOTES: Beth Phoenix defeated Michelle McCool in an “Extreme Makeover” match to win the WWE Women’s title. | |||
Layla & Michelle | 05/14/10 | Buffalo, NY | SmackDown |
* * * NOTES: Michelle McCool and Layla El defeated Beth Phoenix in an “Handicap” match to win the WWE Women’s title for Layla because she got the pin. Phoenix had to drop the title due to injury. Layla and Michelle McCool, known as Team LayCool, referred to themselves as co-champions | |||
Michelle McCool | 09/19/10 | Chicago, IL | Night of Champions |
* * * NOTES: WWE Women’s co-champion Michelle McCool w/Layla El defeated WWE Diva’s champion Melina Perez in a Unification Lumberjills match. From that point forward (due to a stipulation added by Vickie Guerrero), either Michelle or Layla could defend the Unified title on RAW or SmackDown!
* * * NOTES: The WWE women’s championship was no longer a recognized title. |