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SmackDown Women's Championship
Current design of the SmackDown Women's Championship
Current design of the SmackDown Women's Championship
Details
Current
champion(s)
Dakota Kai
Date won August 25, 2024
(aired August 25, 2024)
Date established 2019
Promotion WWE The E-Fed

The SmackDown Women's Championship is the first-tier championship title for women in the WWE E-Fed federation on Friday Night SmackDown; the second brand of the company. The first champion was Emma who defeated AJ Lee to become the inaugural champion. The championship was reactivated on May 25 after the brand split returned and is currently held by Dakota Kai who is in her record-tying third reign. Tay Conti has the shortest reign at 9 days. Asuka's first reign is the longest in history at 180 days.

Title history[]

Key[]

# The overall championship reign
Date The date in which the championship was obtained
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Venue The event where the championship was obtained
Notes Any additional important information on how the championship changed hands
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
# Wrestler Name Reign Date Days held Venue Notes
1 Emma 1 January 6, 2019 105 Royal Rumble (2019)

Defeated AJ Lee to become the inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion.

2 Bayley 1 April 21, 2019 63 WrestleMania XXXV
3 Sunshine 1 June 23, 2019 98 Extreme Rules (2019)
4 Liv Morgan 1 September 29, 2019 43 No Mercy (2019)
Deactivated November 11, 2019 Raw The title would be deactivated when the brand split ended just before Survivor Series.
Title reactivated May 25, 2020 Raw The title would be reactivated by Triple H on the May 25, 2020 episode of Raw with the return of the brand split.
5 Nixon Newell 1 June 28, 2020 175 Unforgiven (2020)
6 Ruby Riott 1 December 20, 2020 21 Cyber Sunday (2020)
7 Sunshine 2 January 10, 2021 67 Royal Rumble (2021)
8 Peyton Royce 1 March 18, 2021 103 WrestleMania 37
9 Toni Storm 1 June 29, 2021 30 Extreme Rules (2021)
10 Ruby Riott 2 July 30, 2021 58 SmackDown
11 Dakota Kai 1 September 26, 2021 33 No Mercy (2021)
12 Nixon Newell 2 October 29, 2021 30 SmackDown
13 Kay Lee Ray 1 November 28, 2021 21 Survivor Series (2021)
14 Aleah James 1 December 19, 2021 119 Cyber Sunday
15 Cassie Lee 2 April 17, 2022 117 WrestleMania 200
16 Tay Conti 1 August 12, 2022 9 SmackDown
17 Nixon Newell 3 August 21, 2022 68 SummerSlam (2022)
18 Kay Lee Ray 2 October 28, 2022 175 Super SmackDown
19 Dakota Kai 2 April 16, 2023 40 WrestleMania 39
20 Rhea Ripley 1 May 26, 2023 86 Super SmackDown
21 Natalya Neidhart 1 August 20, 2023 86 Summerslam at Sea IV
22 Scarlett 1 September 24, 2023 112 Clash at the Castle (2023)
23 Asuka 1 January 14th, 2024 180 Royal Rumble (2024)
24 Priscilla Kelly 1 July 12th, 2024 44 SmackDown
25 Dakota Kai 3 August 25, 2024 54+ SummerSlam at Sea

List of combined reigns[]

Indicates the current champion
<1 Indicates the reign was less than 1 day

As of July 13, 2024

Rank Wrestler # of Reigns Combined Days
1. Nixon Newell 3 273
2. Cassie Lee/Peyton Royce 2 220
3. Kay Lee Ray 2 196
4. Asuka 1 180
5. Sunshine 2 166
6. Aleah James 1 119
7. Scarlett 1 112
8. Emma 1 105
9 Natalya Neidhart 1 86
9 Rhea Ripley 1 86
10. Ruby Riott 2 79
11. Dakota Kai 2 73
12. Bayley 1 63
13. Liv Morgan 1 43
14. Toni Storm 1 30
15. Tay Conti 1 9
16. Priscilla Kelly 1 1+

External links[]

World Wrestling Entertainment championships and accomplishments
Current championships Raw: WWEIntercontinentalWomen's
SmackDown: World HeavyweightUnited StatesDivas
Cross-brand: Tag TeamDivas Tag Team
Former championships HardcoreTelevisionX-DivisionEuropeanECWECW TelevisionECW FTWxXxSmackDown Women'sPure DivasSmackDown Tag TeamECW Tag TeamFCWFCW Florida HeavyweightFCW Queen of the Ring
Other accomplishments Royal RumbleSlammy AwardsMoney in the Bank
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