List of WWE SmackDown Women's Champions

The WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[1] is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. Unveiled on the August 23, 2016, episode of SmackDown Live, it was created to be the counterpart title to the then-WWE Women's Championship, which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 WWE draft and renamed to the Raw Women's Championship.[2]

Current champion Sasha Banks

The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. The inaugural champion was Becky Lynch, who won the title at Backlash on September 11, 2016. Sasha Banks is the current champion, who is in her first reign. She defeated previous champion Bayley at Hell in a Cell in a Hell in a Cell match on October 25, 2020 in Orlando, Florida.

As of February 1, 2021, overall, there have been 18 reigns between 9 champions and 1 vacancy. Charlotte Flair has the most reigns at five. Bayley's second reign is the longest singular reign at 380 days, while Flair's fourth reign is the shortest at 4 minutes and 55 seconds. With both of her title reigns, Bayley also holds the record for longest combined reigns at 520 days. Asuka is the oldest champion, having won the title at 37, while Alexa Bliss is the youngest when she first won it at 25.

Reigns

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
Days recog.	Number of days held recognized by the promotion
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics			Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Days recog.
1	Becky Lynch	September 11, 2016	Backlash	Richmond, VA	1	84	84	As a result of the 2016 WWE draft, the WWE Women's Championship became exclusive to Raw. In response, SmackDown established the SmackDown Women's Championship and Raw's title was subsequently renamed. Lynch defeated Alexa Bliss, Carmella, Naomi, Natalya, and Nikki Bella in a six-pack elimination challenge to become the inaugural champion.	[3]
2	Alexa Bliss	December 4, 2016	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	Dallas, TX	1	70	69	This was a tables match.	[4]
3	Naomi	February 12, 2017	Elimination Chamber	Phoenix, AZ	1	9	8		[5]
—	Vacated	February 21, 2017	SmackDown	Ontario, CA	—	—	—	The championship was vacated when Naomi suffered a knee injury and was unable to defend the title within 30 days.	[6]
4	Alexa Bliss	February 21, 2017	SmackDown	Ontario, CA	2	40	40	Defeated Becky Lynch to win the vacant title.	[6]
5	Naomi	April 2, 2017	WrestleMania 33	Orlando, FL	2	140	139	This was a six-pack challenge, also involving Becky Lynch, Carmella, Mickie James, and Natalya.	[7]
6	Natalya	August 20, 2017	SummerSlam	Brooklyn, NY	1	86	86		[8]
7	Charlotte Flair	November 14, 2017	SmackDown	Charlotte, NC	1	147	146		[9]
8	Carmella	April 10, 2018	SmackDown	New Orleans, LA	1	131	130	Cashed in her Money in the Bank contract. This was the first time a women's title changed hands after a Money in the Bank contract cash-in.	[10]
9	Charlotte Flair	August 19, 2018	SummerSlam	Brooklyn, NY	2	28	27	This was a triple threat match, also involving Becky Lynch, who Flair pinned.	[11]
10	Becky Lynch	September 16, 2018	Hell in a Cell	San Antonio, TX	2	91	91		[12]
11	Asuka	December 16, 2018	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	San Jose, CA	1	100	99	This was a triple threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, also involving Charlotte Flair.	[13]
12	Charlotte Flair	March 26, 2019	SmackDown	Uncasville, CT	3	13	12		[14]
13	Becky Lynch	April 8, 2019	WrestleMania 35	East Rutherford, NJ	3	41	41	This was a winner takes all triple threat match for both the Raw Women's Championship and SmackDown Women's Championship, also involving Ronda Rousey, who defended the Raw Women's Championship. Lynch pinned Rousey to win both titles.	[15]
14	Charlotte Flair	May 19, 2019	Money in the Bank	Hartford, CT	4	<1	<1		[16]
15	Bayley	May 19, 2019	Money in the Bank	Hartford, CT	1	140	140	Cashed in her Money in the Bank contract.	[16]
16	Charlotte Flair	October 6, 2019	Hell in a Cell	Sacramento, CA	5	5	4		[17]
17	Bayley	October 11, 2019	SmackDown	Paradise, NV	2	380	380		[18]
18	Sasha Banks	October 25, 2020	Hell in a Cell	Orlando, FL	1	104+	104+	This was a Hell in a Cell match.	[19]

Combined reigns

Record five-time champion Charlotte Flair

As of February 6, 2021.

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days	Combined days rec. by WWE
1	Bayley	2	520	519
2	Becky Lynch	3	216
3	Charlotte Flair	5	193	189
4	Naomi	2	149	148
5	Carmella	1	131	130
6	Alexa Bliss	2	110	109
7	Sasha Banks †	1	104+
8	Asuka	1	100	99
9	Natalya	1	86

See also

• Women in WWE
• Women's championships in WWE

References

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14. Barnett, Jake (March 26, 2019). "3/26 Barnett's WWE Smackdown Live TV Review: New Day respond to Vince McMahon sabotaging Kofi Kingston, Asuka vs. Charlotte for the Smackdown Women's Championship, Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
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16. Powell, Jason. "WWE Money in the Bank results: Powell's live review of Seth Rollins vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Universal Championship, Kofi Kingston vs. Kevin Owens for the WWE Championship, Becky Lynch defends the Raw and Smackdown Women's Titles, two Money in the Bank ladder matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
17. Powell, Jason. "WWE Hell in a Cell results: Powell's live review of Seth Rollins vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt in an HIAC match for the WWE Universal Championship, Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks in an HIAC match for the Raw Women's Championship, Bayley vs. Charlotte Flair for the Smackdown Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
18. Powell, Jason. "10/11 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of night one of the WWE Draft, Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns to determine which brand picks first, Charlotte Flair vs. Bayley for the Smackdown Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
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External links

• Official SmackDown Women's Title History
• SmackDown Women's Title History at CAGEMATCH