WWE Raw Women's Championship
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The Raw Women's Championship belt with default side plates
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| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brand | Raw | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | April 3, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Bayley | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | February 13, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Charlotte Flair |
| Most reigns | Charlotte Flair (4) |
| Longest reign | Charlotte Flair (113 days) |
| Shortest reign | Sasha Banks (20 days) |
| Oldest winner | Charlotte Flair (30 years, 257 days) |
| Youngest winner | Sasha Banks (24 years, 181 days) |
| Heaviest champion | Charlotte Flair (144 lb (65 kg)) |
| Lightest champion | Sasha Banks (114 lb (52 kg)) |
The WWE Raw Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two women's championships for WWE's main roster, along with the SmackDown Women's Championship on the SmackDown brand. The current champion is Bayley, who is in her first reign.
Introduced as the WWE Women's Championship on April 3, 2016 at WrestleMania 32, it replaced the Divas Championship and has a unique title history, separate from WWE's original Women's Championship and the Divas Championship. Charlotte Flair, then known simply as Charlotte, was the inaugural champion. As a result of the 2016 draft, the championship became exclusive to Raw with a subsequent rename, and SmackDown created the SmackDown Women's Championship as a counterpart title.
On April 3, 2016, WWE Hall of Famer Lita appeared during the WrestleMania 32 pre-show and, after recapping the history of women's professional wrestling in WWE, unveiled the brand-new championship and declared that WWE's women would no longer be referred to as WWE Divas, but as "WWE Superstars" just as their male counterparts are. This came after the term "Diva" was scrutinized by some commentators, fans, and several past and present WWE female performers, including then-Divas Champion Charlotte, who were in favor of changing the championship to the Women's Championship. It was also changed because some WWE female wrestlers felt it diminished their athletic abilities and relegated them to "eye candy". Lita then announced that the winner of the Divas Championship triple threat match between Charlotte, Becky Lynch, and Sasha Banks later that night would become the first-ever WWE Women's Champion, subsequently retiring the Divas Championship. Charlotte, the final Divas Champion, became the inaugural WWE Women's Champion when she defeated Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch.
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