WWF Women’s Championship

Years Active 1984 — 2002

Promotion WWF

Brand N/A

Total Reigns 16

Total Champions 12

Last Champion Jazz

Longest Reign

Wendi Richter

239 days as the WWF Women’s Champion

Won at WrestleMania I against Leilani Kai on March 31, 1985 and held title until November 25, 1985.

Most Reigns

Longest Reigns

Wendi Richter (239 days)
The Fabulous Moolah (220 days)
Chyna (214 days)

About This Championship

The WWF Women’s Championship was the direct continuation of the women’s world title that had previously been recognized by the NWA and was used under the WWF name from 1984 to 2002. In 1984, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) officially took over The Fabulous Moolah’s NWA title, bringing Moolah and the belt fully under its control and recognizing her as its own women’s world champion.

The championship quickly became part of the Rock n Wrestling boom, highlighted by Wendi Richter’s upset win over Moolah in 1984 on MTV during the company’s national expansion. After Rockin Robin left the company in 1990, the title was inactive until 1993, when it was revived with Alundra Blayze as champion.

The division was shaken again in 1995 when Blayze (known as Madusa in WCW) appeared on Monday Nitro and threw the WWF Women’s belt into a trash can on live television. The championship returned in 1998 during the Attitude Era with wrestlers like Jacqueline and Sable holding the title, and it remained the company’s primary women’s singles championship until the WWF changed its name to WWE in 2002.

This championship follows the same physical and historical lineage that later became the WWE Women’s Championship after the name change. It is not the same title as the later WWE Divas Championship or the current WWE women’s championships that replaced the Divas belt years later.

Championship Name History

NWA World Women's Championship 1956 – 1984

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WWF Women's Championship 1984 – 2002

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WWE Women's Championship 2002 – 2010

WWF Women’s Championship Complete Reign History

= Reign Distinction = Includes Reign Notes

# Click to sort	Wrestler Click to sort	Date Won Click to sort	Opponent(s) Click to sort	Event Click to sort	Match Type Click to sort	Partner(s) Click to sort
17	Jazz	Feb 4, 2002	Trish Stratus	Raw	Singles Match	98
16	Trish Stratus	Nov 18, 2001	Chyna & Ivory & Jacqueline & Lita & Molly Holly	Survivor Series 2001	Six Pack Challenge Match	78
—	Title Vacated from November 1, 2001 to November 18, 2001 (17 days)
15	Chyna	Apr 1, 2001	Ivory	WrestleMania X-Seven	Singles Match	214
Chyna’s reign would end on November 1, 2001, after she retired and left the WWF due to contract disputes.
14	Lita	Aug 21, 2000	Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley	Raw is War	Singles Match	71
13	Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley	Mar 28, 2000	Jacqueline	SmackDown!	Singles Match	146
12	Ivory	Oct 25, 1999	The Fabulous Moolah	Raw is War	Singles Match	48
11	The Fabulous Moolah	Oct 17, 1999	Ivory	No Mercy 1999	Singles Match	8
10	Ivory	Jun 8, 1999	Debra	Raw is War	Singles Match	131
9	Debra	May 10, 1999	Sable	Raw is War	Evening Gown Match	29
In the evening gown match, Sable appeared to win under the usual rules, but Commissioner Shawn Michaels overruled it and declared Debra the winner because she had “lost her dress.” Michaels then awarded Debra the championship, making her the official new titleholder.
8	Sable	Nov 15, 1998	Jacqueline	Survivor Series 1998	Singles Match	176
7	Jacqueline	Sep 15, 1998	Sable	Raw is War	Vacant Title Match	61
—	Championship Deactivated from February 21, 1990 to December 13, 1993 (3 years, 9 months, 22 days)
6	The Fabulous Moolah	Nov 25, 1985	Wendi Richter	House Show	Singles Match	220
On November 25, 1985, The Fabulous Moolah regained the WWF Women’s Championship by wrestling Wendi Richter under a mask as “The Spider Lady”. The finish was controversial because the referee counted the fall quickly while Richter was trying to kick out. It’s a moment later remembered as an early “screwjob” style title change.
5	Wendi Richter	Mar 31, 1985	Leilani Kai	WrestleMania I	Singles Match	239
4	Leilani Kai	Feb 18, 1985	Wendi Richter	The War to Settle the Score	Singles Match	41
3	Wendi Richter	Jul 23, 1984	The Fabulous Moolah	The Brawl to End It All	Singles Match	210
Championship renamed to WWF Women's Championship on May 19, 1984
Championship renamed to NWA World Women's Championship on September 18, 1956
2	Ivory	Apr 19, 2026	Lita & Jacqueline & Trish Stratus	SmackDown!	Fatal Four-Way Match	<1
1	The Fabulous Moolah	Sep 18, 1956		House Show		10,170
WWE recognizes Moolah’s September 18, 1956 title win under the National Wrestling Alliance banner as the starting point for its women’s title history. After the World Wrestling Federation broke from the NWA, Moolah later sold the rights to the women’s world title to the WWF in 1984, and the championship was treated as the WWF Women’s Championship going forward, while the NWA eventually continued its own separate women’s title lineage again afterward.

WWE recognizes the title’s origin in 1956 but does not fully acknowledge all NWA-era title changes between 1956 and 1984.

WWF Women’s Championship Historical Reign Leaders

#	Champion	Reigns	Total Days Held	Longest Reign (Days)	Avg. Reign (Days)	% of Career Title Held
1	Ivory	3	179	131	60	2.2%
2	Wendi Richter	2	449	239	225	4.6%
2	The Fabulous Moolah	2	228	220	114	1.6%
4	Chyna	1	214	214	214	7.3%
4	Sable	1	176	176	176	4%
4	Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley	1	146	146	146	2%
4	Jazz	1	98	98	98	1.1%
4	Trish Stratus	1	78	78	78	0.81%
4	Lita	1	71	71	71	0.78%
4	Jacqueline	1	61	61	61	0.62%
4	Leilani Kai	1	41	41	41	0.27%
4	Debra	1	29	29	29	0.99%

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