She won the title by defeating Nia Jax in her Money in the Bank cash-in match on the January 3, 2025, episode of SmackDown.The title was the first women's championship to headline a WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event, which occurred at Hell in a Cell in 2016.The inaugural champion was determined by a triple threat match between Charlotte, Becky Lynch, and Sasha Banks later that night, which was originally scheduled for the Divas Championship.WWE acknowledges the original championship as its predecessor,[1] and notes that the lineage of female champions dates back to The Fabulous Moolah's reign in 1956.[12][13] On May 10, 2020, the championship became the first in history to be directly rewarded as a result of winning the Money in the Bank ladder match (taped April 15, 2020), which was revealed when the briefcase was opened by Becky Lynch the following night on Raw.From its inception until the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016, reigning champion Charlotte defended the title on both Raw and SmackDown.It uses the same "Network Logo" design, but with similarities to the men's Undisputed WWE Universal Championship that was unveiled on the previous week's episode of SmackDown.[21] In September 2018, WWE began presenting custom Women's Championship belts to winners in just female sports.She defeated Nia Jax in her Money in the Bank cash-in match on the January 3, 2025, episode of SmackDown in Phoenix, Arizona.
The original design of the championship used from 2016 to 2023.
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