List of WWE SmackDown Women's Champions
The WWE SmackDown Women's Championship 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 Raw Women's Championship.
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. Bayley is the current champion, who is in her second reign which is the longest reign for the title. She defeated previous champion Charlotte Flair on Friday Night SmackDown on October 11, 2019.
As of ,, overall, there have been 17 reigns between 8 champions and 1 vacancy. Charlotte Flair has the most reigns at five. Bayley's current reign is the longest singular reign at + days, while Flair's fifth reign is the shortest at 4 minutes and 55 seconds due to Bayley cashing in her Money in the Bank contract on Flair, who had just won the title from Becky Lynch. Bayley also has the longest combined reign at + 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
Combined reigns
As of ,.
