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[[Leilani Kai]] won the [[WWF Women's Tag Team Championship]] and the [[WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)|WWF Women's Championship]] in 1985. In 2009 at [[WWE The Bash (2009)|The Bash]], [[Michelle McCool]] defeated [[Melina Perez|Melina]] to win her first Women's Championship, becoming the first woman to have won both the [[WWE Divas Championship|WWE Divas]] and [[WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)|Women's]] championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/20090628|title=Michelle McCool's reign|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=September 27, 2009}}</ref>. [[AJ Lee]] became the first woman to hold the [[FCW Divas Championship]] & the [[WWE Divas Championship]]. [[Paige (wrestler)|Paige]] became the first female double champion when she won the [[WWE Divas Championship]] in her debut while also being the [[NXT Women's Championship|NXT Women's Champion]] in 2014.
 
In 1999, [[Chyna (wrestler)|Chyna]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]] in his last WWF match at [[No Mercy (1999)|No Mercy]], to become the first and only woman to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]].<ref name=sun>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/article160155.ece|author=Lilsboy|title=The truth about Chyna|publisher=The Sun|accessdate=April 12, 2007|date=May 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020031307/http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/article160155.ece|archive-date=October 20, 2007|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=only299>Laurer, Joanie. ''If They Only Knew'', 299.</ref> At [[Starrcade (1999)]], [[Debrah Miceli|Alundra Blayze/Madusa]] pinned Karagias to become the first female ever to win the [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1991–2007)|WCW Cruiserweight Championship]].<ref name=cruise>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/cruiser/350478 |title=Cruiserweight Championship: Title History |publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] |accessdate=2009-03-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410161918/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/cruiser/350478 |archivedate=2007-04-10 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPPV/dec20_starrcade.html|title=Goldberg screwed at Starrcade|author=Powell, John|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2009-05-19|date=December 20, 1999}}</ref> [[Molly Holly]] pinned [[Gregory Helms|The Hurricane]] taking the [[WWE Hardcore Championship|WWE Hardcore Championship]] from him at [[WrestleMania X8]] on March 17, 2002 in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada. Later that year [[Trish Stratus]] won the [[WWE Hardcore Championship]] on May 6, pinning [[Crash Holly]].<ref name="slambio"/><ref name="official"/> On the May 6, 2004 episode of ''SmackDown!'', [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1991–2007)|WWE Cruiserweight Champion]] [[Chavo Guerrero, Jr.|Chavo Guerrero]] issued an open challenge for anyone to face him for his title, [[Jacqueline Moore|Jacqueline]] defeated him to become the [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1991–2007)|WWE Cruiserweight Champion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/cruiser/350208 |title=Cruiserweight Championship History: Chavo Guerrero's reign |publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] |accessdate=2009-05-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423094815/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/cruiser/350208 |archivedate=2007-04-23 |df= }}</ref>
 
==== Former championships ====
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==== Current championships ====
The [[WWE NXT Women's Championship|NXT Women's Championship]] was introduced on April 5, 2013 and the first [[WWE NXT Women's Championship#Reigns|NXT Women's Champion]] was crowned on June 20, 2013 (aired July 24) in the [[WWE NXT Women's Championship|inaugural championship tournament (2013)]].<ref name=FirstChamp"firstchamp"/>. Following the reintroduction of the [[WWE brand extension|brand split]] in July 2016, the [[WWE Raw Women's Championship|WWE Women's Champion]] ([[Charlotte Flair]]) was [[2016 WWE draft|drafted]] to the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] brand, making the championship exclusive to Raw. On August 2016, the WWE created the [[WWE SmackDown Women's Championship|SmackDown Women's Championship]] as a counterpart title and the WWE Women's Championship was subsequently renamed to [[WWE Raw Women's Championship|Raw Women's Championship]]. On June 18, 2018, the NXT UK Women's Championship was announced for WWE's [[NXT UK (WWE brand)|NXT UK]] brand.<ref name="POST">{{cite web|last1=Pollock|first1=John|title=WWE announces NXT UK brand with two additional championships to be introduced|url=https://www.postwrestling.com/2018/06/18/wwe-announces-nxt-uk-brand-with-two-additional-championships-to-be-introduced/|accessdate=August 26, 2018|date=June 18, 2018}}</ref> The inaugural [[NXT UK Women's Championship|NXT UK Women's Champion]] was crowned in the tournament finals on August 21, 2018 ([[Broadcast delay|aired]] November 28).<ref name="firstchamp">{{cite web|title=The first NXT UK Women’s Champion to be crowned at NXT UK tapings this weekend in Birmingham|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/first-nxt-uk-womens-to-be-crowned-at-birmingham-live-event|work=WWE|date=August 21, 2018|accessdate=August 21, 2018}}</ref> During the December 24, 2018 [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] episode, WWE Chairman [[Vince McMahon]] announced the [[WWE Women's Tag Team Championship|WWE Women's Tag Team Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/vince-mcmahon-announces-wwe-womens-tag-team-titles-john-cenas-return-at-raw-christmas-show/|title=Vince McMahon announces WWE women's tag team titles, John Cena's return at Raw Christmas show|work=CBS Sports|date=December 25, 2018|accessdate=January 14, 2018}}</ref> The inaugural champions were crowned at [[Elimination Chamber (2019)|Elimination Chamber]] on February 17, 2019, in a tag team [[Elimination Chamber]] match, featuring three teams from [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] and three teams from [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]], making the titles non-exclusive to either [[WWE brand extension|brand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/eliminationchamber/article/elimination-chamber-to-crown-first-womens-tag-team-champions|title=The first-ever Women’s Tag Team Champions to be crowned at WWE Elimination Chamber|date=January 14, 2019|last=Burdick|first=Michael|work=WWE|accessdate=January 15, 2019}}</ref>
 
As of the current WWE system, on April 30, 2017, [[Alexa Bliss]] became the first woman in the [[WWE]] to hold the women's titles on both brands of [[WWE]]. [[Naomi (wrestler)|Naomi]] became the first woman to hold the [[FCW Divas Championship]] & the [[WWE SmackDown Women's Championship|SmackDown Women's Championship]]. [[Becky Lynch]] won both the Raw Women’s Championship and SmackDown Women's Championship in a Winner takes all match at [[WrestleMania 35]], making her a double champion and the only woman to hold both titles simultaneously. [[Bayley (wrestler)|Bayley]] is the first wrestler to have won [[Grand_Slam_(professional_wrestling)#Women's_format_(established_2019)|four current]] women's championships in [[WWE]] history.