The Raw Women's Championship was introduced by WWE Hall of Famer Lita at WrestleMania 32 as the brand-new WWE Women's Championship. The belt replaced the Divas Title and promised a new era for women's wrestling in WWE, and several Superstars have since held the coveted red belt.
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High-profile wrestlers such as Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair have held the Raw Women's Championship. Their reigns solidified their star-power and guaranteed them the main event status, though not all former titleholders have found success with the title. Here is every Raw Women's Champion so far, ranked.
7 Nia Jax
Nia Jax won the Raw Women's Championship in 2018. The Irresistible Force faced her former friend Alexa Bliss for the red belt at WrestleMania 34 and won her first title on the Grandest Stage Of Them All. The Goddess recaptured the Raw Women's Championship at Money In The Bank after cashing in on her contract, ending Jax's reign at 70 days.
Jax was a babyface when she won the championship, and her victory was initially well-received. However, her reign overall is largely forgettable, and her feud with Bliss was underwhelming.
6 Bayley
Bayley completed the NXT Four Horsewomen's championship-winning ways in February 2017 when she defeated Charlotte Flair for the Raw Women's Title on an episode of Raw. Charlotte was fresh from a long-term feud with Sasha Banks that had overstayed its welcome, and Bayley's presence in the title picture was refreshing.
Bayley held the title for a recognized total of 75 days. She lost the championship to Alexa Bliss at Payback and, despite having only won the red belt once, is currently SmackDown Women's Champion. Her current reign with the blue belt is proving far more entertaining and the Huggable One is doing some of her best work as a heel.
5 Alexa Bliss
Alexa Bliss has won the Raw Women's Championship three times and the SmackDown Women's Championship twice. She captured the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships with Nikki Cross in 2019, making her for the second Women's Triple Crown Champion.
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The Goddess won the red belt for the first time at Payback in 2017 after defeating Bayley. She lost the belt to Bayley's best friend and tag-team partner Sasha Banks at SummerSlam, ending her first reign at 111 days.
Bliss won her second Raw Women's Championship from The Boss on Raw 8 days later and her third at Money In The Bank after cashing in her new contract on Nia Jax. Her reigns with the red belt are less memorable than some of her fellow champions, but there is no denying that Bliss has an impressive list of achievements behind her.
4 Sasha Banks
Sasha Banks is a four-time Raw Women's Champion and former NXT Women's Champion. She defeated Charlotte Flair for the title on Raw in 2016, and the two Superstars played hot potato with the red belt for the next few months, with The Boss winning and losing the championship three times during her feud with Flair and once in 2017 at SummerSlam after facing Alexa Bliss.
The Boss is one of the most talented wrestlers in the women's locker room. Her accolades are impressive, and there is no denying that she is capable of carrying the division. However, despite her skill, Banks' reigns with the Raw Women's Championship have been brief, with The Boss usually dropping the title after 27 days.
3 Charlotte Flair
Charlotte Flair has led an impressive WWE career, and there is still time for her to achieve more yet. She is a ten-time Women's Champion and a near-guaranteed future Hall of Famer. She was the inaugural Raw Women's Champion and captured the belt whilst it was still the WWE Women's Championship, defeating Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch in a triple-threat match at WrestleMania 32 that retired the Divas Championship and promised a new era in women's wrestling.
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Charlotte is one of the greatest women's champions in WWE history. Her reigns with the red belt were particularly memorable due to her excellent work as a heel. Her feud with Sasha Banks, despite having some bumps along the road, elevated the women's division and both Superstars put on incredible matches on Raw and pay-per-views. The Queen defeated The Boss in the first-ever women's Hell In A Cell match in 2016 to win her third Raw Women's Championship and in a 30-minute Iron Woman match at Roadblock: End Of The Line.
2 Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey is one of the most successful female athletes in the world. When the former UFC star and Women's Bantamweight Champion debuted at Royal Rumble in January 2018, she made a big statement by confronting current champions Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair as well as the inaugural women's Royal Rumble match winner Asuka. Rousey made her intentions clear and made her debut in-ring performance at WrestleMania 34 when she teamed with Kurt Angle and faced Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.
Rousey won the Raw Women's Championship at SummerSlam after defeating Alexa Bliss. Bliss' feud with the Baddest Woman On The Planet was entertaining, and Rousey felt like an unstoppable badass who posed a dangerous threat to other competitors. Rousey defended the title in several high-profile matches, including a match against the longest-reigning Divas Champion Nikki Bella at the first-ever all-female pay-per-view Evolution.
Her most memorable feud is easily her rivalry with Becky Lynch, however. The Man defeated Rousey and Charlotte Flair for the title at WrestleMania 35 in the first-ever women's match to main event WWE's biggest pay-per-view.
1 Becky Lynch
Becky Lynch is the current Raw Women's Champion and is arguably the biggest babyface in WWE. The Man had a meteoric rise to the top that saw her ascend from the least memorable of the NXT Four Horsewomen to the most charismatic Superstar in the company.
The Man defeated long-term foes Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 35 in the first women's main event match for the Raw and SmackDown Women's Championship. She dropped the blue belt to Flair at Money In The Bank, who swiftly lost her new title to Bayley, though she retained the Raw Women's Championship is currently its longest-reigning champion.
Lynch has faced a plethora of worthy contenders for the title, including Sasha Banks, Natalya, and Lacey Evans. She is scheduled to face Asuka, the one Superstar she so far been unable to defeat, at the Royal Rumble with her championship on the line.
