WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship
| WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) First champion Lyra Valkyria | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brand | Raw | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | November 25, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | AJ Lee | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | February 28, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE competed for by women of the Raw brand. The title was first presented on the November 25, 2024 episode of Raw.
Right now the champion is AJ Lee, who is in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Becky Lynch at Elimination Chamber on February 28, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.
History
[change | change source]In April 2024, WWE introduced their first secondary women's title, the NXT Women's North American Championship, for their developmental brand NXT.[1] This led to speculation about WWE also creating similar titles for their main roster. On November 25, Raw General Manager Adam Pearce presented the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship as the newest title and a counterpart to the men's WWE Intercontinental Championship.[2] 17 days earlier, the WWE Women's United States Championship was revealed for the SmackDown brand.[3]
On December 2, a tournament to crown the first champion started. WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque revealed the tournament bracket, featuring 12 competitors. Triple Threat matches took place in the first round, with the winners of each competing the semifinals in singles matches. The finals took place on the January 13, 2025 episode of Raw. The competitors were Dakota Kai, Shayna Baszler, Katana Chance, Zoey Stark, Raquel Rodriguez, Kayden Carter, Lyra Valkyria, Zelina Vega, Ivy Nile, Alba Fyre, Iyo Sky,[b] and Natalya.[4] Kai, Stark, Valkyria and Sky won the Triple Threat matches. In the tournament finals, Valkyria defeated Kai to become the first champion.[5]
Reigns
[change | change source]| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Days recog. |
Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
| 1 | Lyra Valkyria | January 13, 2025 | Raw | San Jose, CA | 1 | 145 | 144 | Defeated Dakota Kai in a tournament final to become the first champion. | [6] |
| 2 | Becky Lynch | June 7, 2025 | Money in the Bank | Inglewood, CA | 1 | 163 | 163 | This was a Last Chance match where if Lynch had lost, she would have never been able to challenge for the title again for as long as Lyra Valkyria was champion. Since Valkyria lost, she had to raise Lynch's hand and acknowledge her as the better woman. | [7] |
| 3 | Maxxine Dupri | November 17, 2025 | Raw | New York, NY | 1 | 49 | 48 | [8] | |
| 4 | Becky Lynch | January 5, 2026 | Raw on Netflix anniversary show | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 54 | 53 | [9] | |
| 5 | AJ Lee | February 28, 2026 | Elimination Chamber | Chicago, IL | 1 | 4+ | 4+ | [10] | |
Combined reigns
[change | change source]- As of March 4, 2026.
| † | Is the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
Combined days recognized by WWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Becky Lynch | 2 | 217 | |
| 2 | Lyra Valkyria | 1 | 145 | 144 |
| 3 | Maxxine Dupri | 1 | 49 | 48 |
| 4 | AJ Lee † | 1 | 4+ | |
Footnotes
[change | change source]- ↑ 48 days as recognized by WWE.
- ↑ Kairi Sane was originally announced as a competitor, but was attacked backstage by The Pure Fusion Collective (Shayna Baszler, Sonya Deville, and Zoey Stark) on the December 16 episode of Raw and was removed from the tournament. She was replaced by her Damage CTRL stable partner Iyo Sky.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Currier, Joseph (April 6, 2024). "WWE introducing Women's NXT North American Championship". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (November 25, 2024). "WWE Women's Intercontinental Title Introduced Before WWE Raw". Fightful. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (November 8, 2024). "WWE Women's United States Championship Unveiled On WWE SmackDown". Fightful. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ↑ Ucchino, Rick (December 2, 2024). "Triple H Unveils The Bracket For the Women's Intercontinental Championship Tournament". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (January 13, 2025). "First-Ever WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion Crowned On WWE Raw". Fightful. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- ↑ Thompson, Andrew (January 13, 2025). "Lyra Valkyria defeats Dakota Kai on WWE Raw to become first-ever Women's Intercontinental Champion". POST Wrestling. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- ↑ Powell, Jason (June 7, 2025). "WWE Money in the Bank results: Powell's review of John Cena and Logan Paul vs. Jey Uso and Cody Rhodes, two MITB ladder matches, Lyra Valkyria vs. Becky Lynch for the Women's Intercontinental Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ↑ Powell, Jason (November 17, 2025). "WWE Raw results (11/17): Powell's live review of John Cena's final Raw as a wrestler, Gunther vs. Je'Von Evans, and Solo Sikoa vs. a mystery wrestler in The Last Time Is Now tournament matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
- ↑ Russell, Skylar (January 5, 2026). "Becky Lynch Wins Women's Intercontinental Championship On 1/5 WWE Raw". Fightful. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
- ↑ Sharma, Ishaan (February 28, 2026). "AJ Lee Wins WWE Women's Intercontinental Title At Elimination Chamber 2026". Fightful. Retrieved February 28, 2026.