WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship

The WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It is one of two secondary women's championships on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Women's United States Championship on SmackDown. The current champion is Becky Lynch, who is in her record-setting third reign. She won the title by defeating AJ Lee at WrestleMania 42 Night 1 on April 18, 2026.

History

The American professional wrestling promotion WWE was founded in April 1963, and recognized a women's world champion from its outset, but it never had a secondary women's championship until April 2024 when the NXT Women's North American Championship was introduced for the developmental brand NXT,[1] followed by the WWE Women's United States Championship for the main roster brand SmackDown in early November.[2][3][4] Later that same month prior to the November 25 episode of Raw, the brand's general manager Adam Pearce unveiled the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship for the main roster women's division on the Raw brand, countering the men's WWE Intercontinental Championship.[5]

The inaugural Women's Intercontinental Champion was determined by a tournament that began on the December 2 episode of Raw. Prior to that episode's broadcast, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque revealed the tournament bracket, featuring 12 women from the Raw roster in four triple threat matches for the first round, with the winners of each advancing to the semifinals in singles matches, with those winners then facing off in the tournament final on Raw on January 13, 2025. Tournament participants announced were Dakota Kai, Shayna Baszler, Katana Chance, Zoey Stark, Raquel Rodriguez, Kayden Carter, Lyra Valkyria, Zelina Vega, Ivy Nile, Alba Fyre, Kairi Sane, and Natalya.[6] In the tournament final on January 13, Valkyria defeated Kai to become the inaugural champion.[7]

Tournaments

Belt design

The belt design is identical to the men's version, but like all women's championships in WWE, it is smaller and on a white strap. It also replaced the word "Heavyweight" with "Women's". Like all of WWE's other championship belts, the two side plates feature a removable center section which can be customized with the champion's logos; the default side plates feature a WWE logo over a blue globe.[14]

Reigns

As of May 19, 2026, there have been six reigns between four champions. The inaugural champion was Lyra Valkyria. Becky Lynch has the most reigns with three and her first reign is the longest at 163 days, while Maxxine Dupri and AJ Lee are tied for the shortest reign at 49 days (although WWE officially recognizes that Dupri's reign is the shortest at 48 days). Lynch is the oldest title holder, winning the title for a third time at 39 years old, while Valkyria is the youngest at 28 years, 82 days old.

Becky Lynch is the current champion in her record-setting third reign. She won the title by defeating AJ Lee at WrestleMania 42 Night 1 on April 18, 2026, in Paradise, Nevada.

Combined reigns

As of May 19, 2026.

See also

• Women's championships in WWE

External links

• Official WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship Title History