WWE Women's United States Championship

The WWE Women's United States Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. It is one of two secondary women's championships on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship on Raw. The current champion is Giulia, who is in her record-tying second reign. She won the title by defeating previous champion Chelsea Green on the January 2, 2026, episode of SmackDown.

History

The American professional wrestling promotion WWE was founded in April 1963, but it never had a secondary women's championship until the NXT Women's North American Championship was introduced for the developmental brand NXT in April 2024.[1] Later that year during the November 8, 2024, episode of SmackDown, the brand's general manager Nick Aldis unveiled the WWE Women's United States Championship as a secondary championship for the main roster women's division on the SmackDown brand, countering the men's WWE United States Championship.[2][3][4] The WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship was subsequently introduced for Raw on November 25.[5]

Prior to the November 15 episode of SmackDown, Aldis announced that tournament matches to determine the inaugural Women's United States Champion would begin on that night's episode.[6] WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque subsequently revealed the tournament bracket, featuring 12 women from the SmackDown 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 at Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII on December 14, 2024. Tournament participants announced were Bayley, B-Fab, Candice LeRae, Bianca Belair, Chelsea Green, Blair Davenport, Michin, Piper Niven, Jade Cargill, Naomi, Tiffany Stratton, and Elektra Lopez.[7] Cargill, however, was pulled from the tournament due to a backstage assault and was replaced by NXT's Lash Legend.[8] In the tournament final at Saturday Night's Main Event on December 14, Green defeated Michin to become the inaugural champion.[9]

Inaugural tournament

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 and it has small blue text that reads "Women's" placed above the words "United States". 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 silver globe.[17]

Reigns

As of May 19, 2026, there have been five reigns between three different champions. The inaugural champion was Chelsea Green, who is tied with Giulia for the most reigns at two. Giulia's first reign is the longest at 133 days, while Green's second reign is the shortest at 56 days. Green is also the oldest champion at 34 years, 217 days old, while Giulia is the youngest at 31.

Giulia is the current champion in her record-tying second reign. She defeated Chelsea Green on the January 2, 2026, episode of SmackDown in Buffalo, New York.

Combined reigns

As of May 19, 2026.

See also

• Women's championships in WWE

External links

• Official WWE Women's United States Championship Title History