| WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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 The WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship belt with default side plates | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brand | Raw | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | November 25, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Becky Lynch | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | January 5, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||
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TheWWE Women's Intercontinental Championship is awomen's professional wrestlingchampionship created and promoted by theAmericanpromotionWWE, defended on theRawbrand division. It is one of two secondarywomen's championships on WWE's main roster, along with theWWE Women's United States Championship onSmackDown. The current champion isBecky Lynch, who is in her record-setting second reign. She won the title by defeatingMaxxine Dupri atRaw's Netflix Anniversary Show on January 5, 2026.
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The Americanprofessional wrestling promotionWWE 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 theNXT Women's North American Championship was introduced for thedevelopmental brandNXT,[1] followed by theWWE Women's United States Championship for the main roster brandSmackDown in early November.[2][3][4] Later that same month prior to the November 25 episode ofRaw, the brand's general managerAdam Pearce unveiled the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship for the main roster women's division on theRaw brand, countering the men'sWWE Intercontinental Championship.[5]
The inaugural Women's Intercontinental Champion was determined by a tournament that began on the December 2 episode ofRaw. Prior to that episode's broadcast, WWE Chief Content OfficerPaul "Triple H" Levesque revealed the tournament bracket, featuring 12 women from the Raw roster in fourtriple threat matches for the first round, with the winners of each advancing to the semifinals insingles matches, with those winners then facing off in the tournament final onRaw on January 13, 2025. Tournament participants announced wereDakota Kai,Shayna Baszler,Katana Chance,Zoey Stark,Raquel Rodriguez,Kayden Carter,Lyra Valkyria,Zelina Vega,Ivy Nile,Alba Fyre,Kairi Sane, andNatalya.[6] In the tournament final on January 13, Valkyria defeated Kai to become the inaugural champion.[7]
| First round Raw December 2 – 23, 2024 | Semifinals Raw December 30, 2024 | Final Raw January 13, 2025 | |||||||||
| Katana Chance Shayna Baszler | 7:00[8] — | ||||||||||
| Dakota Kai | Pinfall | ||||||||||
| Dakota Kai | Pinfall | ||||||||||
| Zoey Stark | 8:15[12] | ||||||||||
| Raquel Rodriguez Kayden Carter | — 9:25[9] | ||||||||||
| Zoey Stark | Pinfall | ||||||||||
| Dakota Kai | 8:31[13] | ||||||||||
| Lyra Valkyria | Pinfall | ||||||||||
| Zelina Vega Ivy Nile | — 7:50[10] | ||||||||||
| Lyra Valkyria | Pinfall | ||||||||||
| Lyra Valkyria | Pinfall | ||||||||||
| Iyo Sky | 11:45[12] | ||||||||||
| Alba Fyre Natalya | — 8:05[11] | ||||||||||
| Iyo Sky[b] | Pinfall | ||||||||||
The belt design is identical to themen'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]
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As of February 14, 2026, there have been four reigns between three champions. The inaugural champion was Lyra Valkyria.Becky Lynch has the most reigns with two and her first reign is the longest at 163 days, while Maxxine Dupri’s reign is the shortest at 49 days (48 as recognized by WWE). Lynch is also the oldest title holder at 38 years old, while Valkyria is the youngest at 28 years, 82 days old.
Becky Lynch is the current champion in her record-setting second reign. She defeated Maxxine Dupri atRaw's Netflix Anniversary Show on January 5, 2026, inBrooklyn, New York.[15]
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| 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. | ||||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||||
| WWE:Raw | |||||||||||
| 1 | Lyra Valkyria | January 13, 2025 | Raw | San Jose, CA | 1 | 145 | 144 | DefeatedDakota Kai in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | [16] | ||
| 2 | Becky Lynch | June 7, 2025 | Money in the Bank | Inglewood, CA | 1 | 163 | 163 | This was aLast Chance match where if Lynch had lost, she would have never been able to challenge for the title again for as long asLyra Valkyria was champion. Since Valkyria lost, she had to raise Lynch's hand and acknowledge her as the better woman. | [17] | ||
| 3 | Maxxine Dupri | November 17, 2025 | Raw | New York, NY | 1 | 49 | 48 | [18] | |||
| 4 | Becky Lynch | January 5, 2026 | Raw on Netflix Anniversary Show | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 40+ | 40+ | [15] | |||
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days recognized by WWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Becky Lynch † | 2 | 203+ | |
| 2 | Lyra Valkyria | 1 | 145 | 144 |
| 3 | Maxxine Dupri | 1 | 49 | 48 |