WWE Women's United States Championship
| WWE Women's United States Championship | |||||
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 The WWE Women's United States Championship belt with default side plates | |||||
| Details | |||||
| Promotion | WWE | ||||
| Brand | SmackDown | ||||
| Date established | November 8, 2024 | ||||
| Current champion(s) | TBD | ||||
| Date won | December 14, 2024 | ||||
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The WWE Women's United States Championship is an upcoming professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, to be defended on the SmackDown brand division. It will be one of two secondary women's championships on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship on Raw. The title was announced during the November 8, 2024, episode of SmackDown with the inaugural champion to be crowned in a tournament final at Saturday Night's Main Event on December 14, 2024.
History
[edit]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] In turn, 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 to be 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 the Saturday Night's Main Event special on December 14, 2024.[7] Tournament participants announced were Bayley, B-Fab, Candice LeRae, Bianca Belair, Chelsea Green, Blair Davenport, Michin, Piper Niven, Naomi, Tiffany Stratton, Elektra Lopez, and Jade Cargill, but Cargill was pulled from the tournament due to a backstage assault. Bayley defeated B-Fab and LeRae in the first triple threat match, while Green defeated Belair and Davenport in the second, setting up the first semifinals match. Cargill would be replaced by NXT's Lash Legend.[8]
Tournaments
[edit]Inaugural tournament
[edit]The tournament to crown the inaugural WWE Women's United States Champion began on November 15, 2024, and is being held across episodes of SmackDown, concluding at Saturday Night's Main Event on December 14, 2024.
| First round SmackDown November 15 – December 6, 2024 | Semifinals SmackDown December 13, 2024 | Final Saturday Night's Main Event December 14, 2024 | |||||||||||
| Bayley | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Candice LeRae | — | ||||||||||||
| B-Fab | 10:02[9] | Bayley | |||||||||||
| Chelsea Green | |||||||||||||
| Bianca Belair | — | ||||||||||||
| Chelsea Green | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Blair Davenport | 10:04[10] | ||||||||||||
| Lash Legend[a] | — | ||||||||||||
| Michin | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Piper Niven | 10:34[12] | Michin | |||||||||||
| Naomi | |||||||||||||
| Tiffany Stratton | |||||||||||||
| Elektra Lopez | |||||||||||||
- Notes
- ^ Jade Cargill was originally to participate, but was attacked backstage by an unknown assailant during the November 22 episode of SmackDown and was pulled from the tournament.[10] She was replaced by NXT's Lash Legend.[11]
Belt design
[edit]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 red globe.[13]
Reigns
[edit]| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| WWE: SmackDown | ||||||||||
| 1 | TBD | December 14, 2024 | Saturday Night's Main Event | Uniondale, NY | 1 | TBD | The title was introduced on SmackDown on November 8, 2024, with the inaugural champion to be determined by a tournament that began on the November 15 episode. | [6] | ||
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ 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 8, 2024). "WWE Women's United States Championship Unveiled On WWE SmackDown". Fightful. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ^ Aguilar, Matthew (November 8, 2024). "WWE Reveals New Women's Championship on SmackDown". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ^ Ucchino, Rick (November 9, 2024). "WWE Introduces Women's United States Championship On SmackDown". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (November 25, 2024). "WWE Women's Intercontinental Title Introduced Before WWE Raw". Fightful. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ a b Currier, Joseph (November 15, 2024). "Women's United States title tournament to begin on WWE SmackDown". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ Mrosko, Geno (November 15, 2024). "Tournament announced to decide first ever WWE women's United States champion". Cageside Seats. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ Defelice, Robert (November 22, 2024). "WWE Women's United States Title Tournament Update; New Superstar Advances To Semi-Finals On WWE SmackDown". Fightful. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Barnett, Jake (November 15, 2024). "WWE Smackdown results (11/15): Barnett's review of Motor City Machine Guns vs. The Street Profits for the WWE Tag Team Titles, Nia Jax vs. Naomi for the WWE Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ a b Barnett, Jake (November 22, 2024). "WWE Smackdown results (11/22): Barnett's review of Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens meeting face-to-face, LA Knight vs. Santos Escobar for the U.S. Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Harris, Jeffrey (November 23, 2024). "WWE SmackDown Spoilers for November 29 Episode, Go-Home Show Before Survivor Series". 411Mania. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
- ^ Barnett, Jake (November 29, 2024). "WWE Smackdown results (11/29): Barnett's review of Roman Reigns and CM Punk, Jey Uso vs. Jacob Fatu in a WarGames advantage match, the final push for WWE Survivor Series WarGames". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
- ^ Boone, Matt (November 8, 2024). "Photo: Women's U.S. Championship Debuts On WWE SmackDown On 11/8". PWMania. Retrieved November 9, 2024.