She won the title by defeating Nia Jax in her Money in the Bank cash-in match on the January 3, 2025, episode of SmackDown.

The title was the first women's championship to headline a WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event, which occurred at Hell in a Cell in 2016.

The inaugural champion was determined by a triple threat match between Charlotte, Becky Lynch, and Sasha Banks later that night, which was originally scheduled for the Divas Championship.

WWE acknowledges the original championship as its predecessor,[1] and notes that the lineage of female champions dates back to The Fabulous Moolah's reign in 1956.

[12][13] On May 10, 2020, the championship became the first in history to be directly rewarded as a result of winning the Money in the Bank ladder match (taped April 15, 2020), which was revealed when the briefcase was opened by Becky Lynch the following night on Raw.

From its inception until the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016, reigning champion Charlotte defended the title on both Raw and SmackDown.

When it was originally unveiled, the die-cut WWE logo in the center plate sat on a red background, as opposed to black, while the small print below the logo read "Women's Champion", and the strap was smaller and white as opposed to black.

It uses the same "Network Logo" design, but with similarities to the men's Undisputed WWE Universal Championship that was unveiled on the previous week's episode of SmackDown.

It retains the smaller white strap and the side plates of the previous design, but in matching the men's title, the WWE logo is now encrusted with black diamonds on a gold nugget-textured background while the small print below the logo now reads "Women's Undisputed Champion" (although it was never contested in a unification match to bear the name "Undisputed", it simply appears on the belt to match its male counterpart).

[21] In September 2018, WWE began presenting custom Women's Championship belts to winners in just female sports.

Only two women have held the title for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more: Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair.

She defeated Nia Jax in her Money in the Bank cash-in match on the January 3, 2025, episode of SmackDown in Phoenix, Arizona.