AEW Women's World Championship

The AEW Women's World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established on June 18, 2019, the inaugural champion was Riho. The current champion is Thunder Rosa, who is in her first reign.

AEW Women's World Championship
The current AEW Women's World Championship belt
(2022–present)
Details
PromotionAll Elite Wrestling
Date establishedJune 18, 2019
Current champion(s)Thunder Rosa
Date wonMarch 16, 2022

History
Inaugural champion Riho.

On June 18, 2019, six months after the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) was founded,[1][2][3] AEW President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Khan announced plans for both a singles and tag team championship for the women's division.[4][5] It was then announced by AEW Chief Brand Officer Brandi Rhodes that the AEW Women's World Championship belt would be unveiled on August 31 at All Out,[6] and that the first champion would be crowned on October 2 during the inaugural broadcast of AEW's weekly television show, later revealed as Dynamite.[7][8][9]

Both participants for the inaugural championship match were determined at All Out. The first competitor was determined by the women's Casino Battle Royale during the Buy In pre-show, which was won by Nyla Rose. Later that night on the main show, Riho became her opponent by defeating Hikaru Shida.[10] On the premiere episode of Dynamite, Riho defeated Rose to become the inaugural champion.[11]

Belt design
One-time champion Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D., with the 2021–2022 version of the championship belt

The original AEW Women's World Championship belt had a small oval shaped center plate. There were a total of six side plates, three on each side of the center plate. The top of the center plate had a crown and ornamentation lined the edge of the center plate. At the very center of the plate was a name plate to display the reigning champion's name. Above the name plate was AEW's logo while below the name plate read "Women's World Wrestling Champion". The side plates had a globe at the center with ornamentation around the globe.[10]

On the May 28, 2021, Friday night special airing of Dynamite, reigning champion Hikaru Shida was awarded with a slightly updated championship belt. The updated belt featured the overall same design, but was slightly bigger with extra encrusted diamonds and extra gold plating, and it only had two side plates on each side of the center plate instead of three.[12] The unveiling of this updated design was to commemorate Shida's reign of 370 days, which currently stands as the longest reign for any AEW championship.[13] Shida, however, would lose the title just two days later at Double or Nothing to Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.[14]

At Revolution on March 6, 2022, Baker unveiled a new design of the championship belt with bigger plates, similar to the men's AEW World Championship.[15] The new belt was designed by Belts By Dan, which took three weeks to complete, and it was inspired by the Mid-South North American Championship belt of the 1980s.[16]

Reigns
Current champion Thunder Rosa

As of May 5, 2022, there have been five reigns between five champions. Riho was the inaugural champion. Hikaru Shida's reign is the longest reign at 372 days, while Nyla Rose has the shortest reign at 101 days. Riho was the youngest champion at 22 years old while Rose is the oldest champion at 37.

Thunder Rosa is the current champion in her first reign. She won the title by defeating previous champion Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. in a Steel Cage match on the special "St. Patrick's Day Slam" episode of Dynamite on March 16, 2022, in San Antonio, TX.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Riho October 2, 2019 Dynamite Washington, D.C. 1 133 Defeated Nyla Rose on the debut episode of Dynamite to become the inaugural champion. [11]
2 Nyla Rose February 12, 2020 Dynamite Cedar Park, TX 1 101 [17]
3 Hikaru Shida May 23, 2020 Double or Nothing Jacksonville, FL 1 372 This was a no disqualification, no countout match. [18]
4 Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. May 30, 2021 Double or Nothing Jacksonville, FL 1 290 [14]
5 Thunder Rosa March 16, 2022 Dynamite:
St. Patrick's Day Slam		 San Antonio, TX 1 50+ This was a Steel Cage match. [19]

References
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  15. All Elite Wrestling [@AEW] (March 6, 2022). "Here is a better look at the New #AEW Women's World Championship #AEWRevolution" (Tweet). Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Twitter.
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