The AEW Women’s World Championship was created by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling for its female roster. It is the only championship for the women’s division of AEW and Japanese Joshi wrestler Riho was the inaugural champion.
Current AEW Women's World Champion
Mariah May is the current AEW Women's World Champion in her first reign with the title. She defeated her former mentor Toni Storm at AEW All In to end her 281 days reign.
The title is one of the first championships in AEW. In a press conference held on June 18, 2019, Tony Khan, the President, and CEO of AEW announced that they would soon unveil a women’s championship and a women’s tag team championship for its women’s division. AEW’s Chief Brand Officer and Cody’s wife Brandi Rhodes announced that the AEW Women’s World Championship title would be revealed on their All Out pay-per-view event and the inaugural champion would be crowned on the debut episode of their weekly TV show AEW Dynamite on October 2
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List of AEW Women’s Champions
Champion | Date | Event | Reign |
Riho | October 2, 2019 | Dynamite | 1 |
Nyla Rose | February 12, 2020 | Dynamite | 1 |
Hikaru Shida | May 23, 2020 | Double or Nothing | 1 |
Britt Baker | May 30, 2021 | Double or Nothing | 1 |
Thunder Rosa | March 16th, 2022 | Dynamite | 1 |
Toni Storm | September 4th, 2022 | All Out | 1 |
Jamie Hayter | November 19, 2022 | Full Gear | 1 |
Toni Storm | May 28, 2023 | Double or Nothing | 2 |
Hikaru Shida | August 2, 2023 | Dynamite | 2 |
Saraya | August 27, 2023 | All In | 1 |
Hikaru Shida | October 10, 2023 | Dynamite | 3 |
Toni Storm | November 18, 2023 | Full Gear 2023 | 3 |
Mariah May (Current AEW Women's Champion) | August 25, 2024 | All In | 1 |
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AEW Women's World Champion FAQs
Mariah May is the current AEW Champion in her third reign with the title.
Riho was the first AEW Women's Champion.
The inaugural AEW Women's Champion Riho was 22 years old when she won the title, which is still the youngest anyone has won the title.
Hikaru Shida held the AEW Women's Championship for 372 days in her first reign, the longest in title's history.
Toni Storm and Hikaru Shida won the AEW Women's Championship for the most number of times (3 times).