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The WWE’s Women’s Division has grown a lot since the Women's Championship was brought back in 1998.
20 years ago at WrestleMania X-Seven, Chyna and Ivory had a match for the championship that lasted less than three minutes. This year, Bianca Belair defeated Sasha Banks in a WrestleMania 37 main-event to become the new Smackdown Women’s Champion.
There was once a time where WWE pay-per-views didn’t even have a women’s match. Today, WWE Women Superstars are main eventing shows.
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From having one championship for the entire WWE women’s roster to having six championships across four shows, a Money In The Bank match, and a Royal Rumble, WWE has shown that women’s wrestling is more than just pillow fights and bikini contests. Yet, there's one thing the division lacks: a women's Intercontinental Championship.
The WWE Intercontinental Championship has been a path for WWE Superstars towards the WWE Championship. Hall of Famers like Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Triple H, and Stone Cold Steve Austin held the title before moving up the ladder and eventually winning the WWE Championship. But the women’s division has never had a similar championship.
Here are five reasons why WWE’s Women’s Division could benefit from a new championship.
5. A new Women's Championship can highlight more WWE Superstars
Nikki A.S.H. cashed in her Money In The Bank contract on Monday Night Raw to become the new Raw Women’s Champion.
Since Money In The Bank, five of the eight superstars have been competing or featured on Raw and Smackdown: Nikki, Alexa Bliss, Natalya and Tamina, and Zelina Vega. Asuka hasn’t been on RAW, Liv Morgan hasn’t been on Smackdown, and Naomi has yet to be featured on SmackDown after being traded quietly from RAW.
If WWE creates a new championship for the women’s division, it could feature more superstars who haven’t been seen for a while. Superstars who aren’t in a tag team or competing for the Women’s Championships could have the opportunity to showcase their skills and stay relevant instead of slowing fading away and out of the minds of the WWE Universe.
4. A new Championship can help the WWE Women’s tag team division
Asuka and Naomi have teamed up to compete in the women’s tag team division a few times. But they aren’t officially a tag team. A new championship can help the women’s tag team division because it allows WWE to solidify who are and who aren’t a part of a tag team.
Recent NXT callups Shotzi and Nox are a legit tag team and won against the Women’s Tag Team Champions Natalya and Tamina on their Smackdown debut. Tegan Nox also recently won a one-on-one match against Tamina on Smackdown, further boosting their chances at the Women’s Tag Team Championship opportunity.
WWE loves creating makeshift or mismatch tag teams. Most of these teams, like Naomi and Asuka, typically don’t last long. However, some teams like the current WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Natalya and Tamina find success.
A new women’s division championship could benefit the women’s tag teams by developing real tag teams rather than putting two superstars together so that they have something to do.
3. A new WWE Women's Championship can create new stories
Over the years, WWE has told multiple stories in the women’s division all at once. Today, on RAW, Alexa Bliss is in a rivalry with Eva Marie and Doudrop. Meanwhile, Liv Morgan was developing a rivalry with WWE authority figure Sonya Deville on Smackdown leading up to Money In The Bank.
As Nikki A.S.H. defends her RAW Women’s Championship at WWE SummerSlam, it’s likely that the women who don’t walk out as champions will move on to something else while the champion seeks new challengers.
If Charlotte Flair is unable to win the Championship, she could benefit from the rumored Queen of the Ring tournament. The tournament itself, should it happen, can serve as a visual for how things could be with a new women’s championship.
2. A new WWE Women's Championship can build future main-eventers
Nikki A.S.H’s Money In The Bank win and cash in may’ve came as a surprise to fans, but Nikki did prove herself against Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair. She technically defeated both in Beat The Clock Challenges. This gave her the momentum and confidence to become Almost A Superhero (A.S.H.). Superstars don’t always have a gradual rise to the world championship though.
When WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus won her first WWE Women’s Championship at the 2001 Survivor Series, she had been in WWE for just a year.
It is possible for new WWE Superstars to make an immediate impact. But as the Intercontinental Championship has done in the past, the women’s division need a championship that can help develop superstars into future main eventers.
1. A new WWE Women's Championship can continue the women’s evolution
WWE has a championship for RAW, Smackdown, NXT, and NXT UK. The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships are shared across RAW and Smackdown, and the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships are solely on NXT.
When WWE hosted the first and only WWE Evolution pay-per-view, the RAW, SmackDown, and NXT Women’s Championships were defended. WWE’s women’s division has grown immensely. A championship like the Intercontinental and United States Championship will make the division more complete.
With a new championship, superstars like Liv Morgan and Naomi can build up their momentum and climb their way to the top of the division. Likewise, Charlotte Flair can serve as a gatekeeper and help build stars by competing against anyone and everyone, just as John Cena has done in the past with the United States Championship Open Challenge.
Regardless of whether WWE decides to create a new championship for the women’s division, their evolution is going strong. With career-changing opportunities like Money In the Bank and the Royal Rumble that got Nikki A.S.H and Bianca Belair to where they are now, as well as NXT and NXT UK strengthening their women’s division, WWE should be able to create future stars for years to come.
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