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WWE Introduces Women's United States Championship On SmackDown

The long rumored Women's United States Championship has finally been commissioned in WWE.
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The Women's United States Championship is coming to WWE!
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The Women's Division in WWE is absolutely flooded with talent and those ladies will soon have something new to fight over.

In a historic announcement on Friday night's (11/8) episode of SmackDown, GM Nick Aldis introduced an all new Women's United States Championship. Details of when and how the first Champion will be crowned have not yet been announced, but Nick Aldis said the new title will be earned and challenged everyone to step up.

A secondary Championship for WWE's ever-growing Women's Division is something that many wrestling fans, as well as the talent themselves, have been advocating for quite some time.

The NXT Women's North American Championship was introduced back in April at Stand and Deliver and has been a welcomed addition on Tuesday nights. A necessary building block to help raise the stock of up and coming talent like Kelani Jordan and now Fallon Henley.

Whether it's Chelsea Green, Piper Niven, Mia Yim, Candice LeRae, Naomi, Tiffany Stratton or someone else on the SmackDown roster, there's no shortage of great candidates to become the inaugural Women's U.S. Champion.

Michael Cole did indicate on commentary that both SmackDown and Raw Superstars would be able to compete for the new United States Championship, but it remains to be seen whether the belt will remain a SmackDown only property.

Conventional wisdom would suggest that Monday Night Raw would one day commission a Women's Intercontinental Championship for the ladies over on the Red Brand, but nothing has been confirmed at this time.

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RICK UCCHINO

Rick Ucchino is the Assistant Editor & Content Coordinator for The Takedown on SI. He also works full-time for 700WLW Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio as a local news and sports anchor, in addition to his time covering the Cincinnati Bengals for Sirius XM. Rick has been on the professional wrestling beat since 2019, having provided coverage for a number of outlets, including Fightful, SB Nation’s Cageside Seats and the Bleav Podcast Network. With an educational background in theater, creative writing and journalism, Rick focuses primarily on the storytelling aspect of pro wrestling, but he’s no stranger to the squared circle himself. He had the privilege of training with former WWE & WCW cruiserweight Jimmy Wang Yang for nearly two years and retired early due to back issues with a perfect 1-0 record in singles competition. Rick is a married father of two incredibly adorable children, who are budding pro wrestling fans themselves. Much to the chagrin of their mother. You can reach Rick at rwucchino@gmail.com

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