Every Major Wrestling World Title - Ranked From Least To Most Prestigious

7. RAW Women's Championship

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A level well above its blue brand counterpart, the RAW Women's Championship feels more prestigious owing to its headlining, on merit, a pay-per-view - Hell In A Cell - in 2016.

The featured, over programme between Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks did much to portray the prize as a big one, in parallel with its big-time "Queen Bee of PPV" performer. And, while Alexa Bliss entered in-ring performances a notch below those of the Three Horsewomen she usurped as the talisman of the division, the fictional integrity of the belt was preserved through two 100+ day stints. It was a prize much of the audience would not have deemed unmissable, but unattainable enough to warrant a not inconsiderable degree of credibility. Used subsequently as a trinket in an overt anti-bullying advert for much of 2018, Nia Jax delivers very little in the way of credibility as a performer and a character, tarnishing the belt she wore before Alexa Bliss cashed in at Money In The Bank.

The mere presence of Ronda Rousey in the challenger's role however elevates it in prestige, which proves true the adage that the star makes the title, and the title can't make a star - an adage to which SmackDown creative would be wise to adhere.

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