NXT Women's Championship

The NXT Women's Championship is a professional wrestling championship in the WWE. The title is a NXT-only championship. It is competed for between the women's wrestlers.

NXT Women's Championship
Paige during her reign as NXT Women's Champion
Details
PromotionWWE
BrandNXT
Date establishedApril 5, 2013
Current champion(s)Roxanne Perez
Date wonDecember 13, 2022

History

The title was introduced at WrestleMania Axxess on April 5, 2013. On the May 30, 2013 tapings of WWE NXT, Stephanie McMahon announced that there would be a tournament between four developmental talents and four main roster Divas. Paige defeated Emma in the tournament finals to become the first NXT Women's champion.

After Paige debuted on the main roster and won the WWE Divas Championship, she held both championships. On the April 24, 2014 episode of NXT, NXT Commissioner JBL stripped Paige of the NXT Women's Championship because of her not being able to defend the NXT Women's Championship as the WWE Divas Champion.[1]

Another tournament was started the following week. Sasha Banks would qualify over Bayley, Natalya would qualify over Layla, Alexa Bliss would qualify over Alicia Fox and Charlotte would qualify over the former number-one contender, Emma. During the semifinals, Natalya defeated Sasha Banks, and Charlotte defeated Alexa Bliss. At NXT Takeover, the finals took places and Charlotte defeated Natalya to win the vacant NXT Women's Championship.[2]

Title history
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Days
recog.		 Number of days held recognized by the promotion
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDays recog.
1 Paige June 20, 2013 NXT Winter Park, Florida 1 308273 Paige defeated Emma in the finals of an eight woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. WWE recognizes Paige's reign as beginning on July 24, 2013,
when the episode aired on tape delay.		 [3]
— Vacated April 24, 2014 NXT Baltimore, Maryland — —— NXT General Manager John "Bradshaw" Layfield stripped Paige of the title when she moved on to the main roster after winning the WWE Divas Championship. [4]
2 Charlotte May 29, 2014 NXT TakeOver Winter Park, Florida 1 258258 Charlotte defeated Natalya in the finals of an eight woman tournament to win the vacant championship. [5]
3 Sasha Banks February 11, 2015 NXT TakeOver: Rival Winter Park, Florida 1 192191 This was a fatal four–way match, also involving Bayley and Becky Lynch. [6]
4 Bayley August 22, 2015 NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York 1 223223 [7]
5 Asuka April 1, 2016 NXT TakeOver: Dallas Dallas, Texas 1 510522 WWE recognizes Asuka's reign as ending on September 6, 2017, when the episode aired on tape delay. [8]
— Vacated August 24, 2017 NXT Winter Park, Florida — —— After suffering a collarbone injury at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, Asuka relinquished the title. This episode aired on tape delay on September 6, 2017. [9][10]
6 Ember Moon November 18, 2017 NXT TakeOver: WarGames Houston, Texas 1 140139 This was a fatal four-way match also involving Kairi Sane, Nikki Cross, and Peyton Royce. [11]
7 Shayna Baszler April 7, 2018 NXT TakeOver: New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana 1 133132 [12]
8 Kairi Sane August 18, 2018 NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 Brooklyn, New York 1 7171 [13]
9 Shayna Baszler October 28, 2018 Evolution Uniondale, New York 2 416416 This marked the first time that the championship was defended or changed hands during a main roster WWE pay-per-view event. [14]
10 Rhea Ripley December 18, 2019 NXT Winter Park, Florida 1 98 or 99108 WWE recognizes Rhea Ripley's reign as ending on April 4, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay. [15]
11 Charlotte Flair March 25, 2020 or March 26, 2020 WrestleMania 36
Part 2		 Orlando, Florida 2 73 or 7463 Previously known as just Charlotte. WrestleMania was taped on March 25 and 26, but it is unknown which day this match was taped.[16] WWE recognizes this title reign as beginning on April 5, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay. [17]
12 Io Shirai June 7, 2020 NXT TakeOver: In Your House Winter Park, Florida 1 304304 This was a triple threat match also involving Rhea Ripley. Shirai pinned Ripley to win the title. [18]
13 Raquel González April 7, 2021 NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver
Night 1		 Orlando, Florida 1 202201 [19]
14 Mandy Rose October 26, 2021 NXT 2.0:
Halloween Havoc		 Orlando, Florida 1 413413 This was a Chucky's choice Trick or Street Fight match. On September 4, 2022 at Worlds Collide, Mandy Rose beaten Meiko Satomura and Blair Davenport in a triple threat match to unify the NXT UK Women's Championship into the NXT Women's Championship. The NXT UK Women's Championship was retired and the NXT Women's Championship became the Unified NXT Women's Championship. [20]
15 Roxanne Perez December 13, 2022 NXT Orlando, Florida 1 178+178+ [21]

Current champion

Right now, the champion is Roxanne Perez who is in her first reign. She won the title by beating Mandy Rose on NXT in December 2022.[22]

References
  1. "Paige Relinquishes the NXT Women's Championship: WWE NXT, April 24, 2014". WWE. Archived from the original on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. "WWE NXT Takeover results: Charlotte def. Natalya to win the vacant NXT Women's Championship". WWE. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  3. Caldwell, James (July 21, 2013). "WWE News: NXT spoilers summer episodes - first NXT Women's champ, Flair, more, plus NXT TV in the U.S.?". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. "Paige Relinquishes the NXT Women's Championship: WWE NXT". WWE. April 24, 2014. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  5. "Charlotte's first reign". WWE. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  6. James, Justin (February 11, 2015). "James' WWE NXT TakeOver Report 2/11". Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  7. "Bayley's first reign". WWE. Archived from the original on January 3, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  8. "Asuka". WWE. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  9. "Complete WWE NXT Spoilers from Full Sail University". PWInsider. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  10. "Asuka relinquishes NXT Women's Title". WWE. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  11. Moore, John. "11/18 Moore's NXT Takeover: WarGames live review – The Undisputed Era vs. Authors of Pain and Roderick Strong vs. Sanity in a WarGames match, Ember Moon vs. Kairi Sane vs. Nikki Cross vs. Peyton Royce for the NXT Women's Title, Drew McIntyre vs. Andrade Almas for the NXT Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  12. Moore, John. "4/7 Moore's NXT Takeover: New Orleans live review – Andrade Almas vs. Aleister Black for the NXT Title, Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women's Championship, Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa in an unsanctioned match, ladder match for the new North American Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  13. Moore, John. "8/18 Moore's NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV live review – Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano in a Last Man Standing match for the NXT Title, Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane for the NXT Women's Championship, Adam Cole vs. Ricochet for the NXT North American Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  14. Powell, Jason (28 October 2018). "Powell's WWE Evolution live review: Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella for the Raw Women's Championship, Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair in a Last Woman Standing match for the Smackdown Women's Championship, Mae Young Classic Finals". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  15. Moore, John (18 December 2019). "Powell's WWE Evolution live review: Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella for the Raw Women's Championship, Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair in a Last Woman Standing match for the Smackdown Women's Championship, Mae Young Classic Finals". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  16. "WWE grabará Wrestlemania 36". 21 March 2020.
  17. Powell, Jason (April 5, 2020). "WrestleMania 36 results: Powell's live review of Night Two featuring Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship, John Cena vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt in a Firefly Funhouse match, Edge vs. Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match, Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair for the NXT Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  18. Moore, John (June 7, 2020). "NXT Takeover: In Your House results – Moore's live review of Adam Cole defeated Velveteen Dream in a Backlot Brawl for the NXT Championship, Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Io Shirai for the NXT Women's Championship, Keith Lee vs. Johnny Gargano for the NXT North American Title, Tommaso Ciampa vs. Karrion Kross". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  19. Moore, John (April 7, 2021). "NXT Takeover Stand & Deliver results: Moore's live review of night one with Io Shirai vs. Raquel Gonzalez for the NXT Women's Championship, Walter vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT UK Championship, MSK vs. Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde for the vacant NXT Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  20. Moore, John (October 26, 2021). "10/26 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Halloween Havoc with Tommaso Ciampa vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Title, plus Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal stipulations for Raquel Gonzalez vs. Naomi for the NXT Women's Title, and MSK vs. Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel for the NXT Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  21. Moore, John (December 13, 2022). "12/13 NXT TV results: Moore's review of the NXT Deadline fallout edition with new NXT Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne vs. Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley, Von Wagner vs. Odyssey Jones, Lyra Valkyria debuts". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  22. Moore, John (December 13, 2022). "12/13 NXT TV results: Moore's review of the NXT Deadline fallout edition with new NXT Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne vs. Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley, Von Wagner vs. Odyssey Jones, Lyra Valkyria debuts". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

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