NXT Women's Championship
| NXT Women's Championship | |||||||||||||
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| File:NXT Womens Championship.jpg The current NXT Women's Championship belt | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | NXT | ||||||||||||
| Date established | April 5, 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Bayley | ||||||||||||
| Date won | August 22, 2015 | ||||||||||||
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The NXT Women's Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned and competed for exclusively in NXT, WWE's developmental territory female division. The championship is contested in professional wrestling matches. The title is currently held by Bayley in her first reign.
History
The championship was first introduced on April 5, 2013 at WrestleMania Axxess. It was announced at the May 30, 2013 tapings (broadcast on the June 5 episode) of WWE NXT, by Stephanie McMahon that there would be a tournament, featuring four developmental divas and four divas from the main roster competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Women's Champion in a knockout system format.[1][2][3] The first NXT Women's Champion was crowned on June 20, 2013, with Paige defeating Emma in the tournament finals.[4]
Paige successfully defended her title at NXT Arrival against Emma using her new Scorpion Cross-Lock, but John Layfield stripped Paige of the title on the April 24 edition of NXT in order to give the divas on NXT a chance, as Paige had been brought up to the main roster upon defeating AJ Lee for WWE's Divas Championship.
A new tournament was started the following week, which saw Sasha Banks qualify over Bayley, Natalya qualify over Layla, Alexa Bliss qualify over Alicia Fox and Charlotte qualify over former number-one contender, Emma. In the semifinals, Natalya defeated Sasha Banks, and Charlotte defeated Alexa Bliss. At NXT TakeOver, Charlotte defeated Natalya to win the vacant NXT Women's Championship and she is also the oldest champion at age 28. At NXT TakeOver: Rival, Sasha Banks won the championship in a Fatal 4-Way match against Charlotte, Bayley and Becky Lynch. On August 23 at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, Bayley won the championship from Sasha Banks in a highly-rated match. On the September 16 episode of NXT, General Manager — William Regal announced that Bayley will defend her title against Sasha Banks in the main event at NXT TakeOver: Respect on October 7 in the first ever 30–minute Iron Woman match in WWE history.[5] At the event, Bayley defeated Banks in a rematch for the championship, scoring the win with 3 falls to 2.[6][7]
Inaugural championship tournament
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Tamina Snuka | ||||||||||||||
| Paige | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Paige | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Alicia Fox | ||||||||||||||
| Bayley | ||||||||||||||
| Alicia Fox | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Paige | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Emma | ||||||||||||||
| Sasha Banks | ||||||||||||||
| Summer Rae | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Summer Rae | ||||||||||||||
| Emma | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Emma | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Aksana | ||||||||||||||
Second championship tournament
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Bayley | ||||||||||||||
| Sasha Banks | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Sasha Banks | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Natalya | ||||||||||||||
| Layla | ||||||||||||||
| Natalya | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Natalya | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte | ||||||||||||||
| Alicia Fox | ||||||||||||||
| Alexa Bliss | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Alexa Bliss | ||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Emma | ||||||||||||||
Reigns
As of November 21, 2024, there have been four champions; two of which won tournaments to become the champion — Paige and Charlotte. The title has only had one vacancy so far. Paige is the inaugural champion, who defeated Emma in a tournament final on June 20, 2013 during the NXT tapings; her reign is also the longest at 308 days. Sasha Banks holds the shortest reign at 192 days. Bayley is the current champion, who defeated Banks to win the title at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn on August 22, 2015.
| Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed |
|---|---|
| Location | The city in which the title was won |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily. |
| No. | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paige | 1 | June 20, 2013 | 308 | Winter Park, FL | NXT | Paige defeated Emma in the finals of an eight woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. This episode aired on tape delay on July 24, 2013. | [4] |
| — | Vacated | — | April 24, 2014 | — | Baltimore, MD | NXT | 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. | [8] |
| 2 | Charlotte | 1 | May 29, 2014 | 258 | Winter Park, FL | NXT TakeOver | Charlotte defeated Natalya in the finals of an eight woman tournament to win the vacant championship. | [9] |
| 3 | Sasha Banks | 1 | February 11, 2015 | 192 | Winter Park, FL | NXT TakeOver: Rival | This was a fatal four-way match also involving Bayley and Becky Lynch. | [10] |
| 4 | Bayley | 1 | August 22, 2015 | 3379+ | Brooklyn, NY | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn | [11] |
See also
References
- General
- "Official NXT Women's Championship title history". WWE. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- Specific
- ^ Caldwell, James. "WWE NEWS: McMahon's Friday tweet - anti-smoking, Stephanie introduces NXT Women's Title (w/Pic), Cena check-in, Ross new blog, Dupree wins title". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Namako, Jason. "WWE NXT Results - 5/30/13 (#1 Contender Battle Royal)". Wrestleview. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ^ James, Justin. "James's WWE NXT results 5/29 & 6/5: Wyatts defend Tag Titles, NXT Women's Title introduced, #1 contender battle royal, Parade of released NXT wrestlers in matches". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ James, Justin (September 16, 2015). "JAMES'S WWE NXT REPORT 9/16 - Week 180: Bayley returns to Full Sail as Women's champ, big set-up for "Takeover," Dusty Tag Classic continues, Adam Rose dumps on NXT, more; Overall Reax". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ^ Melok, Bobby. "NXT Women's Champion Bayley vs. Sasha Banks (30-Minute WWE Iron Man Match)". WWE. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ Trionfo, Richard (October 7, 2015). "WWE NXT TAKEOVER RESPECT REPORT: SASHA BANKS AND BAYLEY GO 30 MINUTES, THE FIRST DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC WINNERS CROWNED, ASUKA MAKES HER NXT IN RING DEBUT (POOR DANA), AND MORE". PWInsider. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- ^ "Paige Relinquishes the NXT Women's Championship: WWE NXT". WWE. April 24, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- ^ "Charlotte's first reign". WWE. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- ^ James, Justin (February 11, 2015). "James' WWE NXT TakeOver Report 2/11". Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ "Bayley's first reign". WWE. Retrieved August 23, 2015.