NXT UK Women's Championship

NXT UK Women's Championship
Details
Promotion WWE
Brand NXT UK
Date established June 18, 2018
Current champion(s) Rhea Ripley
Date won August 26, 2018

The NXT UK Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE for their developmental brand NXT UK. Established on June 18, 2018 during the first night of the 2018 United Kingdom Championship Tournament, it was unveiled during the NXT UK tapings on August 25.[1] Rhea Ripley is the inaugural and current champion.[2]

History

On June 18, 2018, during the first night of the United Kingdom Championship Tournament, the United Kingdom Women's Championship, along with the United Kingdom Tag Team Championship, was announced for WWE's NXT UK brand.[1] Afterwards, a two-day eight-woman single-elimination tournament was scheduled to crown the inaugural champion during the first tapings of NXT UK.[3][4][5] The championship belt was revealed on the August 25 tapings.[5] The following day, Rhea Ripley defeated Toni Storm in the tournament finals to become the inaugural NXT UK Women's Champion (air date TBA).[2][6]

Inaugural tournament

First Round
August 25 		Semifinals
August 26 		Final
August 26
         
Jinny Win
Millie Mckenzie
Jinny
Toni Storm Win
Toni Storm Win
Isla Dawn
Toni Storm
Rhea Ripley Win
Dakota Kai Win
Nina Samuels
Dakota Kai
Rhea Ripley Win
Rhea Ripley Win
Xia Brookside

Championship belt design

The championship's center plate is inspired by the United Kingdom's royal coat of arms

The championship is nearly identical to its male counterpart, the WWE United Kingdom Championship. Like the United Kingdom Championship, the center plate is modeled after the United Kingdom's royal coat of arms, featuring a lion and a horse (instead of the traditional unicorn) on either side of the arms. One notable difference is that the center plate on the women's championship has the NXT UK logo inside of the shield instead of just the WWE logo like the men's title has; atop the shield are the crown jewels.[5] Above the arms is a banner that reads "United Kingdom", directly below the shield is a banner that reads "Women's", and below that is a banner that reads "Champion". Like the men's belt, the women's features two side plates, both separated by gold divider bars, with removable round sections that can be replaced with the current champion's logo; the default plates feature the WWE logo on the globe. Like the Raw Women's Championship and SmackDown Women's Championship, the plates of the NXT UK Women's Championship are on a white leather strap and the belt is smaller than the men's.[7]

Reigns

As of October 21, 2018, there has been one reign. The inaugural and current champion is Rhea Ripley who defeated Toni Storm in the tournament finals on the August 26, 2018 tapings of NXT UK.[6]

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 Rhea Ripley August 26, 2018 NXT UK Birmingham, England 1 56+56+ Rhea Ripley defeated Toni Storm in the finals of an eight woman tournament to become the inaugural champion [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Pollock, John (June 18, 2018). "WWE announces NXT UK brand with two additional championships to be introduced". Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Major news from Sunday night's NXT UK tapings (CAUTION: SPOILERS)". WWE. August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ "WWE NXT UK Women's Championship tournament results, Rhea Ripley first ever Australian woman to win a WWE title - Fox Sports". www.foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "The first NXT UK Women's Champion to be crowned at NXT UK tapings this weekend in Birmingham". WWE. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Currier, Joseh (August 26, 2018). "WWE UNVEILS NXT UK WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE BELT". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "The first NXT UK Women's Champion to be crowned at NXT UK tapings this weekend in Birmingham". WWE. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  7. ↑ Lowson, Thomas (August 26, 2018). "WWE News: NXT UK Women's Championship Title Revealed". Sportsskeeda. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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