NXT Women's Championship

NXT Women's Championship
The NXT Women's Championship belt with default side plates
(2017–present)
Details
Promotion WWE
Brand NXT
Date established April 5, 2013
Current champion(s) Kairi Sane
Date won August 18, 2018
Past design(s)

The NXT 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. It is one of two women's championships for WWE's developmental brands, along with the NXT UK Women's Championship on the NXT UK brand.

Introduced on April 5, 2013, the inaugural champion was Paige. The current champion is Kairi Sane, who is in her first reign.

History

The inaugural NXT Women's Champion Paige

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 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 (aired on tape delay on July 24, 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 NXT General Manager John "Bradshaw" Layfield stripped Paige of the title on the April 24, 2014 episode 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 the WWE Divas Championship.

A new tournament was started the following week. The finals occurred at NXT TakeOver and Charlotte defeated Natalya to win the vacant NXT Women's Championship. On the September 16, 2015 episode of NXT, General Manager William Regal announced that Bayley would 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 to retain the championship, scoring the win with 3 falls to 2.[6][7]

On April 1, 2017, at WrestleMania Axxess, NXT General Manager William Regal announced that all of the NXT title belts would be redesigned. The new title belts were unveiled at NXT TakeOver: Orlando that same night and given to the winners of their respective matches. Coming in line with the women's championships of the main roster, the new design features removable side plates with the WWE logo as default plates, which are customized with the current champion's logos as a similarity of the name plate feature.[8]

Inaugural championship tournament (2013)

Quarter-finals Semi-finals 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 (2014)

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Bayley
Sasha Banks Sub
Sasha Banks
Natalya Sub
Layla
Natalya Sub
Natalya
Charlotte Pin
Alicia Fox
Alexa Bliss Pin
Alexa Bliss
Charlotte Pin
Charlotte Pin
Emma

Reigns

The current NXT Women's Champion Kairi Sane

As of October 18, 2018, there have been eight champions, two of which won tournaments to become the champion — Paige and Charlotte. The title has only had two vacancies. Paige was the inaugural champion after she defeated Emma in a tournament final on June 20, 2013, during the NXT tapings, which aired on tape delay on July 24, 2013. Asuka is the longest reigning champion at 510 days, beginning on April 1, 2016 and ending on August 24, 2017, however, WWE recognizes the reign as 523 days, with it ending on September 6, 2017, the date that the episode in which she vacated the title aired.[9] Shayna Baszler holds the shortest reign at 133 days. Paige is the youngest champion, winning it at the age of 20, while Shayna Baszler is the oldest, winning the championship at 37.

Kairi Sane is the current champion in her first reign as she won the title by defeating Shayna Baszler at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV in Brooklyn, New York on August 18, 2018.

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 308274 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. [4]
— 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. [10]
2 Charlotte May 29, 2014 NXT TakeOver Winter Park, Florida 1 258259 Charlotte defeated Natalya in the finals of an eight woman tournament to win the vacant championship. [11]
3 Sasha Banks February 11, 2015 NXT TakeOver: Rival Winter Park, Florida 1 192192 This was a fatal four-way match, also involving Bayley and Becky Lynch. [12]
4 Bayley August 22, 2015 NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York 1 223224 [13]
5 Asuka April 1, 2016 NXT TakeOver: Dallas Dallas, Texas 1 510523 WWE recognizes Asuka's reign as ending on September 6, 2017, when the episode aired on tape delay. [14]
— 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. [15][16]
6 Ember Moon November 18, 2017 NXT TakeOver: WarGames Houston, Texas 1 140140 This was a fatal four-way match also involving Kairi Sane, Nikki Cross, and Peyton Royce. Moon pinned Cross to win the vacant championship. [17]
7 Shayna Baszler April 7, 2018 NXT TakeOver: New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana 1 133133 [18]
8 Kairi Sane August 18, 2018 NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 Brooklyn, NY 1 61+61+ [19]

References

General
  • "Official NXT Women's Championship title history". WWE. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
Notes
  1. ↑ WWE officially recognizes it as 523 days.
Specific
  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Namako, Jason. "WWE NXT Results - 5/30/13 (#1 Contender Battle Royal)". Wrestleview. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Melok, Bobby. "NXT Women's Champion Bayley vs. Sasha Banks (30-Minute WWE Iron Man Match)". WWE. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ WWE (April 1, 2017). "EXCLUSIVE: WWE NXT General William Regal arrives at WrestleMania Axxess with a HUGE announcement regarding NXT TakeOver: Orlando!". Facebook. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  9. ↑ WWE.com Staff (January 4, 2017). "Asuka becomes longest reigning NXT Women's Champion ever". WWE. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Paige Relinquishes the NXT Women's Championship: WWE NXT". WWE. April 24, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Charlotte's first reign". WWE. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  12. ↑ James, Justin (February 11, 2015). "James' WWE NXT TakeOver Report 2/11". Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Bayley's first reign". WWE. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Asuka". WWE. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Complete WWE NXT Spoilers from Full Sail University". PWInsider. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Asuka relinquishes NXT Women's Title". WWE. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ 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.
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