NXT UK Women's Championship
NXT UK Women's Championship | |||||
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Promotion | WWE | ||||
Brand | NXT UK | ||||
Date established | June 18, 2018 | ||||
Current champion(s) | Rhea Ripley | ||||
Date won | August 26, 2018 | ||||
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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 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]
No. | Overall reign number |
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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. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days 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 2 Pollock, John (June 18, 2018). "WWE announces NXT UK brand with two additional championships to be introduced". Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Major news from Sunday night's NXT UK tapings (CAUTION: SPOILERS)". WWE. August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 Currier, Joseh (August 26, 2018). "WWE UNVEILS NXT UK WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE BELT". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- 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.
- ↑ Lowson, Thomas (August 26, 2018). "WWE News: NXT UK Women's Championship Title Revealed". Sportsskeeda. Retrieved 27 August 2018.