NXT Women's Championship

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NXT Women's Championship
File:NXT Women's Championship 2017.png
The NXT Women's Championship belt with default side plates
(2017–present)
Details
Current champion(s) Shayna Baszler
Date won April 7, 2018
Date established April 5, 2013
Promotion WWE
Brand NXT
Past design(s) 125px

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. Introduced on April 5, 2013, the inaugural champion was Paige. The current champion is Shayna Baszler, 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

File:Shayna Baszler NXT Women's Champion.jpg
The current NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler

As of November 18, 2024, there have been seven 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] Ember Moon holds the shortest reign at 140 days. Paige is the youngest champion, winning it at the age of 20, while Shayna Baszler is the oldest, winning the championship at 37.

Baszler is the current champion in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Ember Moon at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 7, 2018.

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 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Winter Park, Florida NXT Defeated Emma in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
WWE recognizes Paige's reign as lasting 274 days, beginning on July 24, 2013, when the episode aired on tape delay.		 [4]
— Vacated — April 24, 2014 — Baltimore, Maryland 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. [10]
2 Charlotte 1 May 29, 2014 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Winter Park, Florida NXT TakeOver (2014) Defeated Natalya in the tournament final to win the vacant championship.
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3 Sasha Banks 1 February 11, 2015 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Winter Park, Florida NXT TakeOver: Rival This was a fatal four-way match, also involving Bayley and Becky Lynch. [12]
4 Bayley 1 August 22, 2015 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Brooklyn, New York NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn WWE recognizes Bayley's reign as lasting 224 days. [13]
5 Asuka 1 April 1, 2016 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Dallas, Texas NXT TakeOver: Dallas WWE recognizes Asuka's reign as lasting 523 days, ending on September 6, 2017, when the episode aired on tape delay. [14]
— Vacated — August 24, 2017 — Winter Park, Florida NXT After suffering a collarbone injury at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, Asuka relinquished the title.
Aired on tape delay on September 6, 2017.		 [15][16]
6 Ember Moon 1 November 18, 2017 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Houston, Texas NXT TakeOver: WarGames This was a fatal four-way match, also involving Kairi Sane, Nikki Cross, and Peyton Royce. Moon pinned Cross to win the vacant title. [17]
7 Shayna Baszler 1 April 7, 2018 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ New Orleans, Louisiana NXT TakeOver: New Orleans [18]


References

General
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Notes
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