NXT Women's Championship

NXT Women's Championship

The NXT Women's Championship belt
(2017–present)
Details
Promotion WWE
Brand NXT
Date established April 5, 2013
Current champion(s) Asuka
Date won April 1, 2016
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 on their developmental brand, NXT. Introduced on April 5, 2013, the inaugural champion was Paige. The current NXT Women's Champion is Asuka, who is the longest reigning champion.

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 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 titles would be redesigned. This was due to the Paige 'sex tape scandal' which included the previous NXT Women's Championship being shown. The new titles were unveiled at NXT TakeOver: Orlando that same night and given to the winners of their respective matches.[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

As of August 22, 2017, there have been five champions; two of which won tournaments to become the champion — Paige and Charlotte. The title has only had one vacancy so far. Paige was the inaugural and youngest champion at 19 years old, who 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 508+ days.[9] Sasha Banks holds the shortest reign at 192 days.

The current champion is Asuka, who is also the oldest champion at 34 years old. She defeated Bayley to win the title at NXT TakeOver: Dallas in Dallas, TX on April 1, 2016.

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 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, 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. [10]
2 Charlotte 1 May 29, 2014 258 Winter Park, FL NXT TakeOver Defeated Natalya in the tournament final to win the vacant championship.
 [11]
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. [12]
4 Bayley 1 August 22, 2015 223 Brooklyn, NY NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn WWE recognizes Bayley's reign as lasting 224 days. [13]
5 Asuka 1 April 1, 2016 508+ Dallas, TX NXT TakeOver: Dallas [14]

Combined reigns

The current and longest reigning NXT Women's Champion Asuka

As of August 22, 2017.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days Combined days
recognized by WWE
1 Asuka † 1 508+
2 Paige 1 308 274
3 Charlotte 1 258 259
4 Bayley 1 223 224
5 Banks, SashaSasha Banks 1 192

See also

References

General
Notes
    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.com. 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.
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