Date established April 5, 2013 Current champion Asuka | Date won April 1, 2016 Most reigns All titleholders (1) | |
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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. All wrestlers who have held the NXT Women's Championship have only one reign each, as after losing the title, they were soon promoted to WWE's main roster. The current champion is Asuka, who is the longest reigning champion.
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- Asuka vs peyton royce nxt women s championship match wwe nxt march 1 2017
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- History
- Reigns
- Combined reigns
- References
Asuka vs nia jax nxt women s championship match wwe nxt dec 28 2016
History
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. 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.
Paige successfully defended her title at NXT Arrival against Emma using her new Scorpion Cross-Lock, but John "Bradshaw" Layfield stripped Paige of the title on the April 24 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 Divas Championship.
A new tournament was started the following week, which saw Sasha Banks qualify over Bayley, Natalya qualify over Layla, Alexa Bliss qualify over Alicia Fox and Charlotte qualify over former number-one contender, Emma. In the semifinals, Natalya defeated Sasha Banks, and Charlotte defeated Alexa Bliss. At NXT TakeOver, Charlotte defeated Natalya to win the vacant NXT Women's Championship. At NXT TakeOver: Rival, Sasha Banks won the championship in a fatal four-way match against Charlotte, Bayley and Becky Lynch. On August 22 at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, Bayley won the championship from Sasha Banks in a highly rated match. On the September 16 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. At the event, Bayley defeated Banks in a rematch for the championship, scoring the win with 3 falls to 2.
Paige and Charlotte are the only women to have held the NXT Women's Championship and the Divas Championship, with Paige holding both titles at the same time. Charlotte is the only woman to have held the NXT Women's Championship, the Divas Championship, and the Raw Women's Championship.
Reigns
As of March 19, 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 champion, 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 352+ days. 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.
Combined reigns
As of March 19, 2017.