NXT Women's North American Championship
The NXT Women's North American Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is the secondary women's championship of the company's development brand, NXT, It the first secondary championship on WWE's developmental roster for the women and the second overall, along with the WWE Women's United States Championship on SmackDown. and subsequently the first secondary women's championship in company history. The title was unveiled on April 6, 2024, and the inaugural champion was Kelani Jordan. The current champion is Fallon Henley, who is in her first reign. She defeated Jordan in a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Spinner's Choice Gauntlet match that also featured Henley's Fatal Influence stablemates, Jazmyn Nyx and Jacy Jayne, at Halloween Havoc on October 27, 2024.
| NXT Women's North American Championship | |||||||||||
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 The belt with default side plates | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||
| Brand | NXT | ||||||||||
| Date established | April 6, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Fallon Henley | ||||||||||
| Date won | October 27, 2024 | ||||||||||
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History
editAt Stand & Deliver on April 6, 2024, the WrestleMania week event for WWE's developmental brand NXT, the NXT Women's North American Championship was announced by NXT General Manager Ava, subsequently marking the first secondary championship for women in company history.[1][2] During Week 2 of the Spring Breakin' special of NXT on April 30, Ava announced that the inaugural champion would be crowned from a six-woman ladder match at Battleground on June 9, 2024. To determine the participants, there was a combine, and the top 12 names that impressed competed in qualifying matches. The six winners of each qualifier then advanced to the ladder match.[3]
On the May 7 episode of NXT, Ava announced that Sol Ruca, Thea Hail, Jaida Parker, Brinley Reece, Michin (from SmackDown), Fallon Henley, Lash Legend, Ivy Nile (from Raw), Izzi Dame, Kelani Jordan, Tatum Paxley, and Wren Sinclair advanced to the ladder match qualifiers.[4] Jordan, Ruca, Legend, Henley, Parker, and Michin advanced to the ladder match, which Jordan won to become the inaugural champion.[5]
Belt design
editThe championship belt is nearly identical to its male counterpart albeit on a smaller white strap and has a red background as opposed to black, also featuring a small banner that says "Women's" right above the "North American" banner on its main plate. Like all of WWE's other championship belts, the two side plates feature a removable center section which can be customized with the champion's logos; the default side plates feature a horizontal NXT logo.[6]
Reigns
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As of November 24, 2024, there have been two reigns among two different champions. Kelani Jordan was the inaugural champion. Fallon Henley is the current champion in her first reign. She defeated Kelani Jordan in a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Spinner's Choice Gauntlet match that also featured Henley's Fatal Influence stablemates, Jazmyn Nyx and Jacy Jayne, at Halloween Havoc on October 27, 2024, in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
| 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 | Days | Days recog. | ||||
| 1 | Kelani Jordan | June 9, 2024 | Battleground | Enterprise, NV | 1 | 140 | 140 | Defeated Sol Ruca, Lash Legend, Fallon Henley, Jaida Parker, and Michin in a six-woman ladder match to become the inaugural champion. | [3][5] |
| 2 | Fallon Henley | October 27, 2024 | Halloween Havoc | Hershey, PA | 1 | 28+ | 28+ | This was a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Spinner's Choice Gauntlet match that also featured Henley's Fatal Influence stablemates Jazmyn Nyx and Jacy Jayne. | [7] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Currier, Joseph (April 6, 2024). "WWE introducing Women's NXT North American Championship". Wrestling Observer. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ Moore, John (April 6, 2024). "NXT Stand & Deliver results: Moore's live review of Trick Williams vs. Carmelo Hayes, Ilja Dragunov vs. Tony D'Angelo for the NXT Title, Lyra Valkyria vs. Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ a b Thompson, Andrew (April 30, 2024). "Women's North American Champion to be crowned in Ladder match at NXT Battleground". POST Wrestling. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ Moore, John (May 7, 2024). "NXT TV results (5/7): Moore's review of Roxanne Perez vs. Chelsea Green for the NXT Women's Title, Wes Lee vs. Josh Briggs, Karmen Petrovic vs. Shayna Baszler, Mia Yim vs. Arianna Grace". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Moore, John (June 9, 2024). "NXT Battleground results: Moore's live review of Trick Williams vs. Ethan Page for the NXT Championship, Roxanne Perez vs. TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace for the NXT Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ Boone, Matt (April 6, 2024). "WWE To Introduce NXT Women's North American Championship, Ava Shows Off Title Belt". Wrestling Headlines.
- ^ Powell, Jason (October 27, 2024). "NXT Halloween Havoc results: Powell's live review of Trick Williams vs. Ethan Page in a Devil's Playground match for the NXT Title, Tony D'Angelo vs. Oba Femi in a TLS match for the NA Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 27, 2024.