The NXT Women's Championship is a developmental championship owned by WWE and is competed for exclusively in NXT, WWE's developmental territory.
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 WWE NXT, by Stephanie McMahon that there would be a tournament, featuring four developmental female talents and four female talents 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, with Paige defeating Emma in the tournament finals.
Championship Lineage
Vacated — April 24, 2014
- Charlotte Flair: May 29, 2014 - TakeOver
- Sasha Banks: February 11, 2015 - TakeOver: Rival
- Bayley: August 22 2015 - Takeover Brooklyn
- Asuka: April 1 2016 - Takeover Dallas
VACATED - August 24, 2017 - After suffering a collarbone injury at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, Asuka relinquished the title.
- Ember Moon - November 18 2017 - TakeOver WarGames
- Shayna Baszler - April 18 2018 - TakeOver: New Orleans
- Kairi Sane - August 18 2018 - TakeOver: Brooklyn 4
- Shayna Baszler (2) - October 28 2018 - Evolution
- Rhea Ripley - December 18 2019 - NXT
- Charlotte Flair (2) - April 5 2020 - WrestleMania 36 (Night 2)
- Io Shirai - June 7 2020 - NXT TakeOver: In Your House
- Raquel Gonzalez - April 7, 2021 - TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1
