NXT Women's North American Championship
| NXT Women's North American Championship | |||||||||||||
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 The NXT Women's North American Championship belt with default side plates | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||
| Brand | NXT | ||||||||||||
| Date established | April 6, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Current champion | Sol Ruca | ||||||||||||
| Date won | April 19, 2025 | ||||||||||||
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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. Established on April 6, 2024, it was the first secondary women's championship in company history and the inaugural champion was Kelani Jordan. The current champion is Sol Ruca, who is in her first reign. She won the vacant title by defeating Zaria, Kelani Jordan, Izzi Dame, Lola Vice, and Thea Hail in a six-woman ladder match at Stand & Deliver on April 19, 2025; previous champion Stephanie Vaquer relinquished the title due to also holding the NXT Women's Championship.
History
[edit]At 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 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
[edit]The 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
[edit]As of April 27, 2025, there have been four reigns among four champions and one vacancy. Kelani Jordan was the inaugural champion. She also has the longest reign at 140 days, while Stephanie Vaquer has the shortest at 45 days. Vaquer is the oldest title holder at 31, while Jordan is the youngest at 25 years, 231 days old.
Sol Ruca is the current champion in her first reign. She won the vacant title by defeating Zaria, Kelani Jordan, Izzi Dame, Lola Vice, and Thea Hail in a six-woman ladder match at Stand & Deliver on April 19, 2025, in Paradise, Nevada. Previous champion Stephanie Vaquer relinquished the title due to also holding the NXT Women's Championship.[7]
| 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. | |||||
| WWE: NXT | ||||||||||
| 1 | Kelani Jordan | June 9, 2024 | Battleground | Enterprise, NV | 1 | 140 | 140 | This was a six-woman ladder match for the inaugural title, also involving Sol Ruca, Lash Legend, Fallon Henley, Jaida Parker, and Michin. | [3][5] | |
| 2 | Fallon Henley | October 27, 2024 | Halloween Havoc | Hershey, PA | 1 | 111 | 110 | 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. | [8] | |
| 3 | Stephanie Vaquer | February 15, 2025 | Vengeance Day | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 45 | 45 | [9] | ||
| — | Vacated | April 1, 2025 | NXT | Orlando, FL | — | — | — | NXT General Manager Ava ordered Stephanie Vaquer to relinquish the title as she was also the reigning NXT Women's Champion. | [10] | |
| 4 | Sol Ruca | April 19, 2025 | Stand & Deliver | Paradise, NV | 1 | 8+ | 8+ | This was a six-woman ladder match for the vacant title, also involving Izzi Dame, Kelani Jordan, Lola Vice, Thea Hail, and Zaria. | [7] | |
Combined reigns
[edit]| Rank | Wrestler | No. of
reigns |
Combined
days |
Combined days
recognized by WWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelani Jordan | 1 | 140 | |
| 2 | Fallon Henley | 1 | 111 | 110 |
| 3 | Stephanie Vaquer | 1 | 45 | |
| 4 | Sol Ruca | 1 | 6+ | 6+ |
See also
[edit]References
[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.
- ^ a b Moore, John (April 19, 2025). "NXT Stand & Deliver results: Moore's live review of Oba Femi vs. Trick Williams vs. Je'Von Evans for the NXT Title, Stephanie Vaquer vs. Giulia vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Jaida Parker for the NXT Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Moore, John (February 15, 2025). "NXT Vengeance Day results: Moore's live review of Oba Femi vs. Grayson Waller vs. Austin Theory for the NXT Championship, Giulia vs. Bayley vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Cora Jade for the NXT Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
- ^ Thomas, Jeremy (April 1, 2025). "Stephanie Vaquer Vacates Women's North American Title On WWE NXT". 411Mania. Retrieved April 1, 2025.