NXT Women's North American Championship

Not to be confused with NXT North American Championship or NXT Women's Championship.
NXT Women's North American Championship
Details
PromotionWWE
BrandNXT
Date establishedApril 6, 2024
Current champion(s)Fallon Henley
Date wonOctober 27, 2024

The NXT Women's North American Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It is the secondary women's championship of their NXT developmental brand, and the first ever secondary women's championship in the company's history. The first champion was Kelani Jordan, who defeated Sol Ruca, Lash Legend, Fallon Henley, Jaida Parker, and Michin in a six-woman ladder match at NXT Battleground on June 9, 2024.

History

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At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 6, 2024, the NXT Women's North American Championship was announced by NXT General Manager Ava.[1][2] During week 2 of the Spring Breakin' special of NXT on April 30, Ava announced that the first champion would be crowned in a six-woman ladder match at Battleground on June 9, 2024. To determine the participants, several women would compete in a gym, and the top 12 names that impressed would compete in qualifying matches. The six winners of each qualifier then would go on to wrestle in the ladder match.[3]

On the May 7 episode of NXT, Sol Ruca, Chase University's Thea Hail, OTM's Jaida Parker, Brinley Reece, The O.C.'s Michin (from SmackDown), Fallon Henley, The Meta-Four's Lash Legend, Diamond Mine's Ivy Nile (from Raw), Izzi Dame, Kelani Jordan, Tatum Paxley, and Wren Sinclair went on to the ladder match qualifiers.[4] Jordan, Ruca, Legend, Henley, Parker, and Michin won their matches. Ar Battleground, Jordan won the ladder match to become the first NXT Women's North American Champion.[5]

Reigns

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Key
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 first champion. [3][5]
2 Fallon Henley October 27, 2024 Halloween Havoc Hershey, PA 1 80+ 80+ This was a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Spinner's Choice Gauntlet match that also featured Henley's Fatal Influence stable partners Jazmyn Nyx and Jacy Jayne. [6]

References

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  1. ↑ Currier, Joseph (April 6, 2024). "WWE introducing Women's NXT North American Championship". Wrestling Observer. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.
  6. ↑ 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.

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