NXT Women's North American Championship | |||||||||||||
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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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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, 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.
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, 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 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]
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]
As of November3, 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 |
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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. | ||||
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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 | 7+ | 7+ | 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] |
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