The WWE Women's Speed Championship is a women's professional wrestlingchampionship created and promoted by the American promotionWWE. It is a specialized championship for NXT, the promotion's developmental brand, in which matches have a five-minute time limit. The current champion is NXT's Fallon Henley, who is in her first reign. She won the vacant title by defeating Zaria in a tournament final that went into sudden death overtime on Night 2 of NXT: Gold Rush on November 25, 2025 (taped November 18); previous champion Sol Ruca relinquished the title due to injury.
The title was unveiled on August 9, 2024, to be exclusively defended on Speed, which streamed exclusively on the social media platform X. It was originally regarded as an internet championship and was open to wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. The inaugural champion was Candice LeRae, who was a member of the SmackDown roster at the time of her reign. On August 24, 2025, following the cancellation of Speed, the title was officially moved to the NXT brand but still open to challengers from Raw and SmackDown, as well as the Evolve brand and WWE ID program, and wrestlers from partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Mexican subsidiary Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.
On April 3, 2024, the American professional wrestling promotion WWE launched Speed, a weekly video series that streamed exclusively on the social media platform X. The program featured matches between wrestlers from WWE's Raw, SmackDown, and NXTbrands and the matches had a three-minute time limit for regular episodes. Speed originally only featured matches with male wrestlers, with special episodes for the WWE Speed Championship having a five-minute time limit.[1][2]
On May 1, 2024, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque confirmed that the program would also eventually feature women's matches.[3] This led to an official announcement on August 9, 2024, where it was revealed that a tournament for the inaugural WWE Women's Speed Championship would begin on September 4, 2024.[4] In the tournament final that occurred during the Speed tapings on October 4, 2024, SmackDown's Candice LeRae defeated Raw's Iyo Sky to become the inaugural champion. Her reign is recognized as having begun on October 9, 2024, when the match aired on tape delay.[5][6]
Following the July 9, 2025, episode, the future of Speed came into question as the series stopped uploading new episodes without explanation. Various news outlets began reporting that the program had been quietly cancelled, but neither WWE or X made any statements on the show's status.[7] Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer further clarified that WWE had not taped any episodes after July 9 and his WWE contacts had no knowledge on the program's future.[8] Around the same time, reigning Women's Speed Champion Sol Ruca began appearing on NXT with the title. In an interview on August 19, Ruca said that the Speed Championships previously only appeared on Speed as it was "a separate universe being on X." She was then given permission by WWE to carry the title on NXT programming.[9] A few days later at Heatwave, NXT general manager Ava announced that the men's and women's Speed Championships would be defended on the NXT brand going forward, with qualifying tournaments open to wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown and Evolve brands, partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Mexican subsidiary Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), starting from the September 2 episode of NXT and concludes during Gold Rush in The Theater at Madison Square Garden.[10]
At Night 2 of Gold Rush aired on November 25, the championship match went over the five-minute mark for the first time. Ava then ordered the match to continue into a one-fall sudden death to crown the new champion.[11]
Inaugural tournament
The participants for the inaugural WWE Women's Speed Championship Tournament were revealed on August 23, 2024.[12]
Quarterfinals Speed August 23 – September 13, 2024 (Aired: September 4–18)
Semifinals Speed September 27 – October 4, 2024 (Aired: October 2–5)
As of December1, 2025, there have been three reigns among three champions and one vacancy. The inaugural champion was Candice LeRae. Sol Ruca has the longest reign at 200 days (195 days as recognized by WWE), while LeRae has the shortest reign at 189 days (188 as recognized by WWE). LeRae is the oldest champion at 39, while Ruca is the youngest at 25.
Fallon Henley from NXT is the current champion in her first reign. She won the vacant title by defeating Zaria in a tournament final on Night 2 of NXT: Gold Rush on November 25, 2025 (taped November 18) in New York City, New York; previous champion Sol Ruca relinquished the title due to injury.[11]
Defeated Iyo Sky in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. WWE recognizes LeRae's reign as beginning on October 9, 2024 and ending on April 16, 2025, when the episodes aired on tape delay.
WWE recognizes Ruca's reign as beginning on April 16, 2025, when the episode aired on tape delay. On August 24, 2025, at Heatwave, NXT general manager Ava announced that the championship would be defended on the NXT brand going forward, but still open to challengers from the Raw, SmackDown and Evolve brands, partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and Mexican subsidiary Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.
Defeated Zaria in a tournament final to win the vacant title. This match went over the 5-minute time limit, but NXT General Manager Ava ordered the match to continue into sudden death. WWE recognizes Henley's reign as beginning on November 25, 2025, when the episode aired on tape delay.
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