The NXT Women's North American Championship is a

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created and promoted by the

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. 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 Lea Mitchell (born October 22, 1998) is an American professional wrestler and former artistic gymnast. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Kelani Jordan. She is a former one-time and inaugural NXT Wome ...

. The current champion is Sol Ruca, who is in her first reign. She won the vacant title by defeating

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, Kelani Jordan,

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, and

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in a six-woman

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at Stand & Deliver on April 19, 2025; previous champion

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relinquished the title due to also holding the

NXT Women's Championship The NXT Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is defended on NXT, the promotion's developmental brand. The current champion is Jacy Jayne, who is in her fi ...

History

At Stand & Deliver on April 6, 2024, the WrestleMania week event for

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NXT, the NXT Women's North American Championship was announced by NXT General Manager

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, subsequently marking the first secondary championship for women in company history. During Week 2 of the

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special of '' NXT'' on April 30, Ava announced that the inaugural champion would be crowned from a six-woman

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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. On the May 7 episode of ''NXT'', Ava announced that Sol Ruca,

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, Michin (from

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, Lash Legend, Ivy Nile (from Raw),

, Tatum Paxley, and Wren Sinclair advanced to the qualifiers. Jordan, Ruca, Legend, Henley, Parker, and Michin advanced to the ladder match, which Jordan won to become the inaugural champion.

Belt design

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.

Reigns

As of , , 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

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

, Kelani Jordan, Izzi Dame,

, and Thea Hail in a six-woman ladder match at Stand & Deliver on April 19, 2025, in

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. Previous champion Stephanie Vaquer relinquished the title due to also holding the

References

External links

Official NXT Women's North American Championship Title History
{{NXT Women's North American Championship WWE NXT championships WWE women's championships Women's professional wrestling championships

History

Belt design

Reigns

See also

References

External links