NXT UK Women's Championship
championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE
The NXT UK Women's Championship was a a wrestling title owned by WWE and competed for by the women of NXT UK. It was created on June 18, 2018 during the first night of the 2018 United Kingdom Championship Tournament. There was an announcement during the tournament that an 8-woman tournament would happen on the first episodes of NXT UK and it would decide the first NXT UK Women's Championship. Rhea Ripley beat Toni Storm in the final to become the first champion.[1]
| NXT UK Women's Champioship | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Longest reining champion Kay Lee Ray | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | 18 June 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | 4 September 2022 (unified with the NXT Women's Championship) | ||||||||||||||||||
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In August 2022, WWE announced that the NXT UK brand would end and restart as NXT Europe at a later time.[2] So the NXT UK Women's Championship was retired on 4 September 2022 at Worlds Collide. At the event, Mandy Rose defeated Blair Davenport and reigning NXT UK Women's Champion Meiko Satomura in a triple threat match to make the NXT UK Women's Championship into one with Rose's NXT Women's Championship. Satomura is listed as the final NXT UK Women's Champion. Rose went on as the unified NXT Women's Champion.[3]
Tournament change
| Quarterfinals NXT UK 25 August 2018 (aired 14 and 21 November 2018) | Semifinals NXT UK 26 August 2018 (aired 21 November 2018) | Final NXT UK 26 August 2018 (aired 28 November 2018) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Dakota Kai | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Nina Samuels | |||||||||||||
| Dakota Kai | ||||||||||||||
| Rhea Ripley | Pin | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Rhea Ripley | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Xia Brookside | |||||||||||||
| Rhea Ripley | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Toni Storm | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jinny | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Millie McKenzie | |||||||||||||
| Jinny | ||||||||||||||
| Toni Storm | Pin | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Toni Storm | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Isla Dawn | |||||||||||||
Reigns change
| 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 |
| † | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
| 1 | Rhea Ripley | 26 August 2018 | NXT UK | Birmingham, England | 1 | 139 | 44 | Defeated Toni Storm in the tournament final to become the first champion. WWE lists the start of this reign on 28 November 2018, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
[1] |
| 2 | Toni Storm | 12 January 2019 | TakeOver: Blackpool | Blackpool, England | 1 | 231 | 230 | [4] | |
| 3 | Kay Lee Ray | 31 August 2019 | TakeOver: Cardiff | Cardiff, Wales | 1 | N/A | 649 | WWE lists the end of this reign on 10 June 2021, when the match aired on tape delay. The actual date Ray lost the title is unknown. Ray moved to the NXT brand shortly after she lost the title and her ring name was changed to Alba Fyre in early 2022. WWE's official title history then changed her listing to the Alba Fyre ring name. Her name listed here is the name she held the title under. |
[5] |
| 4 | Meiko Satomura | 10 June 2021 (air date) |
NXT UK | London, England | 1 | N/A | 451 | WWE lists the start of this reign on 10 June 2021, when the episode aired on tape delay. The actual date the match took place is unknown. | [6] |
| — | Unified | 4 September 2022 | Worlds Collide | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | — | — | — | Mandy Rose defeated Meiko Satomura and Blair Davenport in a triple threat match to make the NXT UK Women's Championship into on with the NXT Women's Championship. The NXT UK Women's Championship was retired with Satomura listed as the final champion. Rose went on as the unified NXT Women's Champion. | [3] |
Notes change
- ↑ The actual length of the reign is unknown, as the actual date Kay Lee Ray lost the championship is unknown. So the reign length listed here is what WWE officially lists for the reign. WWE's title history on their official website lists Ray as Alba Fyre since early 2022 (although her ring name change happened after the broadcast date of her losing the title).
- ↑ WWE lists 44 days for Ripley's reign because of tape delay.
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Major news from Sunday night's NXT UK tapings (CAUTION: SPOILERS)". WWE. August 26, 2018. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ↑ Defelice, Robert (August 18, 2022). "WWE Announces The Impending Launch Of 'NXT Europe' Final NXT UK Event To Be 'Worlds Collide' On 9/4". Fightful. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Moore, John (September 4, 2022). "NXT Worlds Collide results: Moore's live review of NXT Champion Bron Breakker vs. NXT UK Champion Tyler Bate in a unification match, NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose vs. NXT UK Women's Champion Meiko Satomura vs. Blair Davenport in a unification match, Carmelo Hayes vs. Ricochet for the NXT North American Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- ↑ Powell, Jason (January 12, 2019). "1/12 Powell's NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool live review – Rhea Ripley vs. Toni Storm for the NXT UK Women's Championship, Pete Dunne vs. Joe Coffey for the WWE UK Championship, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate vs. Zack Gibson and James Drake to become the first NXT UK Tag Champions". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ↑ Powell, Jason (August 31, 2019). "8/31 Powell's NXT UK Takeover: Cardiff live review – Walter vs. Tyler Bate for the WWE UK Championship, Toni Storm vs. Kay Lee Ray for the NXT UK Women's Championship, Zack Gibson and James Drake vs. Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster vs. Mark Coffey and Wolfgang for the NXT UK Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on August 31, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- ↑ Harris, Jeffrey (June 10, 2021). "Meiko Satomura Captures NXT UK Women's Title From Kay Lee Ray". 411mania. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.