NXT Women's North American Championship
WWE professional wrestling championship
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The NXT Women's North American Championship is a women's 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. Established on April 6, 2024, it was the first secondary women's championship in company history and the inaugural champion was Kelani Jordan. The current champion is Tatum Paxley, who is in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Izzi Dame at Vengeance Day on March 7, 2026.
| NXT Women's North American Championship | |||||||||||||
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The NXT Women's North American Championship belt with default side plates | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||
| Brand | NXT | ||||||||||||
| Date established | April 6, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Current champion | Tatum Paxley | ||||||||||||
| Date won | March 7, 2026 | ||||||||||||
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History
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, Thea Hail, Jaida Parker, Brinley Reece, Michin (from SmackDown), Fallon Henley, Lash Legend, Ivy Nile (from Raw), Izzi Dame, Kelani Jordan, Tatum Paxley, and Wren Sinclair advanced to the qualifiers.[4] Jordan, Ruca, Legend, Henley, Parker, and Michin advanced to the ladder match, which Jordan won to become the inaugural champion.[5]
On the December 16, 2025, episode of NXT, reigning champion Blake Monroe defended the NXT Women's North American Championship against Thea Hail. A legitimate unplanned finish occurred, as Monroe was supposed to retain the title. During a pinfall by Hail, Monroe was supposed to kick out but did not get her shoulder up in time and the referee counted the pin, naming Hail the winner, causing confusion to both Hail and Monroe, as well as WWE's production team. It was reported that this affected WWE's creative for several wrestlers that was planned for the next couple of weeks, as WWE had already done tapings for the holidays, with adjustments being made immediately.[6]
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.[7]
Reigns
As of April 26, 2026, there have been eight reigns among eight champions and one vacancy. Kelani Jordan was the inaugural champion. Sol Ruca has the longest reign at 189 days, while Thea Hail has the shortest at 21 days. Stephanie Vaquer is the oldest title holder at 31, while Hail is the youngest at 22.
Tatum Paxley is the current champion in her first reign. She defeated Izzi Dame at Vengeance Day on March 7, 2026 in Orlando, Florida.[8]
| 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. | |||||
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| 1 | Kelani Jordan | June 9, 2024 | Battleground | Enterprise, NV | 1 | 140 | 140 | Defeated Fallon Henley, Jaida Parker, Lash Legend, Michin, and Sol Ruca in a six-woman ladder match to become the inaugural champion. | [3][5] | |
| 2 | Fallon Henley | October 27, 2024 | Halloween Havoc | Hershey, PA | 1 | 111 | 110 | This was a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Spinner's Choice Gauntlet match that also featured Henley's Fatal Influence stablemates Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx. | [9] | |
| 3 | Stephanie Vaquer | February 15, 2025 | Vengeance Day | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 45 | 45 | [10] | ||
| — | Vacated | April 1, 2025 | NXT | Orlando, FL | — | — | — | NXT General Manager Ava ordered Stephanie Vaquer to relinquish the title as she was also the reigning NXT Women's Champion. | [11] | |
| 4 | Sol Ruca | April 19, 2025 | Stand & Deliver | Paradise, NV | 1 | 189 | 189 | Defeated Izzi Dame, Kelani Jordan, Lola Vice, Thea Hail, and Zaria in a six-woman ladder match to win the vacant championship. | [12] | |
| 5 | Blake Monroe | October 25, 2025 | Halloween Havoc | Prescott Valley, AZ | 1 | 52 | 52 | Defeated Zaria, who defended the title on behalf of an injured Sol Ruca. | [13] | |
| 6 | Thea Hail | December 16, 2025 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 21 | 21 | This was a legitimate unplanned finish, as in reality, Monroe was supposed to retain the title, but during a pin, Monroe did not get her shoulder up in time and the referee counted the pinfall. | [14][15] | |
| 7 | Izzi Dame | January 6, 2026 | NXT: New Year's Evil | Orlando, FL | 1 | 60 | 59 | [16] | ||
| 8 | Tatum Paxley | March 7, 2026 | Vengeance Day | Orlando, FL | 1 | 50+ | 50+ | [8] | ||