WWE NXT Women's Championship

"10/10 One of the most prestigious titles in the entire wrestling industry, this championship has been held by some of the most talented women from around the world -- including Sasha Banks, Bayley, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Asuka, Ember Moon, Rhea Ripley, Io Shirai, Stephanie, Giulia, and many others. What truly sets this title apart is not just the caliber of athletes who have held it, but the depth of storytelling woven into each match and the remarkable sense of elevation that accompanies every reign. Shawn Michaels, in particular, has done an outstanding job of spotlighting new talent and creating stars while maintaining the prestige of the gold. A prime example this year is Jacy Jayne -- one of the most underrated women in NXT -- who finally seized the opportunity to become world champion. She absolutely delivered, showcasing strong in-ring performances, compelling narratives, and undeniable charisma. Her reign proved she belongs among the best and is now more than ready for the main roster."

[9.0] "The NXT Womens title is a pretty strong indicator of a path to success in the WWE, and from watching NXT they really play into that and don't swap it around like hotcakes. They pick their champions (FOR THE MOST PART) wisely and although they've unsurprisingly had stumbling points, its a great title that really plays up its lineage and heritage and is treated with a refreshing weight and respect for modern wrestling."

[9.0] "The NXT women's title is a perfect sidepiece for the NXT title. They both have a great line-up of wrestlers who have won the title with good matches and fun storylines. The title did dip slightly once it reached the 2.0 version, with Mandy Rose holding the title hostage for over a year with a completely rubbish reign, but that seemed like Shawn Michael's wet dream. The only thing I think this title needs for 2024 next year is a decently sized run. It feels like the title has been passed around a lot recently. Returning to this in 2025 and the title has been excellent, amazing matches and storylines involved with the bonus of the lineage looking one of the best in women's history."

[8.0] "This title has never had a bad design, and its history is even better than the men's, only because it doesn't have people like Adam Cole, who didn't go to the main roster after losing the title, and then left the company altogether. Of course, there is a chance that Roxanne Perez will drop everything and leave forever, but I don't believe it. Even if we talk about those who came back from the main roster to NXT, Mandy Rose, having won the title, sparkled with new colors, becoming one of the dominant champions in the women's division, and in the men's too, while Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler did not succeed as NXT champions so much. Of course, Becky Lynch also showed herself well as a fighting NXT champion. In general, there is a feeling that the NXT women's title helped talents much more than the men's, but it is worth admitting that the men's division has many more memorable matches. Finally, I will note that the champions of both divisions were future participants of the WrestleMania main event: Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair. You can also add Becky Lynch here, although I am not sure that she is appropriate here, since she won the title after participating in the main event, 5 years later"

[8.0] "Great title, held by many of the world's best. If you strictly go by lineage, I'd put this title over the main ones."

[7.0] "This title was maybe the most prestigious title of the company, and then Mandy Rose appeared. And things had change. What matches were given to us, it was incredible. Champions were true champions, the title was hold by deserved superstar and what happened after that is cringe and sad. What a waste."

[9.0] "Yall really did the most when Mandy Rose was champion. It was not that bad & the champions before her made this a 10/10 title. After Mandy we had a flop ass Roxanne run where she got injured & then vacated but not really then indi Harrell had a feel good moment & then really got injured & drafted to Main Roster. Following that Tiffany Stratton had a decent run got the biggest spotlight with Becky who gave the title spotlight & elevated all the division then Lyra happened & she had a good but underwhelming reign. Now Roxanne has it & is having good matches feuds & making history like back in the OG NXT days like the Sashas & Bayleys"

"The NXT woman's title history is better than both the world and WWE women's title on the main rosters. the only downside to this title was when NXT 2.0 happened Everything was bad about it but overall this title is a 9/10"

[7.0] "A whole host of history with this belt, the list of champions almost reads as a path through WWE's top women's wrestlers of the past decade or so. That being said, I haven't really enjoyed a lot of its booking lately. I hope things are reinvigorated with this Roxanne reign"

[6.0] "A very impressive list of champions until we get to Mandy Rose and then the belt falls off, Becky Lynch gave the belt some much needed star power, but Lyra isnt having the same effect. Currently the NXT womens division doesnt have enough strong names active who can also go in ring so its brought down by the division being a little bit weak."

[6.0] "From Sasha Banks reign to Io Shirai's reign this Championship was easily a 9 or 10 with lots of great feuds and even greater matches with a lot of good champions and challengers. But ever since Io lost it, it hasn't produced one great match. Awful choices of champions, especially that atrociously long Mandy Rose reign who did absolutely nothing but devaluate the prestige of that once great Championship. There was a bit of hope with someone like Roxanne Perez but her reign was too short to mean anything."

[10.0] "An amazing title with so many amazing champions who definetely deserve to be in the WWE Hall of Fame in the future. I love every single moment of this title's history - from Paige to phenomenal Asuka's title reign to today's rising stars. This title is FUTURE."

[9.0] "THE REING OF TERROR IS OVER, BAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! A really great moment for Roxanne, at 21 years, she has a really bright future in WWE"

[8.0] "NXT women's championship had some of the greatest matches of all times. When it was on it could compete with the main roster women's championship, but it has gone through a few down turns where the quality lacked."

[7.0] "Since Shirai lost the title, the prestige has steadily gone down. Both Rose and Gonzalez had a lackluster reign. The NXT Women's Division remains one of the best in the world and hopefully, the new up and comers will elevate this title in the future."

[8.0] "For almost 8 years, this was a title that carried a lot of value and prestige. Well booked, excellent matches and some outstanding champions. Showed what women's wrestling in North America could be when it had the full backing of management. During this time, it was by far the best women's title on a televised US wrestling product. In some ways was also the catalyst for positive changes on WWE's main roster. Paige did an admirable job as inaugural champion, though the division around her still needed to be built. The 4HW and Asuka eras were just fantastic. I feel that after them, booking floundered a bit. Athena/Ember Moon was treated as a transitional champion for Shayna Baszler. Indeed, Baszler's first reign was great. Kairi didn't get the title reign she deserved. Baszler's second reign was good but became boring. Rhea Ripley was elevated at the perfect time, but was short lived thanks a pointless title win by Charlotte Flair. Io Shirai's victory and title reign restored its prestige significantly. She was one of the pillars of that division for a long time, having killer matches. Since she lost it, the title has regressed. Raquel was out of her depth as champion, having consistently boring matches. Management then shifted NXT's focus and subsequently took a dump on the division by awarding Mandy Rose the belt. To date, she's the worst champ in the title's history. A glorified Diva with mediocre skills, crap matches and who uses the title as a fashion accessory. Disgraceful that the likes of Dakota Kai and Candice LeRae never won this (HHH made blunders by not elevating them). In spite of how bad things are right now, doesn't take away how incredible the title's past history is. May have some potential if talent like Roxanne Perez or Ivy Nile win it, but chances are they're high on trash like Nikkita Lyons."

[8.0] "Similarly to my review for the men's NXT title, the women's title has a lineage that mostly has the most prestigious of winners who have gone onto greater things and grown into fantastic performers, such as Bayley, Sasha Banks, Asuka, Paige and Charlotte. In the last year and a half, this belt has felt a bit more directionless, and more like a prop to hold the champion up, rather than a champion who elevates the belt. However, the excellent lineage of this belt helps hold it above and keep this rating high."

[6.0] "Another case of longing for what used to be with NXT. The NXT Women's Championship used to be the best women's title in wrestling, but it has fallen majorly. Raquel's reign was bleh and Mandy Rose's reign is a glorified 2006 Diva's Championship run. Can we give this back to Io like ASAP'"

[7.0] "Really floundered as of late, but it still had amazing champions like Sasha, Bayley, Asuka, Io Shirai, and some meh reigns like Shayna that interrupted the titles great lineage till recent days."

[9.0] "Of all the women's belts in the WWE, this remains the most important of all. Asuka, Io Shirai and Shayna Baszler remain the most important owners of this belt."

[10.0] "Probably the most prestigious women's championship (outside of STARDOM and other Japanese Joshi promotions. Feels like the title is earned for the person who wins the belt and feels like a big deal when a title change does happen. The people who have held the title are more than worthy competitors to win the title. The belt is also well protected and booked really well. Every champion gets chance to themselves as the champion and the belt isn't flip flopped around and has only had 13 champions in 8 years . The only mistake with this title really is putting the title on Charlotte for a 2nd time when it wasn't really needed. Didn't hurt the prestige of the title that much as it was fixed the next PPV but was definitely a mistake."

[7.0] "Overrated title imo. The best era for it was Sasha/Bayley era. They ruined the title prestiege by Charlotte defeating Rhea and Shirai's boring reign. I hope Raquel's reign can fix it."

[10.0] "The most prestigious and unblemished lineage in all of WWE since it was established. Truly defines the top of what has been the best women's division in the United States for years now"

[10.0] "The NXT women's division is complete fire, with a list of worthy competitors who deserve to hold the belt, hell the matches contested for this belt were better than most on the cards. The design is the same as the NXT men's title except with a silver X which honestly I like way more than the mens belt."

[10.0] "We can all agree that this is the best women's title in WWE right now. It hasn't been held by a lot of women, but all of them are very talented and worthy of having a championship reign. It's true that not all of the matches in which it's been defended are amazing, but it has been defended in some of the best women's matches in WWE history: Becky vs Sasha was amazing, both Bayley vs Sasha matches were mind-blowing, Asuka vs Nikki was brutal and unwatchable (in the good sense), the second Asuka and Ember Moon was savage, the first Kairi vs Shayna was very cool, and despite what people have been saying, Io vs Shayna was also very fierce. They only flaw I find in this title is the fact that Shayna was given a second reign very quickly when maybe she didn't even need one. Hope the title changes hands soon."

[10.0] "As of the time I am typing this there have only been 8 women who've held the title since its creation in 2013. What makes a title prestigious is two factors: 1. Those who have won it have to be the best of the best and the run must be lengthy. The NXT Women's championship ticks both of these boxes as the most talented women in NXT have won it and all of their reigns lasted at least over fifty days. To me its the most prized women's title in WWE."

[8.0] "You've got 9 champions listed so far and all of them were great wrestlers and great champions in their own right."

[9.0] "Das gleiche wie beim Männergürtel, trifft auch auf den Frauengürtel zu. Nur scheinen Wechsel hier noch rarer gesät zu sein. Die Liste entsprich auch den talentiertesten Damen im heutigen Main-Roster und das wird auch auf Asuka und Ember Moon zutreffen, die ja bereits ein MotY-Kandidaten gezaubert haben. Auf jeden Fall ein Titel, der dank seiner Fehden und Matches wertvoller ist, als die Gegenstücke in RAW und SD."

[6.0] "A very well respected title that isn't hot-potatoed like every other WWE title, but the matches sadly aren't of a very high standard. They're usually between the 2-3 star range imo, and recently have been contested more frequently in multi-man matches, which doesn't help for match quality and feels just like forcing more stars into a title match for the sake of it."

[10.0] "My favorite title in wwe. An important title for women wrestling in wwe. Many great matches which stole the shows so many times. The matches involving 4 horsewomen and asuka were fantastic. Well-told storylines, too. The bayley's underdog storyline, for example, was absolutely amazing. Paige's run was ok. Charlotte's reign definitely put this title on the map, then sasha, bayley, asuka continued the legacy. Now after asuka's reign, a huge pressure is waiting for any women who will hold this. I want to see what happens next. A well-booked title in my opinion unlike 2 garbage women titles on main roster."

[10.0] "Some of the best women's wrestling matches in WWE have been for this title. At the beginning it went to Paige, the most over female in NXT at the time before she vacated it for the WWE Diva's Championship. Then it went to Charlotte, who at the time put on a phenomenal match against Natalya to win it. She had some good title defences against Sasha and Bayley before dropping it to Sasha. Sasha went on to have the shortest, but also 1 of the most important title reigns, as her match against Becky Lynch took both women to the next level, and the night she lost it to Bayley in Brooklyn was probably the best women's match that WWE have ever had. Bayley's reign was a mixed bag, ranging from the excellent iron woman match against Sasha, the Underdog-champion match against Nia Jax and the night she lost it to Asuka, to TV matches against Eva Marie and (both then-not-so-ready) Carmella and Alexa Bliss. Asuka's title reign has been about less-is-more, as all of her title matches have only been on Takeover shows or House shows. Being booked as the female Brock Lesnar, her reign has seen her put on excellent (but slightly one-sided) matches against Bayley and a returning Mickey James (in what is probably James' best match). The only challenge right now is finding a woman who would be suitable for Asuka to drop to the title to (If she doesn't vacate it), and of course, experience her first loss in NXT. Because the last 3 champions in particular (as of this post) have set a very high bar."

[7.0] "A good title, but I find it to be a little overrated. Paige's initial reign was not much to speak of, and she never dropped the title on her way out. The Four Horsemwomen's era is well booked but I did not enjoy it as much as some did. At the end of the day it's presented as a secondary developmental championship, so that does have some bearing on it."

[10.0] "If you look at the history of this championship: who's held the title, who's challenged for it, the matches that came from it, the seriousness and prominence that is given to the feuds surrounding it, even the look of the belt itself. Everything about the NXT Women's Championship is virtually the exact opposite of the WWE Divas Championship."

[8.0] "The NXT women's title is the complete opposite of what the Diva's title is perception wise. More accurately it is a title which is highly coveted by it's holders and challengers as all titles truly should be. The belt is becoming very prestigious and the champions holding it seemingly become destined for greatness. The title is great the matches and story lines surrounding the title are great the competition for said title is great. Whats not to love about the NXT Women's Championship?"

[8.0] "The NXT Women's title is the workhorse title of the wwe divas division. Every nxt women's title match has been great because the women in them deliver great performances and prove women are just as good as the men."