All 12 WWE NXT Women's Champions Ranked Worst To Best
From Paige to Mandy Rose, who sits on top among the 12 NXT Women's Champions?
When NXT was created back in 2012, it was not until June the following year that the NXT Women's Championship was created. An eight-woman tournament was set up in order to crown the inaugural champion. Paige would defeat Tamina, Alicia Fox and Emma to win that prize.
Including the Fighting With My Family star, 12 different women have held the NXT Women's Championship. Unlike many wrestling title lineages, the NXT title has built its reputation on only being held by the best of the best for the former black and gold brand.
Oftentimes a woman climbs the ranks of NXT's women's division, wins the gold, and then drops it shortly before being called up to the main roster.
From Paige to three of the Four Horsewomen of NXT, the most talented women to arrive at Full Sail University and the Capitol Wrestling Center have all held the newly colourful title. Despite all being at the top of the division, there have been varying levels of success for these champions across the ten years of NXT...
12. Ember Moon
The NXT Women's Championship has such a strong lineage that unfortunately Ember Moon ranks as the worst champion, despite holding the title for nearly five months. What holds The War Goddess back is her path to the gold. The NXT Women's Championship has built a reputation, much like that of the men's main title. A wrestler will rise to the top of the division, win the championship, then lose it just in time to debut on the main roster.
That appeared to be the case as Ember became the number one contender to the undefeated Asuka's Women's Championship. Moon would try, and fail, twice to defeat The Empress of Tomorrow at Takeover: Orlando and Brooklyn III. Moon was only able to capture the championship after Asuka relinquished it as a result of moving up to the main roster. After that vacating, Takeover: WarGames saw Moon defeat Nikki Cross, Peyton Royce and Kairi Sane in a Fatal Four-Way match to finally with the NXT Women's Title.
In her 141-day title reign, Ember only defended her championship twice; first against Sonya Deville and then winning via roll-up to temporarily halt the rise of Shayna Baszler. That win over Baszler was ultimately for nought, as in their rematch at Takeover: New Orleans, The Queen of Spades forced Moon to pass out, ending The War Goddess' time on top.