All 12 WWE NXT Women's Champions Ranked Worst To Best
4. Paige
After NXT was reformed into a developmental brand for WWE, they shortly thereafter created the NXT Championship. It would not be for nearly another year that the women would be given a championship of their own. An eight-woman tournament would be established to crown the inaugural champ, with Paige defeating Tamina, Alicia Fox, and Emma to become the first ever NXT Women's Champion.
After winning the tournament and title, Paige would hold the title for over ten months, carrying the brand through the pre-WWE Network days of NXT. Defending the title against Bayley, Summer Rae, Natalya and Emma in solid matches that many fans have not been able to see. The Anti-Diva was also the first public face of NXT, defending the NXT Women's Title against Emma in the brand's first Network show, Arrival. Paige would follow this up by appearing on the Raw after WrestleMania XXX to win the Diva's Championship from AJ Lee.
While that match may have been the greatest night of Paige's career, it also spelled the end for Paige's time in NXT. After winning the Diva's Championship, she briefly returned to NXT, only to be told by General Manager JBL that she was forced to relinquish her NXT Women's Title, ending her reign at 273 days.