Every Major Wrestling World Title - Ranked From Least To Most Prestigious

3. NXT Women's Championship

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The cachet of the NXT Women's Championship was forged through several huge feats, both personal and professional.

The very premise of it centred around a drive to break ground, as Paige and the Four Horsewomen sought to exterminate the Divas mentality and redefine Women's wrestling in North America. Once established as a legitimate professional achievement, a personal cost and accomplishment element became more pronounced. Bayley grew up dreaming of legitimising women's wrestling years before even the Divas era; after an uplifting and hard-earned character arc, she achieved that dream in, to borrow a phrase from WWE itself, the first-ever unequivocal, no-caveats-needed classic women's WWE match at the original Brooklyn TakeOver.

No matter the extent to which Bayley worked to realise that dream, she was not ready for Asuka. Asuka dominated and redefined the title once more, swatting away all comers in a legendary reign boasting several classic matches, commanding an aura second only to her compatriot Kazuchika Okada. It is this sense of credibility with which Shayna Baszler continues an incredible lineage, having unceremoniously tapped out the only champion that came close to dreaded "paper" status: Ember Moon.

With that rare transition a dim memory - the title is very well-protected, enriching its prestige - the NXT Women's Title exists as the all-too-rare pinnacle of professional wrestling achievement, as difficult to reach as it is immensely rewarding to witness.

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