Ranking Every First Current WWE Champion From Worst To Best
11. NXT UK Women's Champion - Rhea Ripley
The first woman to become both NXT and NXT UK Women's Champion, Rhea Ripley won the latter as a dominant Shayna Baszler-adjacent heel in yet another blossoming women's division.
Evidently ready for the role (and the roles beyond the role), she was a natural first choice after looking strong throughout the tournament she eventually won, as she had in the Mae Young Classic prior to that.
An ideal dragon for second titleholder Toni Storm to slay, her incredible battles informed the subtle babyface turn that came with a move to NXT proper as Baszler's own destroyer.