NXT Women's Tag Team Championship
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The NXT Women's Tag Team Championship belt with default side plates
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| Current champion(s) | Kayden Carter and Katana Chance | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | August 2, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | March 10, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brand | NXT | ||||||||||||||||||
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The NXT Women's Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling women's tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is defended on the NXT brand division, the promotion's developmental territory. The current champions are Kayden Carter and Katana Chance, who are in their first reign, which is the longest reign for the title.
The championship was established on the March 10, 2021 episode of NXT. The team of Dakota Kai and Raquel González were crowned the inaugural champions due to winning the first-ever Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, after the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship match they had originally received for their win ended in controversy. At the time the title was introduced, NXT was regarded as WWE's "third brand". In September 2021, however, NXT reverted to its original function as WWE's developmental territory.
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History
In December 2018, the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship was established as the sole women's tag team championship for WWE, shared across the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brands.[1] On the March 3, 2021 episode of NXT, Dakota Kai and Raquel González, who had earned a title opportunity for winning the first-ever Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, faced WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler (whose home brand was Raw). After the referee had been knocked out during the match, WWE official Adam Pearce, who officiates for Raw and SmackDown, sent down a second referee to declare Kai had submitted to Baszler, although Kai was not the legal woman. This led to a backstage argument between Pearce and NXT General Manager William Regal.[2]
The following week on the March 10 episode, as to no longer deal with Raw and SmackDown's politics, Regal introduced the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship and awarded the titles to Kai and González due to winning the Dusty Classic; the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship subsequently became no longer available to NXT. Their reign would not last long, as that same night they defended the titles against the runner ups of the tournament, Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart, who defeated Kai and González to win the championship.[3][4]
Belt design
The belt design of the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship is nearly identical to the men's NXT Tag Team Championship, with a few exceptions. The straps are smaller for the women and they are white instead of black. Above the vertical NXT logo on the center plate says "Women's Tag Team" instead of just "Tag Team". For the customizable side plates, the default side plates have the vertical NXT logo instead of the WWE logo. The WWE logo is also missing from the very center of the NXT logo on the center plate.[3][4]
Reigns
As of July 8, 2024, there have been 10 reigns between seven teams composed of 14 individual champions. The inaugural championship team was Dakota Kai and Raquel González. The team of Kayden Carter and Katana Chance have the longest reign at Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ days for their ongoing reign, while Kai and González's first reign is the shortest at 56 minutes (being named as first champions, then losing the title later the same night). Candice LeRae is the oldest champion at 35 years old, while Roxanne Perez is the youngest, winning the title at 20.
The current and longest-reigning champions are Kayden Carter and Katana Chance, who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the titles by defeating the teams of Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley, Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne), and Yulisa Leon and Valentina Feroz in a fatal four-way tag team elimination match on the August 2, 2022 episode of NXT 2.0.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
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| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
| 1 | Dakota Kai and Raquel González | March 10, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | <1 | <1 | NXT General Manager William Regal awarded the titles to the Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winners Kai and González after a screwjob finish to their WWE Women's Tag Team Championship match against Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler the week prior. | [3] |
| 2 | Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart | March 10, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [3] | |
| 3 | The Way (Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell) |
May 4, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | This was a Street Fight match. | [5] |
| 4 | Io Shirai and Zoey Stark | July 6, 2021 | NXT: The Great American Bash |
Orlando, FL | 1 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [6] | |
| 5 | Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) |
October 26, 2021 | NXT 2.0: Halloween Havoc |
Orlando, FL | 1 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | This was a Triple Threat Tag Team Scareway to Hell Ladder match also involving the team of Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta. | [7] |
| 6 | Dakota Kai and Raquel González | April 2, 2022 | Stand & Deliver Kickoff |
Dallas, TX | 2 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [8] | |
| 7 | Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) |
April 5, 2022 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | 2 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [9] | |
| 8 | Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez | July 5, 2022 | NXT 2.0: The Great American Bash |
Orlando, FL | 1 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [10] | |
| 8 | Roxanne Perez | July 19, 2022 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | - | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 7 | On the July 12, 2022 episode of NXT 2.0, Cora Jade turned on Perez. The following week, Jade threw her championship belt in a trashcan, vacating her half of the championship. | [11] |
| — | Vacated | July 26, 2022 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | — | — | — | Roxanne Perez vacated the other half of the championship due to not having a tag team partner. | [12] |
| 9 | Kayden Carter and Katana Chance | August 2, 2022 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | 1 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ | Defeated the teams of Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley, Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne), and Yulisa Leon and Valentina Feroz in a fatal four-way tag team elimination match to win the titles. | [13] |
Combined reigns
As of July 8, 2024.
By team
| † | Indicates the current champions |
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| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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| 1 | Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) |
2 | 249 | |
| 2 | Katana Chance and Kayden Carter † | 1 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ | |
| 3 | Io Shirai and Zoey Stark | 1 | 112 | |
| 4 | The Way (Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell) |
1 | 63 | |
| 5 | Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart | 1 | 55 | |
| 6 | Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez | 1 | 14 | |
| 7 | Dakota Kai and Raquel González | 2 | 3 | |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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| 1 | Gigi Dolin | 2 | 249 | |
| Jacy Jayne | ||||
| 3 | Katana Chance † | 1 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ | |
| Kayden Carter † | ||||
| 5 | Io Shirai | 1 | 112 | |
| Zoey Stark | ||||
| 7 | Candice LeRae | 1 | 63 | |
| Indi Hartwell | ||||
| 9 | Ember Moon | 1 | 55 | |
| Shotzi Blackheart | ||||
| 11 | Roxanne Perez | 1 | 21 | |
| 12 | Cora Jade | 1 | 14 | |
| 13 | Dakota Kai | 2 | 3 | |
| Raquel González | ||||
See also
Notes
References
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External links
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