Top five longest-reigning NXT Women’s Champions in history

The NXT Women’s Championship is one of the prestigious championships of WWE, which is exclusive for the NXT brand. The championship was introduced in 2013 by the WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon, to promote the women’s division. The championship has been through 17 reigns and into the hands of 15 champions, among those here is the list of the top five longest-reigning NXT Women’s Champions of all time in a single reign.

5. Iyo Shirai

Iyo Shirai has the fifth longest title reign as the NXT Women’s Champion with a 304 days reign. Iyo won the championship from Charlotte Flair in a Triple Threat Match involving the former champion Rhea Ripley at NXT TakeOver: In Your House. She lost her title to Raquel Gonzalez at NXT Stand & Deliver Night 1.

4. Paige

Paige has the fourth longest title reign as the NXT Women's Champion with a record setting reign of 308 days. Paige is the inaugura NXT Women's Champion, who won the championship by defeating Emma in the final round of the NXT Women's Championship tournament. She vacated her title after winning the Divas Championship.

3. Mandy Rose

Mandy Rose has the third longest reign as the NXT Women's Champion with a 413 days title reign. Rose won the championship from Raquel Gonzalez in a Trick or Street Fight Match, marking her first championship win in WWE at NXT 2.0 Halloween Havoc.  She unified the NXT UK Women's Championship by defeating Blair Davenport and Satomura in a triple threat match at Worlds Collide. Mandy lost her championship to Roxanne Perez and got released from WWE.

2. Shayna Baszler

Shayna Baszler has the second longest reign as the NXT Women's Champion with a monumental reign of 416 days on her second reign. She had the longest combined reign for the NXT Women's Championship with 548 days reign. The Queen of Spades won the championship at Evolution from Kairi Sane for the second time, ending her first reign. Baszler lost the championship to Rhea Ripley on the December 18, 2019 episode of NXT.

1. Asuka

Asuka has the longest reign as the NXT Champion with a monumental reign of 522 days. Asuka won the championship from Bayley at TakeOver: Dallas and stood undefeated for over a long period of time. She finally vacated her title and joined the main roster with a great send off from the NXT Universe.