# NXT Women's Tag Team Championship

The NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling women's tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It was defended on the company's developmental brand, NXT, the title was also available to NXT UK due to the NXT UK brand never having a Women's Tag Team title of their own and was briefly featured on the main roster brand, SmackDown, before its retirement. The championship was established on March 10, 2021, and the team of Dakota Kai and Raquel González were the inaugural champions. On the June 23, 2023, episode of SmackDown, the title was unified into the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, officially retiring the title in the process, with Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn recognized as the final champions.
The championship was created as a result of a controversial finish to a WWE Women's Tag Team Championship match. After the team of Dakota Kai and Raquel González won the first-ever Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, they received a match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, which at the time was available to NXT, but they did not win the title due to the controversial finish in which Kai was submitted although she was not the legal woman. The NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was then created and awarded to Kai and González due to the controversy and for winning the Dusty Classic. 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 brand.

## 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, and the inaugural champions were crowned in February 2019. Two years later, 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 reigning 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, Adam Pearce, who was the WWE official of Raw and SmackDown at the time, 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 then-NXT General Manager William Regal.
The following week on the March 10 episode, 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.
As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft, reigning NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn were drafted to SmackDown and took the titles with them, claiming they would defend the title across all three brands, although they never did and only had non-title matches on SmackDown. On the June 9 episode, as they were about to have an in-ring interview, Fyre and Dawn were interrupted by reigning WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler, who challenged Fyre and Dawn to a championship unification match, which was accepted and scheduled for the June 23 episode of SmackDown. Rousey and Baszler won to become the undisputed WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, thus making the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship available to NXT again. The NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was subsequently retired in the process, with Dawn and Fyre recognized as the final champions.
According to Fightful, the unification match was planned to happen right after the draft, but due to various injuries within the division, it got delayed. Fightful also noted there had been confusion regarding the original creation of the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship, as the company already had the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship and there were not many women's tag teams in the division. Furthermore, it was noted that the plan after the unification was that the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship would appear on NXT programming "when needed", which was the original plan for the title.

## Belt design

The belt design of the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was nearly identical to the men's NXT Tag Team Championship, with a few exceptions. The straps were smaller for the women and they were white instead of black. Above the vertical NXT logo on the center plate said "Women's Tag Team" instead of just "Tag Team". For the customizable side plates, the default side plates had the vertical NXT logo instead of the WWE logo. The WWE logo was also missing from the very center of the NXT logo on the center plate.

## Reigns

Over the championship's two-year history, there were 11 reigns between nine teams composed of 18 individual champions and one vacancy. The inaugural championship team was Dakota Kai and Raquel González and they tied Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) for the most reigns at two, both as a team and individually. Toxic Attraction also had the longest combined reign at 249 days (247 as recognized by WWE). The team of Katana Chance and Kayden Carter had the longest singular reign at 186 days, while Kai and González's first reign was the shortest at 56 minutes (being named as first champions then losing the title later the same night). Candice LeRae was the oldest champion at 35 years old, while Roxanne Perez was the youngest, winning the title at 20. The final champions were the team of Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn.
Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | Notes | Ref. |
| | WWE: NXT and NXT UK | WWE: NXT and NXT UK | WWE: NXT and NXT UK | WWE: NXT and NXT UK | WWE: NXT and NXT UK | WWE: NXT and NXT UK | WWE: NXT and NXT UK | WWE: NXT and NXT UK | WWE: NXT and NXT UK |
| 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. | |
| 2 | Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart | March 10, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 55 | 55 | | |
| 3 | The Way (Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell) | May 4, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 63 | 62 | This was a Street Fight match. | |
| 4 | Io Shirai and Zoey Stark | July 6, 2021 | NXT: The Great American Bash | Orlando, FL | 1 | 112 | 111 | | |
| 5 | Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) | October 26, 2021 | NXT 2.0: Halloween Havoc | Orlando, FL | 1 | 158 | 157 | This was a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Triple threat tag team Scareway to Hell Ladder match also involving the team of Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta. | |
| 6 | Dakota Kai and Raquel González | April 2, 2022 | Stand & Deliver Kickoff | Dallas, TX | 2 | 3 | 3 | | |
| 7 | Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) | April 5, 2022 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | 2 | 91 | 90 | | |
| 8 | Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez | July 5, 2022 | NXT 2.0: The Great American Bash | Orlando, FL | 1 | 14 | 14 | | |
| 8 | Roxanne Perez | July 19, 2022 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | — | 7 | 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. WWE.com lists this as a separate entry on the official title history, but it is unclear if WWE views this as an official second reign for Perez or just a continuation from her reign with Jade. | |
| — | 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. | |
| 9 | Katana Chance and Kayden Carter | August 2, 2022 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 186 | 186 | 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 vacant title. Following Worlds Collide in September 2022, the NXT UK brand was discountiued and the title became exclusive to just the NXT brand. | |
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| 10 | Fallon Henley and Kiana James | February 4, 2023 | Vengeance Day | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 56 | 55 | | |
| 11 | Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn | April 1, 2023 | Stand & Deliver | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 83 | 83 | As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft, Fyre and Dawn were drafted to SmackDown, although the title remained on NXT. | |
| — | Unified | June 23, 2023 | SmackDown | Lafayette, LA | — | — | — | Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler defeated Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn to unify the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship into the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. The NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was retired with Fyre and Dawn recognized as the final champions. | |

## Combined reigns
### By team

| Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days rec. by WWE |
| 1 | Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) | 2 | 249 | 247 |
| 2 | Katana Chance and Kayden Carter | 1 | 186 | 186 |
| 3 | Io Shirai and Zoey Stark | 1 | 112 | 111 |
| 4 | Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn | 1 | 83 | 83 |
| 5 | The Way (Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell) | 1 | 63 | 62 |
| 6 | Fallon Henley and Kiana James | 1 | 56 | 55 |
| 7 | Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart | 1 | 55 | 55 |
| 8 | Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| 9 | Dakota Kai and Raquel González | 2 | 3 | 3 |

### By wrestler

| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days rec. by WWE |
| 1 | Gigi Dolin | 2 | 249 | 247 |
| 1 | Jacy Jayne | 2 | 249 | 247 |
| 3 | Katana Chance | 1 | 186 | 186 |
| 3 | Kayden Carter | 1 | 186 | 186 |
| 5 | Io Shirai | 1 | 112 | 111 |
| 5 | Zoey Stark | 1 | 112 | 111 |
| 7 | Alba Fyre | 1 | 83 | 83 |
| 7 | Isla Dawn | 1 | 83 | 83 |
| 9 | Candice LeRae | 1 | 63 | 62 |
| 9 | Indi Hartwell | 1 | 63 | 62 |
| 11 | Fallon Henley | 1 | 56 | 55 |
| 11 | Kiana James | 1 | 56 | 55 |
| 13 | Ember Moon | 1 | 55 | 55 |
| 13 | Shotzi Blackheart | 1 | 55 | 55 |
| 15 | Roxanne Perez | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| 16 | Cora Jade | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| 17 | Dakota Kai | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Raquel González | 2 | 3 | 3 |