On June 18, 2018, during the first night of the United Kingdom Championship Tournament, the NXT UK Women's Championship was announced for WWE's NXT UK brand. Afterwards, a two-day eight-woman single-elimination tournament was scheduled to crown the inaugural champion during the first tapings of "NXT UK". On August 26, Rhea Ripley defeated Toni Storm in the tournament finals to become the inaugural NXT UK Women's Champion.