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Why the NXT Women’s Championship Is One of Wrestling’s Top Titles

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Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque: ‘NXT is the place where people come when they have something to prove, and that’s been embedded in the women’s division since its creation’

There is no shortage of championships in professional wrestling. But over the past seven years, few titles have stood out like the NXT Women’s Championship.

Since its creation in 2013, there have only been nine different champions. And, in a throwback manner, the title has largely remained with the champ for a considerable chunk of time.