WWE Women's Speed Championship

NXT Women's Speed Championship
The WWE Women's Speed Championship belt with default side plates
Details
PromotionWWE
BrandNXT
Date establishedAugust 9, 2024
Current championWren Sinclair
Date wonMarch 17, 2026
Statistics
First championCandice LeRae
Longest reignSol Ruca
(200 days)[a]
Shortest reignFallon Henley
(119 days)[b]
Oldest championCandice LeRae
(39 years, 5 days)
Youngest championSol Ruca
(25 years, 228 days)
Heaviest championSol Ruca
(139 lb (63 kg))
Lightest championCandice LeRae
(110 lb (50 kg))

The WWE Women's Speed Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is a specialized championship for NXT, the promotion's developmental brand, in which matches have a five-minute time limit. The current champion is NXT's Wren Sinclair, who is in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Fallon Henley on the March 17, 2026, episode of NXT.

The title was unveiled on August 9, 2024, to be exclusively defended on Speed, which streamed exclusively on the social media platform X. It was originally regarded as an internet championship and was open to wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. The inaugural champion was Candice LeRae, who was a member of the SmackDown roster at the time of her reign. On August 24, 2025, following the cancellation of Speed, the title was officially moved to the NXT brand but still open to challengers from Raw and SmackDown, as well as the Evolve brand and WWE ID program, and wrestlers from partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Mexican subsidiary Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.

History

On April 3, 2024, the American professional wrestling promotion WWE launched Speed, a weekly video series that streamed exclusively on the social media platform X. The program featured matches between wrestlers from WWE's Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brands and the matches had a three-minute time limit for regular episodes. Speed originally only featured matches with male wrestlers, with special episodes for the WWE Speed Championship having a five-minute time limit.[1][2]

On May 1, 2024, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque confirmed that the program would also eventually feature women's matches.[3] This led to an official announcement on August 9, 2024, where it was revealed that a tournament for the inaugural WWE Women's Speed Championship would begin on September 4, 2024.[4] In the tournament final that occurred during the Speed tapings on October 4, 2024, SmackDown's Candice LeRae defeated Raw's Iyo Sky to become the inaugural champion. Her reign is recognized as having begun on October 9, 2024, when the match aired on tape delay.[5][6]

Following the July 9, 2025, episode, the future of Speed came into question as the series stopped uploading new episodes without explanation. Various news outlets began reporting that the program had been quietly cancelled, but neither WWE or X made any statements on the show's status.[7] Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer further clarified that WWE had not taped any episodes after July 9 and his WWE contacts had no knowledge on the program's future.[8] Around the same time, reigning Women's Speed Champion Sol Ruca began appearing on NXT with the title. In an interview on August 19, Ruca said that the Speed Championships previously only appeared on Speed as it was "a separate universe being on X." She was then given permission by WWE to carry the title on NXT programming.[9] A few days later at Heatwave, NXT general manager Ava announced that the men's and women's Speed Championships would be defended on the NXT brand going forward, with qualifying tournaments open to wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown and Evolve brands, partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Mexican subsidiary Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), starting from the September 2 episode of NXT and concludes during Gold Rush in The Theater at Madison Square Garden.[10]

At Night 2 of Gold Rush aired on November 25, the championship match went over the five-minute mark for the first time. Ava then ordered the match to continue into a one-fall sudden death to crown the new champion.[11]

Inaugural tournament

The participants for the inaugural WWE Women's Speed Championship Tournament were revealed on August 23, 2024.[12]

Quarterfinals
Speed
August 23 – September 13, 2024
(Aired: September 4–18) 		Semifinals
Speed
September 27 – October 4, 2024
(Aired: October 2–5) 		Final
Speed
October 4, 2024
(Aired: October 9)
         
Raw Lyra Valkyria 2:18[13]
Raw Iyo Sky Pinfall
Raw Iyo Sky Pinfall
SmackDown Naomi 2:38[17]
SmackDown Blair Davenport 2:36[14]
SmackDown Naomi Submission
Raw Iyo Sky 3:48[18]
SmackDown Candice LeRae Pinfall[6]
SmackDown Elektra Lopez 2:33[15]
Raw Kairi Sane Pinfall
Raw Kairi Sane 2:28
SmackDown Candice LeRae Pinfall
SmackDown Candice LeRae Pinfall
SmackDown Piper Niven 2:37[16]

Further tournaments

Main article: List of WWE tournaments § WWE Women's Speed Championship

Reigns

As of March 25, 2026, there have been four reigns among four champions and one vacancy. The inaugural champion was Candice LeRae. Sol Ruca has the longest reign at 200 days (195 days as recognized by WWE), while Fallon Henley has the shortest reign at 119 days (112 as recognized by WWE due to tape delay). LeRae is the oldest champion at 39, while Ruca is the youngest at 25.

The current champion is NXT's Wren Sinclair, who is in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Fallon Henley on the March 17, 2026, episode of NXT in Houston, Texas.[19]

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Days recog. Number of days held recognized by the promotion
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Days recog.
WWE: Raw, SmackDown, and NXT
1 Candice LeRae October 4, 2024 Speed Nashville, TN 1 189 188 Defeated Iyo Sky in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
WWE recognizes LeRae's reign as beginning on October 9, 2024 and ending on April 16, 2025, when the episodes aired on tape delay. 		[20][21]
2 Sol Ruca April 11, 2025 Speed Seattle, WA 1 200 195 WWE recognizes Ruca's reign as beginning on April 16, 2025, when the episode aired on tape delay.
On August 24, 2025, at Heatwave, NXT general manager Ava announced that the championship would be defended on the NXT brand going forward, but still open to challengers from WWE's other brands, including Evolve and WWE ID, as well as wrestlers from partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and sister promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. 		[22][23][10]
WWE: NXT
— Vacated October 28, 2025 NXT Orlando, FL — — — Sol Ruca vacated the title after suffering a knee injury. [24]
3 Fallon Henley November 18, 2025 NXT:
Gold Rush
Night 2 		New York, NY 1 119 112 Defeated Zaria in a tournament final to win the vacant title. This match went over the 5-minute time limit, but NXT General Manager Ava ordered the match to continue into sudden death.
WWE recognizes Henley's reign as beginning on November 25, 2025, when the episode aired on tape delay. 		[25][11]
4 Wren Sinclair March 17, 2026 NXT Houston, TX 1 8+ 8+ [19]

Notes

  1. ^ 195 days as recognized by WWE due to tape delay.
  2. ^ 112 days as recognized by WWE due to tape delay.

References

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