NXT Women's Championship Tournament

The NXT Women's Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by WWE and is competed for exclusively in NXT Wrestling, WWE's developmental territory. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute worked finishes.

History
The championship was first introduced on April 5, 2013 at WrestleMania Axxess. It was announced at the May 30, 2013 tapings (broadcase on the June 5 episode) of WWE NXT, by Stephanie McMahon that there would be a tournament, featuring five developmental female talents and three female talents from the main roster competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Women's Champion in a knockout system format