On April 24, 2014, Paige was stripped of the NXT Women's Championship, by NXT's commissioner John Bradshaw Layfield, because she couldn't defend both the NXT Women's and WWE Divas Championship, ending her reign at 308 days. Right after, during the tapings for the May shows, a tournament was announced to take place to determine the next champion. Charlotte defeated Natalya at NXT Takeover on May 29, 2014 to become the new champion.
Results[]
- April 30, 2014: Sasha Banks defeated Bayley (3:58)
- April 30, 2014: Natalya defeated Layla (3:30)
- May 7, 2014: Charlotte defeated Emma (3:50)
- May 7, 2014: Alexa Bliss defeated Alicia Fox (3:08)
- May 14, 2014: Charlotte defeated Alexa Bliss (5:01)
- May 21, 2014: Natalya defeated Sasha Banks (4:06)
- NXT Takeover: Charlotte (w/ Ric Flair) defeated Natalya (w/ Bret Hart)
Tournament brackets[]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||
| Sasha Banks | |||||||||||||||
| Bayley | |||||||||||||||
| Sasha Banks | |||||||||||||||
| Natalya | |||||||||||||||
| Layla | |||||||||||||||
| Natalya | |||||||||||||||
| Natalya | |||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | |||||||||||||||
| Emma | |||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | |||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | |||||||||||||||
| Alexa Bliss | |||||||||||||||
| Alexa Bliss | |||||||||||||||
| Alicia Fox | |||||||||||||||