{"id":24404,"date":"2018-08-21T15:59:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T19:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=24404"},"modified":"2019-06-10T13:44:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T17:44:57","slug":"nxt-uk-to-crown-first-womens-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/08\/21\/nxt-uk-to-crown-first-womens-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT UK to Crown First Women&#8217;s Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NXT UK is holding a set of tapings this weekend in\u00a0<strong>Birmingham\u00a0<\/strong>and today on Twitter they announced their intentions to crown their first ever women&#8217;s champion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: The first ever <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTUK<\/a> Women&#8217;s Champion will be decided this weekend at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTUKBirmingham?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTUKBirmingham<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Be part of history, tickets available now: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uc9k0FY81B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/uc9k0FY81B<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AzXPwfDfxg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/AzXPwfDfxg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE UK (@WWEUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEUK\/status\/1031941585506918401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>NXT UK to Crown First Women&#8217;s Champion<\/h2>\n<h3><em><strong>The Announced Participants:<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Toni Storm<\/li>\n<li>Rhea Ripley<\/li>\n<li>Isla Dawn<\/li>\n<li>Jinny<\/li>\n<li>Xia Brookside<\/li>\n<li>Dakota Kai<\/li>\n<li>Nina Samuels<\/li>\n<li>Millie McKenzie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some crossover with the\u00a0<strong>Mae Young Classic\u00a0<\/strong>as we have a strong lineup, even stronger if\u00a0<strong>Tegan Nox\u00a0<\/strong>was available, of 8 women.<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Who&#8217;s Likely to win?<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24426\" style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24426\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/25498468_1679195742118868_4569961357673643809_n-e1534881435706.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"550\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Cory Lockwood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NXT UK is a division anchored by two women Toni Storm and Jinny.\u00a0 Women like McKenzie, Brookside, and Rhipley are too young and lack the necessary experience.\u00a0 There is potential though, for Dakota Kai to go far as she has been performing on the big stage of NXT for some time.\u00a0 In the end, though the likely winner will be either the current\u00a0<strong>PROGRESS Women&#8217;s Champion\u00a0<\/strong>Jinny or the former and first-ever PROGRESS Women&#8217;s Champion Toni Storm.\u00a0 An argument could be made for either woman as Jinny oozes star power and charisma while also being a natural heel that you can build the division around.\u00a0 Storm is the cool babyface that can\u00a0produce\u00a0great matches and has won titles around the world from PROGRESS to\u00a0<strong>Stardom\u00a0<\/strong>and many places in between.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24427\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24427\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/Jinny-2-e1534881519514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Oli Sandler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NXT UK is holding a set of tapings this weekend in\u00a0Birmingham\u00a0and today on Twitter they announced their intentions to crown their first ever women&#8217;s champion. BREAKING: The first ever #NXTUK Women&#8217;s Champion will be decided this weekend at #NXTUKBirmingham! 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