# WWE Women's Speed Championship
The **WWE Women's Speed Championship** was a professional wrestling championship in WWE, contested by women wrestlers in short, fast-paced matches on [WWE Speed](https://www.edgepedia.org/wwe-speed), the first WWE show airing exclusively on X (formerly Twitter). It was established on August 9, 2024, was held by five wrestlers over its two-year existence, and was retired on August 30, 2026, when it was unified into the [NXT Women's North American Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/nxt-womens-north-american-championship).[1](https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-womens-speed-championship) • [2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Established | August 9, 2024; inaugural tournament began September 4, 2024[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) |
| Venue | WWE Speed, a weekly show airing exclusively on X[1](https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-womens-speed-championship) |
| Match format | Short time-limit matches; the title takes its name from the Speed program[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) |
| Inaugural champion | Candice LeRae, who defeated IYO SKY in a tournament final; reign dated October 9, 2024, lasting 189 days[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) • [3](https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-crowns-first-ever-speed-womens-champion-following-wwe-smackdown/) |
| Longest reign | Sol Ruca, 195 days (April 16 to October 28, 2025)[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) |
| Brand history | WWE-wide at creation; assigned to NXT from August 24, 2025[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) • [4](https://wrestletalk.com/features/every-wwe-womens-speed-champion-in-history/) |
| Retirement | August 30, 2026, unified into the NXT Women's North American Championship at NXT Heatwave; final champion Zaria[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) |
## Creation and inaugural tournament
WWE introduced the Speed concept in 2024 as a weekly show of abbreviated matches on X, and the men's Speed Championship was created alongside it, with [Ricochet](https://www.edgepedia.org/ricochet-wrestler) winning the first tournament to become the inaugural Speed Champion.[3](https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-crowns-first-ever-speed-womens-champion-following-wwe-smackdown/) • [5](https://hindi3.sportskeeda.com/wwe/wwe-speed-championship) A few months after the Speed concept debuted, WWE announced an inaugural tournament to crown the first Women's Speed Champion.[4](https://wrestletalk.com/features/every-wwe-womens-speed-champion-in-history/) The championship was officially established on August 9, 2024, the tournament participants were revealed on August 23, and the tournament began on September 4, 2024.[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship)
**Candice LeRae wins.** In the tournament, IYO SKY defeated [Lyra Valkyria](https://www.edgepedia.org/lyra-valkyria) in the first round and Naomi in the semifinals, while LeRae defeated [Piper Niven](https://www.edgepedia.org/piper-niven) in the first round and [Kairi Sane](https://www.edgepedia.org/kairi-sane) in the semifinal.[3](https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-crowns-first-ever-speed-womens-champion-following-wwe-smackdown/) The final was taped following SmackDown on Friday, October 4, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee, where LeRae defeated IYO SKY to become the first-ever champion; WWE dates her reign from October 9, 2024, when the result aired.[3](https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-crowns-first-ever-speed-womens-champion-following-wwe-smackdown/) • [2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) LeRae held the title for 189 days.[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship)
## Match format
The championship was contested on WWE Speed, whose matches run under short time limits, a stipulation from which the title takes its name.[1](https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-womens-speed-championship) • [2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) The title was available to women wrestlers from all three of WWE's brand divisions, Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) Contendership tournaments used three-minute time-limit matches, and title matches a five-minute limit.[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) The short format could still produce extensions: when Fallon Henley's tournament final went over the five-minute time limit, NXT General Manager Ava ordered the match to continue into sudden death.[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship)
## Reigns and move to NXT
After LeRae's 189-day reign, Sol Ruca won the title on April 16, 2025, in Seattle, Washington, and held it for 195 days, the longest reign in the title's history.[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) Ruca vacated the championship on October 28, 2025, after sustaining a left knee injury, leaving the title vacant for 28 days.[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) Fallon Henley then won a tournament final over [Zaria](https://www.edgepedia.org/zaria-wrestler) on November 25, 2025, at NXT Gold Rush in New York City, holding the title for 112 days before losing it to [Wren Sinclair](https://www.edgepedia.org/wren-sinclair) on March 17, 2026.[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship)
From August 24, 2025, the title was assigned to NXT, WWE's developmental brand, where it functioned as a secondary midcard women's championship rather than a WWE-wide title.[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) • [4](https://wrestletalk.com/features/every-wwe-womens-speed-champion-in-history/) Sinclair held it for 166 days, the second-longest reign, until the title's retirement.[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship)
## Retirement
The championship was retired on August 30, 2026, at [NXT Heatwave](https://www.edgepedia.org/nxt-heatwave-2026) in [Edinburg, Texas](https://www.edgepedia.org/edinburg-texas), when it was unified into the NXT Women's North American Championship. In the unification match, a Triple Threat also featuring Kali Armstrong, Zaria, already the NXT Women's North American Champion, won the Women's Speed title and was recorded as its final champion with a reign of zero days, since the two titles were merged the same day.[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship) Over its history the title had four reigns among four champions plus one vacancy, with reigns ranging from 28 vacant days to Sol Ruca's 195.[2](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship)
## References
1. [WWE Women's Speed Championship, WWE Title History, WWE.com](https://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-womens-speed-championship)
2. [WWE Women's Speed Championship, WWE Title History, The SmackDown Hotel](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/title-history/wwe/wwe-speed-womens-championship)
3. [WWE crowns first-ever Speed Women's Champion following SmackDown, F4W/WON](https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-crowns-first-ever-speed-womens-champion-following-wwe-smackdown/)
4. [Every WWE Women's Speed Champion In History, WrestleTalk](https://wrestletalk.com/features/every-wwe-womens-speed-champion-in-history/)
5. [What is WWE Speed? History of the WWE Speed Championship, Sportskeeda](https://hindi3.sportskeeda.com/wwe/wwe-speed-championship)
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