Shawn Michaels is pleased that there is an NXT Women’s North American Championship as he feels it shows the depth of talent in the gold brand.
The title was introduced earlier this year and it was Kelani Jordan who became the inaugural champion in a six-woman ladder match at Battleground 2024.
On a recent edition of Booker T’s “Hall of Fame” podcast, Michaels spoke about the depth of the WWE NXT women’s roster. He said,
“We’re always trying to get as much of our talent into the show and represented as much as possible. I think we do a great job in NXT of having multiple storylines going on with all sorts of different talent, men and women. If you’re going to apples for apples, you have a men’s championship, you have a women’s NXT championship.
“You have a men’s North American, it only seems right to have a women’s North American Championship. As much as I joke, ‘Feminist Icon HBK’ of all things, it seemed like a simplistic thing for us to do. Especially given our depth. Not only does it make sense in fairness, but certainly from the depth standpoint, we could certainly handle it. I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
“Our depth, in both of our rosters, the women sometimes outshine the men in this respect when you think about the sheer depth of it. I think it’s because over the years, women’s wrestling in WWE, and all around the business, has grown exponentially. As it should.”
Since winning the title, Jordan has since defended it four times at NXT events including retaining against Sol Ruca at WWE NXT: Heatwave.
This week, Michaels also spoke about his SummerSlam 1995 ladder match against Razor Ramon. Click here to see what he had to say.
