Becky Lynch defeats Tiffany Stratton for WWE NXT Women’s Championship

Becky Lynch is the new NXT Women’s Champion.

Tuesday’s show ended with Lynch holding the NXT Women’s Championship, a title she previously never held. The finish of the match had Tiffany Stratton go for the prettiest moonsault ever. However, Lynch escaped. Stratton then walked right into a manhandle slam by Lynch, pinning Stratton to earn her first NXT Women’s Championship.

The build to the match began several weeks ago on NXT, when Stratton mentioned Lynch in a list of names that had been former champions. Stratton in a later segment apologized for saying that Lynch was a former champion. After Lynch addressed the situation on Twitter, Stratton started to appear in the crowd during Lynch’s matches on Raw before confronting Lynch at WWE Payback, apologizing in person.

After Stratton defeated Kiana James during last week’s NXT, Lynch appeared via video and announced she would be facing Stratton in a title match next week. On Monday’s Raw, the two signed a contract in Adam Pearce’s office ahead of Tuesday’s main event.