Secondary championships in WWE
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The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has maintained several secondary championships since Capitol Wrestling Corporation seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance in 1963 to become the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), which was later subjected to various name changes, including World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)—in April 2011, the company ceased using its full name and has since just been referred to as WWE. The company's first men's secondary championship was the NWA United States Television Championship, which was established in 1957 as a version of the NWA Television Championship, while the first and only women's secondary title, the NXT Women's North American Championship, was established in 2024. Whenever the WWE brand extension has been implemented (2002–2011; 2016–present), separate secondary championships have been created or allocated for each brand.
As of 2024, WWE promotes three men's and one women's secondary championships. The men's secondary championships include the WWE Intercontinental Championship and the WWE United States Championship on the main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown, respectively, and the NXT North American Championship for WWE's developmental brand, NXT. The NXT Women's North American Championship is the only secondary championship for women in WWE, and like it's male counterpart, is also under the NXT brand.