The Championships are organized by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (Wftda). They originated in 2007 as the Inaugural National Wftda Championship "Texas Shootout" held in Austin, Texas.
Together, the four qualifying tournaments and Championships were termed the "Big 5". [1 ] Starting with the 2013 Wftda season, Wftda's regions were discontinued in favor of an overall-rankings based system, and a new playoff format was…