List of NXT Champions

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The NXT Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, defended as the top championship of their NXT brand division. The championship was first introduced on the July 1, 2012, episode of NXT when NXT Commissioner Dusty Rhodes announced a Gold Rush tournament, involving four developmental roster wrestlers and four main roster wrestlers competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Champion in a single elimination tournament. Seth Rollins became the inaugural NXT Champion by defeating Jinder Mahal in the tournament finals on July 26, 2012 (aired August 29). [1] [2]

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As of May20, 2024, there have been 30 reigns among 23 different champions and three vacancies. Samoa Joe has the most reigns at three. Finn Bálor has the longest combined reign at 504 days. Adam Cole's reign is the longest singular reign at 396 days (403 days as recognized by WWE due to tape delay), while Karrion Kross' first reign is the shortest at 4 days (3 days as recognized by WWE) as he had to relinquish the title due to a legitimate injury he suffered in winning it. Bo Dallas holds the record as the youngest champion, winning the title two days before his 23rd birthday (although WWE recognizes it was 18 days after his 23rd birthday due to tape delay), while Samoa Joe is the oldest champion, winning the title at 42. [3]

Trick Williams is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Ilja Dragunov on Night 1 of NXT: Spring Breakin' on April 23, 2024, in Orlando, Florida; had Williams lost, he would have had to leave NXT. [4]

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
Days recog.Number of days held recognized by the promotion
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDays recog.
1 Seth Rollins July 26, 2012 NXT Winter Park, FL 1133133Title was established on July 1, 2012, for WWE's developmental brand NXT. Rollins defeated Jinder Mahal in the eight-man NXT Championship tournament finals to become the inaugural champion. WWE recognizes his reign as beginning on August 29, 2012, when the match aired on tape delay. [5] [6]
2 Big E Langston December 6, 2012 NXT Winter Park, FL 1168153This was a no disqualification match.
WWE recognizes Big E's reign as beginning on January 9, 2013, when the match aired on tape delay.
[7]
3 Bo Dallas May 23, 2013 NXT Winter Park, FL 1280260WWE recognizes Dallas' reign as beginning on June 12, 2013, when the match aired on tape delay. [8]
4 Adrian Neville February 27, 2014 Arrival Winter Park, FL 1287286This was a ladder match. [9]
5 Sami Zayn December 11, 2014 TakeOver: R Evolution Winter Park, FL 16262This was a title vs. career match where if Zayn had lost, he would have voluntarily quit NXT. [10]
6 Kevin Owens February 11, 2015 TakeOver: Rival Winter Park, FL 1143142Owens won when the referee decided that Sami Zayn was unable to continue. [11]
7 Finn Bálor July 4, 2015 The Beast in the East Tokyo, Japan 1292292 [12]
8 Samoa Joe April 21, 2016 NXT Live Lowell, MA 1121121 [13] [14]
9 Shinsuke Nakamura August 20, 2016 TakeOver: Brooklyn II Brooklyn, NY 19191 [15]
10 Samoa Joe November 19, 2016 TakeOver: Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada 21413 [16]
11 Shinsuke Nakamura December 3, 2016 NXT Osaka, Japan 25656 [17] [18]
12 Bobby Roode January 28, 2017 TakeOver: San Antonio San Antonio, TX 1203202 [19]
13 Drew McIntyre August 19, 2017 TakeOver: Brooklyn III Brooklyn, NY 19191 [20]
14 Andrade "Cien" Almas November 18, 2017 TakeOver: WarGames Houston, TX 1140139 [21]
15 Aleister Black April 7, 2018 TakeOver: New Orleans New Orleans, LA 1102108 [22]
16 Tommaso Ciampa July 18, 2018 NXT Winter Park, FL 1238237WWE recognizes Ciampa's reign as beginning on July 25, 2018 and ending on March 20, 2019 due to both episodes airing on tape delay. [23] [24]
Vacated March 13, 2019 NXT Winter Park, FL The title was vacated due to Tommaso Ciampa requiring neck surgery. Aired on tape delay on March 20, 2019. [25]
17 Johnny Gargano April 5, 2019 TakeOver: New York Brooklyn, NY 15756Defeated Adam Cole in a two out of three falls match to win the vacant title. [26]
18 Adam Cole June 1, 2019 TakeOver: XXV Bridgeport, CT 1396403WWE recognizes Cole's reign as ending on July 8, 2020, when the following match aired on tape delay. [27]
19 Keith Lee July 1, 2020 NXT:
The Great American Bash

Night 2
Winter Park, FL 15244This was a Winner Takes All match, in which Lee also defended the NXT North American Championship.
WWE recognizes Lee's reign as beginning on July 8, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay.
[28]
20 Karrion Kross August 22, 2020 TakeOver XXX Winter Park, FL 143 [29]
Vacated August 26, 2020 NXT Winter Park, FL Karrion Kross relinquished the title due to suffering a separated shoulder during his match at TakeOver XXX. [30]
21 Finn Bálor September 8, 2020 NXT:
Super Tuesday II
Winter Park, FL 2212212A 60-minute fatal four-way iron man match for the vacant championship took place on the September 1 episode of NXT Super Tuesday between Finn Bálor, Adam Cole, Tommaso Ciampa, and Johnny Gargano, but the match ended in a tie between Bálor and Cole. NXT General Manager William Regal then scheduled a match between the two for the following week, in which Bálor defeated Cole to win the vacant title. [31]
22 Karrion Kross April 8, 2021 TakeOver: Stand & Deliver
Night 2
Orlando, FL 2136136 [32]
23 Samoa Joe August 22, 2021 TakeOver 36 Orlando, FL 32120 [33]
Vacated September 12, 2021 Samoa Joe relinquished the title due to what WWE reported as an unspecified injury; Joe later clarified that the vacancy happened due to him testing positive for COVID-19 as well as the overall directional change of NXT, which saw NXT rebranded as NXT 2.0. [34] [35] [36]
24 Tommaso Ciampa September 14, 2021 NXT 2.0 Orlando, FL 2112111This was a fatal four-way match for the vacant championship, also involving LA Knight, Pete Dunne, and Von Wagner. [37]
25 Bron Breakker January 4, 2022 NXT 2.0:
New Year's Evil
Orlando, FL 16363 [38]
26 Dolph Ziggler March 8, 2022 NXT 2.0:
Roadblock
Orlando, FL 12726This was a triple threat match also involving Tommaso Ciampa, who Ziggler pinned to win Breakker's title. [39]
27 Bron Breakker April 4, 2022 Raw Dallas, TX 2362361On September 4, 2022 at Worlds Collide, Breakker defeated Tyler Bate to unify the NXT United Kingdom Championship into the NXT Championship. The NXT United Kingdom Championship was retired with Breakker going forward as the unified NXT Champion. [40] [41]
28 Carmelo Hayes April 1, 2023 Stand & Deliver Los Angeles, CA 1182182 [42]
29 Ilja Dragunov September 30, 2023 No Mercy Bakersfield, CA 1206206 [43]
30 Trick Williams April 23, 2024 NXT:
Spring Breakin'

Night 1
Orlando, FL 127+27+Had Williams lost, he would have had to leave NXT. [4]

Combined reigns

Seth Rollins November 2013.jpg
Inaugural champion Seth Rollins
Samoa Joe NXT Takeover Dallas 2016 P2.jpg
Record three-time champion Samoa Joe
Adam Cole 2018.jpg
Longest reigning champion Adam Cole
NXT Champion Finn Balor 2016.jpg
Two-time champion Finn Bálor holds the longest combined reign

As of May20, 2024.

Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
Combined days
rec. by WWE
1 Finn Bálor 2504
2 Bron Breakker 2425424
3 Adam Cole 1396403
4 Tommaso Ciampa 2350348
5 Adrian Neville 1287286
6 Bo Dallas 1280260
7 Ilja Dragunov 1206
8 Bobby Roode 1203202
9 Carmelo Hayes 1182
10 Big E Langston 1168153
11 Samoa Joe 3156154
12 Shinsuke Nakamura 2147
13 Kevin Owens 1143142
14 Karrion Kross 2140139
Andrade "Cien" Almas 1140139
16 Seth Rollins 1133
17 Aleister Black 1102108
18 Drew McIntyre 191
19 Sami Zayn 162
20 Johnny Gargano 15756
21 Keith Lee 15244
22 Trick Williams 127+
23 Dolph Ziggler 12726

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