Nxt Championship: Championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE
The NXT Championship is a professional wrestling championship in the WWE.
The title is an NXT-only championship.
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.jpg) Johnny Gargano with the second title design used from 2017 to 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brand | NXT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | July 1, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Trick Williams | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | April 23, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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History
The title was introduced by NXT Commissioner Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes said that there would be a "Gold Rush" tournament that would feature 4 developmental roster NXT Superstars and 4 main roster WWE Superstars and that they would compete to be crowned as the first NXT Champion. Seth Rollins became the first champion after he defeated Jinder Mahal in the final round. At NXT TakeOver: Toronto in November 2016, Samoa Joe became the first wrestler to win the championship twice.
Title history
Bo Dallas was the youngest champion, winning the title 2 days before his 23rd birthday. Samoa Joe was the oldest champion, winning it at 42 years old.
The current champion is Trick Williams in his first reign. He defeated Ilja Dragunov on night one of NXT: Spring Breakin' on April 23, 2024, in Orlando, Florida.
Reigns
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
| 1 | Seth Rollins | July 26, 2012 | WWE NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 133 | 133 | The title was created on July 1, 2012. Seth Rollins defeated Jinder Mahal in the tournament final to become the first champion. WWE lists the start of Rollins' reign on August 29, 2012, and the end on January 9, 2013. Both episodes aired on tape delay. | |
| 2 | Big E Langston | December 6, 2012 | WWE NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 168 | 153 | This was a no disqualification match. WWE lists the start of Big E's reign on January 9, 2013 and the end on June 12, 2013. Both episodes aired on tape delay. | |
| 3 | Bo Dallas | May 23, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 280 | 260 | WWE lists the start of Dallas' reign on June 12, 2013, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
| 4 | Adrian Neville | February 27, 2014 | NXT Arrival | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 287 | 286 | This was a ladder match. | |
| 5 | Sami Zayn | December 11, 2014 | NXT TakeOver: R Evolution | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 62 | 62 | This was a title vs. career match. Had Zayn lost, he would have to leave NXT. | |
| 6 | Kevin Owens | February 11, 2015 | NXT TakeOver: Rival | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 143 | 142 | Owens won when the referee decided that Sami Zayn was unable to continue. | |
| 7 | Finn Bálor | July 4, 2015 | The Beast in the East | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 292 | 292 | ||
| 8 | Samoa Joe | April 21, 2016 | House show | Lowell, Massachusetts | 1 | 121 | 121 | ||
| 9 | Shinsuke Nakamura | August 20, 2016 | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II | Brooklyn, New York | 1 | 91 | 91 | ||
| 10 | Samoa Joe | November 19, 2016 | NXT TakeOver: Toronto | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 2 | 14 | 13 | ||
| 11 | Shinsuke Nakamura | December 3, 2016 | NXT | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 56 | 56 | Aired on tape delay on December 28, 2016. | |
| 12 | Bobby Roode | January 28, 2017 | NXT TakeOver: San Antonio | San Antonio, Texas | 1 | 203 | 202 | ||
| 13 | Drew McIntyre | August 19, 2017 | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III | Brooklyn, New York | 1 | 91 | 91 | ||
| 14 | Andrade "Cien" Almas | November 18, 2017 | NXT TakeOver: WarGames | Houston, Texas | 1 | 140 | 139 | ||
| 15 | Aleister Black | April 7, 2018 | NXT TakeOver: New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1 | 102 | 108 | WWE lists the end of Black's reign on July 25, 2018, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | |
| 16 | Tommaso Ciampa | July 18, 2018 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 238 | 245 | WWE lists the start of Ciampa's reign on July 25, 2018 and the end on March 20, 2019. Both episodes aired on tape delay. | |
| — | Vacated | March 13, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | — | — | — | Vacated after Tommaso Ciampa got a neck injury. | |
| 17 | Johnny Gargano | April 5, 2019 | NXT TakeOver: New York | Brooklyn, New York | 1 | 57 | 57 | This was a two out of three falls match. Johnny Gargano beat Adam Cole 2–1 to win the vacant title. | |
| 18 | Adam Cole | June 1, 2019 | NXT TakeOver XXV | Bridgeport, Connecticut | 1 | 396 | 403 | In September 2019, NXT became WWE's third main brand, along with Raw and Smackdown. WWE lists the end of Cole's reign on July 8, 2020, when the following match aired on tape delay | |
| 19 | Keith Lee | July 1, 2020 | The Great American Bash Night 2 | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 52 | 45 | This was a Winner Takes All match, in which Keith Lee also defended the NXT North American Championship. WWE lists the start of Lee's reign on July 8, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay. | |
| 20 | Karrion Kross | August 22, 2020 | NXT TakeOver XXX | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| — | Vacated | August 26, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | — | — | — | Vacated after Karrion Kross got a shoulder injury. | |
| 21 | Finn Bálor | September 8, 2020 | Super Tuesday II | Winter Park, Florida | 2 | 212 | 212 | A 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. | |
| 22 | Karrion Kross | April 8, 2021 | NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2 | Orlando, Florida | 2 | 136 | 136 | ||
| 23 | Samoa Joe | August 22, 2021 | NXT TakeOver 36 | Orlando, Florida | 3 | 21 | 20 | ||
| — | Vacated | September 12, 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated after Samoa Joe got positive for COVID-19. | |
| 24 | Tommaso Ciampa | September 14, 2021 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, Florida | 2 | 112 | 111 | This was a Fatal four-way match for the vacant championship, also involving LA Knight, Pete Dunne, and Von Wagner. Ciampa pinned Knight to win the vacant title. | |
| 25 | Bron Breakker | January 4, 2022 | New Year's Evil | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 63 | 63 | ||
| 26 | Dolph Ziggler | March 8, 2022 | NXT Roadblock | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 27 | 26 | This was a Triple threat match also including Tommaso Ciampa. Ziggler pinned Ciampa to win the title. | |
| 27 | Bron Breakker | April 4, 2022 | Raw | Dallas, Texas | 2 | 362 | 362 | This was the first time the title changed hands on a main roster WWE TV show. | |
| 28 | Carmelo Hayes | April 1, 2023 | NXT Stand & Deliver | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 182 | 182 | ||
| 29 | Ilja Dragunov | September 30, 2023 | NXT No Mercy | Bakersfield, California | 1 | 206 | 206 | ||
| 30 | Trick Williams | April 23, 2024 | NXT:Spring Breakin' Night 1 | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 3+ | 3+ | Had Williams lost, he would have had to leave NXT. | |
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