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The following champion history features the NXT Championship.

Champion history[]

As of March 19, 2024.

# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes
1 Seth Rollins 1 July 26, 2012 133 Winter Park, Florida NXT taping Defeated Jinder Mahal to become the first ever NXT Champion. Aired on tape delay on August 29, 2012.
2 Big E Langston 1 December 6, 2012 168 Winter Park, Florida NXT taping Aired on tape delay on January 9, 2013
3 Bo Dallas 1 May 23, 2013 280 Winter Park, Florida NXT taping Aired on tape delayed on June 12, 2013
4 Adrian Neville 1 February 27, 2014 287 Winter Park, Florida NXT Arrival This was a ladder match.
5 Sami Zayn 1 December 11, 2014 62 Winter Park, Florida NXT Takeover III This was a title vs. career match. If Sami Zayn lost, he would voluntarily quit the NXT roster.
6 Kevin Owens 1 February 11, 2015 143 Winter Park, Florida NXT Takeover: Rival Owens defeated Zayn when the referee decided that Zayn was unable to continue.
7 Finn Bálor 1 July 4, 2015 292 Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan The Beast in the East 2015 First live aired WWE event in Tokyo, Japan.
8 Samoa Joe 1 April 21, 2016 121 Lowell, Massachusetts NXT House Show (Apr 21, 16') WWE recognizes Joe's reign as lasting 122 days.
9 Shinsuke Nakamura 1 August 20, 2016 91 Brooklyn, New York NXT TakeOver: Back to Brooklyn WWE recognizes Nakamura's reign as lasting 92 days.
10 Samoa Joe 2 November 19, 2016 14 Lowell, Massachusetts NXT TakeOver: Toronto
11 Shinsuke Nakamura 2 December 3, 2016 56 Osaka, Japan House show An edited version of this match aired on the December 7, 2016 episode. The full match aired on the December 28, 2016 episode.
12 Bobby Roode 1 January 28, 2017 203 San Antonio, Texas NXT TakeOver: San Antonio
13 Drew McIntyre 1 August 19, 2017 91 Brooklyn, New York NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
14 Andrade Almas 1 November 18, 2017 140 Houston, Texas NXT TakeOver: WarGames
15 Aleister Black 1 April 7, 2018 102 New Orleans, Louisiana NXT TakeOver: New Orleans
16 Tommaso Ciampa 1 July 18, 2018 238 Orlando, Florida NXT taping Aired on tape delay on July 25, 2018
Championship vacated on March 13, 2019 after Tommaso Ciampa suffered an injury and was unable to defend the championship.
17 Johnny Gargano 1 April 5, 2019 57 New York NXT TakeOver: New York Defeated Adam Cole for the vacant championship.
18 Adam Cole 1 June 1, 2019 403 Bridgeport, Connecticut NXT TakeOver: XXV
19 Keith Lee 1 July 8, 2020 45 Winter Park, Florida NXT
20 Karrion Kross 1 August 22, 2020 4 Winter Park, Florida NXT TakeOver: XXX
Championship vacated on August 26, 2020 after Karrion Kross suffered an injury and was unable to defend the championship.
21 Finn Bálor 2 September 8, 2020 212 Winter Park, Florida NXT
22 Karrion Kross 2 April 8, 2021 136 Orlando, Florida NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver‎‎
23 Samoa Joe 3 August 22, 2021 21 Orlando, Florida NXT TakeOver 36
Championship vacated on September 12, 2021 after Samoa Joe suffered an injury and was unable to defend the championship.
24 Tommaso Ciampa 2 September 14, 2021 112 Orlando, Florida NXT Defeated LA Knight and Pete Dunne and Von Wagner in a Fatal Four Way Match to win the vacant Championship.
25 Bron Breakker 1 January 4, 2022 63 Orlando, Florida NXT
26 Dolph Ziggler 1 March 8, 2022 27 Orlando, Florida NXT Roadblock
27 Bron Breakker 2 April 4, 2022 362 Dallas, Texas Raw
28 Carmelo Hayes 1 April 1, 2023 182 Los Angeles, California Stand & Deliver
29 Ilja Dragunov 1 September 30, 2023 171+ Bakersfield, California No Mercy

List of reign lengths[]

As of March 19, 2024.
Wrestler Days Held Date Won Date Lost
Adam Cole 403 June 1, 2019 July 8, 2020
Bron Breakker (2) 362 April 4, 2022 April 1, 2023
Finn Bálor 292 July 4, 2015 April 21, 2016
Adrian Neville 287 February 27, 2014 December 11, 2015
Bo Dallas 280 May 23, 2013 February 27, 2014
Tommaso Ciampa 238 July 18, 2018 March 13, 2019
Finn Bálor (2) 212 September 8, 2020 April 8, 2021
Bobby Roode 203 January 28, 2017 August 19, 2017
Carmelo Hayes 182 April 1, 2023 September 30, 2023
Big E Langston 168 December 6, 2012 May 23, 2013
Kevin Owens 143 February 11, 2015 July 4, 2015
Andrade Almas 140 November 18, 2017 April 7, 2018
Karrion Kross (2) 136 April 8, 2021 August 22, 2021
Seth Rollins 133 July 26, 2012 December 6, 2012
Samoa Joe 121 April 21, 2016 August 20, 2016
Tommaso Ciampa (2) 112 September 14, 2022 January 4, 2022
Aleister Black 102 April 7, 2018 July 18, 2018
Shinsuke Nakamura 91 August 20, 2016 November 19, 2016
Drew McIntyre 91 August 19, 2017 November 18, 2017
Bron Breakker 63 January 4, 2022 March 8, 2022
Sami Zayn 62 December 11, 2014 February 11, 2015
Johnny Gargano 57 April 5, 2019 June 1, 2019
Shinsuke Nakamura (2) 56 December 3, 2016 January 28, 2017
Keith Lee 45 July 8, 2020 August 22, 2020
Dolph Ziggler 27 March 8, 2022 April 4, 2022
Samoa Joe (3) 21 August 22, 2021 September 12, 2021
Samoa Joe (2) 14 November 19, 2016 December 3, 2016
Karrion Kross 4 August 22, 2020 August 26, 2020
Ilja Dragunov 171+ September 30, 2023 Current Champion

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