List of NXT Champions

Current champion Tommaso Ciampa

The NXT Championship is a professional wrestling championship competed for exclusively in NXT, WWE's developmental 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 first NXT Champion by defeating Jinder Mahal in the tournament finals on July 26, 2012.[1][2] Tommaso Ciampa is the current champion in his first reign.

The championship is contested in professional wrestling matches in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name while others used their real name.

Title history

As of October 20, 2018, there have been 16 championship reigns with 14 different champions. The inaugural champion was Seth Rollins. Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura have the most reigns with two. Finn Bálor's reign as champion is the longest at 292 days (WWE recognizes it at 293) while Samoa Joe's second reign is the shortest at 14 days. Bo Dallas holds the record as the youngest champion, winning the title two days before his 23rd birthday, while Bobby Roode is the oldest champion, winning the title at 39.

Key
No. Overall reign number
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.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDays recog.
1 Seth Rollins July 26, 2012 NXT Winter Park, Florida 1 133134 The title was established on July 1, 2012. Seth Rollins defeated Jinder Mahal in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. WWE recognizes Rollins' reign as beginning on August 29, 2012, and ending on January 9, 2013, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. [3]
2 Big E Langston December 6, 2012 NXT Winter Park, Florida 1 168154 This was a no disqualification match.
WWE recognizes Big E's reign as beginning on January 9, 2013 and ending on June 12, 2013, both episodes of which aired on tape delay.		 [4]
3 Bo Dallas May 23, 2013 NXT Winter Park, Florida 1 280261 WWE recognizes Dallas' reign as beginning on June 12, 2013, when the episode aired on tape delay. [5]
4 Adrian Neville February 27, 2014 NXT Arrival Winter Park, Florida 1 287287 This was a ladder match. [6]
5 Sami Zayn December 11, 2014 NXT TakeOver: R Evolution Winter Park, Florida 1 6263 This was a title vs. career match. Had Zayn lost, he would have voluntarily quit NXT. [7]
6 Kevin Owens February 11, 2015 NXT TakeOver: Rival Winter Park, Florida 1 143143 Owens won when the referee decided that Sami Zayn was unable to continue. [8]
7 Finn Bálor July 4, 2015 The Beast in the East Tokyo, Japan 1 292293 [9]
8 Samoa Joe April 21, 2016 House show Lowell, Massachusetts 1 121122 [10][11]
9 Shinsuke Nakamura August 20, 2016 NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II Brooklyn, New York 1 9191 [12]
10 Samoa Joe November 19, 2016 NXT TakeOver: Toronto Toronto, Ontario 2 1414 [13]
11 Shinsuke Nakamura December 3, 2016 NXT Osaka, Japan 2 5657 Aired on tape delay on December 28, 2016. [14][15]
12 Bobby Roode January 28, 2017 NXT TakeOver: San Antonio San Antonio, Texas 1 203203 [16]
13 Drew McIntyre August 19, 2017 NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III Brooklyn, New York 1 9192 [17]
14 Andrade "Cien" Almas November 18, 2017 NXT TakeOver: WarGames Houston, Texas 1 140140 [18]
15 Aleister Black April 7, 2018 NXT TakeOver: New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana 1 102109 WWE recognizes Black's reign as ending on July 25, 2018, when the following episode aired on tape delay. [19]
16 Tommaso Ciampa July 18, 2018 NXT Winter Park, Florida 1 94+87+ WWE recognizes Ciampa's reign as beginning on July 25, 2018, when the episode aired on tape delay. [20][21]

Combined reigns

Two-time champions Samoa Joe (top) and Shinsuke Nakamura (bottom) are the only two men to have held the NXT Championship on more than one occasion

As of October 20, 2018.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days Combined days
recognized by WWE
1 Finn Bálor1292293
2 Adrian Neville1287
3 Bo Dallas1280261
4 Bobby Roode1203
5 Big E Langston1168154
6 Shinsuke Nakamura2147148
7 Kevin Owens1143
8 Andrade "Cien" Almas1140
9 Samoa Joe2135136
10 Seth Rollins1133134
11 Aleister Black1102109
12 Drew McIntyre19192
13 Tommaso Ciampa †194+87+
14 Sami Zayn16263

References

  1. ↑ Parry, Josh (July 26, 2012). "NXT spoiler - first champion crowned". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  2. ↑ James, Justin. "JAMES'S WWE NXT REPORT 8/29 - Week 11: First NXT champion crowned in big-match setting". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Seth Rollins' first reign". NXT Wrestling. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  4. ↑ "NXT spoilers: New champion, The Shield involved, Nash's role, Hall of Famer at next TV taping". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Santiago, Andres. "5/23 NXT spoilers from Full Sail University". PWInsider. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "James' WWE NXT "Arrival" report 2/27 - Week 87: Live Network show coverage, plus Overall Reax". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  7. ↑ Caldwell, James (December 11, 2014). "Caldwell's WWE NXT Takeover Results 12/11". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  8. ↑ James, Justin (February 11, 2015). "James' WWE NXT TakeOver Report 2/11". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  9. ↑ Caldwell, James (July 4, 2015). "Caldwell's WWE Network special report 7/4: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of "Beast in the East" - Lesnar's in-ring return, Owens vs. Balor for NXT Title, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ Caldwell, James (April 21, 2016). "Breaking News – Samoa Joe wins NXT Title Thursday night (w/Pics)". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Samoa Joe captures NXT Championship at Live Event in Lowell, Mass". WWE. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  12. ↑ James, Justin. "8/20 "WWE NXT Takeover: Brooklyn" Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  13. ↑ James, Justin. "JAMES' NXT TAKEOVER: TORONTO REVIEW 11/19: Nakamura vs. Joe, Asuka vs. James, #DIY vs. The Revival, and more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  14. ↑ Martin, Adam. "Shinsuke Nakamura becomes the new NXT Champion capturing the title in Osaka, Japan at NXT live event". WrestleView. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  15. ↑ Witner, Arya. "WWE NXT results: Matches from Osaka, Japan". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  16. ↑ Powell, Jason. "1/28 Powell's NXT Takeover: San Antonio Live Review – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode for the NXT Title, DIY vs. Authors of Pain for the NXT Tag Titles, Asuka vs. Nikki Cross vs. Billie Kay vs. Peyton Royce for the NXT Women's Title". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  17. ↑ Zimmerman, Zack. "8/19 Zim's NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III live review – Bobby Roode vs. Drew McIntyre for the NXT Title, Asuka vs. Ember Moon for the NXT Women's Title, Authors of Pain vs. Sanity for the NXT Tag Titles, homecoming". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  18. ↑ Moore, John. "11/18 Moore's NXT Takeover: WarGames live review – The Undisputed Era vs. Authors of Pain and Roderick Strong vs. Sanity in a WarGames match, Ember Moon vs. Kairi Sane vs. Nikki Cross vs. Peyton Royce for the NXT Women's Title, Drew McIntyre vs. Andrade Almas for the NXT Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  19. ↑ Moore, John. "4/7 Moore's NXT Takeover: New Orleans live review – Andrade Almas vs. Aleister Black for the NXT Title, Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women's Championship, Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa in an unsanctioned match, ladder match for the new North American Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Major news from Wednesday night's NXT tapings (CAUTION: SPOILERS)". WWE. July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  21. ↑ James, Justin (July 25, 2018). "7/25 NXT TV REPORT: Aleister Black vs. Tomasso Ciampa for the NXT Title, Cole vs. Maluta, Evans vs. Price, Ricochet, War Raiders, William Regal". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
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