NXT North American Championship

NXT North American Championship
The NXT North American Championship belt with default side plates
Details
Promotion WWE
Brand NXT
Date established March 7, 2018
Current champion(s) Ricochet
Date won August 18, 2018

The NXT North American Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE for their developmental brand NXT. It is the brand's secondary title and was introduced at the NXT tapings on March 7, 2018 (aired March 28).[1][2] The current champion is Ricochet, who is in his first reign. Adam Cole was the inaugural and longest-reigning champion.

History

Inaugural champion Adam Cole after winning the inaugural championship match.

The championship was first introduced at the March 7, 2018, tapings of NXT (aired on tape delay on March 28) when NXT general manager William Regal announced a ladder match at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans to determine the inaugural champion. Later that night, EC3, Killian Dain, Adam Cole, Ricochet, Lars Sullivan, and Velveteen Dream were announced as the participants in the match.[1][3] The winner of the match was Adam Cole. The match later received a 5-Star rating from Dave Meltzer.

The design of the belt was unveiled by Chief Operating Officer Triple H on April 3, 2018. Featuring three gold plates on a thick brown leather strap, the rounded center plate features a globe that only shows the continent of North America. The banner above the globe reads "North American" and above the banner is the NXT logo. The lower banner at the bottom of the globe reads "Champion". The two sideplates feature a removable center section which can be customized with the champion's logos; the default sideplates vertically read NXT on a globe, making it WWE's first secondary title to feature removable side plates.[4]

Reigns

Current champion Ricochet

As of October 18, 2018, there have been two reigns. The inaugural champion was Adam Cole, who is also the youngest champion (winning the title at 28 years old), and the longest reigning at 133 days. Ricochet in the oldest champion, winning the title at 29.

The current champion is Ricochet. He defeated Adam Cole at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 on August 18, 2018.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Adam Cole April 7, 2018 NXT TakeOver: New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana 1 133 Cole defeated EC3, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Ricochet, and Velveteen Dream in a six man ladder match to become the inaugural champion. [1][5]
2 Ricochet August 18, 2018 NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 Brooklyn, NY 1 61+ [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Johnson, Mike (March 7, 2018). "SPOILER: NEW WWE CHAMPIONSHIP CONFIRMED, HOW FIRST CHAMPION WILL BE CROWNED". PWInsider. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ WWE.com Staff (March 7, 2018). "Breaking news: NXT to debut a new championship (CAUTION: SPOILER)". WWE. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ Powell, Jason (March 7, 2018). "NXT introducing new title belt during WrestleMania weekend (non match result TV taping spoiler)". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ WWE.com Staff (April 3, 2018). "Triple H unveils new NXT North American Championship". WWE.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on April 8, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ Moore, John. "8/18 Moore's NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV live review – Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano in a Last Man Standing match for the NXT Title, Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane for the NXT Women's Championship, Adam Cole vs. Ricochet for the NXT North American Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
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