On this page, you find the full Title History for the NXT Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.
The NXT Championship is a main Title contested in World Wrestling Entertainment on the NXT brand, by men wrestlers. The championship was first established on July 1, 2012.
The WWE / NXT United Kingdom Championship was previously unified into this championship.
The current champion is Trick Williams, who won the title at NXT Spring Breakin' (2024) on April 23, 2024, and has been reigning for 24 days.
NXT Championship: Title History
- Promotions / Brands
Promotion from to Promotion WWEBrand NXT July 1, 2012 Present
- Championship Names & Belt Designs
- NXT Championship April 5, 2022
- NXT Championship April 1, 2017 April 4, 2022
- NXT Championship August 15, 2014 March 31, 2017
- NXT Championship July 1, 2012 August 14, 2014
NXT Championship: Title Reigns
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N. Image Champion Reign 30 Trick Williams 1
- April 23, 2024
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT Spring Breakin' (2024)
24+- days
29 Ilja Dragunov 1
- September 30, 2023
- Bakersfield, CA
- | NXT No Mercy (2023)
206- days
28 Carmelo Hayes 1
- April 1, 2023
- Los Angeles, CA
- | NXT Stand & Deliver (2023)
182- days
27 Bron Breakker 2
- April 4, 2022
- Dallas, TX
- | Raw
At Worlds Collide, Breakker defeated Tyler Bate to unify the NXT United Kingdom Championship into the NXT Championship.362- days
26 Dolph Ziggler 1
- March 8, 2022
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT Roadblock (2022)
27- days
25 Bron Breakker 1
- January 4, 2022
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT New Year's Evil (2022)
63- days
24 Tommaso Ciampa 2
- September 14, 2021
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT
Defeated LA Knight, Pete Dunne and Von Wagner in a fatal 4-way match for the vacant title.112- days
Vacant
- September 12, 2021
Samoa Joe relinquished the title due to an injury.2- days
23 Samoa Joe 3
- August 22, 2021
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT TakeOver 36
21- days
22 Karrion Kross 2
- April 8, 2021
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver
136- days
21 Finn Bálor 2
- September 8, 2020
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT
Finn Bálor and Tommaso Cole tied a 60-minute fatal 4-way iron man match for the vacant title between Bálor, Cole, Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano. The following week Bálor defeated Cole in a match to win the vacant title.212- days
Vacant
- August 26, 2020
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT
Karrion Kross relinquished the title due to suffering a separated shoulder.13- days
20 Karrion Kross 1
- August 22, 2020
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT TakeOver XXX
4- days
19 Keith Lee 1
- July 8, 2020
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT The Great American Bash (2020)
45- days
18 Adam Cole 1
- June 1, 2019
- Bridgeport, CT
- | NXT TakeOver: XXV
403- days
17 Johnny Gargano 1
- April 5, 2019
- Brooklyn, NY
- | NXT TakeOver: New York
Defeated Adam Cole in a 2 out of 3 falls match to win the vacant title.57- days
Vacant
- March 20, 2019
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT
The title was vacated due to Tommaso Ciampa requiring neck surgery.16- days
16 Tommaso Ciampa 1
- July 25, 2018
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT
238- days
15 Aleister Black 1
- April 7, 2018
- New Orleans, LA
- | NXT TakeOver: New Orleans
109- days
14 Andrade Almas 1
- November 18, 2017
- Houston, TX
- | NXT TakeOver: WarGames
140- days
13 Drew McIntyre 1
- August 19, 2017
- Brooklyn, NY
- | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
91- days
12 Bobby Roode 1
- January 28, 2017
- San Antonio, TX
- | NXT TakeOver: San Antonio
203- days
11 Shinsuke Nakamura 2
- December 3, 2016
- Osaka, Japan
- | NXT
56- days
10 Samoa Joe 2
- November 19, 2016
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- | NXT TakeOver: Toronto
14- days
9 Shinsuke Nakamura 1
- August 20, 2016
- Brooklyn, NY
- | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II
91- days
8 Samoa Joe 1
- April 21, 2016
- Lowell, MA | NXT Live
121- days
7 Finn Bálor 1
- July 4, 2015
- Tokyo, Japan
- | WWE The Beast in the East
292- days
6 Kevin Owens 1
- February 11, 2015
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT TakeOver: Rival
143- days
5 Sami Zayn 1
- December 11, 2014
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT TakeOver: R Evolution
62- days
4 Adrian Neville 1
- February 27, 2014
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT Arrival
287- days
3 Bo Dallas 1
- June 12, 2013
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT
260- days
2 Big E Langston 1
- January 9, 2013
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT
154- days
1 Seth Rollins 1
- August 29, 2012
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT
Defeated Jinder Mahal in a tournament finals to become the inaugural champion.133- days
NXT Championship: Info
- Promotion World Wrestling Entertainment
- Gender Male
- Title Type 1 - Primary Title
- Brand NXT
- Date Established July 1, 2012
- Unified With WWE / NXT United Kingdom Championship