On this page, you find the full Title History for the NXT North American 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 North American Championship is a secondary title contested in World Wrestling Entertainment on the NXT brand, by men wrestlers.
The championship was first established on March 7, 2018, and the inaugural champion was Adam Cole.
The WWE / NXT Cruiserweight Championship was previously unified into this championship.
The current champion is Tony D'Angelo, who won the title on the episode of NXT on October 8, 2024, and has been reigning for 76 days.
NXT North American Championship: Title History
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Promotions History
Promotion from to Promotion 
WWEBrand
NXT
March 7, 2018 Present
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Championship Names & Belt Designs
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NXT North American Championship March 7, 2018
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NXT North American Championship: Title Reigns
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N. Image Champion Reign 23 
Tony D'Angelo 1
- October 8, 2024
- Chesterfield, MO
- | NXT
- 76+ days
76+- days
22 
Oba Femi 1
- January 9, 2024
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT
- 273 days
Femi cashes-in the NXT Breakout Tournament title shot.273- days
21 
Dragon Lee 1
- December 9, 2023
- Bridgeport, CT
- | NXT Deadline (2023)
- 31 days
31- days
20 
"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio 2
- October 3, 2023
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT
- 67 days
67- days
19 
Trick Williams 1
- September 30, 2023
- Bakersfield, CA
- | NXT No Mercy (2023)
- 3 days
3- days
18 "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio 1
- July 18, 2023
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT
- 74 days
74- days
17 
Wes Lee 1
- October 22, 2022
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT Halloween Havoc 2022
- 269 days
Defeated Carmelo Hayes, Von Wagner, Nathan Frazer and Oro Mensah in a 5-man ladder match for the vacant title.269- days
Vacant
- September 20, 2022
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT 2.0 (2022)
- 32 days
Shawn Michaels ordered Sikoa to vacate the title as he was not originally scheduled to be in the title match in which he won the title (he replaced Dezmond Xavier / Wes Lee after the latter was injured by Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams before the match)32- days
16 
Solo Sikoa 1
- September 13, 2022
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT 2.0 (2022)
- 7 days
7- days
15 
Carmelo Hayes 2
- June 4, 2022
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT In Your House (2022)
- 101 days
101- days
14 
Cameron Grimes 1
- April 2, 2022
- Dallas, TX
- | NXT Stand & Deliver (2022)
- 63 days
63- days
13 Carmelo Hayes 1
- October 12, 2021
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT
- 172 days
Hayes cashed in the Breakout tournament title match. At New Year's Evil Hayes defeated Roderick Strong to unify the NXT Cruiserweight Title into the NXT North American Title.172- days
12 
Isaiah "Swerve" Scott 1
- June 29, 2021
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT
- 105 days
105- days
11 
Bronson Reed 1
- May 18, 2021
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT
- 42 days
42- days
10 
Johnny Gargano 3
- December 6, 2020
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT TakeOver: WarGames
- 163 days
163- days
9 
Leon Ruff 1
- November 11, 2020
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT
- 25 days
25- days
8 Johnny Gargano 2
- October 28, 2020
- Orlando, FL
- | NXT Halloween Havoc (2020)
- 14 days
14- days
7 
Damian Priest 1
- August 22, 2020
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT TakeOver XXX
- 67 days
Defeated Bronson Reed, Cameron Grimes, Johnny Gargano and Velveteen Dream in a 5-way ladder match for the vacant title.67- days
Vacant
- July 22, 2020
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT
- 31 days
Keith Lee voluntarily relinquished the title two weeks after winning the NXT Title in order to focus on defending the latter.31- days
6 
Keith Lee 1
- January 22, 2020
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT
- 182 days
182- days
5 
Roderick Strong 1
- September 18, 2019
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT
- 126 days
126- days
4 
Velveteen Dream 1
- February 20, 2019
- Winter Park, FL
- | NXT
- 210 days
210- days
3 Johnny Gargano 1
- January 26, 2019
- Phoenix, AZ
- | NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
- 25 days
25- days
2 
Ricochet 1
- August 18, 2018
- Brooklyn, NY
- | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV
- 161 days
161- days
1 
Adam Cole 1
- April 7, 2018
- New Orleans, LA
- | NXT TakeOver: New Orleans
- 133 days
Defeated EC3, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Ricochet and Velveteen Dream in a 6-way ladder match to become the inaugural champion.133- days
NXT North American Championship: Statistics
- Promotion
World Wrestling Entertainment
- Gender Male
- Title Type Secondary Title
- Brand NXT
- Date Established March 7, 2018
- Unified With
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
- First ChampionAdam Cole
- Current ChampionTony D'Angelo
Most Number of Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reigns |
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| 1 | Johnny Gargano | 3 |
| 2 | Carmelo Hayes | 2 |
| 3 | "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio | 2 |
| 4 | Oba Femi | 1 |
| 5 | Wes Lee | 1 |
Most Combined Days
| Rank | Wrestler | Days |
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| Oba Femi | 273 | |
| Carmelo Hayes | 273 | |
| Wes Lee | 269 | |
| Velveteen Dream | 210 | |
| Johnny Gargano | 202 |
Longest Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reign | Days |
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| Oba Femi | January 9, 2024 - October 8, 2024 | 273 | |
| Wes Lee | October 22, 2022 - July 18, 2023 | 269 | |
| Velveteen Dream | February 20, 2019 - September 18, 2019 | 210 | |
| Keith Lee | January 22, 2020 - July 22, 2020 | 182 | |
| Carmelo Hayes | October 12, 2021 - April 2, 2022 | 172 |