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NXT Championship
(August 1, 2012 - Present)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
Seth Rollins Aug 29, 2012 NXT Winter Park, FL, USA 133 days
Rollins defeated Jinder Mahal in the finals of an 8-Man Tournament to crown the inaugural champion. Other competitors in the tournament included Richie Steamboat, Leo Kruger, Bo Dallas, Drew McIntyre, Michael McGillicutty and Justin Gabriel.
Big E. Langston Jan 9, 2013 NXT Winter Park, FL, USA 154 days
Bo Dallas Jun 12, 2013 NXT Winter Park, FL, USA 260 days
Adrian Neville Feb 27, 2014 NXT Arrival Winter Park, FL, USA 287 days
Sami Zayn Dec 11, 2014 NXT TakeOver Winter Park, FL, USA 62 days
Kevin Owens Feb 11, 2015 NXT TakeOver Winter Park, FL, USA 143 days
Finn Bálor Jul 4, 2015 Beast In The East Tokyo, Japan 292 days
Samoa Joe Apr 21, 2016 NXT Live Lowell, MA, USA 121 days
Shinsuke Nakamura Aug 20, 2016 NXT TakeOver Brooklyn, NY, USA 91 days
Samoa Joe Nov 19, 2016 NXT TakeOver Toronto, ON, Canada 14 days
Shinsuke Nakamura Dec 3, 2016 NXT Live Osaka, Japan 56 days
Bobby Roode Jan 28, 2017 NXT TakeOver San Antonio, TX, USA 203 days
Drew McIntyre Aug 19, 2017 NXT TakeOver Brooklyn, NY, USA 91 days
Andrade "Cien" Almas Nov 18, 2017 NXT TakeOver Houston, TX, USA 140 days
Aleister Black Apr 7, 2018 NXT TakeOver New Orleans, LA, USA 109 days
Tommaso Ciampa Jul 25, 2018 NXT Winter Park, FL, USA 238 days
** Title Vacated ** Mar 20, 2019 NXT Winter Park, FL, USA
Ciampa vacated the title due to an injury requiring neck surgery.
Johnny Gargano Apr 5, 2019 NXT TakeOver Brooklyn, NY, USA 57 days
Gargano defeated Cole in a 2-out-of-3 Falls match for the vacant title.
Adam Cole Jun 1, 2019 NXT TakeOver Bridgeport, CT, USA 403 days
Keith Lee Jul 8, 2020 NXT Winter Park, FL, USA 45 days
Karrion Kross Aug 22, 2020 NXT TakeOver Winter Park, FL, USA 4 days
** Title Vacated ** Aug 26, 2020 NXT Winter Park, FL, USA
Kross vacates the title due to an injury suffered at TakeOver: XXX.
Finn Bálor Sep 8, 2020 NXT Winter Park, FL, USA 212 days
Balor defeated Adam Cole in a sudden death finals of a Fatal 4-Way Iron Match. The regular portion of the match took place the previous week where Balor & Cole ended the match in a tie. Also in the match were Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano.
Karrion Kross Apr 8, 2021 NXT TakeOver Orlando, FL, USA 136 days
Samoa Joe Aug 22, 2021 NXT TakeOver Orlando, FL, USA 21 days
** Title Vacated ** Sep 12, 2021 -- --
Samoa Joe vacates the title due to injury.
Tommaso Ciampa Sep 14, 2021 NXT 2.0 Orlando, FL, USA 112 days
Bron Breakker Jan 4, 2022 NXT 2.0 Orlando, FL, USA 63 days
Dolph Ziggler Mar 8, 2022 NXT 2.0 Orlando, FL, USA 27 days
Ziggler pinned Ciampa in a triple-threat match that also included the champion, Bron Breakker
Bron Breakker Apr 4, 2022 Monday Night Raw Dallas, TX, USA 362 days
Carmelo Hayes Apr 1, 2023 NXT Stand &… Los Angeles, CA, USA 182 days
Ilja Dragunov Sep 30, 2023 NXT No Mercy Bakersfield, CA, USA 206 days
Trick Williams Apr 23, 2024 NXT Orlando, FL, USA 4 days