NAME |
REIGNS |
DATE |
EVENT |
LOCATION |
DAYS HELD |
SUCCESSFUL DEFENSES |
Seth Rollins |
1 |
July 26, 2012 |
NXT |
Winter Park, FL |
133 |
3 |
Big E Langston |
1 |
December 6, 2012 |
NXT |
Winter Park, FL |
168 |
3 |
Bo Dallas |
1 |
May 23, 2013 |
NXT |
Winter Park, FL |
280 |
3 |
Adrian Neville |
1 |
February 27, 2014 |
NXT Arrival |
Winter Park, FL |
287 |
8 |
Sami Zayn |
1 |
December 11, 2014 |
NXT TakeOver: R Evolution |
Winter Park, FL |
62 |
-- |
Kevin Owens |
1 |
February 11, 2015 |
NXT TakeOver: Rival |
Winter Park, FL |
143 |
4 |
Finn Bálor |
1 |
July 4, 2015 |
Beast in the East |
Tokyo, Japan |
292 |
3 |
Samoa Joe |
1 |
April 21, 2016 |
House Show |
Lowell, MA |
121 |
1 |
Shinsuke Nakamura |
1 |
August 20, 2016 |
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II |
Brooklyn, NY |
91 |
-- |
Samoa Joe |
2 |
November 19, 2016 |
NXT TakeOver: Toronto |
Toronto, ON |
14 |
-- |
Shinsuke Nakamura |
2 |
December 3, 2016 |
NXT |
Osaka, Japan |
56 |
-- |
Bobby Roode |
1 |
January 28, 2017 |
NXT TakeOver: San Antonio |
San Antonio, TX |
203 |
2 |
Drew McIntyre |
1 |
August 19, 2017 |
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III |
Brooklyn, NY |
91 |
1 |
Andrade "Cien" Almas |
1 |
November 18, 2017 |
NXT TakeOver: WarGames |
Houston, TX |
140 |
2 |
Aleister Black |
1 |
April 7, 2018 |
NXT TakeOver: New Orleans |
New Orleans, LA |
109 |
1 |
Tommaso Ciampa |
1 |
July 25, 2018 |
NXT |
Winter Park, FL |
237 |
4 |
Johnny Gargano |
1 |
April 5, 2019 |
NXT TakeOver: New York |
Brooklyn, NY |
56 |
-- |
Adam Cole |
1 |
June 1, 2019 |
NXT TakeOver: XXV |
Bridgeport, CT |
403 |
12 |
Keith Lee |
1 |
July 7, 2020 |
NXT: Great American Bash |
Winter Park, FL |
44 |
1 |
Karrion Kross |
1 |
August 22, 2020 |
NXT TakeOver: XXX |
Winter Park, FL |
4 |
-- |
Finn Bálor |
2 |
September 8, 2020 |
NXT Super Tuesday II |
Winter Park, FL |
212 |
4 |
Karrion Kross |
2 |
April 8, 2021 |
NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver |
Orlando, FL |
136 |
3 |
Samoa Joe |
3 |
August 22, 2021 |
NXT TakeOver: 36 |
Orlando, FL |
20 |
-- |
Tommaso Ciampa |
2 |
September 14, 2021 |
WWE NXT 2.0 |
Orlando, FL |
111 |
1 |
Bron Breakker |
1 |
January 4, 2022 |
NXT: New Year's Evil |
Orlando, FL |
63 |
1 |
Dolph Ziggler |
1 |
March 8, 2022 |
NXT: Roadblock |
Orlando, FL |
27 |
2 |
Bron Breakker |
2 |
April 4, 2022 |
Monday Night RAW |
Dallas, TX |
362 |
13 |
CARMELO HAYES |
1 |
APRIL 1, 2023 |
NXT: STAND & DELIVER |
LOS ANGELES, CA |
-- |
5 |
Title Matches of Carmelo Hayes:
- NXT: Stand & Deliver (04/01/2023): Carmelo Hayes (with Trick Williams) defeated Bron Breakker (c) (Singles match for the NXT Championship)
- NXT Spring Breakin' (04/25/2023): Carmelo Hayes (c) (with Trick Williams) defeated Grayson Waller (Singles match for the NXT Championship)
- NXT Battleground (05/28/2023): Carmelo Hayes (c) (with Trick Williams) defeated Bron Breakker (Singles match for the NXT Championship)
- WWE NXT (05/30/2023): Carmelo Hayes (c) (with Trick Williams) defeated Noam Dar (with Jakara Jackson, Lash Legend & Oro Mensah) (Singles match for the NXT Championship)
- NXT: Gold Rush (06/27/2023): Carmelo Hayes (c) (with Trick Williams) defeated Baron Corbin (Singles match for the NXT Championship)
- NXT: Great American Bash (07/30/2023): Carmelo Hayes (c) (with Trick Williams) defeated Ilja Dragunov (Singles match for the NXT Championship)
Title history
- Promotion: World Wrestling Entertainment
- Brand: NXT
- Date established: July 1, 2012
- First champion: Seth Rollins
- Most reign:
- Samoa Joe (3 reigns)
- Most Defenses: Bron Breakker (13 defenses)
- Longest reign: Adam Cole (403 days)
- Shortest reign: Karrion Kross (4 days)
- Oldest winner: Bobby Roode (39 years 262 days)
- Youngest winner: Bo Dallas (22 years 363 days)
- Heaviest champions: Keith Lee (320 lbs.)
- Lightest champion: Finn Balor (190 lbs.)