NXT Championship
The NXT Championship is a professional wrestling championship in the WWE. The title is an NXT-only championship.
NXT Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
Brand | NXT | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | July 1, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Trick Williams | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | October 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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History
changeThe title was introduced by NXT Commissioner Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes said that there would be a "Gold Rush" tournament that would feature 4 developmental roster NXT Superstars and 4 main roster WWE Superstars and that they would compete to be crowned as the first NXT Champion. Seth Rollins became the first champion after he defeated Jinder Mahal in the final round.[1] At NXT TakeOver: Toronto in November 2016, Samoa Joe became the first wrestler to win the championship twice.[2]
Title history
changeBo Dallas was the youngest champion, winning the title 2 days before his 23rd birthday. Samoa Joe was the oldest champion, winning it at 42 years old.
The current champion is Trick Williams, who is in his second reign. He defeated Ethan Page with CM Punk as the special guest referee on the October 1, 2024 episode of NXT in Rosemont, Illinois.[3]
Reigns
changeNo. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. |
Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
1 | Seth Rollins | July 26, 2012 | WWE NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 133 | 133 | The title was created on July 1, 2012. Seth Rollins defeated Jinder Mahal in the tournament final to become the first champion. WWE lists the start of Rollins' reign on August 29, 2012, and the end on January 9, 2013. Both episodes aired on tape delay. |
[4] |
2 | Big E Langston | December 6, 2012 | WWE NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 168 | 153 | This was a no disqualification match. WWE lists the start of Big E's reign on January 9, 2013 and the end on June 12, 2013. Both episodes aired on tape delay. |
[5] |
3 | Bo Dallas | May 23, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 280 | 260 | WWE lists the start of Dallas' reign on June 12, 2013, when the episode aired on tape delay. | [6] |
4 | Adrian Neville | February 27, 2014 | NXT Arrival | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 287 | 286 | This was a ladder match. | [7] |
5 | Sami Zayn | December 11, 2014 | NXT TakeOver: R Evolution | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 62 | 62 | This was a title vs. career match. Had Zayn lost, he would have to leave NXT. | [8] |
6 | Kevin Owens | February 11, 2015 | NXT TakeOver: Rival | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 143 | 142 | Owens won when the referee decided that Sami Zayn was unable to continue. | [9] |
7 | Finn Bálor | July 4, 2015 | The Beast in the East | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 292 | 292 | [10] | |
8 | Samoa Joe | April 21, 2016 | House show | Lowell, Massachusetts | 1 | 121 | 121 | [11][12] | |
9 | Shinsuke Nakamura | August 20, 2016 | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II | Brooklyn, New York | 1 | 91 | 91 | [13] | |
10 | Samoa Joe | November 19, 2016 | NXT TakeOver: Toronto | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 2 | 14 | 13 | [2] | |
11 | Shinsuke Nakamura | December 3, 2016 | NXT | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 56 | 56 | Aired on tape delay on December 28, 2016. | [14][15] |
12 | Bobby Roode | January 28, 2017 | NXT TakeOver: San Antonio | San Antonio, Texas | 1 | 203 | 202 | [16] | |
13 | Drew McIntyre | August 19, 2017 | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III | Brooklyn, New York | 1 | 91 | 91 | [17] | |
14 | Andrade "Cien" Almas | November 18, 2017 | NXT TakeOver: WarGames | Houston, Texas | 1 | 140 | 139 | [18] | |
15 | Aleister Black | April 7, 2018 | NXT TakeOver: New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1 | 102 | 108 | WWE lists the end of Black's reign on July 25, 2018, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | [19] |
16 | Tommaso Ciampa | July 18, 2018 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 238 | 245 | WWE lists the start of Ciampa's reign on July 25, 2018 and the end on March 20, 2019. Both episodes aired on tape delay. | [20][21] |
— | Vacated | March 13, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | — | — | — | Vacated after Tommaso Ciampa got a neck injury. | [22] |
17 | Johnny Gargano | April 5, 2019 | NXT TakeOver: New York | Brooklyn, New York | 1 | 57 | 57 | This was a two out of three falls match. Johnny Gargano beat Adam Cole 2–1 to win the vacant title. | [23] |
18 | Adam Cole | June 1, 2019 | NXT TakeOver XXV | Bridgeport, Connecticut | 1 | 396 | 403 | In September 2019, NXT became WWE's third main brand, along with Raw and Smackdown. WWE lists the end of Cole's reign on July 8, 2020, when the following match aired on tape delay | [24] |
19 | Keith Lee | July 1, 2020 | The Great American Bash Night 2 |
Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 52 | 45 | This was a Winner Takes All match, in which Keith Lee also defended the NXT North American Championship. WWE lists the start of Lee's reign on July 8, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay. |
[25] |
20 | Karrion Kross | August 22, 2020 | NXT TakeOver XXX | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 4 | 4 | [26] | |
— | Vacated | August 26, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | — | — | — | Vacated after Karrion Kross got a shoulder injury. | [27] |
21 | Finn Bálor | September 8, 2020 | Super Tuesday II | Winter Park, Florida | 2 | 212 | 212 | A 60-minute fatal four-way iron man match for the vacant championship took place on the September 1 episode of NXT Super Tuesday between Finn Bálor, Adam Cole, Tommaso Ciampa, and Johnny Gargano, but the match ended in a tie between Bálor and Cole. NXT General Manager William Regal then scheduled a match between the two for the following week, in which Bálor defeated Cole to win the vacant title. | [28] |
22 | Karrion Kross | April 8, 2021 | NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2 |
Orlando, Florida | 2 | 136 | 136 | [29] | |
23 | Samoa Joe | August 22, 2021 | NXT TakeOver 36 | Orlando, Florida | 3 | 21 | 20 | [30] | |
— | Vacated | September 12, 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated after Samoa Joe got positive for COVID-19. | [31][32][33] |
24 | Tommaso Ciampa | September 14, 2021 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, Florida | 2 | 112 | 111 | This was a Fatal four-way match for the vacant championship, also involving LA Knight, Pete Dunne, and Von Wagner. Ciampa pinned Knight to win the vacant title. | [34] |
25 | Bron Breakker | January 4, 2022 | New Year's Evil | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 63 | 63 | [35] | |
26 | Dolph Ziggler | March 8, 2022 | NXT Roadblock | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 27 | 26 | This was a Triple threat match also including Tommaso Ciampa. Ziggler pinned Ciampa to win the title. | [36] |
27 | Bron Breakker | April 4, 2022 | Raw | Dallas, Texas | 2 | 362 | 362 | This was the first time the title changed hands on a main roster WWE TV show. | [37] |
28 | Carmelo Hayes | April 1, 2023 | NXT Stand & Deliver | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 182 | 182 | ||
29 | Ilja Dragunov | September 30, 2023 | NXT No Mercy | Bakersfield, California | 1 | 206 | 206 | [38] | |
30 | Trick Williams | April 23, 2024 | NXT: Spring Breakin' Night 1 |
Orlando, Florida | 1 | 75 | 75 | Had Williams lost, he would have had to leave NXT. | [39] |
31 | Ethan Page | July 7, 2024 | Heatwave | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 1 | 86 | 86 | This was a fatal four-way match also including Shawn Spears and Je'Von Evans, who Page pinned. | [40] |
32 | Trick Williams | October 1, 2024 | NXT | Rosemont, IL | 2 | 1+ | 1+ | CM Punk was the special guest referee. This was the first episode of NXT on The CW. |
[3] |
References
change- ↑ "NXT spoiler - first champion crowned". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 James, Justin. "JAMES' NXT TAKEOVER: TORONTO REVIEW 11/19: Nakamura vs. Joe, Asuka vs. James, #DIY vs. The Revival, and more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Aguilar, Matthew (October 1, 2024). "WWE's Trick Williams Becomes CW Era's First NXT Champion". ComicBook.com. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ↑ "Seth Rollins' first reign". NXT Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ↑ "NXT spoilers: New champion, The Shield involved, Nash's role, Hall of Famer at next TV taping". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ Santiago, Andres. "5/23 NXT spoilers from Full Sail University". PWInsider. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "James' WWE NXT "Arrival" report 2/27 - Week 87: Live Network show coverage, plus Overall Reax". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (December 11, 2014). "Caldwell's WWE NXT Takeover Results 12/11". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ↑ James, Justin (February 11, 2015). "James' WWE NXT TakeOver Report 2/11". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (July 4, 2015). "Caldwell's WWE Network special report 7/4: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of "Beast in the East" - Lesnar's in-ring return, Owens vs. Balor for NXT Title, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (April 21, 2016). "Breaking News – Samoa Joe wins NXT Title Thursday night (w/Pics)". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Samoa Joe captures NXT Championship at Live Event in Lowell, Mass". WWE. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- ↑ James, Justin. "8/20 "WWE NXT Takeover: Brooklyn" Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ Martin, Adam. "Shinsuke Nakamura becomes the new NXT Champion capturing the title in Osaka, Japan at NXT live event". WrestleView. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
- ↑ Witner, Arya. "WWE NXT results: Matches from Osaka, Japan". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
- ↑ Powell, Jason. "1/28 Powell's NXT Takeover: San Antonio Live Review – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode for the NXT Title, DIY vs. Authors of Pain for the NXT Tag Titles, Asuka vs. Nikki Cross vs. Billie Kay vs. Peyton Royce for the NXT Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ↑ Zimmerman, Zack. "8/19 Zim's NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III live review – Bobby Roode vs. Drew McIntyre for the NXT Title, Asuka vs. Ember Moon for the NXT Women's Title, Authors of Pain vs. Sanity for the NXT Tag Titles, homecoming". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 19, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Moore, John. "11/18 Moore's NXT Takeover: WarGames live review – The Undisputed Era vs. Authors of Pain and Roderick Strong vs. Sanity in a WarGames match, Ember Moon vs. Kairi Sane vs. Nikki Cross vs. Peyton Royce for the NXT Women's Title, Drew McIntyre vs. Andrade Almas for the NXT Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Major news from Wednesday night's NXT tapings (CAUTION: SPOILERS)". WWE. July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ↑ James, Justin (July 25, 2018). "7/25 NXT TV REPORT: Aleister Black vs. Tomasso Ciampa for the NXT Title, Cole vs. Maluta, Evans vs. Price, Ricochet, War Raiders, William Regal". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ "New NXT Champion to be crowned at TakeOver: New York". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ↑ Powell, Jason (April 5, 2019). "4/5 Powell's NXT Takeover: New York live review – Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole in a best of three falls match for the vacant NXT Championship, Pete Dunne vs. Walter for the WWE UK Championship, Velveteen Dream vs. Matt Riddle for the NXT North American Title, NXT Women's Title four-way, NXT Tag Title match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ↑ Powell, Jason (June 1, 2019). "6/1 Powell's NXT Takeover: XXV live review – Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole for the NXT Championship, Shayna Baszler vs. Io Shirai for the NXT Women's Championship, Velveteen Dream vs. Tyler Breeze for the NXT North American Title, four-way ladder match for the vacant NXT Tag Titles, Matt Riddle vs. Roderick Strong". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ↑ Moore, John (July 8, 2020). "7/8 NXT TV results: Moore's review of the Great American Bash night two with NXT Champion Adam Cole vs. NXT North American Champion Keith Lee for both titles, Mia Yim vs. Candice LeRae in a Street Fight, Legado Del Fantasma vs. Drake Maverick, Tyler Breeze, and Fandango, Johnny Gargano vs. Isaiah Scott". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ↑ Moore, John (August 22, 2020). "NXT Takeover: XXX results – Moore's live review of Keith Lee vs. Karrion Kross for the NXT Championship, Adam Cole vs. Pat McAfee, Io Shirai vs. Dakota Kai for the NXT Women's Championship, a ladder match for the vacant NXT North American Title, Finn Balor vs. Timothy Thatcher". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ↑ Moore, John (August 26, 2020). "8/26 NXT TV results: Moore's review of new NXT Champion Karrion Kross and Scarlett, Tommaso Ciampa returns, Santos Escobar vs. Isaiah "Swerve" Scott for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel vs. Tyler Breeze and Fandango for the NXT Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ↑ Moore, John (September 8, 2020). "9/8 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Super Tuesday II featuring Finn Balor vs. Adam Cole for the vacant NXT Championship, Rhea Ripley vs. Mercedes Martinez in a cage match, Bronson Reed vs. Austin Theory, Killian Dain vs. Roderick Strong". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ↑ Moore, John (April 8, 2021). "NXT Takeover Stand & Deliver results: Moore's live review of night two with Finn Balor vs. Karrion Kross for the NXT Championship, Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly in an unsanctioned match, Santos Escobar vs. Jordan Devlin in a ladder match to unify the NXT Cruiserweight Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
- ↑ Moore, John (August 22, 2021). "NXT Takeover 36 results: Moore's live review of Karrion Kross vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship, Raquel Gonzalez vs. Dakota Kai for the NXT Women's Title, Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly in a best of three falls match, Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov for the NXT UK Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ↑ "Samoa Joe Relinquished NXT Title After Positive COVID Test, Vince McMahon Changing NXT Direction | Fightful News".
- ↑ Samoa Joe [@SamoaJoe] (September 12, 2021). "Samoa Joe Relinquishes the NXT Championship" (Tweet). Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Sapp, Sean Ross (September 12, 2021). "Samoa Joe Relinquishes WWE NXT Title Due To Injury". Fightful. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
- ↑ Moore, John (September 14, 2021). "9/14 NXT TV results: Moore's review of the NXT 2.0 premiere with Tommaso Ciampa vs. Kyle O'Reilly vs. LA Knight vs. Pete Dunne for the vacant NXT Championship, Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis wedding, Kayden Carter and Kacy Catanzaro vs. Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne, B-Fab's in-ring debut". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ↑ Moore, John (January 4, 2022). "1/4 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Tommaso Ciampa vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Title, Walter, Fabian Aichner, and Marcel Barthel vs. Riddle and MSK, Mandy Rose vs. Raquel Gonzalez vs. Cora Jade for the NXT Women's Title, Carmelo Hayes vs. Roderick Strong in a title unification match, AJ Styles confronts Grayson Waller". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ↑ Moore, John (March 8, 2022). "3/8 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of the Roadblock themed show featuring Bron Breakker vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT Title, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel vs. The Creed Brothers for the NXT Tag Titles, LA Knight vs. Grayson Waller in a Last Man Standing match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- ↑ Powell, Jason (April 4, 2022). "4/4 WWE Raw results: Powell's live review of the Raw After WrestleMania with Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, the return of Cody Rhodes, new Raw Women's Champion Bianca Belair appears, the 'debut' of Veer Mahaan". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ↑ Moore, John (September 30, 2023). "NXT No Mercy results: Moore's live review of Carmelo Hayes vs. Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Title, Becky Lynch vs. Tiffany Stratton in an Extreme Rules match for the NXT Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ Moore, John (April 23, 2024). "NXT TV results (4/23): Moore's review of Spring Breakin' Night One with Ilja Dragunov vs. Trick Williams for the NXT Championship, Roxanne Perez vs. Lyra Valkyria vs. Tatum Paxley for the NXT Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ↑ Moore, John (July 7, 2024). "NXT Heatwave results: Moore's live review of Trick Williams vs. Ethan Page vs. Je'Von Evans vs. Shawn Spears for the NXT Championship, Roxanne Perez vs. Lola Vice for the NXT Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 7, 2024.