List Of All WWE NXT North American Champions
Here is the full List Of All WWE NXT North American Champions!
At the time of writing, there were 16 reigns between 13 champions and two vacancies. The inaugural champion was Adam Cole. Velveteen Dream has the longest reign at 231 days (209 days, but still the longest recognized by WWE due to tape delays), Carmelo Hayes has the longest combined reign at 274 days.
Johnny Gargano has the most reigns at three, with his first reign being the shortest at 4 days (due to tape delay, however, WWE recognizes that Gargano's first reign lasted 25 days, thus recognizing Solo Sikoa's reign as the shortest at 7 days). Dream is the youngest champion at 23 years old while Damian Priest is the oldest at 37.
List of NXT North American Champions
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | |||
1 | Adam Cole | April 7, 2018 | TakeOver: New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 133 | 132 | Defeated EC3, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Ricochet, and Velveteen Dream in a six-man ladder match to become the inaugural champion. |
2 | Ricochet | August 18, 2018 | TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 161 | 161 | |
3 | Johnny Gargano | January 26, 2019 | TakeOver: Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 4 | 25 | WWE recognizes Gargano's reign as ending on February 20, 2019, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
4 | Velveteen Dream | January 30, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 231 | 209 | WWE taped two endings for the match, one with Gargano retaining and the other with Dream winning. The latter was revealed as the true result when the episode aired on tape delay on February 20, the date WWE recognizes for Dream's reign. |
5 | Roderick Strong | September 18, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 126 | 126 | |
6 | Keith Lee | January 22, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 175 | 181 | WWE recognizes Lee's reign as ending on July 22, 2020, when the episode in which he vacated the title aired on tape delay. |
— | Vacated | July 15, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | — | — | — | Keith Lee voluntarily relinquished the title two weeks after winning the NXT Championship in order to focus on defending the latter. This episode aired on tape delay on July 22, 2020. |
7 | Damian Priest | August 22, 2020 | TakeOver XXX | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 67 | 67 | Defeated Bronson Reed, Cameron Grimes, Johnny Gargano, and Velveteen Dream in a five-way ladder match to win the vacant title. |
8 | Johnny Gargano | October 28, 2020 | NXT: Halloween Havoc |
Orlando, FL | 2 | 14 | 14 | This was a Devil's Playground match. |
9 | Leon Ruff | November 11, 2020 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 25 | 25 | |
10 | Johnny Gargano | December 6, 2020 | TakeOver: WarGames | Orlando, FL | 3 | 163 | 163 | This was a triple threat match, also involving Damian Priest. |
11 | Bronson Reed | May 18, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 42 | 41 | This was a Steel Cage match. |
12 | Isaiah "Swerve" Scott | June 29, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 105 | 104 | |
13 | Carmelo Hayes | October 12, 2021 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 172 | 172 | This was Hayes' Breakout tournament championship cash-in match. At New Year's Evil on January 4, 2022, Hayes defeated Roderick Strong to unify the NXT Cruiserweight Championship into the NXT North American Championship. |
14 | Cameron Grimes | April 2, 2022 | Stand & Deliver | Dallas, TX | 1 | 63 | 63 | This was a ladder match, also involving Santos Escobar, Solo Sikoa, and Grayson Waller. |
15 | Carmelo Hayes | June 4, 2022 | In Your House | Orlando, FL | 2 | 101 | 101 | |
16 | Solo Sikoa | September 13, 2022 | NXT 2.0: One Year Anniversary Show |
Orlando, FL | 1 | 7 | 6 | Sikoa replaced Wes Lee after Lee was injured by Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams. |
— | Vacated | September 20, 2022 | NXT | Orlando, FL | — | — | — | Shawn Michaels ordered Sikoa to vacate the title as he was not originally scheduled to be in the match in which he won the title. It is currently unknown when the segment was taped. |
17 | TBD | October 22, 2022 | Halloween Havoc | Orlando, FL | — | — | — | New champion will be determined in a five-man ladder match. |
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