NXT Championship

     Quarter-finals                  Semi-finals                               Final
   
 Richie Steamboat Pin  
 Leo Kruger  
                                            Richie Steamboat   
                                            Jinder Mahal Sub  
 Jinder Mahal Sub
 Bo Dallas  
                                                                                          Jinder Mahal
                                                                                          Seth Rollins Pin
 Seth Rollins Pin  
 Drew McIntyre  
                                               Seth Rollins Pin
                                               Michael McGillicutty  
 Michael McGillicutty Pin
 Justin Gabriel  


   Wrestler         Reign           Date            Days held      Event                   Notes 

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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
-
17
18
19
20
-
21
22
23
-
24
25
26
27
28
29​

Name

Seth Rollins
Big E Langston
Bo Dallas
Adrian Neville
​Sami Zyan
Kevin Owens
Finn Bálor
Samoa Joe
Shinsuke Nakamura
Samoa Joe
Shinsuke Nakamura
Bobby Roode
Drew McIntyre
Andrade "Cien" Almas
Aleister Black
Tommaso Ciampa
Vacated
Johnny Gargano
Adam Cole
Keith Lee
Karrion Kross
Vacated
Finn Bálor
Karrion Kross
Samoa Joe
Vacated
Tommaso Ciampa
Bron Breakker
Dolph Ziggler
Bron Breakker
Carmelo Hayes
Ilja Dragunov

Date

​July 26, 2012
December 6, 2012
May 23, 2013
February 27, 2014
December 11, 2014
February 11, 2015
July 4, 2015
April 21, 2016
August 20, 2016
November 19, 2016
December 3, 2016
January 28, 2017
August 19, 2017
November 18, 2017
April 7, 2018
July 18, 2018
March 13, 2019
April 5, 2019
June 1, 2019
July 1, 2020
August 22, 2020
August 26, 2020
September 8, 2020
April 8, 2021
August 22, 2021
September 12, 2021
September 14, 2021
January 4, 2022
March 8, 2022
April 4, 2022
April 1, 2023
September 30, 2023

Event

NXT
NXT
NXT
Arrival
TakeOver: R Evolution
TakeOver: Rival
The Beast in the East
NXT Live
TakeOver: Brooklyn II
TakeOver: Toronto
NXT
TakeOver: San Antonio
TakeOver: Brooklyn III
TakeOver: WarGames
TakeOver: New Orleans
NXT
NXT
TakeOver: New York
TakeOver: XXV
NXT:TGABN2
TakeOver XXX
NXT
NXT:Super Tuesday II
TakeOver: S&DN2 
TakeOver 36
-
NXT 2.0
NXT 2.0:New Year's Evil
NXT 2.0:Roadblock
Raw
Stand & Deliver
No Mercy​

Location

Winter Park, FL
Winter Park, FL
Winter Park, FL
Winter Park, FL
Winter Park, FL
Winter Park, FL
Tokyo, Japan
Lowell, MA
Brooklyn, NY
Toronto, ON, C
​Osaka, Japan
San Antonio, TX
Brooklyn, NY
Houston, TX
New Orleans, LA
Winter Park, FL
Winter Park, FL
Brooklyn, NY
Bridgeport, CT
Winter Park, FL
Winter Park, FL
Winter Park, FL
Winter Park, FL
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
-
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
Dallas, TX
Los Angeles, CA
Bakersfield, CA

Reign

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
​1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
-
1
1
1
1
-
2
2
3
-
2
1
1
2
1
1

Days Held
​
133
168
280
287
62
143
292
121
91
13
56
202
91
139
108
237
-
57
403
52
4
-
212
136
21
-
112
63
27
362
182
100+

Meaning

NXT:TGABN2 = NXT:The Great American Bash Night 2
TakeOver: S&DN2 = TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2
Toronto, ON, C = Toronto, ON, Canada

Notes

1 Title was established on July 1, 2012, for WWE's developmental brand NXT. Rollins defeated Jinder Mahal in the eight-man NXT Championship tournament finals to become the inaugural champion. WWE recognizes his reign as beginning on August 29, 2012, when the match aired on tape delay.
2 This was a no disqualification match.
WWE recognizes Big E's reign as beginning on January 9, 2013, when the match aired on tape delay.
3 WWE recognizes Dallas' reign as beginning on June 12, 2013, when the match aired on tape delay.
4 This was a ladder match.
5 This was a title vs. career match where if Zayn had lost, he would have voluntarily quit NXT.
6 Owens won when the referee decided that Sami Zayn was unable to continue.
16 WWE recognizes Ciampa's reign as beginning on July 25, 2018 and ending on March 20, 2019 due to both episodes airing on tape delay.
— The title was vacated due to Tommaso Ciampa requiring neck surgery. Aired on tape delay on March 20, 2019.
17 Defeated Adam Cole in a two out of three falls match to win the vacant title.
18 WWE recognizes Cole's reign as ending on July 8, 2020, when the following match aired on tape delay.
19 This was a Winner Takes All match, in which Lee also defended the NXT North American Championship.
WWE recognizes Lee's reign as beginning on July 8, 2020, when the match aired on tape delay.
- Karrion Kross relinquished the title due to suffering a separated shoulder during his match at TakeOver XXX.
21 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
— Samoa Joe relinquished the title due to what WWE reported as an unspecified injury; Joe later clarified that the vacancy happened due to him testing positive for COVID-19 as well as the overall directional change of NXT, which saw NXT rebranded as NXT 2.0.
24 This was a fatal four-way match for the vacant championship, also involving LA Knight, Pete Dunne, and Von Wagner.
26 This was a triple threat match also involving Tommaso Ciampa, who Ziggler pinned to win Breakker's title.
27 On September 4, 2022 at Worlds Collide, Breakker defeated Tyler Bate to unify the NXT United Kingdom Championship into the NXT Championship. The NXT United Kingdom Championship was retired and the NXT Championship became the Unified NXT Championship.