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NXT Championship History

 

Wrestler Date Won Days Held Notes
Seth Rollins 8/29/2012 - 1/9/2013 133 Defeated Jinder Mahal in finals of NXT Championship Tournament
Big E 1/9/2013 - 6/12/2013 153 No Disqualification Match (Aired on 1/9/2013)
Bo Dallas 6/12/2013 - 2/27/2014 260 (Aired on June 12, 2013)
Adrian Neville 2/27/2014- 12/11/2014 286 Ladder Match (Aired on NXT ArRIVAL)
Sami Zayn 12/11/2014 - 2/11/2015 62 (Aired on NXT TAKEOVER: REvolution)
Kevin Owens 2/11/2015 -7/4/2015 142 (Aired on NXT TAKEOVER: RIVAL)
Finn B�lor 7/4/2015 - 4/21/2016 292 (Aired on The Beast in the East WWE Network Special)
  Samoa Joe 4/21/2016 - 8/20/2016 121 Samoa Joe defeated Finn Balor at a WWE NXT Live Event
  Shinsuke Nakamura 8/20/2016 - 11/19/2016 91 (NXT TAKEOVER: Brooklyn II)
  Samoa Joe 11/19/2016 - 12/3/2016 13 (NXT TAKEOVER: Toronto)
  Shinsuke Nakamura 12/3/2016 - 1/28/2017 56 Osaka, Japan Live Show (Aired on NXT on 12/7/16)
  Bobby Roode 1/28/2017- 8/29/2017 202 (Aired on NXT TAKEOVER: San Antonio)
Drew McIntyre Drew McIntyre 8/19/2017 - 11/18/2017 91 (Aired on NXT TAKEOVER: Brooklyn III)
Andrade "Cien" Almas 11/18/2017 - 7/25/2018 139 (Aired on NXT TAKEOVER: War Games)
Aleister Black  4/7/2018 - 7/25/2019 108 (Aired on NXT TAKEOVER: New Orleans) 
Tommaso Ciampa  Tommaso Ciampa 7/25/2018 - 3/20/2019 237 (Aired on NXT episode airing July 25, 2018)
Relinquished title due to injury on March 20, 2019
Johnny Gargano  Johnny Gargano  4/5/2019 -6/1/2019 56 Defeated Adam Cole
(Aired on NXT TAKEOVER: New York)
Adam Cole  Adam Cole 6/1/2019 - 7/8/2020 403  (Aired on NXT TAKEOVER: XXV)
Keith Lee  Keith Lee 7/8/2020 - 8/22/2020 44 Aired on NXT The Great American Bash Night 2
Karrion Kross  Karrion Kross 8/22/2020 - 8/26/2020 3 (Aired on NXT TAKEOVER: XXX)
  Vacant 8/26/2020 -
9/8/2020
13 Karrion Kross is injured and forced to relinquish the title.
Finn Bálor  Finn Balor 9/8/2020 - 4/8/2021 212  Finn B�lor triumphed against Adam Cole at NXT Super Tuesday II
Karrion Kross 4/8/2021 - 8/22/2021 136 Defeated Finn B�lor to retain the NXT Championship
Samoa Joe 8/22/2021 - 9/12/2021 20  
  VACANT 9/12/2021 - 9/14/2021   Samoa Joe reliquinished title due to injury
Tommaso Ciampa 9/14/2021 - 1/4/2022 111  
NXT Champion Competes In Match Before Raw - SE Scoops | Wrestling News,  Results & Interviews  Bron Breakker 1/4/2022 - 3/8/2021 63  Defeated Tommaso Ciampa at New Year's Evil
  Dolph Ziggler 3/8/2021 - 4/4/2022 26  
  Bron Breakker 4/4/2022 - 4/1/2023 361 Won on Monday Night Raw
Carmelo Hayes NXT Champion Custom PNG Carmelo Hayes 4/1/2023 - 9/30/2023 182  
  Ilja Dragunov 9/30/2023 - Current 190+ (as of 4/8/24)