List of NXT Champions
The NXT Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE and defended exclusively on their NXT brand. The championship was first introduced on the July 1, 2012 episode of NXT when NXT Commissioner Dusty Rhodes announced a Gold Rush tournament, involving four developmental roster wrestlers and four main roster wrestlers competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Champion in a single elimination tournament. Seth Rollins became the first NXT Champion by defeating Jinder Mahal in the tournament finals on July 26, 2012. Keith Lee is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Adam Cole in a Winner Takes All match—in which Lee also defended the NXT North American Championship—on July 1, 2020 in Winter Park, Florida at The Great American Bash.
As of ,, there have been 19 reigns among 17 different champions and one vacancy. The inaugural champion was Seth Rollins. Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura are tied with the most reigns at two. Adam Cole's reign is the longest singular reign at days, while Samoa Joe's second reign is the shortest at 14 days. Bo Dallas holds the record as the youngest champion, winning the title two days before his 23rd birthday, while Bobby Roode is the oldest champion, winning the title at 39.Reigns
Combined reigns
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