With a lineage that already includes elite WWE Superstars like Big E and Seth Rollins, the NXT Championship has quickly established itself as not only a major title, but a gateway to bigger things for the breakout competitors of NXT. Want to see the future of sports-entertainment? Keep an eye on this championship.
Keith Lee is the reigning WWE NXT Champion. He is also the first-ever WWE Superstar to hold the NXT Championship and NXT North American Championship simultaneously.
Current NXT Champion: Karrion Kross
| Champion | Date | Days recog. |
| Seth Rollins | July 26, 2012 | 133 |
| Big E | December 6, 2012 | 153 |
| Bo Dallas | May 23, 2013 | 260 |
| Neville | February 27, 2014 | 286 |
| Sami Zayn | December 11, 2014 | 62 |
| Kevin Owens | February 11, 2015 | 142 |
| Finn Bálor | July 4, 2015 | 292 |
| Samoa Joe | April 21, 2016 | 121 |
| Shinsuke Nakamura | August 20, 2016 | 91 |
| Samoa Joe | November 19, 2016 | 13 |
| Shinsuke Nakamura | December 3, 2016 | 56 |
| Robert Roode | January 28, 2017 | 202 |
| Drew McIntyre | August 19, 2017 | 91 |
| Andrade | November 18, 2017 | 139 |
| Aleister Black | April 7, 2018 | 108 |
| Tommaso Ciampa | July 18, 2018 | 237 |
| Johnny Gargano | April 5, 2019 | 56 |
| Adam Cole | June 1, 2019 | 403 |
| Keith Lee | July 8, 2020 | 44 |
| Karrion Kross | August 22, 2020 | 4 |
| Vacated | August 26, 2020 | - |
| Finn Bálor | September 8, 2020 | 212 |
| Karrion Kross | April 8, 2021 | 1+ |
