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: Finn Bálor
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 | 7+ |