WWE: Every NXT Champion Ranked

#11 Sami Zayn

At least he got to have some fun during his flash in the pan reign

Clocking in at 62 days, Zayn's title reign makes him the shortest reigning champion of all time. Zayn's time at the top may have been short lived, but his ranking is due in large part to the journey. While only achievements as champion count for this list, Zayn's championship victory was among the best feel good moments in the history of NXT as he put his career on the line.

On a road similar to the one Johnny Gargano travels now, everyone wanted Zayn to be champion, and Zayn did everything he could to become champion. Fighting for his life and overcoming every obstacle in his way, the Underdog from the Underground scratched and clawed his way to the title.

Zayn battled his close friend Neville for the title, fell short, and battled back and eventually won the big one. Zayn and the fans were rewarded for all of his hard work, and used his struggle to put over the man that would take his dream from him in the end. Anybody that beat Zayn at that point would instantly be public enemy number one in NXT.

#10 Aleister Black

Unlucky 13 cracks the top 10

In this world there is light, and there is dark, somewhere in the middle lies Aleister Black. The Devil's Envoy had an Undertaker-esque mystique about him, serving as the moral compass of NXT. Undefeated in singles competition, the Dutch Destroyer earned a shot at the NXT Championship.

At TakeOver: New Orleans Black claimed the devil on his back. The 13th champion in NXT history only needed one shot, is devastating Black Mass spinning heel kick, to make his challengers fade to black.

Unfortunately for Black, his 108 day reign was overshadowed by the Gargano and Ciampa rivalry. Black did not main event a single TakeOver, and never felt like the man in NXT. Personally I enjoyed Black as champion, but he was a made man who didn't need the title.