List of NXT North American Champions

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Record three-time champion Johnny Gargano

The NXT North American Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on their NXT brand division. It is one of three secondary championships in WWE, along with the United States Championship on Raw and the Intercontinental Championship on SmackDown. The current champion is Carmelo Hayes, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating previous champion Isaiah "Swerve" Scott by cashing in his NXT Breakout Tournament contract on the October 12, 2021 episode of NXT 2.0.

As of March 20, 2022, there have been thirteen reigns between eleven champions and one vacancy. The inaugural champion was Adam Cole. Velveteen Dream has the longest reign as champion at 231 days (209 days as recognized by WWE due to tape delay, but still the longest). Johnny Gargano has the most reigns at three, with his first reign being the shortest at 4 days (due to tape delay, however, WWE recognizes that Gargano's first reign lasted 25 days, thus recognizing his second reign as the shortest at 14 days). Dream is the youngest champion at 23 years old while Damian Priest is the oldest at 37.

Title history[]

As of March 20, 2022.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Days recog. Number of days held recognized by the promotion
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Days recog.
1 Adam Cole April 7, 2018 TakeOver: New Orleans New Orleans, LA 1 133 132 Defeated EC3, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Ricochet, and Velveteen Dream in a six-man ladder match to become the inaugural champion. [1][2]
2 Ricochet August 18, 2018 TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 Brooklyn, NY 1 161 161 [3]
3 Johnny Gargano January 26, 2019 TakeOver: Phoenix Phoenix, AZ 1 4 25 WWE recognizes Gargano's reign as ending on February 20, 2019, when the following episode aired on tape delay. [4]
4 Velveteen Dream January 30, 2019 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 231 209 WWE taped two endings for the match, one with Gargano retaining and the other with Dream winning.[5] The latter was revealed as the true result when the episode aired on tape delay on February 20, the date WWE recognizes for Dream's reign. [6]
5 Roderick Strong September 18, 2019 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 126 126 [7]
6 Keith Lee January 22, 2020 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 175 181 WWE recognizes Lee's reign as ending on July 22, 2020, when the episode in which he vacated the title aired on tape delay. [8]
— Vacated July 15, 2020 NXT Winter Park, FL — — — Keith Lee voluntarily relinquished the title two weeks after winning the NXT Championship in order to focus on defending the latter. This episode aired on tape delay on July 22, 2020. [9][10]
7 Damian Priest August 22, 2020 TakeOver XXX Winter Park, FL 1 67 67 Defeated Bronson Reed, Cameron Grimes, Johnny Gargano, and Velveteen Dream in a five-way ladder match to win the vacant title. [11]
8 Johnny Gargano October 28, 2020 Halloween Havoc Orlando, FL 2 14 14 This was a Devil's Playground match. [12]
9 Leon Ruff November 11, 2020 NXT Orlando, FL 1 25 25 [13]
10 Johnny Gargano December 6, 2020 TakeOver: WarGames Orlando, FL 3 163 163 This was a triple threat match, also involving Damian Priest. [14]
11 Bronson Reed May 18, 2021 NXT Orlando, FL 1 42 41 This was a Steel Cage match. [15]
12 Isaiah "Swerve" Scott June 29, 2021 NXT Orlando, FL 1 105 104 [16]
13 Carmelo Hayes October 12, 2021 NXT 2.0 Orlando, FL 1 159+ 159+ This was Hayes' Breakout tournament championship cash-in match. At New Year's Evil on January 4, 2022, Hayes defeated Roderick Strong to unify the NXT Cruiserweight Championship into the NXT North American Championship. [17][18]

Combined reigns[]

One-time and longest reigning champion Velveteen Dream, who held the title for 231 days (209 days as recognized by WWE)

As of March 20, 2022.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
days 		Combined days
rec. by WWE
1 Velveteen Dream 1 231 209
2 Johnny Gargano 3 181 202
3 Keith Lee 1 175 181
4 Ricochet 161
5 Carmelo Hayes † 159+
6 Adam Cole 133 132
7 Roderick Strong 126
8 Isaiah "Swerve" Scott 105 104
9 Damian Priest 67
10 Bronson Reed 42 41
11 Leon Ruff 25

References[]

  1. ^ Johnson, Mike (March 7, 2018). "SPOILER: NEW WWE CHAMPIONSHIP CONFIRMED, HOW FIRST CHAMPION WILL BE CROWNED". PWInsider. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Moore, John (April 7, 2018). "4/7 Moore's NXT Takeover: New Orleans live review – Andrade Almas vs. Aleister Black for the NXT Title, Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women's Championship, Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa in an unsanctioned match, ladder match for the new North American Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on April 8, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Moore, John (August 18, 2018). "8/18 Moore's NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV live review – Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano in a Last Man Standing match for the NXT Title, Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane for the NXT Women's Championship, Adam Cole vs. Ricochet for the NXT North American Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  4. ^ Moore, John (January 26, 2019). "1/26 Moore's NXT Takeover: Phoenix live review – Tommaso Ciampa vs. Aleister Black for the NXT Championship, Shayna Baszler vs. Bianca Belair for the NXT Women's Championship, Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong vs. War Raiders for the NXT Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
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  6. ^ James, Justin (February 20, 2019). "2/20 NXT TV REPORT: Velveteen Dream vs. Gargano for the NXT North American Championship, Strong vs. Black, Yim vs. Li". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  7. ^ Moore, John (September 18, 2019). "9/18 NXT TV results: Moore's live review of Velveteen Dream vs. Roderick Strong for the NXT North American Championship, Matt Riddle vs. Killian Dain in a Street Fight, Mia Yim vs. Candice LeRae vs. Io Shirai vs. Bianca Belair in a four-way for a shot at the NXT Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  8. ^ Moore, John (January 23, 2020). "1/22 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Roderick Strong vs. Keith Lee for the NXT North American Championship, Io Shirai vs. Toni Storm, the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament semifinal matches, final Worlds Collide hype". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  9. ^ Johnson, Mike (July 14, 2020). "WWE KICKS OFF NEXT ROUND OF TV TAPINGS TOMORROW". PWInsider. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  10. ^ Moore, John (July 22, 2020). "7/22 NXT TV results: Moore's review of William Regal's announcement, Karrion Kross vs. Dominik Dijakovic, Killian Dain vs. Dexter Lumis". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  11. ^ Moore, John (August 22, 2020). "NXT Takeover: XXX results – Moore's live review of Keith Lee vs. Karrion Kross for the NXT Championship, Adam Cole vs. Pat McAfee, Io Shirai vs. Dakota Kai for the NXT Women's Championship, a ladder match for the vacant NXT North American Title, Finn Balor vs. Timothy Thatcher". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  12. ^ Moore, John (October 28, 2020). "10/28 NXT TV results: Moore's review of the Halloween Havoc edition featuring Damian Priest vs. Johnny Gargano for the NXT North American Title and Io Shirai vs. Candice LeRae for the NXT Women's Title in Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal matches, Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Gonzalez, Cameron Grimes vs. Dexter Lumis in a Haunted House of Terror match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  13. ^ Moore, John (November 11, 2020). "11/11 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Championship Wednesday with Johnny Gargano defending the NXT North American Title, Santos Escobar vs. Jake Atlas for the NXT Cruiserweight Title, Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan vs. Tyler Breeze and Fandango for the NXT Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  14. ^ Moore, John (December 6, 2020). "NXT Takeover WarGames results: Moore's live review of Undisputed Era vs. Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne, Oney Lorcan, and Danny Burch, and Shotzi Blackheart, Ember Moon, Rhea Ripley, and Io Shirai vs. Candice LeRae, Toni Storm, Dakota Kai, and Raquel Gonzalez in WarGames matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  15. ^ Moore, John (May 18, 2021). "5/18 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Johnny Gargano vs. Bronson Reed in a steel cage match for the NXT North American Championship, Ted DiBiase's appearance, Zoey Stark vs. Toni Storm, Pete Dunne interview, Prime Target on Karrion Kross vs. Finn Balor for the NXT Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  16. ^ Moore, John (June 29, 2021). "6/29 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon vs. Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai vs. Io Shirai and Zoey Stark in a Triple Threat tag match for a shot at the NXT Women's Tag Titles, Xia Li and Boa vs. Mercedes Martinez and Jake Atlas in a mixed tag match, Cameron Grimes in action". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  17. ^ Moore, John (October 12, 2021). "10/12 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Isaiah Scott vs. Santos Escobar for the North American Championship, Tommaso Ciampa vs. Joe Gacy, Kyle O'Reilly and Von Wagner vs. Pete Dunne and Ridge Holland, Ivy Nile's in-ring debut". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  18. ^ Moore, John (January 4, 2022). "1/4 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Tommaso Ciampa vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Title, Walter, Fabian Aichner, and Marcel Barthel vs. Riddle and MSK, Mandy Rose vs. Raquel Gonzalez vs. Cora Jade for the NXT Women's Title, Carmelo Hayes vs. Roderick Strong in a title unification match, AJ Styles confronts Grayson Waller". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 4, 2022.

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