NXT North American Championship
The NXT North American Championship is a professional wrestling title owned by WWE and competed for by the men of NXT. It was created as NXT's second-most-important men's championship on March 7, 2018, on an episode of NXT. On that episode, NXT commissioner, William Regal said that there would be a ladder match between EC3, Killian Dain, Adam Cole, Ricochet, Lars Sullivan, and Velveteen Dream to decide the first champion. The match happened at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans and Adam Cole won it to become the first champion.[1][2]
NXT North American Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
Brand | NXT | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | March 7, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Oba Femi | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | January 9, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Right now the North American Champion is Oba Femi, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Dragon Lee in his NXT Breakout Tournament contract cash-in match on the January 9, 2024, episode of NXT.[3]
Title history
No. | Overall reign number |
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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. | ||||
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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 first champion. | [1][2] |
2 | Ricochet | August 18, 2018 | TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 161 | 161 | [4] | |
3 | Johnny Gargano | January 26, 2019 | TakeOver: Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 4 | 25 | WWE lists the end of Gargano's reign on February 20, 2019, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | [5] |
4 | Velveteen Dream | January 30, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 231 | 209 | WWE filmed two endings for the match, one with Gargano keeping the title and the other with Dream winning it.[6] The latter was revealed as the true result when the episode aired on tape delay on February 20, the date WWE lists as the start of Dream's reign. | [7] |
5 | Roderick Strong | September 18, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 126 | 126 | [8] | |
6 | Keith Lee | January 22, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 175 | 181 | WWE lists the end of Lee's reign on July 22, 2020, when the episode in which he vacated the title aired on tape delay. | [9] |
— | Vacated | July 15, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | — | — | — | Keith Lee vacated 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. | [10][11] |
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-man ladder match to win the vacant title. | [12] |
8 | Johnny Gargano | October 28, 2020 | NXT: Halloween Havoc | Orlando, FL | 2 | 14 | 14 | This was a Devil's Playground match[broken anchor]. | [13] |
9 | Leon Ruff | November 11, 2020 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 25 | 25 | [14] | |
10 | Johnny Gargano | December 6, 2020 | TakeOver: WarGames | Orlando, FL | 3 | 163 | 163 | This was a triple threat match, also involving Damian Priest. | [15] |
11 | Bronson Reed | May 18, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 42 | 41 | This was a Steel Cage match. | [16] |
12 | Isaiah "Swerve" Scott | June 29, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 105 | 104 | [17] | |
13 | Carmelo Hayes | October 12, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 172 | 172 | This was Hayes' NXT Breakout Tournament contract cash-in match. At NXT: New Year's Evil on January 4, 2022, Hayes defeated Roderick Strong to unify the NXT Cruiserweight Championship into the North American Championship. | [18][19] |
14 | Cameron Grimes | April 2, 2022 | Stand & Deliver | Dallas, TX | 1 | 63 | 63 | This was a five-man ladder match, also involving Santos Escobar, Solo Sikoa, and Grayson Waller. | [20] |
15 | Carmelo Hayes | June 4, 2022 | In Your House | Orlando, FL | 2 | 101 | 101 | [21] | |
16 | Solo Sikoa | September 13, 2022 | NXT 2.0: One Year Anniversary Show | Orlando, FL | 1 | 7 | 6 | Sikoa replaced Wes Lee after Lee was injured by Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams. | [22] |
— | Vacated | September 20, 2022 | NXT | Orlando, FL | — | — | — | Shawn Michaels ordered Solo Sikoa to vacate the title as he was not originally scheduled to be in the match in which he won the title. It is unknown when the segment was filmed. | [23] |
17 | Wes Lee | October 22, 2022 | Halloween Havoc | Orlando, FL | 1 | 269 | 269 | Defeated Carmelo Hayes, Von Wagner, Nathan Frazer, and Oro Mensah in a five-man [[[Professional wrestling match types#Weapons match|ladder match]] for the vacant title. | [24] |
18 | "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio | July 18, 2023 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 74 | 73 | [25] | |
19 | Trick Williams | September 30, 2023 | No Mercy | Bakersfield, CA | 1 | 3 | 3 | Dragon Lee was the [[[Professional wrestling match types#Multi-person matches|special guest referee]]. | [26] |
20 | "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio | October 3, 2023 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 2 | 67 | 66 | [27] | |
21 | Dragon Lee | December 9, 2023 | Deadline | Bridgeport, CT | 1 | 31 | 31 | [28] | |
22 | Oba Femi | January 9, 2024 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 158+ | 158+ | This was Femi's Breakout Tournament contract cash-in match. | [3] |
Combined reigns
As of June 15, 2024.
† | Is the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Carmelo Hayes | 2 | 273 | |
2 | Wes Lee | 1 | 269 | |
3 | Velveteen Dream | 1 | 231 | 209 |
4 | Johnny Gargano | 3 | 181 | 202 |
5 | Keith Lee | 1 | 175 | 181 |
6 | Ricochet | 1 | 161 | |
7 | "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio | 2 | 141 | 139 |
8 | Adam Cole | 1 | 133 | 132 |
9 | Roderick Strong | 1 | 126 | |
10 | Isaiah "Swerve" Scott | 1 | 105 | 104 |
11 | Damian Priest | 1 | 67 | |
12 | Cameron Grimes | 1 | 63 | |
13 | Bronson Reed | 1 | 42 | 41 |
14 | Oba Femi † | 1 | 158+ | |
15 | Dragon Lee | 1 | 31 | |
16 | Leon Ruff | 1 | 25 | |
17 | Solo Sikoa | 1 | 7 | 6 |
18 | Trick Williams | 1 | 3 |