NXT North American Championship

championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE

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
First champion Adam Cole
Details
PromotionWWE
BrandNXT
Date establishedMarch 7, 2018
Current champion(s)Oba Femi
Date wonJanuary 9, 2024

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

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
Days
recog.
Number of days held recognized by the promotion
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDays recog.
1Adam ColeApril 7, 2018TakeOver: New OrleansNew Orleans, LA1133132Defeated EC3, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Ricochet, and Velveteen Dream in a six-man ladder match to become the first champion.[1][2]
2RicochetAugust 18, 2018TakeOver: Brooklyn 4Brooklyn, NY1161161[4]
3Johnny GarganoJanuary 26, 2019TakeOver: PhoenixPhoenix, AZ1425WWE lists the end of Gargano's reign on February 20, 2019, when the following episode aired on tape delay.[5]
4Velveteen DreamJanuary 30, 2019NXTWinter Park, FL1231209WWE 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]
5Roderick StrongSeptember 18, 2019NXTWinter Park, FL1126126[8]
6Keith LeeJanuary 22, 2020NXTWinter Park, FL1175181WWE 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]
VacatedJuly 15, 2020NXTWinter Park, FLKeith 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]
7Damian PriestAugust 22, 2020TakeOver XXXWinter Park, FL16767Defeated Bronson Reed, Cameron Grimes, Johnny Gargano, and Velveteen Dream in a five-man ladder match to win the vacant title.[12]
8Johnny GarganoOctober 28, 2020NXT:
Halloween Havoc
Orlando, FL21414This was a Devil's Playground match[broken anchor].[13]
9Leon RuffNovember 11, 2020NXTOrlando, FL12525[14]
10Johnny GarganoDecember 6, 2020TakeOver: WarGamesOrlando, FL3163163This was a triple threat match, also involving Damian Priest.[15]
11Bronson ReedMay 18, 2021NXTOrlando, FL14241This was a Steel Cage match.[16]
12Isaiah "Swerve" ScottJune 29, 2021NXTOrlando, FL1105104[17]
13Carmelo HayesOctober 12, 2021NXTOrlando, FL1172172This 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]
14Cameron GrimesApril 2, 2022Stand & DeliverDallas, TX16363This was a five-man ladder match, also involving Santos Escobar, Solo Sikoa, and Grayson Waller.[20]
15Carmelo HayesJune 4, 2022In Your HouseOrlando, FL2101101[21]
16Solo SikoaSeptember 13, 2022NXT 2.0:
One Year Anniversary Show
Orlando, FL176Sikoa replaced Wes Lee after Lee was injured by Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams.[22]
VacatedSeptember 20, 2022NXTOrlando, FLShawn 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]
17Wes LeeOctober 22, 2022Halloween HavocOrlando, FL1269269Defeated 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 MysterioJuly 18, 2023NXTOrlando, FL17473[25]
19Trick WilliamsSeptember 30, 2023No MercyBakersfield, CA133Dragon Lee was the [[[Professional wrestling match types#Multi-person matches|special guest referee]].[26]
20"Dirty" Dominik MysterioOctober 3, 2023NXTOrlando, FL26766[27]
21Dragon LeeDecember 9, 2023DeadlineBridgeport, CT13131[28]
22Oba FemiJanuary 9, 2024NXTOrlando, FL1158+158+This was Femi's Breakout Tournament contract cash-in match.[3]

Combined reigns

As of June 15, 2024.

Is the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
Combined days
rec. by WWE
1Carmelo Hayes2273
2Wes Lee1269
3Velveteen Dream1231209
4Johnny Gargano3181202
5Keith Lee1175181
6 Ricochet1161
7"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio2141139
8Adam Cole1133132
9Roderick Strong1126
10Isaiah "Swerve" Scott1105104
11Damian Priest167
12Cameron Grimes163
13Bronson Reed14241
14Oba Femi1158+
15Dragon Lee131
16Leon Ruff125
17Solo Sikoa176
18Trick Williams13

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