World Wrestling Entertainment
NXT Championship
WON BY
Seth Rollins
DATE
July 26, 2012
LOCATION
Winter Park, Florida, USA
*Defeated Jinder Mahal in a tournament final to become the first NXT Champion of WWE - World Wrestling Entertainment
Big E Langston
Bo Dallas
Adrian Neville
Sami Zayn
Kevin Owens
Finn Balor
Samoa Joe
Shinsuke Nakamura
Samoa Joe (2)
Shinsuke Nakamura (2)
Bobby Roode
Drew McIntyre
Andrade Cien Almas
Aleister Black
Tommaso Ciampa
December 6, 2012
May 23, 2013
February 27, 2014
December 11, 2014
February 11, 2015
July 4, 2015
April 21, 2016
August 20, 2016
November 19, 2016
December 3, 2016
January 28, 2017
August 19, 2017
November 18, 2017
April 7, 2018
July 18, 2018
Winter Park, Florida, USA
Winter Park, Florida, USA
Winter Park, Florida, USA
Winter Park, Florida, USA
Winter Park, Florida, USA
Tokyo, Japan
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Osaka, Japan
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Houston, Texas, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Winter Park, Florida, USA
*Vacated the title on March 13, 2019, due to being injured
Johnny Gargano
April 5, 2019
Brooklyn, New York, USA
*Defeated Adam Cole to win the vacant title
Adam Cole
Keith Lee
Karrion Kross
June 1, 2019
July 1, 2020
August 22, 2020
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Winter Park, Florida, USA
Winter Park, Florida, USA
*Vacated the title on August 26, 2020, due to being injured
Finn Balor (2)
Karrion Kross (2)
Samoa Joe (3)
September 8, 2020
April 8, 2021
August 22, 2021
Winter Park, Florida, USA
Orlando, Florida, USA
Orlando, Florida, USA
*Stripped of the title after testing positive for the Covid-19 virus
Tommaso Ciampa (2)
September 14, 2021
Orlando, Florida, USA
*Defeated LA Knight, Pete Dunne, and Von Wagner in a Fatal Four-Way match to win the vacant title
Bron Breakker
Dolph Ziggler
Bron Breakker (2)
Carmelo Hayes
Ilja Dragunov
Trick Williams
Ethan Page
Trick Williams (2)
Oba Femi
Ricky Saints
Oba Femi (2)
January 4, 2022
March 8, 2022
April 4, 2022
April 1, 2023
September 30, 2023
April 23, 2024
July 7, 2024
October 1, 2024
January 7, 2025
September 27, 2025
December 6, 2025
Orlando, Florida, USA
Orlando, Florida, USA
Dallas, Texas, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Bakersfield, California, USA
Orlando, Florida, USA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
San Antonio, Texas, USA
*Vacated the title on January 6, 2026, due to moving up to the main WWE roster
Joe Hendry
February 3, 2026
Orlando, Florida, USA
*Defeated Dion Lennox, Jackson Drake, Keanu Carver, Ricky Saints, Sean Legacy, and Shiloh Hill in a seven-way ladder match to win the vacant title
Tony D'Angelo
April 4, 2026
Chesterfield, Missouri, USA