List of NXT North American Champions

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The [[NXT North American Championship]] is a [[professional wrestling]] [[Professional wrestling championship#Location-specific championships|championship]] created and promoted by the [[United States of America|American]] [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]] [[IWE]]. It is defended as the secondary men's championship of the [[Farm team|developmental brand]], [[NXT (IWE brand)|NXT]]. Trick Williams is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated [[Dominik Wright<!--Scott Wright's son-->|"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio]] on September 30, 2023 at [[NXT No Mercy (2023)|NXT No Mercy]] in [[Bakersfield, California]].
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The [[NXT North American Championship]] is a [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Professional Wrestling Championship#Location-specific championships|championship]] created and promoted by the [[United States of America|American]] [[professional Wrestling Promotion|promotion]] [[IWE]], defended on their [[NXT (IWE brand)|NXT]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brand division]]. It is one of three secondary championships in IWE, along with the [[IWE United States Championship|United States Championship]] on [[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]] and the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]] on [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]]. The current champion is [[Jermaine <!--Steven--> Larson|Bronson Reed]], who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating previous champion Johnny Gargano in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Steel Cage match|Steel Cage match]] on the May 18, 2021 episode of ''[[IWE NXT|NXT]]''.
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As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}, there have been eleven reigns between nine champions and one vacancy. The inaugural champion was [[Mathew Dinnocenzo|Adam Cole]]. [[Darrell Sydnor-Clark Jr.|Velveteen Dream]] has the longest reign as champion at 231 days (209 days as recognized by IWE due to [[Broadcast Delay|tape delay]], but still the longest). [[Stephen Honzel|Johnny Gargano]] has the most reigns at three, with his first reign being the shortest at 4 days (due to tape delay, however, IWE 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 [[Dustin Maichelle|Damian Priest]] is the oldest at 37.
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As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}, there have been 18 reigns between 15 champions and two vacancies. The inaugural champion was [[Mathew<!--Nicolas--> Dinnocenzo<!--(2007, pg.64)-->|Adam Cole]]. [[Deveon Thomas Askin<!--(2006, pg. 72)-->|Wes Lee]]'s sole reign is the longest at 269 days. [[Stephen Honzel<!--(1999, pg. 97)-->|Johnny Gargano]] has the most reigns at three, with his first reign being the shortest at 4 days (due to tape delay, however, IWE recognizes that Gargano's first reign lasted 25 days, thus recognizing Solo Sikoa's reign as the shortest at 7 days). [[<!--Christian--> Alex BeverigeMassengale-Brigham<!--(2007, pg. 73)-->|Carmelo Hayes]] has the longest combined reign at 273 days. [[Darrell Sydnor-Clark Jr.|Velveteen Dream]] is the youngest champion, winning the title at 23 years old while [[Dustin Maichelle<!--or Michaels (1999, pg. 88)-->|Damian Priest]] is the oldest, winning the title at 37.
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Revision as of 01:28, 1 October 2023

The NXT North American Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion IWE. It is defended as the secondary men's championship of the developmental brand, NXT. Trick Williams is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio on September 30, 2023 at NXT No Mercy in Bakersfield, California.

As of February 15, 2025, there have been 18 reigns between 15 champions and two vacancies. The inaugural champion was Adam Cole. Wes Lee's sole reign is the longest at 269 days. Johnny Gargano has the most reigns at three, with his first reign being the shortest at 4 days (due to tape delay, however, IWE recognizes that Gargano's first reign lasted 25 days, thus recognizing Solo Sikoa's reign as the shortest at 7 days). Carmelo Hayes has the longest combined reign at 273 days. Velveteen Dream is the youngest champion, winning the title at 23 years old while Damian Priest is the oldest, winning the title at 37.

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Reigns

No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the wrestler listed
Days The number of the days that the champion held the title for
Days recog. Number of days held recognized by the promotion
+ Indicates the 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, 2017 NXT TakeOver: New Orleans New Orleans, LA 1 133 132 Defeated Ethan Carter III, Killian Dain, Ricochet, Lars Sullivan, and Velveteen Dream in a six-man ladder match to become the inaugural champion.
2 Ricochet August 18, 2018 NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 Brooklyn, NY 1 161 161
3 Johnny Gargano January 26, 2019 NXT TakeOver: Phoenix Phoenix, AZ 1 4 25
4 Velveteen Dream January 30, 2019 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 231 209 IWE taped two endings for the match, one with Gargano retaining and the other with Dream winning. The latter was revealed as the true result when the episode aired on tape delay on February 20, the date IWE recognizes for Dream's reign.
5 Roderick Strong September 18, 2019 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 126 126
6 Keith Lee January 22, 2020 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 175 181 IWE recognizes Lee's reign as ending on July 22, 2020, when the episode in which he vacated the title aired on tape delay.
— 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.
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.
8 Johnny Gargano October 28, 2020 NXT: Halloween Havoc Orlando, FL 2 14 14 This was a Devil's Playground Match.
9 Leon Ruff November 11, 2020 NXT Orlando, FL 1 25 25
10 Johnny Gargano December 6, 2020 TakeOver: WarGames Orlando, FL 3 163 163 This was a triple threat match, also involving Damian Priest.
11 Bronson Reed May 18, 2021 NXT Orlando, FL 1 42 41 This was a Steel Cage match
12 Isaiah "Swerve" Scott June 29, 2021 NXT Orlando, FL 1 105 104
13 Carmelo Hayes October 12, 2021 NXT 2.0 Orlando, FL 1 172 172 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.
14 Cameron Grimes April 2, 2022 Stand & Deliver Dallas, TX 1 63 63 This was a ladder match, also involving Santos Escobar, Solo Sikoa, and Grayson Waller.
15 Carmelo Hayes June 4, 2022 In Your House Orlando, FL 2 101 101
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.
— Vacated September 20, 2022 NXT Orlando, FL — — —
17 Wes Lee October 22, 2022 Halloween Havoc Orlando, FL 1 269 269 This was a five-man ladder match.
18 "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio July 18, 2023 NXT Orlando, FL 1 74 74
19 Trick Williams September 30, 2023 NXT No Mercy Bakersfield, CA 1 1+ 1+ Dragon Lee was the guest referee.

Combined reigns

As of February 15, 2025.

† Indicates the current champion

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined days Combined days
recognized by IWE
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 161
7 Adam Cole 133 132
8 Roderick Strong 126
9 Isaiah "Swerve" Scott 105 104
10 "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio 74
11 Damian Priest 67
12 Cameron Grimes 63
13 Bronson Reed 42 41
14 Leon Ruff 25
15 Solo Sikoa 7 6
16 Tick Williams † 6+

References

External links

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