NXT Championship
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Revision as of 03:39, 16 August 2017
| NXT Championship | |
| Details | |
| Promotion | IWE |
| Brand | NXT |
| Date established | July 1, 2012 |
| Current champion(s) | Bobby Roode |
| Date won | January 28, 2017 |
| Statistics | |
| First champion | Seth Rollins |
The NXT Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion IWE on their developmental brand, NXT. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes, and is viewed as NXT's top championship. The championship was introduced on July 1, 2012, and Seth Rollins was the inaugural champion. The current champion is Bobby Roode, who is in his first reign.
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History
The championship was first introduced on the August 1, 2012 edition of NXT when Interim NXT General Manager Dusty Semmler announced a "Gold Rush" tournament, which featured 8 NXT roster members competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Champion in a knockout system format. The first NXT Champion was crowned on July 26, 2012, with Seth Rollins defeating Jinder Mahal in the tournament finals.
Tournament
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Reigns
As of July 21, 2017, there have been 12 championship reigns with 10 different champions. The inaugural champion was Seth Rollins. Samoa Simpson and Shinsuke Nakamura has the most reigns with two. Finn Bálors reign as champion is the longest at 292 days (although IWE recognizes it at 293), while Samoa Simpson's second reign is the shortest at 14 days. Bo Dallas holds the record as the youngest champion, winning the title two days before his 23rd birthday, while Bobby Roode is the oldest champion, winning the title at 39.
Bobby Roode is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Shinsuke Nakamura at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio in San Antonio, TX on January 28, 2017.
| Reign | The reign number for the specific champion listed |
|---|---|
| Location | The city in which the title was won |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seth Rollins | 1 | July 26, 2012 | 133 | Orlando, Florida | NXT | Defeated Jinder Mahal in the finals of an eight–man tournament to become the inaugural champion. Aired on tape delay on August 29, 2012. |
| 2 | Big E Langston | 1 | December 6, 2012 | 168 | Orlando, Florida | NXT | This was a no-disqualification match. Aired on tape delay on January 9, 2013. |
| 3 | Bo Dallas | 1 | May 23, 2013 | 280 | Orlando, Florida | NXT | Aired on tape delay on June 12, 2013. |
| 4 | Adrian Neville | 1 | February 27, 2014 | 287 | Orlando, Florida | NXT arRIVAL | This was a ladder match. |
| 5 | Sami Zayn | 1 | December 11, 2014 | 62 | Orlando, Florida | NXT Takeover: R Evolution | This was a title vs. career match. If Sami Zayn lost, he would voluntarily quit the NXT roster. |
| 6 | Kevin Owens | 1 | February 15, 2015 | 143 | Orlando, Florida | NXT Takeover: Rival | Owens won when the referee decided that Zayn was unable to continue. |
| 7 | Finn Balor | 1 | July 4, 2015 | 292 | Tokyo, Japan | The Beast in the East | |
| 8 | Samoa Simpson | 1 | April 21, 2016 | 121 | Lowell, MA | House show | |
| 9 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | August 20, 2016 | 91 | New York City, NY | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II | |
| 10 | Samoa Simpson | 2 | November 19, 2016 | 14 | Toronto, ON | NXT TakeOver: Toronto | |
| 11 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 2 | December 3, 2016 | 56 | Osaka, Japan | NXT | This match was taped at a house show and aired during the December 7, 2016 episode of NXT. |
| 12 | Bobby Roode | 1 | January 28, 2017 | 196+ | San Antonio, TX | NXT TakeOver: San Antonio |
Combined reigns
As of January 15, 2025.
| + | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days recognized by IWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finn Balor | 1 | 292 | 293 |
| 2 | Adrian Neville | 1 | 287 | 287 |
| 3 | Bo Dallas | 1 | 280 | 261 |
| 4 | Bobby Roode † | 1 | 196+ | |
| 5 | Big E Langston | 1 | 168 | 154 |
| 6 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 2 | 147 | 149 |
| 7 | Kevin Owens | 1 | 143 | |
| 8 | Samoa Simpson | 2 | 135 | 136 |
| 9 | Seth Rollins | 1 | 133 | 134 |
| 10 | Sami Zayn | 1 | 62 | 63 |
