NXT North American Championship
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NXT North American Championship | |
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Promotion | IWE |
Brand | NXT |
Date established | March 7, 2018 |
Current champion(s) | Velveteen Dream |
Date won | January 30, 2019 |
Statistics | |
First champion | Adam Cole |
The NXT North American Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion IWE for their developmental brand NXT. It was introduced at the NXT tapings on March 7, 2018. On April 7, 2018. The current champion is Velveteen Dream, who on his first reign.
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History
The championship was first introduced at the March 7, 2018, tapings of NXT when NXT general manager William Regal announced a ladder match at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans to determine the inaugural champion. Later that night, Ethan Carter III, Killian Dain, Adam Cole, Ricochet Lars Sullivan, and Velveteen Dream were announced as the participants in the match.
Reigns
No. | The overall championship reign |
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Reign | The reign number for the wrestler listed |
Days | The number of the days that the champion held the title for |
+ | Indicates the 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, 2017 | NXT TakeOver: New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana | 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, New York | 1 | 161 | 161 | ||
3 | Johnny Gargano | January 26, 2019 | NXT TakeOver: Phoenix | Phoenix, Arizona | 1 | 4 | 25 | ||
4 | Velveteen Dream | January 30, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 111+ | 90+ | 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. |