List of NXT North American Champions
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The NXT North American Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion IWE, defended on their NXT brand division. It is one of three secondary championships in IWE, along with the United States Championship on Raw and the Intercontinental Championship on SmackDown. The current champion is Bronson Reed, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating previous champion Johnny Gargano in a Steel Cage match on the May 18, 2021 episode of NXT.
As of February 15, 2025, there have been eleven reigns between nine champions and one vacancy. The inaugural champion was Adam Cole. Velveteen Dream has the longest reign as champion at 231 days (209 days as recognized by IWE due to tape delay, but still the longest). 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 Damian Priest is the oldest 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 | 49+ | 49+ | This was a five-man ladder match. | |
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 | Velveteen Dream | 1 | 231 | 209 |
| 3 | Johnny Gargano | 3 | 181 | 202 |
| 4 | Keith Lee | 1 | 175 | 181 |
| 5 | Ricochet | 161 | ||
| 6 | Adam Cole | 133 | 132 | |
| 7 | Roderick Strong | 126 | ||
| 8 | Isaiah "Swerve" Scott | 105 | 104 | |
| 9 | Damian Priest | 67 | ||
| 10 | Cameron Grimes | 63 | ||
| 11 | Wes Lee † | 1 | 49+ | |
| 12 | Bronson Reed | 42 | 41 | |
| 13 | Leon Ruff | 25 | ||
References
External links
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