NXT Championship

The NXT Championship is a development championship owned by WWE, and is contested exclusively in WWE NXT Wrestling, WWE's developmental territory. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, and is viewed as NXT's top championship.

Championship Linege

• Seth Rollins - July 26, 2012 - NXT
• Big E Langston - January 9, 2012 - NXT
• Bo Dallas - June 12, 2013 280 - NXT
• Adrian Neville - February 27, 2014 - NXT Arrival
• Sami Zayn - December 11, 2014 - NXT TakeOver: R Evolution
• Kevin Owens - February 11, 2015 - NXT TakeOver: Rival
• Finn Bálor - July 4 2015 - WWE The Beast In The East 2015
• Samoa Joe - April 21 2016 - Live Event
• Shinsuke Nakamura - August 20 2016 - NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 2
• Samoa Joe (2) - November 19 2016 - NXT TakeOver: Toronto
• Shinsuke Nakamura (2) - December 3 2016 - NXT Live in Japan
• Bobby Roode - January 28, 2017 - NXT TakeOver: San Antonio
• Drew McIntyre - August 19 2017 - NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 3
• Andrade "Cien" Almas - November 18 2017 - NXT TakeOver WarGames
• Aleister Black - April 7 2018 - NXT TakeOver: New Orleans
• Tommaso Ciampa - July 25, 2018 - NXT

VACATED: March 20 2019 - Due To Injury

• Johnny Gargano - April 6 2019 - NXT TakeOver: New York
• Adam Cole - June 1 2019 - NXT TakeOver: 25
• Keith Lee - July 1 2020 - The Great American Bash 2020 Night 2
• Karrion Kross - August 22 2020 - TakeOver XXX

VACATED: August 26 2020 - Due to Injury

• Finn Bálor 2 - September 8 2020 - NXT
• Karrion Kross (2) - April 8 2021 - TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2
• Samoa Joe (3) - August 22 2021 - NXT TakeOver 36

VACATED: September 12 2021

• Tommaso Ciampa (2) - September 14 2021 - NXT
• Bron Breakker - January 4, 2022 - NXT New Year's Evil
• Dolph Ziggler - March 8 2022 - NXT RoadBlock
• Bron Breakker - April 4 2022 - Raw
• Carmelo Hayes - March 31 2023 - Stand and Deliver
• Ilja Dragunov - September 30 2023 - No Mercy
• Trick Williams - April 23 2024 - NXT Spring Breakin
• Ethan Page - July 7 2024]] - Heatwave
• Trick Williams - October 1 2024 - NXT Debut on the CW
• Oba Femi - January 7 2025 - New Year's Evil