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 WWE. It is defended as the secondary men's championship of the developmental brand, NXT. Oba Femi is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating SmackDown's Dragon Lee in his NXT Breakout Tournament contract cash-in match on the January 9, 2024, episode of NXT .

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As of April23, 2024, there have been 22 reigns between 18 champions and two vacancies. The inaugural champion was Adam Cole. Johnny Gargano has the most reigns at three. Wes Lee's sole reign is the longest at 269 days, while Trick Williams' sole reign is the shortest reign at 3 days. Carmelo Hayes has the longest combined reign at 273 days across his two reigns. Velveteen Dream is the youngest champion, winning the title at 23 years old, while Damian Priest is the oldest, winning the title at 37.

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
Days recog.Number of days held recognized by the promotion
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDays recog.
1 Adam Cole April 7, 2018 TakeOver: New Orleans New Orleans, LA 1133132Defeated EC3, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Ricochet, and Velveteen Dream in a six-man ladder match to become the inaugural champion. [1] [2]
2 Ricochet August 18, 2018 TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 Brooklyn, NY 1161161 [3]
3 Johnny Gargano January 26, 2019 TakeOver: Phoenix Phoenix, AZ 1425WWE recognizes Gargano's reign as ending on February 20, 2019, when the following episode aired on tape delay. [4]
4 Velveteen Dream January 30, 2019 NXT Winter Park, FL 1231209WWE taped two endings for the match, one with Gargano retaining and the other with Dream winning. [5] The latter was revealed as the true result when the episode aired on tape delay on February 20, the date WWE recognizes for Dream's reign. [6]
5 Roderick Strong September 18, 2019 NXT Winter Park, FL 1126126 [7]
6 Keith Lee January 22, 2020 NXT Winter Park, FL 1175181WWE recognizes Lee's reign as ending on July 22, 2020, when the episode in which he vacated the title aired on tape delay. [8]
— 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. [9] [10]
7 Damian Priest August 22, 2020 TakeOver XXX Winter Park, FL 16767Defeated Bronson Reed, Cameron Grimes, Johnny Gargano, and Velveteen Dream in a five-man ladder match to win the vacant title. [11]
8 Johnny Gargano October 28, 2020 NXT:
Halloween Havoc 		Orlando, FL 21414This was a Devil's Playground match. [12]
9 Leon Ruff November 11, 2020 NXT Orlando, FL 12525 [13]
10 Johnny Gargano December 6, 2020 TakeOver: WarGames Orlando, FL 3163163This was a triple threat match, also involving Damian Priest. [14]
11 Bronson Reed May 18, 2021 NXT Orlando, FL 14241This was a Steel Cage match. [15]
12 Isaiah "Swerve" Scott June 29, 2021 NXT Orlando, FL 1105104 [16]
13 Carmelo Hayes October 12, 2021 NXT Orlando, FL 1172171This was Hayes' Breakout Tournament contract cash-in match.
At NXT: New Year's Evil on January 4, 2022, Hayes defeated Roderick Strong to unify the NXT Cruiserweight Championship into the NXT North American Championship.		 [17] [18]
14 Cameron Grimes April 2, 2022 Stand & Deliver Dallas, TX 16363This was a five-man ladder match, also involving Santos Escobar, Solo Sikoa, and Grayson Waller. [19]
15 Carmelo Hayes June 4, 2022 In Your House Orlando, FL 2101101 [20]
16 Solo Sikoa September 13, 2022 NXT 2.0:
One Year Anniversary Show 		Orlando, FL 176Sikoa replaced Wes Lee after Lee was injured by Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams. [21]
— Vacated September 20, 2022 NXT Orlando, FL ——— Shawn Michaels ordered Solo Sikoa to vacate the title as he was not originally scheduled to be in the match in which he won the title. It is unknown when the segment was taped. [22]
17 Wes Lee October 22, 2022 Halloween Havoc Orlando, FL 1269269Defeated Carmelo Hayes, Von Wagner, Nathan Frazer, and Oro Mensah in a five-man ladder match for the vacant title. [23]
18 "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio July 18, 2023 NXT Orlando, FL 17473 [24]
19 Trick Williams September 30, 2023 No Mercy Bakersfield, CA 133 Dragon Lee was the special guest referee. [25]
20 "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio October 3, 2023 NXT Orlando, FL 26766 [26]
21 Dragon Lee December 9, 2023 Deadline Bridgeport, CT 13131 [27]
22 Oba Femi January 9, 2024 NXT Orlando, FL 1105+105+This was Femi's Breakout Tournament contract cash-in match. [28]

Combined reigns

As of April23, 2024.

Adam Cole NXT North American Champions (cropped).jpg
Inaugural champion Adam Cole
Johnny Gargano June 2018.jpg
Record three-time champion Johnny Gargano
Carmelo Hayes at NXT 2.0.jpg
Two-time champion Carmelo Hayes, who has the most combined days as champion at 273 days (272 days as recognized by WWE).
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Longest reigning champion Wes Lee, who held the title for 269 days.
†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days		Combined days
rec. by WWE
1 Carmelo Hayes 2273272
2 Wes Lee 1269
3 Velveteen Dream 1231209
4 Johnny Gargano 3181202
5 Keith Lee 1175181
6 Ricochet 1161
7 "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio 2141139
8 Adam Cole 1133132
9 Roderick Strong 1126
10 Oba Femi †1105+
11 Isaiah "Swerve" Scott 1105104
12 Damian Priest 167
13 Cameron Grimes 163
14 Bronson Reed 14241
15 Dragon Lee 131
16 Leon Ruff 125
17 Solo Sikoa 176
18 Trick Williams 13

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  2. ↑ Moore, John (April 7, 2018). "4/7 Moore's NXT Takeover: New Orleans live review – Andrade Almas vs. Aleister Black for the NXT Title, Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women's Championship, Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa in an unsanctioned match, ladder match for the new North American Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on April 8, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
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  16. ↑ Moore, John (June 29, 2021). "6/29 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon vs. Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai vs. Io Shirai and Zoey Stark in a Triple Threat tag match for a shot at the NXT Women's Tag Titles, Xia Li and Boa vs. Mercedes Martinez and Jake Atlas in a mixed tag match, Cameron Grimes in action". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
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