List Of All WWE NXT North American Champions

Here is the full List Of All WWE NXT North American Champions! ## At the time of writing, there were 16 reigns between 13 champions and two vacancies. The inaugural champion was Adam Cole. Velveteen Dream has the longest reign at 231 days (209 days, but still the longest recognized by WWE due to tape delays), Carmelo Hayes has the longest combined reign at 274 days. ## Johnny Gargano has the most reigns at three, with his first reign being the shortest at 4 days (due to tape delay, however, WWE recognizes that Gargano's first reign lasted 25 days, thus recognizing Solo Sikoa's reign as the shortest at 7 days). Dream is the youngest champion at 23 years old while Damian Priest is the oldest at 37. ## List of NXT North American Champions No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Date Event Location Reign Days Days recog. 1 Adam Cole April 7, 2018 TakeOver: New Orleans New Orleans, LA 1 133 132 Defeated EC3, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Ricochet, and Velveteen Dream in a six-man ladder match to become the inaugural champion. 2 Ricochet August 18, 2018 TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 Brooklyn, NY 1 161 161 3 Johnny Gargano January 26, 2019 TakeOver: Phoenix Phoenix, AZ 1 4 25 WWE recognizes Gargano's reign as ending on February 20, 2019, when the following episode aired on tape delay. 4 Velveteen Dream January 30, 2019 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 231 209 WWE 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 WWE 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 WWE 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 — — — Shawn Michaels ordered Sikoa to vacate the title as he was not originally scheduled to be in the match in which he won the title. It is currently unknown when the segment was taped. 17 TBD October 22, 2022 Halloween Havoc Orlando, FL — — — New champion will be determined in a five-man ladder match. ## To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.