List of NXT North American Champions

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. Tony D'Angelo is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Oba Femi on the October 8, 2024, episode of NXT.

Current champion Tony D'Angelo.

As of January 15, 2025, there have been 23 reigns between 19 champions and two vacancies. The inaugural champion was Adam Cole. Johnny Gargano has the most reigns at three. Oba Femi has the longest reign at 273 days, while Trick Williams' sole reign is the shortest reign at 3 days. Carmelo Hayes and Oba Femi share the longest combined reign at 273 days across two reigns and one reign respectively. 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

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Key  No.  | Overall reign number

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Reign  | Reign number for the specific champion
Days  | Number of days held
Days recog.  | Number of days held recognized by the promotion
\+  | Current reign is changing daily
No. | Champion  | Championship change  | Reign statistics  | Notes  | Ref.

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Date  | Event  | Location  | Reign  | Days | Days recog.
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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.  | [1][2]
2  | Ricochet | August 18, 2018 | TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 | Brooklyn, NY | 1  | 161 | 161  |  | [3]
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]
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.[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 | 1  | 126 | 126  |  | [7]
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.  | [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 | 1  | 67 | 67  | Defeated 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 | 2  | 14 | 14  | This was a Devil's Playground match.  | [12]
9  | Leon Ruff | November 11, 2020 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1  | 25 | 25  |  | [13]
10  | Johnny Gargano | December 6, 2020 | TakeOver: WarGames | Orlando, FL | 3  | 163 | 163  | This was a triple threat match, also involving Damian Priest.  | [14]
11  | Bronson Reed | May 18, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1  | 42 | 41  | This was a Steel Cage match.  | [15]
12  | Isaiah "Swerve" Scott | June 29, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1  | 105 | 104  |  | [16]
13  | Carmelo Hayes | October 12, 2021 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1  | 172 | 171  | This 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 | 1  | 63 | 63  | This 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 | 2  | 101 | 101  |  | [20]
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.  | [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 | 1  | 269 | 269  | Defeated 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 | 1  | 74 | 73  |  | [24]
19  | Trick Williams | September 30, 2023 | No Mercy | Bakersfield, CA | 1  | 3 | 3  | Dragon Lee was the special guest referee.  | [25]
20  | "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio | October 3, 2023 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 2  | 67 | 66  |  | [26]
21  | Dragon Lee | December 9, 2023 | Deadline | Bridgeport, CT | 1  | 31 | 31  |  | [27]
22  | Oba Femi | January 9, 2024 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1  | 273 | 272  | This was Femi's Breakout Tournament contract cash-in match.  | [28]
23  | Tony D'Angelo | October 8, 2024 | NXT | Chesterfield, MO | 1  | 99+ | 99+  |  | [29]

## Combined reigns

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As of January 15, 2025.

Inaugural champion Adam Cole

Record three-time champion Johnny Gargano

†  | Indicates the current champion

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Rank  | Wrestler  | No. of
reigns  | Combined
days  | Combined days
rec. by WWE

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1  | Oba Femi | 1 | 273  | 272
Carmelo Hayes | 2 | 273 | 272
3  | Wes Lee | 1 | 269
4  | Velveteen Dream | 1 | 231 | 209
5  | Johnny Gargano | 3 | 181 | 202
6  | Keith Lee | 1 | 175 | 181
7  |  Ricochet | 1 | 161
8  | "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio | 2 | 141 | 139
9  | Adam Cole | 1 | 133 | 132
10  | Roderick Strong | 1 | 126
11  | Isaiah "Swerve" Scott | 1 | 105 | 104
12  | Tony D'Angelo † | 1 | 99+
13  | Damian Priest | 1 | 67
14  | Cameron Grimes | 1 | 63
15  | Bronson Reed | 1 | 42 | 41
16  | Dragon Lee | 1 | 31
17  | Leon Ruff | 1 | 25
18  | Solo Sikoa | 1 | 7 | 6
19  | Trick Williams | 1 | 3

## See also

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* Secondary championships in WWE

## References

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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.
3. ^ Moore, John (August 18, 2018). "8/18 Moore's NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV live review – Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano in a Last Man Standing match for the NXT Title, Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane for the NXT Women's Championship, Adam Cole vs. Ricochet for the NXT North American Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
4. ^ Moore, John (January 26, 2019). "1/26 Moore's NXT Takeover: Phoenix live review – Tommaso Ciampa vs. Aleister Black for the NXT Championship, Shayna Baszler vs. Bianca Belair for the NXT Women's Championship, Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong vs. War Raiders for the NXT Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
5. ^ Lafferriere, Nicolas (February 1, 2019). "Se revelan más detalles sobre el combate títular ocurrido en las grabaciones de NXT (Spoilers)" (in Spanish). Solowrestling.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
6. ^ James, Justin (February 20, 2019). "2/20 NXT TV Report: Velveteen Dream vs. Gargano for the NXT North American Championship, Strong vs. Black, Yim vs. Li". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
7. ^ Moore, John (September 18, 2019). "9/18 NXT TV results: Moore's live review of Velveteen Dream vs. Roderick Strong for the NXT North American Championship, Matt Riddle vs. Killian Dain in a Street Fight, Mia Yim vs. Candice LeRae vs. Io Shirai vs. Bianca Belair in a four-way for a shot at the NXT Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
8. ^ Moore, John (January 23, 2020). "1/22 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Roderick Strong vs. Keith Lee for the NXT North American Championship, Io Shirai vs. Toni Storm, the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament semifinal matches, final Worlds Collide hype". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on January 25, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
9. ^ Johnson, Mike (July 14, 2020). "WWE kicks off next round of TV tapings tomorrow". PWInsider. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
10. ^ Moore, John (July 22, 2020). "7/22 NXT TV results: Moore's review of William Regal's announcement, Karrion Kross vs. Dominik Dijakovic, Killian Dain vs. Dexter Lumis". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
11. ^ Moore, John (August 22, 2020). "NXT Takeover: XXX results – Moore's live review of Keith Lee vs. Karrion Kross for the NXT Championship, Adam Cole vs. Pat McAfee, Io Shirai vs. Dakota Kai for the NXT Women's Championship, a ladder match for the vacant NXT North American Title, Finn Balor vs. Timothy Thatcher". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
12. ^ Moore, John (October 28, 2020). "10/28 NXT TV results: Moore's review of the Halloween Havoc edition featuring Damian Priest vs. Johnny Gargano for the NXT North American Title and Io Shirai vs. Candice LeRae for the NXT Women's Title in Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal matches, Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Gonzalez, Cameron Grimes vs. Dexter Lumis in a Haunted House of Terror match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
13. ^ Moore, John (November 11, 2020). "11/11 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Championship Wednesday with Johnny Gargano defending the NXT North American Title, Santos Escobar vs. Jake Atlas for the NXT Cruiserweight Title, Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan vs. Tyler Breeze and Fandango for the NXT Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on November 13, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
14. ^ Moore, John (December 6, 2020). "NXT Takeover WarGames results: Moore's live review of Undisputed Era vs. Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne, Oney Lorcan, and Danny Burch, and Shotzi Blackheart, Ember Moon, Rhea Ripley, and Io Shirai vs. Candice LeRae, Toni Storm, Dakota Kai, and Raquel Gonzalez in WarGames matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on December 10, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
15. ^ Moore, John (May 18, 2021). "5/18 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Johnny Gargano vs. Bronson Reed in a steel cage match for the NXT North American Championship, Ted DiBiase's appearance, Zoey Stark vs. Toni Storm, Pete Dunne interview, Prime Target on Karrion Kross vs. Finn Balor for the NXT Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
16. ^ Moore, John (June 30, 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. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
17. ^ Moore, John (October 12, 2021). "10/12 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Isaiah Scott vs. Santos Escobar for the North American Championship, Tommaso Ciampa vs. Joe Gacy, Kyle O'Reilly and Von Wagner vs. Pete Dunne and Ridge Holland, Ivy Nile's in-ring debut". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
18. ^ Moore, John (January 4, 2022). "1/4 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Tommaso Ciampa vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Title, Walter, Fabian Aichner, and Marcel Barthel vs. Riddle and MSK, Mandy Rose vs. Raquel Gonzalez vs. Cora Jade for the NXT Women's Title, Carmelo Hayes vs. Roderick Strong in a title unification match, AJ Styles confronts Grayson Waller". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
19. ^ Moore, John (April 2, 2022). "NXT Stand & Deliver results: Moore's live review of Dolph Ziggler vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Title, Mandy Rose vs. Cora Jade vs. Io Shirai vs. Kay Lee Ray for the NXT Women's Title, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel vs. MSK vs. The Creed Brothers for the NXT Tag Titles, the NXT North American Title ladder match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
20. ^ Moore, John (June 4, 2022). "NXT In Your House results: Moore's live review of Bron Breakker vs. Joe Gacy for the NXT Title, Mandy Rose vs. Wendy Choo for the NXT Women's Title, Pretty Deadly vs. The Creed Brothers for the NXT Tag Titles, Cameron Grimes vs. Carmelo Hayes for the NXT North American Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
21. ^ Moore, John (September 13, 2022). "9/13 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Pretty Deadly vs. The Creed Brothers in a cage match for the NXT Tag Titles, Carmelo Hayes defends the NXT North American Title against the winner of a fan poll, Axiom vs. Nathan Frazer in the second match of their best of three series, Zoey Stark and Nikkita Lyons vs. Kiana James and Arianna Grace". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
22. ^ Moore, John (September 20, 2022). "9/20 NXT results: Moore's review of Tyler Bate vs. JD McDonagh for an NXT Title shot, Grayson Waller vs. Oro Mensah, Von Wagner vs. Sanga, Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams vs. Andre Chase and Bodhi Hayward, Cora Jade vs. Wendy Choo, Axiom vs. Nathan Frazer in a best of three series match, Rip Fowler and Jagger Reid vs. Malik Blade and Edris Enofe". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
23. ^ Moore, John (October 22, 2022). "NXT Halloween Havoc results: Moore's live review of Bron Breakker vs. Ilja Dragunov vs. JD McDonagh for the NXT Title, Mandy Rose vs. Alba Fyre for the NXT Women's Title, Carmelo Hayes vs. Wes Lee vs. Von Wagner vs. Oro Mensah vs. Nathan Frazer in a ladder match for the vacant North American Title, Roxanne Perez vs. Cora Jade in a Weapons Wild match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on October 23, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
24. ^ Moore, John (July 18, 2023). "NXT TV results (7/18): Moore's review of Wes Lee vs. Dominik Mysterio for the NXT NA Title, Nathan Frazer and Dragon Lee vs. Los Lotharios, Kiana James vs. Gigi Dolin, Tony D'Angelo's homecoming". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
25. ^ Moore, John (September 30, 2023). "NXT No Mercy results: Moore's live review of Carmelo Hayes vs. Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Title, Becky Lynch vs. Tiffany Stratton in an Extreme Rules match for the NXT Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on October 8, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
26. ^ Moore, John (October 3, 2023). "NXT TV results (10/3): Moore's review of Trick Williams vs. Dominik Mysterio for the NXT North American Title, Gigi Dolin vs. Blair Davenport, Tyler Bate and Butch vs. Mark Coffey and Wolfgang". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
27. ^ Moore, John (December 9, 2023). "NXT Deadline results: Moore's live review of Ilja Dragunov vs. Baron Corbin for the NXT Title, Iron Survivor Challenge matches, Dominik Mysterio vs. Dragon Lee for the NA Title, Carmelo Hayes vs. Lexis King". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
28. ^ Moore, John (January 9, 2024). "NXT TV results (1/9): Moore's review of Tony D'Angelo and Channing Lorenzo vs. OTM for the NXT Tag Titles, Gigi Dolin vs. Cora Jade, the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament begins". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
29. ^ Moore, John (October 8, 2024). "NXT TV results (10/8): Moore's review of Randy Orton vs. Je'Von Evans, Oba Femi vs. Tony D'Angelo for the NXT NA Title, Axiom and Nathan Frazer vs. A-Town Down Under for the NXT Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on October 9, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2024.

## External links

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* Official NXT North American Championship title history

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NXT North American Champions

2010s|

* Adam Cole
* Ricochet
* Johnny Gargano
* Velveteen Dream
* Roderick Strong

2020s|

* Keith Lee
* Damian Priest
* Leon Ruff
* Bronson Reed
* Isaiah "Swerve" Scott
* Carmelo Hayes
* Cameron Grimes
* Solo Sikoa
* Wes Lee
* "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio
* Trick Williams
* Dragon Lee
* Oba Femi
* Tony D'Angelo (current)

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Championships and accomplishments in WWE

Championships|

| Current|

| Raw|

* World Heavyweight
* Women's World
* reigns
* Intercontinental
* reigns
* Women's Intercontinental
* World Tag Team
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SmackDown|

* Undisputed
* WWE – reigns
* Universal
* WWE Women's
* reigns
* United States
* reigns
* Women's United States
* WWE Tag Team
* reigns

NXT|

* NXT
* reigns
* Women's
* reigns
* North American
* reigns
* Women's North American
* Heritage Cup
* Tag Team
* reigns

Speed|

* Speed
* Women's Speed

Shared|

* WWE Women's Tag Team
* reigns

Former|

| World|

* WCW (reigns) (2001)
* ECW (reigns) (2006–2010)
* World Heavyweight (original version) (reigns) (2002–2013)

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Women's|

* WWE Women's (original version) (reigns) (1956–1990, 1993–1995, 1998–2010)
* Divas (reigns) (2008–2016)
* NXT UK Women's (2018–2022)

Secondary|

* NWA United States Television (1957–1962)
* United States Heavyweight (1960–1976)
* North American Heavyweight (1979–1981)
* International Heavyweight (1959–1963, 1982–1985)
* Canadian (1985–1986)
* European (reigns) (1997–2002)
* NXT United Kingdom (2017–2022)

Tag team|

* NWA World Tag Team (Northeast version) (1957–1961)
* United States Tag Team (1958–1967)
* International Tag Team (1969–1971, 1985)
* WWF Women's Tag Team (1983–1989)
* Intercontinental Tag Team (1991)
* World Tag Team (original version) (reigns) (1971–2010)
* WCW Tag Team (reigns) (2001)
* NXT UK Tag Team (2019–2022)
* NXT Women's Tag Team (2021–2023)

Weight class-specific|

* Junior Heavyweight (1965–1972, 1978–1985)
* Light Heavyweight (reigns) (1981–2002)
* Cruiserweight (reigns) (2001–2007)
* NXT Cruiserweight (reigns) (2016–2022)

Other|

* Martial Arts (1978–1989)
* Hardcore (reigns) (1998–2002)
* Million Dollar (1989–1991, 1995–1996, 2010, 2021)
* 24/7 (reigns) (2019–2022)

Accomplishments|

* Money in the Bank
* Awards
* Slammys
* NXT Year-End
* WWE Year-End
* Battle royals
* André the Giant Memorial
* Royal Rumble
* WrestleMania Women's
* Tournaments
* Cruiserweight Classic
* Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
* King of the Ring
* Mae Young Classic
* Mixed Match Challenge
* NXT Breakout
* Queen of the Ring
* Crown Jewel
* Women's Crown Jewel
* Foreign
* Grand Slam
* Triple Crown

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