Date established July 1, 2012 Date won January 28, 2017 | Current champion(s) Bobby Roode | |
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The NXT Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on their developmental brand, NXT. Introduced on July 1, 2012, it is the top championship of NXT. Seth Rollins was the inaugural champion. The current champion is Bobby Roode, who is in his first reign.
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- History
- Reigns
- Combined reigns
- References
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History
The championship was first introduced on the July 1, 2012 edition of NXT when NXT Commissioner Dusty Rhodes announced a "Gold Rush" tournament, featuring four developmental roster NXT Superstars and four main roster WWE Superstars competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Champion in a knockout system format, replacing the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship that was retired in the same month after merger of FCW. The first NXT Champion was crowned on July 26, 2012, with Seth Rollins defeating Jinder Mahal in the tournament final. On November 19, 2016 at NXT TakeOver: Toronto, Samoa Joe became the first WWE Superstar to hold the championship on more than one occasion.
Reigns
As of March 19, 2017, there have been 12 championship reigns with 10 different champions. The inaugural champion was Seth Rollins. Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura have the most reigns with two. Finn Bálor's reign as champion is the longest at 292 days (although WWE says 293), while Samoa Joe's second reign is the shortest at 14 days. Bo Dallas holds the record as the youngest champion, winning the title two days before his 23rd birthday, while Bobby Roode is the oldest at 39.
Bobby Roode is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Shinsuke Nakamura at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio in San Antonio, TX on January 28, 2017.
Combined reigns
As of March 19, 2017.
