NXT North American Championship

Not to be confused with NXT Women's North American Championship.

The NXT North American Championship is a professional wrestling title owned by WWE and competed for by the men of NXT. It was created as NXT's second-most-important men's championship on March 7, 2018, on an episode of NXT. On that episode, NXT commissioner, William Regal said that there would be a ladder match between EC3, Killian Dain, Adam Cole, Ricochet, Lars Sullivan, and Velveteen Dream to crown the first champion. The match happened at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans and Adam Cole won it to become the first champion.^[1][2]

NXT North American Championship
First champion Adam Cole
Details
Promotion	WWE
Brand	NXT
Date established	March 7, 2018
Current champion(s)	Ethan Page
Date won	May 27, 2025
Statistics First champion(s) Adam Cole Most reigns Johnny Gargano (3 reigns) Longest reign Oba Femi (273 days) Shortest reign Trick Williams (3 days) Oldest winner Shawn Spears (44 years, 13 days) Youngest winner Velveteen Dream (23 years, 164 days) Heaviest champion Bronson Reed (330 lb (150 kg)) Lightest champion Leon Ruff (157 lb (71 kg))

Right now the champion is Ethan Page, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Ricky Saints on the May 27, 2025, episode of NXT.^[3]

Title history

Key

No.	Overall reign number
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.
		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 first champion.	[1][2]
2	Ricochet	August 18, 2018	TakeOver: Brooklyn 4	Brooklyn, NY	1	161	161		[4]
3	Johnny Gargano	January 26, 2019	TakeOver: Phoenix	Phoenix, AZ	1	4	25	WWE lists the end of Gargano's reign on February 20, 2019, when the following episode aired on tape delay.	[5]
4	Velveteen Dream	January 30, 2019	NXT	Winter Park, FL	1	231	209	WWE filmed two endings for the match, one with Gargano keeping the title and the other with Dream winning it.[6] The latter was revealed as the true result when the episode aired on tape delay on February 20, the date WWE lists as the start of Dream's reign.	[7]
5	Roderick Strong	September 18, 2019	NXT	Winter Park, FL	1	126	126		[8]
6	Keith Lee	January 22, 2020	NXT	Winter Park, FL	1	175	181	WWE lists the end of Lee's reign on July 22, 2020, when the episode in which he vacated the title aired on tape delay.	[9]
—	Vacated	July 15, 2020	NXT	Winter Park, FL	—	—	—	Keith Lee vacated 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.	[10][11]
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.	[12]
8	Johnny Gargano	October 28, 2020	NXT: Halloween Havoc	Orlando, FL	2	14	14	This was a Devil's Playground match.	[13]
9	Leon Ruff	November 11, 2020	NXT	Orlando, FL	1	25	25		[14]
10	Johnny Gargano	December 6, 2020	TakeOver: WarGames	Orlando, FL	3	163	163	This was a triple threat match, also involving Damian Priest.	[15]
11	Bronson Reed	May 18, 2021	NXT	Orlando, FL	1	42	41	This was a Steel Cage match.	[16]
12	Isaiah "Swerve" Scott	June 29, 2021	NXT	Orlando, FL	1	105	104		[17]
13	Carmelo Hayes	October 12, 2021	NXT	Orlando, FL	1	172	172	This was Hayes' NXT 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 North American Championship.	[18][19]
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.	[20]
15	Carmelo Hayes	June 4, 2022	In Your House	Orlando, FL	2	101	101		[21]
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.	[22]
—	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 filmed.	[23]
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.	[24]
18	"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio	July 18, 2023	NXT	Orlando, FL	1	74	73		[25]
19	Trick Williams	September 30, 2023	No Mercy	Bakersfield, CA	1	3	3	Dragon Lee was the special guest referee.	[26]
20	"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio	October 3, 2023	NXT	Orlando, FL	2	67	66		[27]
21	Dragon Lee	December 9, 2023	Deadline	Bridgeport, CT	1	31	31		[28]
22	Oba Femi	January 9, 2024	NXT	Orlando, FL	1	273	273	This was Femi's Breakout Tournament contract cash-in match.	[29]
23	Tony D'Angelo	October 8, 2024	NXT	Chesterfield, MO	1	147	147		[30]
24	Shawn Spears	March 4, 2025	NXT	Orlando, FL	1	28	28		[31]
25	Ricky Saints	April 1, 2025	NXT	Orlando, FL	1	56	56		[3]
26	Ethan Page	May 27, 2025	NXT	Orlando, FL	1	84+	84+		[32]

Combined reigns

As of August 19, 2025.

†	Is the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days	Combined days rec. by WWE
1	Oba Femi	1	273
	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	Tony D'Angelo	1	147
10	Adam Cole	1	133	132
11	Roderick Strong	1	126
12	Isaiah "Swerve" Scott	1	105	104
13	Ethan Page	1	84+
14	Damian Priest	1	67
15	Cameron Grimes	1	63
16	Ricky Saints	1	56
17	Bronson Reed	1	42	41
18	Dragon Lee	1	31
19	Shawn Spears	1	28	27
20	Leon Ruff	1	25
21	Solo Sikoa	1	7	6
22	Trick Williams	1	3