NXT Championship

NXT Title History
No. Won By Won From Location Date
1. Seth Rollins Jinder Mahal* Winter Park, FL 7/26/12
2. Big E. Langston Seth Rollins Winter Park, FL 12/6/12
3. Bo Dallas Big E. Langston Winter Park, FL 5/23/13
4. Adrian Neville Bo Dallas Winter Park, FL 2/27/14
5. Sami Zayn Adrian Neville Winter Park, FL 12/11/14
6. Kevin Owens Sami Zayn Winter Park, FL 2/11/15
7. Finn Balor Kevin Owens Tokyo, Japan 7/4/15
8. Samoa Joe Finn Balor Lowell, MA 4/21/16
9. Shinsuke Nakamura Samoa Joe Brooklyn, NY 8/20/16
10. Samoa Joe Shinsuke Nakamura Toronto, ON 11/19/16
11. Shinsuke Nakamura Samoa Joe Osaka, Japan 12/3/16
12. Bobby Roode Shinsuke Nakamura San Antonio, TX 1/28/17
13. Drew McIntyre Bobby Roode Brooklyn, NY 8/19/17
14. Andrade Almas Drew McIntyre Houston, TX 11/18/17
15. Aleister Black Andrade Almas New Orleans, LA 4/7/18
16. Tommaso Ciampa Aleister Black Winter Park, FL 7/18/18
17. Johnny Gargano Adam Cole** Brooklyn, NY 4/5/19
18. Adam Cole Johnny Gargano Bridgeport, CT 6/1/19

*This was the finals of a Gold Rush Tournament to crown the first champion.

**Ciampa had to relinquish the title due to a neck injury before his title defense against Gargano. Cole won a Fatal Five Way Match to earn the right to face Gargano for the vacant belt.

Title Defenses:

1. Seth Rollins
---pinned Michael McGillicutty, NXT: 8/28/12
---pinned Jinder Mahal, NXT: 11/15/12
---lost to Corey Graves by DQ, NXT: 12/6/12

2. Big E. Langston
---pinned Conor O'Brian, NXT: 3/21/13
---pinned Brad Maddox, NXT: 3/21/13
---pinned Damien Sandow, NXT: 5/2/13

3. Bo Dallas
---pinned Antonio Cesaro, NXT: 6/20/13
---pinned Leo Kruger, NXT: 7/11/13
---pinned Sami Zayn, NXT: 9/12/13
---lost to Adrian Neville by CO, NXT: 10/24/13
---beat Adrian Neville in a Lumberjack Match, NXT: 11/21/13

4. Adrian Neville
---pinned Bo Dallas, NXT: 2/28/14
---beat Brodus Clay in a No DQ Match, NXT: 4/24/14
---pinned Tyson Kidd, TakeOver: 5/29/14
---pinned Tyson Kidd, NXT: 5/30/14
---beat Tyler Breeze by DQ, NXT: 7/17/14
---beat Tyler Breeze, Sami Zayn and Tyson Kidd in a Fatal Four Way Match, TakeOver - Fatal 4 Way: 9/11/14
---pinned Tyson Kidd, NXT: 9/12/14
---pinned Titus O'Neil, NXT: 9/25/14
---pinned Sami Zayn, NXT: 10/23/14

5. Sami Zayn
---pinned Adrian Neville, NXT: 12/12/14

6. Kevin Owens
---pinned Finn Balor, NXT: 2/18/15
---no contest against Sami Zayn, TakeOver - Unstoppable: 5/20/15

7. Finn Balor
---beat Kevin Owens in a Ladder Match, TakeOver - Brooklyn: 8/22/15
---lost to Apollo Crews by DQ, NXT: 10/22/15
---pinned Samoa Joe, TakeOver - London: 12/16/15
---pinned Samoa Joe, TakeOver - Dallas: 4/1/16

8. Samoa Joe
---beat Finn Balor in a Steel Cage Match, TakeOver - The End: 6/8/16

9. Shinsuke Nakamura
---N/A

10. Samoa Joe
---N/A

11. Shinsuke Nakamura
---beat Samoa Joe in a Steel Cage Match, NXT: 12/8/16

12. Bobby Roode
---pinned Kassius Ohno, NXT: 2/22/17
---pinned Shinsuke Nakamura, TakeOver - Orlando: 4/1/17
---pinned Hideo Itami, TakeOver - Chicago: 5/20/17
---pinned Roderick Strong, NXT: 6/23/17

13. Drew McIntyre
---pinned Roderick Strong, NXT: 9/14/17

14. Andrade Almas
---pinned Johnny Gargano, TakeOver - Philadelphia: 1/27/18
---pinned Johnny Gargano, NXT: 2/1/18

15. Aleister Black
---pinned Lars Sullivan, TakeOver - Chicago II: 6/16/18

16. Tommaso Ciampa
---beat Johnny Gargano in a Last Man Standing Match, TakeOver - Brooklyn IV: 8/18/18
---pinned The Velveteen Dream, TakeOver - War Games II: 11/17/18
---pinned Aleister Black, TakeOver - Phoenix: 1/26/19

17. Johnny Gargano
---N/A

18. Adam Cole