WWE NXT North American Championship

The NXT North American Championship is one of the prestigious professional wrestling championships. It is one among the three secondary championships in WWE, which includes the Intercontinental Championship on the Raw brand and the United States Championship on the SmackDown brand. It acts as the secondary men’s championship at the WWE’s developmental brand NXT (Now NXT 2.0).

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Current NXT North American Champion

Tony D'Angelo is the current NXT North American Champion in his first reign with the title. On the October 8, 2024, episode of NXT, he defeated the former champion Oba Femi in a singles match to become the new champion. Femi had held the title for 273 days, which is the most by any wrestler.

History of NXT North American Championship

Since WWE established the development brand NXT as a replacement of Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in 2012, NXT Championship was the only title in the men's individual division. However, the North American Championship was introduced as the secondary championship in March 2018 as a part of the brand development. The NXT General Manager William Regal announced a Six Man Ladder Match between EC3, Killian Dain, Adam Cole, Ricochet, Lars Sullivan and Velveteen Dream at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans to crown the inaugural NXT North American Championship.

Adam Cole won the inaugural NXT North American Champion. So far, the Championship has changed hands 17 times and has seen 14 champions, where 2 vacated the title. Oba Femi has the longest championship reign with 273 days. Johnny Gargano has the highest number of reigns, being the three-time champ. Solo Sikoa has the shortest reign of 7 days. Velveteen Dream is the youngest NXT North American Champion at age 23. Roderick Strong is the oldest champ at age 39. Carmello Hayes and Oba Femi have the longest combined reign of 273 days. Keith Lee and Solo Sikoa are the two champs who vacated the championship. Keith Lee is the first wrestler to hold both the NXT Championship and NXT North American Championship simultaneously. Carmello Hayes unified the NXT North American Champion with the NXT Cruiserweight Championship. Solo Sikoa is the first Champion to defend the NXT North American Champion in the main roster.

List of NXT North American Champions

Belt Design

On April 3, 2018th episode of NXT, WWE Executive and NXT Head, Triple H unveiled the NXT North American Championship. The Championship belt consists of three gold plates, which are placed on a thick brown leather strap. The center plate is designed in the shape of the globe in which North America is the only continent. The upper tag reads “NORTH AMERICAN” and the lower tag reads “CHAMPION”. The side plates on either side have a customizable center section, in which the logo of the champion can be installed. In default the side plates have a globe with Vertical NXT logo, with WWE’s trademark logo on the letter “X”.