NXT Championship is a men's special World Championship. officially being propagated by WWE, currently occupied by its own brand NXT. The Championship was first introduced on July 1, 2012, episode of NXT. NXT Championship is one of the top singles championships for Men among WWE's three main brands, along with the WWE Universal Championship on SmackDown and the WWE Championship on Raw. It has become more distinctive by the years in the world of WWE.

There exist 19 reigns as of total from the beginning to the current time including 17 champions and one vacancy. The inaugural champion was Seth Rollins who defeated Jinder Mahal in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. WWE recognizes his reign as beginning on August 29, 2012, when the match aired on tape delay. He held the title more than 133 days.

Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura are having to hold the championship most-time at 2. Adma Cole is the most longest-reigning champion having been held the championship more than 331+ Days in his first reign. If, we take the concern for Combined reigning champion than it also breaks out with Adam Cole who has 403 days of his Combined reigns. while Samoa Joe's second reign is the shortest at 14 days. The current champion Keith Lee defeated Adam Cole at NXT: The Great American Bas show on July 1, 2020, which was also for Lee's NXT North American Championship (aired July 8 as Night 2 of the event).

No.	Champion	Event	Date	Venue	Reign	Held Days	History
1.	Seth Rollins	NXT	July 26, 2012	Winter Park, Florida	1	133	defeated Jinder Mahal
2	Big E Langston	NXT	December 6, 2012	Winter Park, FL	1	168	defeated Seth Rollins in a no disqualification match
3.	Bo Dallas	TakeOver	May 23, 2013	Winter Park, Florida	1	280	Defeated Big E Langston
4.	Adrian Neville	Arrival	February 27, 2014	Winter Park, Florida	1	287	Adrian Neville won it in a ladder match
5.	Sami Zayn	TakeOver: R Evolution	December 11, 2014	Winter Park, FL	1	62	defeated Adrian Neville (c) in a Title vs. Career match
6.	Kevin Owens	TakeOver: Rival	February 11, 2015	Winter Park, FL	1	143	defeated Sami Zayn (c) by referee stoppage
7.	Finn Bálor	The Beast in the East	July 4, 2015	Tokyo, Japan	1	292	defeated Kevin Owens (c)
8.	Samoa Joe	NXT Live	April 21, 2016	Lowell, MA	1	121	defeated Finn Bálor
9.	Shinsuke Nakamura	TakeOver: Brooklyn II	August 20, 2016	Brooklyn, NY	1	133	defeated Samoa Joe (c)
10.	Samoa Joe	TakeOver: Toronto	November 19, 2016	Brooklyn, New York	2	71	defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (c)
11.	Shinsuke Nakamura	NXT	December 3, 2016	Osaka, Japan	2	56	defeated Samoa Joe
12.	Bobby Roode	TakeOver: San Antonio	January 28, 2017	San Antonio, TX	1	203	defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (c)
13.	Drew McIntyre	TakeOver: Brooklyn III	August 19, 2017	Brooklyn, NY	1	91	defeated Bobby Roode (c)
14.	Andrade "Cien" Almas	TakeOver: WarGames	November 18, 2017	Houston, TX	1	140	defeated Drew McIntyre (c)
15.	Aleister Black	TakeOver: New Orleans	April 7, 2018	New Orleans, LA	1	102	defeated Andrade "Cien" Almas (c) (with Zelina Vega)
16.	Tommaso Ciampa	NXT	July 18, 2018	Winter Park, FL	1	238	defeated Aleister Black
-.	Vacated	NXT	March 13, 2019	Winter Park, FL	-	-	The title was vacated due to Tommaso Ciampa requiring neck surgery
17.	Johnny Gargano	TakeOver: New York	April 5, 2019	Brooklyn, NY	1	57	Defeated Adam Cole in a two out of three falls match to win the vacant title
18.	Adam Cole	TakeOver: XXV	June 1, 2019	Bridgeport, CT	1	331+	Defeated defeated Johnny Gargano (c)