NXT Championship
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The NXT Championship belt
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| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brand | NXT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | July 1, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Bobby Roode | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | January 28, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Seth Rollins |
| Most reigns | Samoa Joe, Shinsuke Nakamura (2) |
| Longest reign | Finn Bálor (292 days) |
| Shortest reign | Samoa Joe (14 days) |
| Oldest winner | Bobby Roode (39 years) |
| Youngest winner | Bo Dallas (23 years) |
| Heaviest champion | Big E Langston (285 Ib (129 kg)) |
| Lightest champion | Finn Bálor (190 lb (86 kg)) |
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.
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.
As of March 10, 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.
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