NXT North American Championship

On this page, you find the full Title History for the NXT North American Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.

The NXT North American Championship is a secondary title contested in World Wrestling Entertainment on the NXT brand, by men wrestlers.

The championship was first established on March 7, 2018, and the inaugural champion was Adam Cole.

The WWE / NXT Cruiserweight Championship was previously unified into this championship.

The current champion is Myles Borne, who won the title on the episode of NXT on February 24, 2026, and has been reigning for 74 days.

NXT North American Championship: Title History

NXT North American Championship: Title Reigns

N.	Champion	Reign
27	Myles Borne 1 February 24, 2026 Orlando, FL \| NXT	74+ days
26	Ethan Page 1 May 27, 2025 Orlando, FL \| NXT	273 days
25	Ricky Saints 1 April 1, 2025 Orlando, FL \| NXT	56 days
24	Shawn Spears 1 March 4, 2025 Orlando, FL \| NXT	28 days
23	Tony D'Angelo 1 October 8, 2024 Chesterfield, MO \| NXT	147 days
22	Oba Femi 1 January 9, 2024 Orlando, FL \| NXT Femi cashes-in the NXT Breakout Tournament title shot.	273 days
21	Dragon Lee 1 December 9, 2023 Bridgeport, CT \| NXT Deadline 2023	31 days
20	Dominik Mysterio 2 October 3, 2023 Orlando, FL \| NXT	67 days
19	Trick Williams 1 September 30, 2023 Bakersfield, CA \| NXT No Mercy (2023)	3 days
18	Dominik Mysterio 1 July 18, 2023 Orlando, FL \| NXT	74 days
17	Wes Lee 1 October 22, 2022 Orlando, FL \| NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 Defeated Carmelo Hayes, Von Wagner, Nathan Frazer and Oro Mensah in a 5-man ladder match for the vacant title.	269 days
	Vacant September 20, 2022 Orlando, FL \| NXT 2.0 (2022) Shawn Michaels ordered Sikoa to vacate the title as he was not originally scheduled to be in the title match in which he won the title (he replaced Dezmond Xavier / Wes Lee after the latter was injured by Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams before the match)	32 days
16	Solo Sikoa 1 September 13, 2022 Orlando, FL \| NXT 2.0 (2022)	7 days
15	Carmelo Hayes 2 June 4, 2022 Orlando, FL \| NXT In Your House (2022)	101 days
14	Cameron Grimes 1 April 2, 2022 Dallas, TX \| NXT Stand & Deliver (2022)	63 days
13	Carmelo Hayes 1 October 12, 2021 Orlando, FL \| NXT Hayes cashed in the Breakout tournament title match. At New Year's Evil Hayes defeated Roderick Strong to unify the NXT Cruiserweight Title into the NXT North American Title.	172 days
12	Isaiah "Swerve" Scott 1 June 29, 2021 Orlando, FL \| NXT	105 days
11	Bronson Reed 1 May 18, 2021 Orlando, FL \| NXT	42 days
10	Johnny Gargano 3 December 6, 2020 Orlando, FL \| NXT TakeOver: WarGames	163 days
9	Leon Ruff 1 November 11, 2020 Orlando, FL \| NXT	25 days
8	Johnny Gargano 2 October 28, 2020 Orlando, FL \| NXT Halloween Havoc (2020)	14 days
7	Damian Priest 1 August 22, 2020 Winter Park, FL \| NXT TakeOver XXX Defeated Bronson Reed, Cameron Grimes, Johnny Gargano and Velveteen Dream in a 5-way ladder match for the vacant title.	67 days
	Vacant July 22, 2020 Winter Park, FL \| NXT Keith Lee voluntarily relinquished the title two weeks after winning the NXT Title in order to focus on defending the latter.	31 days
6	Keith Lee 1 January 22, 2020 Winter Park, FL \| NXT	182 days
5	Roderick Strong 1 September 18, 2019 Winter Park, FL \| NXT	126 days
4	Velveteen Dream 1 February 20, 2019 Winter Park, FL \| NXT	210 days
3	Johnny Gargano 1 January 26, 2019 Phoenix, AZ \| NXT TakeOver: Phoenix	25 days
2	Ricochet 1 August 18, 2018 Brooklyn, NY \| NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV	161 days
1	Adam Cole 1 April 7, 2018 New Orleans, LA \| NXT TakeOver: New Orleans Defeated EC3, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Ricochet and Velveteen Dream in a 6-way ladder match to become the inaugural champion.	133 days

NXT North American Championship: Names & Belt Designs

- NXT North American ChampionshipMarch 3, 2026
- NXT North American Championship (Canadian Strap - Ethan Page)July 22, 2025March 3, 2026
- NXT North American ChampionshipMarch 7, 2018July 22, 2025

NXT North American Championship: Statistics

Promotions History
Promotion from to
PromotionWWEBrand NXT March 7, 2018 Present

Promotion	from	to
PromotionWWEBrand NXT	March 7, 2018	Present

Promotion World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand NXT
TerritoryNational
DivisionSecondary
GenderMale
Date EstablishedMarch 7, 2018
Unified With WWE Cruiserweight Championship

First ChampionAdam Cole
Current ChampionMyles Borne

Most Number of Reigns

Rank	Wrestler	Reigns
	Johnny Gargano	3
	Carmelo Hayes	2
	Dominik Mysterio	2
	Ethan Page	1
	Oba Femi	1

Most Combined Days

Rank	Wrestler	Days
	Ethan Page	273
	Oba Femi	273
	Carmelo Hayes	273
	Wes Lee	269
	Velveteen Dream	210

Longest Reigns

Wrestler	Reign	Days
Ethan Page	May 27, 2025 - February 24, 2026	273
Oba Femi	January 9, 2024 - October 8, 2024	273
Wes Lee	October 22, 2022 - July 18, 2023	269
Velveteen Dream	February 20, 2019 - September 18, 2019	210
Keith Lee	January 22, 2020 - July 22, 2020	182

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Omicardo · 2 months ago
So I guess Ethan Page is about to break Oba Femi's record.
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  lucas cipolla · 2 months ago
  
  @Omicardo nope
  
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  Omicardo · 2 months ago
  
  @lucas cipolla since when was Randy Orton wrestling in nxt?
  
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  lucas cipolla · 2 months ago
  
  @Omicardo he's more like a combo of Dolph Ziggler and Randy Orton since he uses the zig zag as his finisher and he looks like Randy but younger
  
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David Seward · 1 years ago
Erm actually Ricky Saints/Starks is the current NXT North American Champion
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