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| championshipname = WWE NXT Championship |
| championshipname = WWE NXT Championship |
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| image = [[File:WWE_NXT_Championship.png|200px]] |
| image = [[File:WWE_NXT_Championship.png|200px]] |
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− | | currentholder = [[ |
+ | | currentholder = [[Finn Bálor]] |
| promotion = [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] |
| promotion = [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] |
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+ | | won = July 4, [[2015]] |
| brand = [[NXT]] |
| brand = [[NXT]] |
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| created = July 26, [[2012]] |
| created = July 26, [[2012]] |
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==History== |
==History== |
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− | The championship was first introduced on the July 1, 2012 edition of ''NXT'' when NXT Commissioner [[Dusty Rhodes]] announced a "Gold Rush" tournament, featuring 4 developmental roster NXT Superstars and 4 main roster WWE Superstars competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Champion in a knockout system format. The first NXT Champion was crowned on July 26, 2012, with [[Seth Rollins]] defeating [[Jinder Mahal]] in the tournament finals. The current NXT champion is [[ |
+ | The championship was first introduced on the July 1, 2012 edition of ''NXT'' when NXT Commissioner [[Dusty Rhodes]] announced a "Gold Rush" tournament, featuring 4 developmental roster NXT Superstars and 4 main roster WWE Superstars competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Champion in a knockout system format. The first NXT Champion was crowned on July 26, 2012, with [[Seth Rollins]] defeating [[Jinder Mahal]] in the tournament finals. The current NXT champion is [[Finn Bálor]], who defeated [[Kevin Owens]] to win the title at WWE Network event Beast in the East. |
==Tournaments== |
==Tournaments== |
Revision as of 11:01, 4 July 2015
The NXT Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by WWE and is competed for exclusively in NXT Wrestling, WWE's developmental territory. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute worked finishes.
History
The championship was first introduced on the July 1, 2012 edition of NXT when NXT Commissioner Dusty Rhodes announced a "Gold Rush" tournament, featuring 4 developmental roster NXT Superstars and 4 main roster WWE Superstars competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Champion in a knockout system format. The first NXT Champion was crowned on July 26, 2012, with Seth Rollins defeating Jinder Mahal in the tournament finals. The current NXT champion is Finn Bálor, who defeated Kevin Owens to win the title at WWE Network event Beast in the East.
Tournaments
Past Designs
See also
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- Champion history - History of the wrestlers who have held the belt.
- Title matches - Matches in which the title was defended.
- Champion gallery - A gallery of all champions.