Top 10 Longest‑Reigning WWE NXT Champions of All Time – Reigns Ranked (2025)

By Aniket Kuila | June 24,2025

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Adam Cole (1st reign)

From June 1, 2019, to July 8, 2020, Cole held this championship for 403 days, which remains the longest ever for any WWE championship.

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Bron Breakker (2nd reign)

From April 4, 2022, until April 1, 2023. Bron held the championship for 361 days.

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Finn Balor (1st reign)

His first reign lasted 292 days from July 4, 2015, until April 21, 2016.

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Adrian Neville (1st reign)

His reign was from February 27 to December 11, 2014, lasting 286 days.

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Bo Dallas (1st reign)

Dallas retained his championship for 260 days from June 12, 2013, to February 27, 2014.

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Tommaso Ciampa (1st reign)

His first reign started on July 25, 2018, and concluded on March 20, 2019, thus lasting 237 days.

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Finn Balor (2nd reign)

This lasted 212 days from September 8, 2020, to April 8, 2021.

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Ilja Dragunov (1st reign)

Since September 30, 2023, until April 23, 2024, there were 205 days in which Dragunov held the title.

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Bobby Roode (1st reign)

January 28, 2017-to August 19. Roode held the title for 202 days.

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Carmelo Hayes (1st reign)

From April 1 to September 30, 2023, overall, he was a champion for 182 days.

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