1 Finn Bálor
Fergal Devitt is an Irish professional wrestler signed to WWE, where he performs on the Smackdown brand under the ring name Finn Bálor. He is a two-time NXT Champion and the first person to hold it more than once. He is also the first Universal Champion. He had defeated roman reigns in his debut and first ever universal champion.
He is the longest reigning NXT champion.
Haha how many times is he on the list
Best NXT champion of all time
2 Sami Zayn
Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler of Syrian descent, currently signed to WWE under the ring name Sami Zayn, where he is a former NXT Champion. ...read more. One of the best wrestlers today and very good on the mic too...he put NXT on the map...
According to the main roster, he is one of the most underrated wrestlers up to modern day wrestling
With his helluva kick he can pin anybody because nobody can kick out of it
He has a finisher who no one has kicked out of it at NXT he only loses when he doesn't use it
3 Adrian Neville
4 Kevin Owens
Kevin Steen is a Canadian professional wrestler signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Kevin Owens.
5 Hideo Itami
6 Sasha Banks
Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Sasha Banks, where she is a former NXT Women's Champion.
She is a 5 Time Raw Women's champion although she has never held it for more than 30 days. ...read more.
7 Tyler Breeze
Mattias Clement is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he competed under the ring name Tyler Breeze. He is a former NXT Tag Team Champion alongside Fandango, in the tag team Breezango. He was released from WWE in June 2021.
8 Charlotte
Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Charlotte, performing on the Raw brand. She is a former NXT Women's Champion, the final recognized Divas Champion, and the inaugural and current three-time Raw Women's Champion. ...read more. Charlotte should be instead of sami zayn
9 Shinsuke Nakamura
Shinsuke Nakamura is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently signed to WWE competing on Smackdown Live. Nakamura is known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion. His other accomplishments within the company include winning the 2011 G1 Climax and the 2014 New Japan Cup, being a record five-time and the longest reigning IWGP Intercontinental Champion. He is the nxt champ
He beat sami zayn
10 Kalisto
Emanuel Alejandro Rodriguez is a Mexican-American professional wrestler, best known for his time in WWE where he performed under the ring name Kalisto. He was released from WWE in April 2021.
The Contenders
11 Bobby Roode
Robert Roode Jr. is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to WWE performing on the Smackdown brand. He is a former Smackdown Tag Team Champion alongside Dolph Ziggler.
12 Seth Rollins
Colby Lopez is an American professional wrestler and actor who is signed to WWE under the ring name Seth Rollins. He is the Current Intercontinental Champion.
13 Johnny Gargano
John Anthony Nicholas Gargano (born August 14, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand as Johnny Gargano and is a former NXT Champion, NXT North American Champion and NXT Tag Team Champion. Legit best of all time. Here's my rating list for all of his takeovers:
Brooklyn 2: ****1/4
Toronto: ****3/4
San Antonio: **3/4
Orlando: ****1/4
Chicago: ****
Brooklyn 3: ****1/2
WarGames: ****
Philadelphia: *****
New Orleans: *****
Chicago 2: *****
Brooklyn 4: *****
WarGames 2: ****1/2
Phoenix: ****1/2
New York: *****
14 Bayley
Pamela Rose Martinez is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed with WWE under the ring name Bayley, where she performs on Smackdown. She is the first ever women's Grand Slam Champion in WWE, winning the NXT Women's Championship once, RAW Women's Championship once, Smackdown Women's Championship twice, Women's Tag Team Championships twice alongside Sasha Banks, and Money in the Bank winner. She returned in 2022 from her ACL injury and formed a faction called "Damage CTRL".
15 Roderick Strong
Christopher Lindsey is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Roderick Strong. He is a member of The Undisputed Era (alongside Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly).
He is known for his 13-year tenure with Ring of Honor, where he is a former one-time ROH World Champion, a two-time ROH World Television Champion, and a one-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with Austin Aries. He is also known as the second ROH Triple Crown Champion.
16 Paige
Saraya-Jade Bevis is an English professional wrestler and actress. She is signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name Paige. ...read more.
17 Adam Cole
Austin Jenkins, is an American professional wrestler and actor signed to WWE, where he performs in its developmental territory NXT under the ring name Adam Cole and is the Undisputed Era alongside Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong, and Bobby Fish. He is the longest reigning NXT Champion in history, reigning ...read more.
18 Samoa Joe
Nuufolau Joel "Joe" Seanoa, better known by his ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE and performing on NXT. He is most well known for his time in NXT, where he was a former two time NXT champion.
19 Keith Lee
20 Aleister Black
Tom Budgen is a Dutch professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Aleister Black. Prior to signing with WWE, Budgen worked for promotions across Europe, United States, and Japan, under the ring name Tommy End. He was released from WWE in June 2021. He then joined AEW under the ring name Malakai Black in July 2021. Most of these guys are in raw smackdown or 205 live
21 Tommaso Ciampa
22 Corey Graves
Matthew Polinsky, also known as Corey Graves, is an American color commentator, columnist, and retired professional wrestler. Graves might of had a short nxt run but he is equally amazing at play by play
23 Asuka
Kanako Urai is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Asuka. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the RAW brand. She is a former Smackdown Women's Champion, RAW Women's Champion, Women's Tag Team Champion and a former and longest reigning NXT Women's Champion. She is also the winner of the first ever women's Royal Rumble match. She was undefeated for like 3 years in NXT
24 The Shield
25 Apollo Crews