NXT Championship
On the December 14 episode of "NXT", Roode qualified for a #1 contender's fatal four-way match for the NXT Championship after defeating Oney Lorcan. On the December 21 episode of "NXT", Roode defeated Andrade "Cien" Almas, Tye Dillinger and Roderick Strong in the fatal four-way match to earn the title shot against NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura. On January 28, 2017 at , Roode defeated Nakamura to win the title, becoming the oldest NXT champion in WWE history in the process. On the March 15 episode of "NXT", Roode made his first successful title defense, defeating Kassius Ohno. On April 1 at , Roode successfully defended the title against Nakamura in a rematch, giving Nakamura his first clean singles loss in his departing match from NXT. On the April 19 episode of NXT, Roode was interrupted by Hideo Itami, who attacked him with a "GTS". On May 20 at , Roode retained the NXT Championship against Itami. On the June 7 episode of "NXT", Roderick Strong announced his intentions of capturing the NXT Championship and Roode came out to mock him. Sparking a rivalry, the two engaged in a backstage brawl two weeks later after Roode mocked Strong and his family. On the July 5 episode of "NXT", Roode successfully defended the NXT Championship against Strong. On the July 19 episode of "NXT", Drew McIntyre defeated Killian Dain, earning the right to challenge Roode for the NXT Championship. On the August 2 episode of "NXT", Strong attempted to attack Roode during a backstage interview, in which Roode claimed to be a "better man" than Strong. On the August 16 episode of "NXT", Roode attacked both McIntyre and Strong during their main event to end the show. On August 19 at , Roode lost the NXT Championship to McIntyre, giving Roode his first singles loss in NXT. On the August 30 episode of "NXT", Roode lost to Strong in his last televised NXT match. Roode wrestled his NXT farewell match at a NXT live event in Toronto on September 9, when he defeated Velveteen Dream.